What is preferred ownership?

The preferred ownership of a or is the of an that is designated to own these logical drives. The is the controller that currently owns the logical drive or the array.

If the preferred owner is being replaced or is undergoing a download, ownership of the logical drives automatically transfers to the other controller. The other controller becomes the of the logical drives. This change is considered a routine ownership change and is reported with an informational entry in the .

There also can be a forced failover from the preferred owner to the other controller because of I/O path errors. This failure is reported with a critical entry in the Event Log and is reported by the to email and alert destinations.

The preferred owner for a logical drive is initially selected by the controller when the logical drive is created. Select Array >> Change >> Ownership/Preferred Path to change the preferred ownership for a selected array. To change the preferred ownership for a logical drive, select Logical Drive >> Change >> Ownership/Preferred Path .

To transfer a logical drive away from its current owner to its preferred owner, select Advanced >> Recovery >> Redistribute Logical Drives .