Adding an MDisk to an MDisk group
Perform this task to add a managed
disk (MDisk) to an MDisk group. You can use the Add MDisk to MDisk group panel
to select one or more MDisks to add to an existing MDisk group.
Steps
Perform the following steps to add an MDisk to an MDisk
group:
- In the IBM Director Task pane, double-click the Multiple
Device Manager icon. The Multiple Device Manager menu opens.
- Double-click Manage Storage Units. The Manage Storage
Units menu opens.
- Drag the Managed Disks icon to the Group Contents
pane of the IBM Director. Drop the icon on either a SAN Volume Controller
or a SAN Volume Controller for Cisco MDS device. The Add MDisk to MDisk group
panel opens.
- Click the MDisk groups list to open it.
- Select the MDisk group to which you want to add an MDisk from the list
of MDisk groups.
- Select the MDisk that you want to add to the selected MDisk group from
the table of Candidate MDisks.
The Candidate MDisks table provides the following
information:
- MDisk name
- Status (offline, degraded, and online)
- Mode (managed or image)
- Capacity of MDisk in gigabytes
- Click OK.
Result
The selected candidate MDisks is added to the selected MDisk group.
 | Note: There are conditions under which the MDM repository may not be synchronized
with the actual storage configuration. Symptoms of this state include:
- SVC managed disks or virtual disks that have been created are not seen by MDM.
- Storage system fibre=channel ports do not show up in the Create disk or Create volumes panel.
To fix this problem, issue the perform inventory collection command on the involved storage
systems. |
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