Commands for arrays
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Commands for arrays

This section describes the DMP DSMs menu commands.

Array settings

The Array Settings command launches the Array Settings wizard.

It lets you select the setting for the operational modes for the array's paths in the Load Balance Policy section. The Control Timer Settings is a section of tunable parameters for testing the status or health of a path.

At the bottom of the screen there is an option for applying all the settings to all the arrays under control of DMP DSMs. When you select this option, the current settings for this array are applied to all the arrays that the specific DMP DSMs driver controls.

Note:

There are specific DMP DSMs that work with specific families of hardware arrays. If your environment has more than one family of hardware arrays under control of DMP DSMs, then each family of hardware arrays work with specific DMP DSMs. When you select the option for applying all the settings to all the arrays under control of the DSM, you apply the settings to only those arrays that work with that specific DMP DSMs.

See the Veritas Web site for more information about which DMP DSMs support which hardware arrays.

Additional information about array settings is available.

See Array status.

Note:

If the Fail Over Only (Active/Passive) array load balancing setting is selected and a primary path has not been set, DMP DSMs set the primary path. Generally, DMP DSMs set the primary path to the first path that is able to transfer data. You can manually set the primary path with the Set primary path command.
Properties

The Properties command brings up the Properties screen, which displays information about the selected array, including array name, array type, load balance policy, and a list of the devices in the array.

Additional information about the array, disk, and path settings is available.

See View array, disk, and path status.

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