This process can be carried out using GUI operations or commands. For information on the operation method using GUI, refer to "Manage Devices" in the "ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager GUI User's Guide".
For the operation method using commands, refer tostgxfwcmsetdev (Device information collection/reflection command) in the "ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Operator's Guide" of the OS on which the Storage Management Server is running.
Note
As part of replication management, device information on a Storage Server must first be stored in the repository.
There may not be sufficient area available for updating the repository if information is to be obtained for devices under two or more Storage Servers. Check if the area required when updating the repository is available before obtaining the device information. If there is insufficient area, allocate the required area, then obtain` the device information.
For the procedure, refer to the version of the following manual that applies to the operating system of the Storage Management Server:
"ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Operator's Guide", step 2 of "Action required when access to repository fails"
The time taken to add new devices is in proportion to the total number of devices defined in the selected Storage Server. For this reason, if a large number of devices have been defined, execute the process only when the CPU load on the system is low. As a guide, each operation takes about 0.5 seconds per device (ie, partition) with no load.
No information will be obtained for a volume group is inactive when the operation is executed. When a backup is in progress a volume group which is registered as a backup volume will become inactive, so it would not be detected by this operation. Do not issue an instruction to delete a volume in use.
