Storage Partitioning Premium Feature - Out Of Compliance

What Caused the Problem?

The Storage Partitioning Premium Feature is out of compliance.

This problem can occur in the following scenarios:

The Recovery Guru Details area provides specific information you will need as you follow the recovery steps.

Important Notes

Recovery Steps

If... Then...
This problem occurred due to Scenario 1 Go to Procedure for Scenario 1.
This problem occurred due to Scenario 2 Go to Procedure for Scenario 2.

 

Procedure for Scenario 1

1
If... Then...
You want to resolve this problem by enabling the Storage Partitioning feature key Go to step 2.
You want to resolve this problem by removing partitions until you are below the limit allowed by the storage subsystem Reduce the number of partitions to equal to or less than the number of partitions allowed. The maximum number of partitions is listed in the Recovery Guru Details area.
a Display the Mappings View by selecting the View >> Mappings option.
b Highlight the storage subsystem (root) node on the left-side of the screen.

The right-side of the screen displays all the mappings for this storage subsystem and also provides a tally of the Storage Partitions allowed and currently used. There are three rules you should be aware of when considering what mappings need to change to reduce the number of partitions to the allowable limit.

Rule 1 Each host group or host that has a specific mapping represents ONE partition. If there are two or more mappings on the same host group or host, those mappings still represent just ONE partition.
Rule 2 If a host group has mappings and a host that is part of the host group also has mappings of its own, the host group and host (and their associated mappings) represent TWO distinct partitions.
Rule 3 The default host group does not constitute one of the partitions.

 Caution: Potential loss of data access. Removing or changing mappings may cause any host attached to the storage subsystem to lose visibility of a file system mounted on the storage subsystem. Stop I/Os on the affected logical drives before changing or removing them.

c Highlight a mapping and use either the Mappings >> Change >> Mapping or Mappings >> Remove option. If you change a mapping, either move the mapping to another host group or host that already has mappings, or move it to the default group.

After making the appropriate changes, go to step 3.

2 Select the Storage Subsystem >> Premium Features menu option in the Subsystem Management Window.
If... Then...
The Storage Partitioning feature appears in this dialog (regardless of status) A separate Feature Key File is needed to enable the Storage Partitioning feature. If the Storage Partitioning feature has already been enabled at any time for this storage subsystem, you should already have a Feature Key File. Otherwise, you will need to perform the following:
  • Retrieve the Feature Enable Identifier from the Premium Features dialog.
  • Contact your technical support representative to request a Feature Key File.
  • Once you have located your existing Feature Key File or obtained the appropriate Feature Key File from your technical support representative, click the Enable button to enable it.
  • When you are finished enabling the feature, go to step 3.
The Storage Partitioning feature does NOT appear in this dialog Your storage subsystem cannot support the Storage Partitioning feature.

It is possible that you can upgrade to a Feature Pack that will allow support for the Storage Partitioning feature.  You can contact your technical support representative to see if your storage subsystem can be upgraded to a different Feature Pack, or you can repeat step 1 to remove the extra partitions now.

3 Click the Recheck button to rerun the Recovery Guru. The failure should no longer appear in the Summary area. If the failure appears again, contact your technical support representative.

 

Procedure for Scenario 2

1
If... Then...
You want to enable the Storage Partitioning feature Go to step 2.
You want to disable the Storage Partitioning feature Go to step 3.
2 Select the Storage Subsystem >> Premium Features menu option in the Subsystem Management Window.
If... Then...
The Storage Partitioning feature appears in this dialog (regardless of status) A separate Feature Key File is needed to enable the Storage Partitioning feature. If the Storage Partitioning feature has already been enabled at any time for this storage subsystem, you should already have a Feature Key File. Otherwise, you will need to perform the following:
  • Retrieve the Feature Enable Identifier from the Premium Features dialog.
  • Contact your technical support representative to request a Feature Key File.
  • Once you have located your existing Feature Key File or obtained the appropriate Feature Key File from your technical support representative, click the Enable button to enable it.
  • When you are finished enabling the feature, go to step 5.
The Storage Partitioning feature does NOT appear in this dialog Your storage subsystem cannot support the Storage Partitioning feature.

It is possible that you can upgrade to a Feature Pack that will allow support for the Storage Partitioning feature.  You can contact your technical support representative to see if your storage subsystem can be upgraded to a different feature pack, or you can go to step 3 to disable the feature now.

3 Refer to the Details area to see how many partitions are present.
If... Then...
There are currently partitions that need to be removed before disabling the feature Remove all of the partitions.
a Display the Mappings View by selecting the View >> Mappings option.
b Highlight the storage subsystem (root) node on the left-side of the screen.

The right-side of the screen displays all the mappings for this storage subsystem and also provides a tally of the Storage Partitions allowed and currently used.

 Caution: Potential loss of data access. Removing or changing mappings may cause any host attached to the storage subsystem to lose visibility of a file system mounted on the storage subsystem. Stop I/Os on the affected logical drives before changing or removing them.

c Highlight a mapping and use the Mappings >> Remove option.
d Repeat step c to remove all mappings, and then go to step 4.

 

There are no partitions Go to step 4.

 

4 Disable the Storage Partitioning feature.
a Select the Storage Subsystem >> Premium Features menu option in the Subsystem Management Window.
b Select the Storage Partitioning feature from the list.
c Click the Disable button.
d Go to step 5.
5 Click the Recheck button to rerun the Recovery Guru. The failure should no longer appear in the Summary area. If the failure appears again, contact your technical support representative.