HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

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3. Creating an HDLM Environment

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Change the

default

number so that a boot can be performed using the

configuration copied in step 11.

default=2

When LILO or ELILO is used as the boot loader:

Specify

label

for

default

.

default linux-sd

15. If LILO is used as the boot loader, execute the

/sbin/lilo

command to have

the new settings take effect.

16. Restart the host to make sure that booting from the SCSI device is possible.
17. Install HDLM.

To install HDLM, see 3.6.2 Performing a New Installation of HDLM perform

steps 2 to 12 to create an HDLM device. You will also need to perform step 13 if

you are only restarting the host. Note that the procedure differs depending on

whether the host is restarted after installation.

18. Execute the HDLM-configuration definition utility (

dlmcfgmgr)

with the

-v

parameter specified to check the correspondence between the SCSI device and the

HDLM device.


# dlmcfgmgr -v
HDevName Management Device Host Channel Target Lun
/dev/sddlmaa configured /dev/sda 0 0 0 0
KAPL10302-I /sbin/dlmcfgmgr completed normally.

The

HDevName

column indicates the HDLM device, and the

Device

column

indicates SCSI device.

19. Execute the

dlmmkinitrd

utility for supporting a boot disk to create an initial

RAM disk image file for HDLM.
For the initial RAM disk image file specified in the parameter, assign a name that

is different from all currently used names.
For details on the

dlmmkinitrd

utility, see 7.4 dlmmkinitrd Utility for

Supporting a Boot Disk.

20. Back up the

/etc/fstab

file.

21. Edit the

/etc/fstab

file.

Change the mount points for the following HDLM management-target devices

from the SCSI device to the HDLM device:

When

ELILO

is used as the boot loader:

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