Installing hdlm, Preparations for a new installation of hdlm, Installing hdlm -26 – HP XP7 Storage User Manual

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Restore the disk number managed by Windows to the number that was in

use prior to the migration installation or upgrade installation. For details

about how to do this, contact Microsoft.

Installing HDLM

First, check whether HDLM has been installed on the host.

When HDLM has already been installed on the host:

You can upgrade HDLM by performing an update installation as described

in

Upgrade Installation or Re-installation of HDLM on page 3-64

or

Migrating from HDLM 5.4 or Earlier to HDLM 5.5 or Later on page 3-66

.

When you install HDLM, Hitachi Network Objectplaza Trace Library will also be

installed. The file path of the Hitachi Network Objectplaza Trace Library

integrated trace information file is installation-destination-drive:\Program
Files

#

\HITACHI\HNTRLib2\spool\Hntr2n.log, where n is the number of the

integrated trace information file.

#

For Windows Server 2003 (excluding the x86 edition) , Windows Server

2008 (excluding the x86 edition) , or Windows Server 2012, Program
Files is Program Files (x86).

Follow the procedure explained here to install HDLM, even in cases where the

boot disk is an HDLM-managed device.

Preparations for a New Installation of HDLM

The following explains what you need to do before performing a new

installation of HDLM.

For an FC connection, check the topology (Fabric, AL, etc.) and perform an

appropriate setup.

To prepare for an HDLM installation:

1

.

Use a single cable to connect the host to the storage system.
Using multiple paths to connect a host to a storage system before

installing HDLM might result in unstable Windows operations. Make sure

that you only use a single-path configuration until the HDLM installation is

done.
The following figure shows a single path configuration and a multi-path

configuration.

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Creating an HDLM Environment

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