A system and method for concurrently performing logical device swaps for at least one logical subsystem, comprising: concurrently performing the following for each logical subsystem of each computer system prior to the occurrence of an event calling for logical device swaps--receiving a list of data storage device pairs, each pair comprising a first device and a corresponding second device and placing each listed second data storage device into a pseudo-online state; and concurrently performing the following for each logical subsystem of each computer system upon the occurrence of an event calling for logical device swaps--replacing a binding to each listed first device with a binding to each corresponding listed second device, wherein the binding causes I/O requests to be directed to the listed first device prior to the replacement, and further wherein the binding causes I/O requests to be directed to the corresponding listed second device subsequent to the replacement.

 
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