Gpt disk for windows – HP XP7 Storage User Manual

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GPT disk for Windows

Windows supports the basic disk called GPT disk using GUID partition instead of the Signature.
The GPT disk also can be used as an S-VOL of the BC. Therefore, RAID Manager supports
saving/restoring the GUID DiskId of the GPT Basic disk to the inqraid command.

gvinfex

option (Windows 2012 only)

This option retrieves the LUN signature and volume layout information by way of a raw device
file provided via STDIN or arguments, and saves it in a system disk file with the following
format:

\WindowsDirectory\VOLssss_llll.ini

where

ssss = serial#

llll = LDEV#

Normally, this option is used to save the Disk signature/ GUID DiskId and volume layout
information once, after it has been written on a potential (and before its paircreate). You do
not need to directly view these host files.

For example, saves the volume information for all physical drives:

D:\HORCM\etc>inqraid $Phys -gvinfex -CLI
\\.\PhysicalDrive10:
# Harddisk10 -> [VOL61459_448_DA7C0D91] [OPEN-V ]
\\.\PhysicalDrive11:
# Harddisk11 -> [VOL61459_449_D4CB5F17-2ADC-4FEE-8650
D3628379E8F5] [OPEN-V ]
\\.\PhysicalDrive12:
# Harddisk12 -> [VOL61459_450_9ABDCB73-3BA1-4048-9E94
22E3798C3B61] [OPEN-V ]

-svinfex[=PTN]

option (Windows 2003 only)

This option writes LUN signature/GUID DiskId and volume layout information (that had
previously been saved in a system disk file) by way of a raw device file provided via STDIN
or arguments.

This option gets the serial# and LDEV# of the RAID storage system for the target device using
SCSI Inquiry, and writes the signature/GUID DiskId and volume layout information from the
VOLssss_llll.ini file to the target device.

This option will work correctly (even if Harddisk# changes due to configuration changes)
because the signature/GUID DiskId and volume layout information is associated the array
serial# and LDEV# (not Harddisk#).

[=PTN]

This option specifies a string pattern usable to select only the pertinent output lines being
provide from STDIN. If used as shown, only the pairdisplay output lines containing
Harddisk

would be used to cause signature writing.

D:\HORCM\etc>pairdisplay -l -fd -g URA | inqraid -svinfex=Harddisk
[VOL61459_448_DA7C0D91] -> Harddisk10 [OPEN-V ]
[VOL61459_449_D4CB5F17-2ADC-4FEE-8650-D3628379E8F5] ->
Harddisk11 [OPEN-V ]
[VOL61459_450_9ABDCB73-3BA1-4048-9E94-22E3798C3B61] ->
Harddisk12 [OPEN-V ]

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