Installation guide

StorageWorks Secure Path for Windows NT
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6.9 Automatic Failback
Auto-failback monitors a failed path and will automatically return failed-over storage
units to their original path, once the path has been restored. With auto-failback enabled,
Secure Path will attempt to failback a unit only twice within one hour. After two attempts,
Secure Path will cancel further failback attempts to prevent repeatedly switching the
storage unit(s) between paths.
As shown in Figure 6-7, auto-failback may be enabled or disabled through use of the
AutoFailBack pull-down menu in the Secure Path Manager.
Figure 6–7 Enabling the Auto-Failback Feature
NOTES
Auto-failback is a global parameter that will affect all
storage units configured on all Secure Path managed
subsystems.
Even with the auto-failback feature enabled, manual failback
of storage units (described in Section 6.9) can still be
performed at any time, once the path’s integrity is validated.