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Enabling a disk for Extended Copy Service operation

To enable a disk for Extended Copy Service operation, perform the following tasks in the order listed:

Enabling Extended Copy Service for Hitachi arrays

 To enable extended copy service for the Hitachi 9900 and 9900V arrays

# /etc/vx/diag.d/vxwwnluid

This command must be executed as root.

The user_pwwn_file file contains the disk access name and the port world-wide-name (pwwn) for each disk in the array. For the Hitachi arrays, both the source and the destination devices must have entries in the this file. The information for each disk in the array is defined on a single line. The disk access name and PWWN are separated by a single tab character.

The following are sample entries from the user_pwwn_file file:

sde     50060e800404040b

sdf     50060e800404040b

sdg     50060e800404040b

The user_luid_file file contains the disk access names and their corresponding LUN numbers in the array. The information for each disk in the array is defined on a single line. The disk access name and the LUN are separated by a single tab character.

The following are sample entries from the user_luid_file file:

sde     1

sdf     2

sdg     1