Host connections for DS8000 storage systems are not being displayed

Host connections that were created by using the mkhostconnect command might not be displayed on the details page for DS8000 storage systems.

Problem

On a DS8000 storage system, host connections that were created by using the mkhostconnect command might not be displayed on the details page for that storage system in IBM Spectrum Control. Hosts that were configured with the mkhost command are displayed properly.

Action

To ensure that the host connections that were configured with mkhostconnect (and any related agentless servers) are displayed properly, complete the following steps:
  1. Go to https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/690153.
  2. To migrate the host connections, follow the process in the section called "The GUI Migration Process" on page 10.
  3. In IBM Spectrum Control, schedule a probe to collect the latest metadata from the DS8000 storage system. When the probe is complete, the host connections for the storage system are displayed properly on its details page.
Tips:
  • In the future, when you configure host connections in DS8000, use the mkhost command to ensure that the connections are shown in IBM Spectrum Control.
  • In cases where multiple agentless servers are created for host connections that are on one server, you can muli-select those servers on the Servers page in IBM Spectrum Control and then right-click to merge them into a single agentless server.
  • z/OS® hosts that use storage volumes from a DS8000 are not displayed as host connections in IBM Spectrum Control. This behavior occurs because z/OS hosts are not configured by using mkhostconnect or mkhost.

For more information about the changes for host configuration in the DS8000 Release 7.4 Storage Management GUI, see https://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1005012.