"During replacement of a virtualization switch" means the state in which a virtualization switch is disabled in VSC manager.
VSC manager functions are restricted during replacement of a virtualization switch.
The scope of functional restrictions during replacement of a virtualization switch includes the virtual storage pool and virtual enclosure that manage the virtualization switch being replaced.
Example
Restrictions during replacement of virtualization switch D in the system configuration shown in the figure below:
VSC manager functions are not restricted in system configuration X using virtualization switches A and B.
VSC manager functions are restricted in system configuration Y using virtualization switches C and D.
The VSC manager functions that are restricted and unrestricted during replacement of a virtualization switch are listed below.
VSC manager functions that are restricted
Creating and deleting a virtual storage pool
Registering and releasing a physical disk
Creating and deleting a virtual enclosure
Creating and deleting a virtual target
Creating and deleting a virtual disk and increasing the size of a virtual disk
Assigning a virtual disk to a virtual target and unassigning one from a virtual target
Batch conversion of physical disks from a physical to virtual environment
Starting, canceling, and switching migration
Restoring and deleting a migration backup
Canceling replication
Changing the BoxID of a virtual enclosure
VSC manager functions that are not restricted (*1)
Copy status inquiry
Referencing a copy log
Displaying the VSC Engine status
Stopping VSC Engine
Setting the trace level of VSC Engine
Re-creating VSC Engine configuration information
Displaying the initiator information in a virtualization switch
*1: The functions are restricted only if the processing of these functions is executed for the virtualization switch being replaced.
