gatekeepers visible in storage manager?

[matei72]

Hello,

It has been a while since I've had to do any EMC-related tasks, so my memory is a bit foggy.

Is it "normal" for the gatekeepers to be visible in a Windows host's storage manager? I recently had a database admin asking me this, he was poking around server manager on a 2008 server and could see the gatekeepers, along with the LUNs masked to that particular host.

 

[mrdenny]

Under Storage > Disk Management I see all the disks which are presented to the server. Not really sure where he's looking. Got a screenshot?

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[matei72]

Same place you mention... I guess if they're presented to the box they'll appear, makes sense - but didn't expect them to be presented to the server.

My understanding of EMC theory has atrophied over the years from lack of use!

 

[mrdenny]

Yep, the disks show up there. Windows needs to be able to partition and format them.

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