topic MSA2324fc Changing default mapping to explicit mapping in HPE EVA Storage https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-eva-storage/msa2324fc-changing-default-mapping-to-explicit-mapping/m-p/5326199#M60788 <P>Hi&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>We have just one MSA2324FC hosting a number of VMs shared between two physical hosts</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Originally each of the the physical hosts only had a single HBA each therefore single fibre path to the MSA - the mapppings to the volumes were set up as explicit - several months later an extra HBA was fitted to each of the hosts and the new mapping to the volumes setup - unfortunately the window to do this was literally 10 minutes - the option to configure explicit mappings didnt seem to be there - so the HBAs mappings are set to &nbsp;default - hence question is it advisable or possible &nbsp;to try to change these from default mappings to explicit to match the other HBAs and if so how can this be achieved - to do this -would it impact the live environment &nbsp;-any help grate for</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>one other qustion can you back up the config on the controllers - if so how?</P> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:35:38 GMT Nemesis65 2011-09-08T19:35:38Z MSA2324fc Changing default mapping to explicit mapping https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-eva-storage/msa2324fc-changing-default-mapping-to-explicit-mapping/m-p/5326199#M60788 <P>Hi&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>We have just one MSA2324FC hosting a number of VMs shared between two physical hosts</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Originally each of the the physical hosts only had a single HBA each therefore single fibre path to the MSA - the mapppings to the volumes were set up as explicit - several months later an extra HBA was fitted to each of the hosts and the new mapping to the volumes setup - unfortunately the window to do this was literally 10 minutes - the option to configure explicit mappings didnt seem to be there - so the HBAs mappings are set to &nbsp;default - hence question is it advisable or possible &nbsp;to try to change these from default mappings to explicit to match the other HBAs and if so how can this be achieved - to do this -would it impact the live environment &nbsp;-any help grate for</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>one other qustion can you back up the config on the controllers - if so how?</P> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:35:38 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/hpe-eva-storage/msa2324fc-changing-default-mapping-to-explicit-mapping/m-p/5326199#M60788 Nemesis65 2011-09-08T19:35:38Z