Table 32 Mapping Path Statuses and Required Actions (continued)
Status | Description | Action |
External device setting changed | The setting of the external storage | The port of the external storage system |
| system has been changed. For | is recognized. See the documents for |
| example, the path definition was | your external storage system, and check |
| deleted, or the external storage system | if the operation that changes the setting |
| itself was replaced by another device. | information about the mapped device |
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| has not been performed. |
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LDEV size reduced | The setting of the volume capacity of | Check the volume capacity of the |
| the external storage system has been | volume of the external storage system. |
| changed (the volume capacity was | Execute the Delete Volume operation, |
| reduced). | and then retry the Add Volume |
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| operation. |
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Not ready | The reply of the external storage | The path cannot be used to access the |
| system was NOTREADY. The drive of | external storage system. Check the |
| the external storage system is spinning | status of the external storage system. If |
| up, or the device of the external | you cannot restore the path, call HP |
| storage system is being formatted. | technical support. |
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Illegal request | The reply of the external storage | The port of the external storage system |
| system was ILLEGALREQUEST. The | is recognized. Check the setting of the |
| command cannot be executed to the | external storage system. If you cannot |
| device of the external storage system. | restore the path, call HP technical |
| The data protection may be set on the | support. |
| device of the external storage system. |
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Command aborted | The reply of the external storage | The port of the external storage system |
| system was ABORTEDCOMMAND. | is recognized. Check the setting of the |
| An error may have occurred on the | external storage system and the |
| external storage system side. | condition of the connection (for |
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| example, cables, switches) to the |
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| external storage system. If you cannot |
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| restore the path, call HP technical |
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| support. |
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Busy | The external storage system is in the | The port of the external storage system |
| BUSY status. | is recognized. Check the setting of the |
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| external storage system and the load |
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| on the external storage system (for |
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| example, check if the configuration |
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| gives too much load on the external |
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| storage system or not). If you cannot |
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| restore the path, call HP technical |
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| support. |
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LDEV reserved | The external storage system is in the | Remove the Reserve status on the device |
| Reserve status. You are not allowed to | of the external storage system. |
| access the device of the external |
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| storage system from the local storage |
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| system. |
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Response error | The external storage system is in the | The port of the external storage system |
| blocked status caused by the abnormal | is recognized. Check the setting and |
| reply (Response). You may not be able | status of the external storage system. If |
| to access the device of the external | you cannot restore the path, call HP |
| storage system. Or data protection | technical support. |
| may be set on the device of the |
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| external storage system. |
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Initiator port | The port attribute of the external | Set the port attribute of the external |
| storage system has been changed to | storage system to the target port. If you |
| the initiator port. | cannot restore the path, call HP |
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| technical support. |
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