Changing between hardware-based and software-based disk ownership

Hardware-based and software-based disk ownership have different strengths and tradeoffs. If your storage system supports both, you can change the type of disk ownership. In some cases you can do so without affecting data availability.

Considerations

• Changing from hardware-based to software-based disk ownership
  If your storage system or active/active configuration is using hardware-based disk ownership, and it supports software-based disk ownership, you can reconfigure it to use software-based disk ownership.
• Changing from software-based to hardware-based disk ownership for stand-alone systems
  If a system is using software-based disk ownership, and it supports hardware-based disk ownership, you can convert the system to use hardware-based disk ownership.
• About changing from software-based to hardware-based disk ownership for active/active configurations
  Converting an active/active configuration from software-based disk ownership to hardware-based disk ownership is a complicated process. If done incorrectly, your system might not boot. You are advised to contact technical support for assistance with this conversion.