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November 21st, 2008 12:00

windows 2003server seeing storage disk and mirror

i am having a problem with my new windows 2003 server seeing san storage.
I have a Cx3-20 with a mirror san. but the servers is giving me 2 drives but one will not initialize any ideas why i am seeing 2.

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November 21st, 2008 12:00

I guess you have 2 HBA in your server, a couple of fabrics and your CX3-20. Each HBA can see your LUN but due to CX structure (and due to your SAN configuration), only a single path will be available at any time.

Are you running PowerPath on your host ??

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November 21st, 2008 12:00

yes

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November 21st, 2008 13:00

How many LUN's should you be seeing according to the Storage Group this host is in ? What are the HLU's (Host LUN numbers) of those LUN's ?
If it's only 1 in that Storage Group (and you're seeing 2) and the HLU is 1 or higher, the 2nd LUN you're seeing is the DGC LUN at HLU 0. Change your HLU to 0 and you should now only see the LUN once.

My guess is that it has nothing to do with PPath.

December 11th, 2008 13:00

Hey ICE

Are you zoned to both SPA and SPB? if not, the problem caould be stemming from the fact that the LUN is owned by the SP that is not zoned. So for example, if LUN 0 is assigned to SPA, but you are zoned only to SPB, then although the host can see it, it wont be able to access it.

Typically these show up as unrecognized in disk manager. Powerpath should tresspass the LUN, however it is worth checking
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