How to modify the enclosure name using vxdmpadm

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How to modify the enclosure name using vxdmpadm

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The names assigned to disks when enclosure based naming is enabled is determined by the enclosure name. This can be modified using the vxdmpadm command.

# vxdisk list
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS
c1t0d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid
EMC_CLARiiON0_0 auto:cdsdisk - - online
EMC_CLARiiON0_1 auto:cdsdisk - - online
EMC_CLARiiON0_2 auto:cdsdisk - - online
EMC_CLARiiON0_3 auto:cdsdisk - - online

#vxdmpadm listenclosure all
ENCLR_NAME ENCLR_TYPE ENCLR_SNO STATUS ARRAY_TYPE
============================================================================
EMC_CLARiiON0 EMC_CLARiiON APM00064800091 CONNECTED A/A
Disk Disk DISKS CONNECTED Disk

Syntax for the command to modify the enclosure name is:

# vxdmpadm settattr enclosure name=

Using the following command, you can modify the enclosure name to be "MyEMC":

# vxdmpadm setattr enclosure EMC_CLARiiON0 name=MyEMC

#vxdmpadm listenclosure all
ENCLR_NAME ENCLR_TYPE ENCLR_SNO STATUS ARRAY_TYPE
============================================================================
MyEMC EMC_CLARiiON APM00064800091 CONNECTED A/A
Disk Disk DISKS CONNECTED Disk

#vxdisk list
DEVICE TYPE DISK GROUP STATUS
c1t0d0s2 auto:none - - online invalid
MyEMC_0 auto:cdsdisk - - online
MyEMC_1 auto:cdsdisk - - online
MyEMC_2 auto:cdsdisk - - online
MyEMC_3 auto:cdsdisk - - online

Note : Validate if the new enclosure name already exists on the server or if there is a stale entry present in /etc/vx/array.info before modifying the enclosure name. Kindly refer to the article linked.

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How to modify the enclosure name using vxdmpadm

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