SRM Auto-mapping Windows Storage?

Hi Joshua,

you did it correctly, that is first step that needs to be done.

• The second step: You might want to verify through "Settings" > "Manage Nodes" > select the particular one > click to "List Resources" whether "Network Storage Resources" is selected. If not, select it and Submit.
• The third step: navigate to "Settings" > "Manage Nodes" select all nodes you'd need to and expand drop down "More Actions" and select "Rediscover"

Once the rediscovery is finished you might see the mapping.

Note: Currently, we are able to get the mapping automatically for MBR partitions since they provide us required information for the mapping. The GPT partitions work differently in terms of exposing the data what is not supported now in SRM v6.2 or below. So it might happen that if you have the second type of partitions, or anything went wrong there is only work-around to use manual E2E mapping.

Regards

Lubo

Thanks Lubo. I'll check with the client and see.  As for manual mapping, see my thoughts on that process - .  I'll definitely go through the effort if I have to but automated is so much better, right

Hi Joshua,

With the default polling intervals, it can take up to 12 hours for the new relationships to get discovered appropriately. You can expedite that process by hitting "rediscover now" on the array details page in SRM and "poll now" on the physical server.

Lubo's suggestions apply as well, just seen the time delay trip up some internal folks before as well.

Thanks, I did wait overnight when I first started.  I'm hoping it is an MBR vs GPT thing and not something else but I'll let you know for sure either way.  Tried all of Lubo's suggestions to no avail.  Waiting for confirmation from the client.

Are there any plans to support GPT partitions going forward?  I don't think I read that in the roadmap, but all of my in-guest iscsi luns are GPT.  I have done the manual mapping but it'd be nice to have that.  Maybe i'll add it as an idea.