HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

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3. Creating an HDLM Environment

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/

DVD-ROM-mounted-directory

/HDLM_AIX/hdlmtool/dlmrmdev

Deleting an existing hdisk

When an existing hdisk is successfully deleted, the

KAPL09012-I

message

is displayed. If the

KAPL09012-I

message is not displayed, make sure that

no processes, services, file systems, or volume groups are using any HDLM

management-target paths, and then re-execute the procedure of step 7.

Inheriting the existing hdisk configuration

When the existing hdisk configuration is successfully inherited, the

KAPL10531-I

message is displayed.

If the

KAPL10531-I

message is not displayed, make sure that no processes,

services, file systems, or volume groups are using any HDLM

management-target paths, and then re-execute the procedure of step 7.

8.

Execute the following command and verify the status of the hdisks recognized as

HDLM-managed devices:


# lsdev -Cc disk

If you attempted to delete an existing hdisk by executing the

dlmrmdev

utility, verify that the hdisk has been deleted.

If you attempted to inherit the existing hdisk configuration by executing the

dlmrmdev

utility, verify that the status of the hdisks recognized as

HDLM-managed devices is

Defined

.


hdisk0 Available 1S-08-00-8,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk1 Available 1S-08-00-9,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk2 Available 1S-08-00-10,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk3 Defined 1H-08-02 Hitachi Disk Array (Fibre)
hdisk4 Defined 1H-08-02 Hitachi Disk Array (Fibre)
...

9.

If the license has expired, prepare the license key or license key file.
If the license has not expired, proceed to step 10.

When only the license key has been provided

Create the

/var/DLM

directory, and then, in this directory, create the license

key file (

dlm.lic_key

). The following shows an example when the license

key is

123456789ABCDEF

:

# mkdir /var/DLM

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