A
- A/A disk arrays, How DMP works
- A/A-A disk arrays, How DMP works
- A/P disk arrays, How DMP works
- A/P-C disk arrays, How DMP works
- A/PF disk arrays, How DMP works
- A/PG disk arrays, How DMP works
- about
- DMP, About Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP)
- access port, How DMP works
- active path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- active paths
- devices, Displaying the redundancy level of a device or enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
- Active/Active disk arrays, How DMP works
- Active/Passive disk arrays, How DMP works
- adaptive load-balancing, Specifying the I/O policy
- adaptiveminq policy, Specifying the I/O policy
- Adding support
- vSCSI devices, Adding and removing DMP support for vSCSI devices for an array
- administering
- virtual SCSI devices, Using Storage Foundation in the logical partition (LPAR) with virtual SCSI devices
- AIX based naming scheme, About operating system-based naming
- APM
- configuring, Configuring Array Policy Modules
- array policy module (APM)
- configuring, Configuring Array Policy Modules
- array ports
- disabling for DMP, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- displaying information about, Displaying information about array ports
- enabling for DMP, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- array support library (ASL), Disk categories
- Array Volume ID
- device naming, Changing the disk device naming scheme
- arrays
- DMP support, About discovering disks and dynamically adding disk arrays
- ASL
- array support library, About discovering disks and dynamically adding disk arrays, Disk categories
- Asymmetric Active/Active disk arrays, How DMP works
- attributes
- active, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- nomanual, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- nopreferred, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- preferred priority, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- primary, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- secondary, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- setting for paths, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
- standby, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- autotrespass mode, How DMP works
C
- categories
- disks, Disk categories
- check_all policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- check_alternate policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- check_disabled policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- check_periodic policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- clusters
- use of DMP in, DMP in a clustered environment
- Configuring DMP
- using templates, About tuning Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) with templates
- Controller ID
- displaying, Displaying information about controllers
- controllers
- disabling for DMP, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- disabling in DMP, About enabling and disabling I/O for controllers and storage processors
- displaying information about, Displaying information about controllers
- enabling for DMP, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- customized naming
- DMP nodes, Setting customized names for DMP nodes
D
- DDL, Device discovery
- Device Discovery Layer, How to administer the Device Discovery Layer
- device discovery
- introduced, Device discovery
- partial, Partial device discovery
- Device Discovery Layer, How to administer the Device Discovery Layer
- Device Discovery Layer (DDL), Device discovery, How to administer the Device Discovery Layer
- device names, Disk devices
- configuring persistent, Regenerating persistent device names
- user-specified, Setting customized names for DMP nodes
- devices
- adding foreign, Foreign devices
- fabric, Partial device discovery
- JBOD, How DMP claims devices
- listing all, Listing all the devices including iSCSI
- metadevices, Disk devices
- path redundancy, Displaying the redundancy level of a device or enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
- pathname, Disk devices
- disabled paths, Displaying the paths to a disk
- Disabling support
- vSCSI devices, Adding and removing DMP support for vSCSI devices for an array
- disk arrays
- A/A, How DMP works
- A/A-A, How DMP works
- A/P, How DMP works
- A/P-G, How DMP works
- A/PF, How DMP works
- Active/Active, How DMP works
- Active/Passive, How DMP works
- adding disks to DISKS category, Adding unsupported disk arrays to the DISKS category
- Asymmetric Active/Active, How DMP works
- excluding support for, Excluding support for a disk array library
- JBOD devices, How DMP claims devices
- listing claimed disks in DISKS category, Listing disks claimed in the DISKS category
- listing excluded, Listing excluded disk arrays
- listing supported, Listing all supported disk arrays
- multipathed, Multiple paths to disk arrays
- re-including support for, Re-including support for an excluded disk array library
- removing disks from DISKS category, Removing disks from the DISKS category
- supported with DMP, Listing all supported disk arrays
- disk names
- configuring persistent, Regenerating persistent device names
- disks, Disk categories
- adding to DISKS category, Adding unsupported disk arrays to the DISKS category
- array support library, Disk categories
- categories, Disk categories
- changing naming scheme, Changing the disk device naming scheme
- configuring newly added, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
- configuring persistent names, Regenerating persistent device names
- Device Discovery Layer, How to administer the Device Discovery Layer
- disabled path, Displaying the paths to a disk
- discovery of by DMP, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
- discovery of by VxVM, About discovering disks and dynamically adding disk arrays
- displaying naming scheme, Displaying the disk-naming scheme
- enabled path, Displaying the paths to a disk
- enclosures, About enclosure-based naming
- invoking discovery of, Enabling discovery of new disk arrays
- listing those claimed in JBODs, Listing disks claimed in the DISKS category
- metadevices, Disk devices
- naming schemes, Disk device naming in DMP
- OTHER_DISKS category, Disk categories
- primary path, Displaying the paths to a disk
- removing from DISKS category, Removing disks from the DISKS category
- scanning for, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
- secondary path, Displaying the paths to a disk
- DISKS category, Disk categories
- adding disks, Adding unsupported disk arrays to the DISKS category
- listing claimed disks, Listing disks claimed in the DISKS category
- removing disks, Removing disks from the DISKS category
- displaying
- DMP nodes, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
- HBA information, Displaying information about controllers
- redundancy levels, Displaying the redundancy level of a device or enclosure
- supported disk arrays, Listing all supported disk arrays
- Displaying I/O policy
- vSCSI devices, How DMP handles I/O for vSCSI devices
- displaying statistics
- erroneous I/Os, Displaying statistics for queued or erroneous I/Os
- queued I/Os, Displaying statistics for queued or erroneous I/Os
- DMP
- check_all restore policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- check_alternate restore policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- check_disabled restore policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- check_periodic restore policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- configuring disk devices, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
- configuring DMP path restoration policies, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- configuring I/O throttling, Configuring the I/O throttling mechanism
- configuring response to I/O errors, Configuring the response to I/O failures, Displaying recovery option values
- disabling array ports, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- disabling controllers, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- disabling paths, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- disk discovery, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
- displaying DMP database information, About displaying DMP database information
- displaying DMP node for a path, Retrieving information about a DMP node
- displaying DMP node for an enclosure, Retrieving information about a DMP node, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
- displaying DMP nodes, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
- displaying information about array ports, Displaying information about array ports
- displaying information about controllers, Displaying information about controllers
- displaying information about enclosures, Displaying information about enclosures
- displaying information about paths, Displaying the paths to a disk
- displaying LUN group for a node, Displaying the members of a LUN group
- displaying paths controlled by DMP node, Displaying paths controlled by a DMP node, controller, enclosure, or array port
- displaying paths for a controller, Displaying paths controlled by a DMP node, controller, enclosure, or array port
- displaying paths for an array port, Displaying paths controlled by a DMP node, controller, enclosure, or array port
- displaying recoveryoption values, Displaying recovery option values
- displaying status of DMP path restoration thread, Displaying the status of the DMP path restoration thread
- displaying TPD information, Displaying information about devices controlled by third-party drivers
- dynamic multi-pathing, How DMP works
- enabling array ports, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- enabling controllers, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- enabling paths, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- enclosure-based naming, How DMP works
- gathering I/O statistics, Gathering and displaying I/O statistics
- in a clustered environment, DMP in a clustered environment
- load balancing, Load balancing
- logging levels, DMP tunable parameters
- metanodes, How DMP works
- nodes, How DMP works
- path aging, DMP tunable parameters
- path failover mechanism, Path failover mechanism
- path-switch tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- renaming an enclosure, Renaming an enclosure
- restore policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- scheduling I/O on secondary paths, Scheduling I/O on the paths of an Asymmetric Active/Active or an ALUA array
- setting the DMP restore polling interval, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- stopping the DMP restore daemon, Stopping the DMP path restoration thread
- support for LVM boot disks, Using DMP with LVM boot disks
- tuning with templates, About tuning Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) with templates
- vxdmpadm, Administering DMP using the vxdmpadm utility
- DMP nodes
- displaying consolidated information, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
- setting names, Setting customized names for DMP nodes
- DMP support
- JBOD devices, How DMP claims devices
- dmp_cache_open tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_daemon_count tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_delayq_interval tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_fast_recovery tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_health_time tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_log_level tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_low_impact_probe, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_lun_retry_timeout tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_monitor_fabric tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_monitor_ownership tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_native_support tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_pathswitch_blks_shift tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_path_age tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_probe_idle_lun tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_probe_threshold tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_restore_cycles tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_restore_interval tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_restore_state tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_scsi_timeout tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_sfg_threshold tunable, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_stat_interval tunable, DMP tunable parameters
E
- enabled paths
- displaying, Displaying the paths to a disk
- Enabling support
- vSCSI devices, Adding and removing DMP support for vSCSI devices for an array
- enclosure-based naming, About enclosure-based naming, Summary of enclosure-based naming, Changing the disk device naming scheme
- displayed by vxprint, Discovering the association between enclosure-based disk names and OS-based disk names
- DMP, How DMP works
- enclosures, About enclosure-based naming
- discovering disk access names in, Discovering the association between enclosure-based disk names and OS-based disk names
- displaying information about, Displaying information about enclosures
- path redundancy, Displaying the redundancy level of a device or enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
- setting attributes of paths, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
- erroneous I/Os
- displaying statistics, Displaying statistics for queued or erroneous I/Os
- errord daemon, How DMP monitors I/O on paths
- errors
- handling transient errors, DMP tunable parameters
- explicit failover mode, How DMP works
I
- I/O
- gathering statistics for DMP, Gathering and displaying I/O statistics
- scheduling on secondary paths, Scheduling I/O on the paths of an Asymmetric Active/Active or an ALUA array
- throttling, How DMP monitors I/O on paths
- I/O policy
- displaying, Displaying the I/O policy
- example, Example of applying load balancing in a SAN
- specifying, Specifying the I/O policy
- vSCSI devices, How DMP handles I/O for vSCSI devices
- I/O throttling, Configuring the I/O throttling mechanism
- I/O throttling options
- configuring, Displaying recovery option values
- idle LUNs, DMP tunable parameters
- implicit failover mode, How DMP works
- iSCSI parameters
- administering with DDL, Getting or setting the iSCSI operational parameters
- setting with vxddladm, Getting or setting the iSCSI operational parameters
L
- listing
- DMP nodes, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
- supported disk arrays, Listing all supported disk arrays
- load balancing, How DMP works
- displaying policy for, Displaying the I/O policy
- specifying policy for, Specifying the I/O policy
- logical units, How DMP works
- LUN, How DMP works
- LUN group failover, How DMP works
- LUN groups
- displaying details of, Displaying the members of a LUN group
- lunbalance
- I/O policy, How DMP handles I/O for vSCSI devices
- LUNs
- idle, DMP tunable parameters
- LVM
- support for booting over DMP, Using DMP with LVM boot disks
N
- names
- device, Disk devices
- naming
- DMP nodes, Setting customized names for DMP nodes
- naming scheme
- changing for disks, Changing the disk device naming scheme
- changing for TPD enclosures, Changing device naming for enclosures controlled by third-party drivers
- displaying for disks, Displaying the disk-naming scheme
- naming schemes
- for disks, Disk device naming in DMP
- nodes
- DMP, How DMP works
- nolunbalance
- I/O policy, How DMP handles I/O for vSCSI devices
- nomanual path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- non-autotrespass mode, How DMP works
- nopreferred path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
P
- partial device discovery, Partial device discovery
- partition size
- displaying the value of, Displaying the I/O policy
- specifying, Specifying the I/O policy
- path aging, DMP tunable parameters
- path failover in DMP, Path failover mechanism
- paths
- disabling for DMP, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- enabling for DMP, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- setting attributes of, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
- performance
- load balancing in DMP, Load balancing
- persistence
- device naming option, Changing the disk device naming scheme
- persistent device name database, Regenerating persistent device names
- persistent device naming, Regenerating persistent device names
- ping-pong effect, DMP in a clustered environment
- polling interval for DMP restore, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- ports
- listing, Listing the ports configured on a Host Bus Adapter
- preferred priority path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- primary path, How DMP works, Displaying the paths to a disk
- primary path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- priority load balancing, Specifying the I/O policy
R
- recovery option values
- configuring, Displaying recovery option values
- redundancy levels
- displaying for a device, Displaying the redundancy level of a device or enclosure
- specifying for a device, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
- redundant-loop access, About enclosure-based naming
- Removing support
- vSCSI devices, Adding and removing DMP support for vSCSI devices for an array
- restore policy
- check_all, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- check_alternate, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- check_disabled, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- check_periodic, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- restored daemon, How DMP monitors I/O on paths
- retry option values
- configuring, Displaying recovery option values
- round-robin
- load balancing, Specifying the I/O policy
S
- scandisks
- vxdisk subcommand, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
- secondary path, How DMP works
- secondary path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- secondary path display, Displaying the paths to a disk
- setting
- path redundancy levels, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
- Setting I/O policy
- vSCSI devices, How DMP handles I/O for vSCSI devices
- single active path policy, Specifying the I/O policy
- specifying
- redundancy levels, Specifying the minimum number of active paths
- standby path attribute, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- statistics gathering, How DMP monitors I/O on paths
- storage processor, How DMP works
T
- targets
- listing, Listing the targets configured from a Host Bus Adapter or a port
- third-party driver (TPD), About third-party driver coexistence
- throttling, How DMP monitors I/O on paths
- TPD
- displaying path information, Displaying information about devices controlled by third-party drivers
- support for coexistence, About third-party driver coexistence
- tpdmode attribute, Changing device naming for enclosures controlled by third-party drivers
- tunables
- dmp_cache_open, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_daemon_count, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_delayq_interval, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_fast_recovery, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_health_time, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_log_level, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_low_impact_probe, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_lun_retry_timeout, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_monitor_fabric, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_monitor_ownership, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_native_support, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_pathswitch_blks_shift, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_path_age, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_probe_idle_lun, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_probe_threshold, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_restore_cycles, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_restore_interval, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_restore_state, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_scsi_timeout, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_sfg_threshold, DMP tunable parameters
- dmp_stat_interval, DMP tunable parameters
- Tuning DMP
- using templates, About tuning Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) with templates
V
- VIOS requirements, Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) requirements
- virtual SCSI devices
- administering, Using Storage Foundation in the logical partition (LPAR) with virtual SCSI devices
- vSCSI devices
- administering, Using Storage Foundation in the logical partition (LPAR) with virtual SCSI devices
- vxdctl enable
- configuring new disks, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
- invoking device discovery, Enabling discovery of new disk arrays
- vxddladm
- adding disks to DISKS category, Adding unsupported disk arrays to the DISKS category
- adding foreign devices, Foreign devices
- changing naming scheme, Changing the disk device naming scheme
- displaying the disk-naming scheme, Displaying the disk-naming scheme
- listing all devices, Listing all the devices including iSCSI
- listing claimed disks in DISKS category, Listing disks claimed in the DISKS category
- listing configured devices, Listing the devices configured from a Host Bus Adapter and target
- listing configured targets, Listing the targets configured from a Host Bus Adapter or a port
- listing excluded disk arrays, Listing excluded disk arrays, Adding unsupported disk arrays to the DISKS category
- listing ports on a Host Bus Adapter, Listing the ports configured on a Host Bus Adapter
- listing supported disk arrays, Listing all supported disk arrays
- listing supported HBAs, Listing all the Host Bus Adapters including iSCSI
- removing disks from DISKS category, Removing disks from the DISKS category, Foreign devices
- setting iSCSI parameters, Getting or setting the iSCSI operational parameters
- used to exclude support for disk arrays, Excluding support for a disk array library
- used to re-include support for disk arrays, Re-including support for an excluded disk array library
- vxdisk
- discovering disk access names, Discovering the association between enclosure-based disk names and OS-based disk names
- displaying multi-pathing information, Displaying the paths to a disk
- scanning disk devices, Discovering and configuring newly added disk devices
- vxdisk scandisks
- rescanning devices, Partial device discovery
- scanning devices, Partial device discovery
- vxdiskadm
- changing the disk-naming scheme, Changing the disk device naming scheme
- vxdmpadm
- changing TPD naming scheme, Changing device naming for enclosures controlled by third-party drivers
- configuring an APM, Configuring Array Policy Modules
- configuring I/O throttling, Configuring the I/O throttling mechanism
- configuring response to I/O errors, Configuring the response to I/O failures, Displaying recovery option values
- disabling controllers in DMP, About enabling and disabling I/O for controllers and storage processors
- disabling I/O in DMP, Disabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- discovering disk access names, Discovering the association between enclosure-based disk names and OS-based disk names
- displaying APM information, Configuring Array Policy Modules
- displaying DMP database information, About displaying DMP database information
- displaying DMP node for a path, Retrieving information about a DMP node, Displaying the members of a LUN group
- displaying DMP node for an enclosure, Retrieving information about a DMP node, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
- displaying I/O error recovery settings, Displaying recovery option values
- displaying I/O policy, Displaying the I/O policy
- displaying I/O throttling settings, Displaying recovery option values
- displaying information about controllers, Displaying information about controllers
- displaying information about enclosures, Displaying information about enclosures
- displaying partition size, Displaying the I/O policy
- displaying paths controlled by DMP node, Displaying paths controlled by a DMP node, controller, enclosure, or array port
- displaying status of DMP restoration thread, Displaying the status of the DMP path restoration thread
- displaying TPD information, Displaying information about devices controlled by third-party drivers
- enabling I/O in DMP, Enabling I/O for paths, controllers, array ports, or DMP nodes
- gathering I/O statistics, Gathering and displaying I/O statistics
- listing information about array ports, Displaying information about array ports
- removing an APM, Configuring Array Policy Modules
- renaming enclosures, Renaming an enclosure
- setting I/O policy, Specifying the I/O policy
- setting path attributes, Setting the attributes of the paths to an enclosure
- setting restore polling interval, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- specifying DMP path restoration policy, Configuring DMP path restoration policies
- stopping DMP restore daemon, Stopping the DMP path restoration thread
- vxdmpadm list
- displaying DMP nodes, Displaying consolidated information about the DMP nodes
- vxdmpboot
- enabling LVM bootability over DMP, Using DMP with LVM boot disks
- vxprint
- enclosure-based disk names, Discovering the association between enclosure-based disk names and OS-based disk names
- used with enclosure-based disk names, Discovering the association between enclosure-based disk names and OS-based disk names
- VxVM
- disk discovery, About discovering disks and dynamically adding disk arrays
