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January 11th, 2018 07:00
how to expand an initiator group to add new host
We have a VMAX 40k with a masking view for the single ESX host. So, we have a masking view for it. At the time of creation, I was told it would be single host.
MV_Host1: IG_Host1, SG_Host1, PG_Host1
Now, they want to add an ESX host to make it a cluster. To avoid downtime, one way is to add the initiators of the new hosts to existing IG.
I would like to create a new IG for the new host. Create a new parent IG to include the children IG. Then, creating a new masking view with a new SG to include all the luns in SG_Host1. Then delete the masking view MV_Host1. Is it possible to do it without downtime?
MV_Cluster:
IG_Parent (Children IG: IG_Host1, IG_Host2)
SG_Cluster (copy all the luns from SG_Host1)
PG_Host1
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January 15th, 2018 08:00
should work in theory. Do you use FAST ? Device cannot belong to multiple SG that have the same FAST policy enabled.
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January 18th, 2018 12:00
We do use FAST. The other SG will not be FAST enabled. I will see when they plan to install the box and let u know if that works.