Disabling the DMP paths on a virtualization server

1. In the Management Server console, do one of the following:
   • In the Virtualization perspective select the required host, right-click and then select DMP Path Management.
   • In the Virtualization perspective, go to the Solutions section, click DMP Path Management, and under Actions, click Start DMP Path Management.
2. In the Define New Case panel, enter the required information. Click Next.

1. In the next panel, select one or more initiators that contain the DMP paths that you want to disable.

1. In the Path Disable Confirmation panel, review the details of the DMP paths. To view the information on the relationship of the DMP paths with other storage resources in your data center, click View Associations Report. Click** Disable** to disable all the listed DMP paths.

1. In the Paths Disabled panel, review the details of the disabled paths and the commands that were run to complete the operation. Do one of the following:
   • To save and close the configuration and re-enable the DMP paths later, click Save and Close.

• To re-enable the DMP paths after the maintenance operations are completed, click Next. The wizard prompts you to re-enable DMP paths.

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