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AddInitiators method of the MSFT_SMStorageGroup class

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Adds initiator IDs to a storage group.

Syntax

Uint32 AddInitiators(
  [in]            String                InitiatorIDs[],
  [in, optional]  Uint16                HostType,
  [in, optional]  String                username,
  [in, optional]  String                password,
  [out]           MSFT_SMJob        REF Job,
  [out, optional] MSFT_SMExtendedStatus ExtendedStatus
);

Parameters

InitiatorIDs [in]

Identifiers of initiator ports.

HostType [in, optional]

Defines the operating system, version, driver, and other host environment factors that influence the behavior exposed by storage systems.

The possible values are.

Unknown (0)

Other (1)

Standard (2)

Solaris (3)

HPUX (4)

OpenVMS (5)

Tru64 (6)

Netware (7)

Sequent (8)

AIX (9)

DGUX (10)

Dynix (11)

Irix (12)

Cisco iSCSI Storage Router (13)

Linux (14)

Microsoft Windows (15)

OS400 (16)

TRESPASS (17)

HI-UX (18)

VMware ESXi (19)

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (20)

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (21)

DMTF Reserved

22 32767

Vendor Specific

32768 65535

username [in, optional]

Used to authenticate with the SMI-S provider. If not provided, the storage service attempts to obtain these credentials from the configuration provider.

password [in, optional]

Used to authenticate with the SMI-S provider. If not provided, the storage service attempts to obtain these credentials from the configuration provider.

Job [out]

A reference to the MSFT_SMJob instance. May be NULL if the job is completed.

Windows Server 2012: This parameter is not supported.

ExtendedStatus [out, optional]

An MSFT_SMExtendedStatus object containing the results of calling this method.

Return value

Success

0

Not Supported

1

Unspecified Error

2

Timeout

3

Failed

4

Invalid Parameter

5

Method Parameters Checked - Job Started

4096

Windows Server 2012: This value is unavailable prior to Windows Server 2012 R2.

Invalid initiator port ID

4098

Invalid permission

4100

Target/initiator combination already exposed

4101

StorageService: Error InitiatorID Required

40005

StorageService: Not Unique InitiatorID and TargetPortID Combination

40040

StorageService: Unable to get MaskingGroup from job

40061

StorageService: Error Unable to add InitiatorID - OneHardwareIDPerView is set to true

40065

StorageService: Provider does not support masking and mapping operations

40107

StorageService: More than one MaskingGroup of the same type are associated with the SPC on the Provider

40111

StorageService: Unable to Find or Create a StorageHardwareID Object on the provider

40115

StorageService: Warning StorageClientSettingData Not Supported on provider

40300

StorageService: Error processing of StorageClientSettingData

40700

StorageService: Error StorageClientSettingData specified HostType was Not Found

40701

StorageService: Warning StorageClientSettingData HostType Not Found. Other or Standard HostType was used instead

40702

StorageService: Error StorageClientSettingData not found for the specified HardwareId

40703

StorageService: Error StorageClientSettingData provider failure

40704

StorageService: Method invocation failed

40705

StorageService: Error: Provider job completed with errors

41000

StorageService CIM Error: Failed

43001

StorageService CIM Error: Access denied

43002

StorageService CIM Error: Invalid namespace

43003

StorageService CIM Error: Invalid parameter

43004

StorageService CIM Error: Invalid class

43005

StorageService CIM Error: Not found

43006

StorageService CIM Error: Not supported

43007

StorageService CIM Error: Class has children

43008

StorageService CIM Error: Class has instances

43009

StorageService CIM Error: Invalid superclass

43010

StorageService CIM Error: Already exists

43011

StorageService CIM Error: No such property

43012

StorageService CIM Error: Type mismatch

43013

StorageService CIM Error: Query language not supported

43014

StorageService CIM Error: Invalid query

43015

StorageService CIM Error: Method not available

43016

StorageService CIM Error: Method not found

43017

StorageService CIM Error: Unexpected response

43018

StorageService CIM Error: Invalid response destination

43019

StorageService CIM Error: Namespace not empty

43020

StorageService CIM Error: Invalid enumeration context

43021

StorageService CIM Error: Invalid operation timeout

43022

StorageService CIM Error: Pull has been abandoned

43023

StorageService CIM Error: Pull cannot be abandoned

43024

StorageService CIM Error: Filtered enumeration not supported

43025

StorageService CIM Error: Continuation on error not supported

43026

StorageService CIM Error: Server limits exceeded

43027

StorageService CIM Error: Server is shutting down

43028

StorageService CIM Error: Query feature not supported

43029

StorageService: Generic Failure

51000

StorageService: Invalid connection credentials

51005

StorageService: SSL connection failure

51010

Requirements
Minimum supported client
 None supported
Minimum supported server
 Windows Server 2012
Namespace
 Root\Microsoft\Windows\Storage\SM
MOF
MsftStrgMan.mof
DLL
StorageService.dll

See also

MSFT_SMStorageGroup