Sun Storage 6920 System
 

PLA-Support>Sun Systems>DISK>Arrays>SN-DK: SE6920
 

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Goal

The purpose of this document is to provide basic steps for deleting LUN mapping for volumes and initiators for the 6920 array, via the Browser User Interface(BUI) or sscs Command Line Interface(CLI).

Content will be limited to a basic usage using the CLI or BUI interfaces for deleting mappings, and provide help with some usage failure scenarios for this activity.

Consider reviewing some of the following documents if you are looking to perform actions beyond the scope of this document:

• Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 6920 System, Version 3.0.1
• Sun StorEdge 6920 System CLI Quick Reference Guide, Release 3.0
• <Document: 1009915.1> Troubleshooting Sun StorEdge[TM] 6920 Configuration Problems
• Sun StorEdge 6920 System Administration Guide For the Browser Interface Management Software, Release 3.0

Solution

Steps to Follow
Validating Mapping Deletion for Volumes and Initiators for a Sun StorEdge[TM] 6290:

A. Start By Planning

1. What is the volume you want to unmap?
2. What is the initiator name you want to unmap?
3. What is the volume WWN(reference document <Document: 1009974.1>  Validating Volume State and Details on a Sun StorEdge[TM] 6920)?
4. What is the initiator WWN(reference document <Document: 1011349.1> Validating Initiator State and Details for a Sun StorEdge[TM] 6920)?
5. Are you currently accessing this device?

B. Stop Access to the device

Unmapping volumes can cause a loss of access, resulting in application failure.
Great care must be taken with answering the questions above.

1. Validate the Volume WWN and LUN that will be unmapped. Reference document <Document: 1009974.1> Validating Volume State and Details on a Sun StorEdge[TM] 6920
2. Validate all initiator WWN's that will be unmapped.
3. Use the initiator and volume data above to identify the device from an OS perspective. Reference document <Document: 1009557.1>  Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Devices from the Solaris[TM] OS
4. Ensure that this device is not in use by any application(this varies from application to application)

• If an application is using this device, you must stop it from using the device. This will likely depend on reconfiguration.
• If no application is using the device, continue to Step C.

C. Un-Map Volume

This allows you to un-map a single volume from many initiators.

SSCS

sscs unmap volume <volume name>

example

sscs unmap volume my-vol

This will delete a volume-to-LUN mapping for the volume my-vol, on all initiators.

BUI

1. Click Configuration Services or Common Array Manager
2. Click the Volume tab or menu tree
3. Click on the Volume Name link
4. Click the Unmap button
5. Check next to the Initiator name.
6. Click Unmap
7. Click OK to confirm

• If you received an error, go to Step F.
• If you were successful go to Step E.

D. Unmap Initiator to Volume

This allows you to unmap a volume from a single initiator.

SSCS

sscs unmap -v <volume> initiator <initiator>

example

sscs unmap -v my-vol initiator my-init

This will delete a volume-to-LUN mapping to the initiator my-init for the volume, my-vol.

BUI

1. Click Configuration Services or Common Array Manager
2. Click on Physical Storage
3. Click on the Initiator tab or menu tree
4. Click on the Initiator Name link
5. Click the Unmap button
6. Check next to the Initiator name.
7. Click Unmap
8. Click OK to confirm

• If you received an error, go to Step F
• If you were successful go to Step E

E. Validate Mapping

Validate your mappings on the 6920. Reference document <Document: 1008480.1> Validating Mapping Status and Details on a Sun StorEdge[TM] 6920

Use the LUN ID and WWN of the Volume to validate your mappings on Solaris[TM]. Reference document <Document: 1009557.1> Troubleshooting Fibre Channel Devices from the Solaris[TM] OS

F. Failure

BUI

Message:
An error occurred. Please contact your system administrator

Action:
Please go to Step G.

SSCS
Message:
<initiator>: The object was not found.

Action:
Check the name of your initiator. See Step G.

Message:
<domain>: The resource was not found.

Action:
Make sure that the domain is typed correctly, or exists(sscs list sdomain)

Message:
Error: operation failed

Action:
Please go to Step G.

If a message is not listed or the actions did not work, go to Step G.

G. Data Collection

• Date/Time you attempted to map the volume or initiator
• 6920 Solution Extract, Reference document <Document: 1003756.1>  How to collect an extractor from a Sun StorEdge[TM] 6920 (2.x and 3.x)
• Solaris Explorer, Reference document <Document: 1006990.1> Sun[TM] Explorer Implementation Best Practice
• Windows data, Reference document <Document: 1006608.1> Microsoft Windows? operating system: How to obtain troubleshooting information for storage issues
• The message given by SSCS or BUI(screen capture if possible)
• The command used, if by SSCS
• The input and selections for the new initiator wizard in the BUI
• The following sscs output:

sscs list volume
sscs list volume <volume>
sscs list initiator
sscs list initiator <initiator>
sscs list sdomain

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