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• If you install HDLM when either of the following conditions exists, an error
might be displayed for the mirror disk in the Disk Management window of
Windows.
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A mirror disk volume that uses a Windows dynamic disk exists among
the HDLM management-target devices
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An application that uses the dmaadmin service is being executed.
This error does not affect the data on the HDLM management-target
devices. If you restart the host and then activate the disk in the Disk
Management window of Windows, this error will not appear. To prevent
this error from occurring, perform the following before installing HDLM:
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When a mirror disk volume that uses a dynamic disk exists among the
HDLM management-target devices
Close the management console for the disk.
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When the application that uses the dmaadmin service is being
executed
Stop the application that uses the dmaadmin service.
• In Windows Server 2003 (excluding IPF versions) , Windows Server 2008
(excluding IPF versions) and Windows Server 2012 , boot disk
environments that use the GUID Partition Table (GPT) are not supported.
• In Windows Server 2003 (excluding x86 versions) , Windows Server 2008
(excluding x86 versions) and Windows Server 2012, we recommend that
you install HDLM in a folder other than Program Files.
• When installing HDLM, the name of the HDLM installation folder and the
names of all its parent folders must satisfy all of the following conditions:
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The name must not be a reserved name specified in Windows.
Reserved names include names like CON, AUX, COM1 to COM9, LPT1 to
LPT9, PRN, and NUL.
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The name must be made by using only the following characters:
A - Z, a - z, 0 - 9, -, _, ., @, or a single byte space
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The last character cannot be a single byte space.
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The name cannot contain two or more single byte spaces in a row.
If you attempt to install HDLM in a folder that does not satisfy these
conditions, problems such as those described in the table below might
occur. If this happens, reinstall HDLM by following the procedures given
below.
Table 3-10 Problems and What to Do When Specifying a Folder That
Does Not Satisfy the Conditions for an HDLM Installation
Problem What to do
An internal error occurred and the
installation was interrupted.
Specify a folder that satisfies the above
conditions and re-install the HDLM.
After the installation has finished, the
error information could not be collected
Remove HDLM, and then re-install it by
specifying a folder that satisfies the
above conditions.
Creating an HDLM Environment
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