topic Removing the multipath on the filer. in ONTAP Discussions

Removing the multipath on the filer.

netappnasadmin — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:22:02 GMT

Hello All,

we have backup filer on which Mulipathing is configured.

so we dont have any free ports to configure the Tape Library to the filer.so my question is we want to remove the multipathing and configure the tape library directly to the filer.

can any one help me out doing the process...

Thanks in Advance..

Naveen.

Re: Removing the multipath on the filer.

dchilton — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:38:49 GMT

This guide might help.

http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel732_vs/pdfs/ontap/tapebkup.pdf

Re: Removing the multipath on the filer.

amiller_1 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:54:16 GMT

Personally, given it's a backup filer I'd probably just shut it down, remove the multipath links, bring it back up, verify everything is fine, and then continue on with a regular tape library install/connection.

You should be able to do it live I believe but for a backup system it's easier just to take it down I'd say.

Re: Removing the multipath on the filer.

netappnasadmin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:35:19 GMT

Thanks andrew for the response.

I will go with turning off the filer & remove the multipath and configure the tape library.

Thanks

Naveen.

Re: Removing the multipath on the filer.

a_hussain — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:19:27 GMT

Yes I agree thats definitley the best way to go about it.
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i'd wait for a few minutes before you plug in the Backup device.

Re: Removing the multipath on the filer.

amiller_1 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:14:39 GMT

Great....just let us know how it goes.