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When using Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4/ES4 or SUSE LINUX

Enterprise Server:
You must first remove HDLM before updating the kernel package, and

then re-install it after the update. Note that removing and re-installing

HDLM might change the correspondence between HDLM devices and

SCSI devices.

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To update the kernel package in an environment that satisfies the

following conditions, you need to change the Persistent Binding setting:

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The host is in a Hitachi Compute Blade environment.

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The boot disk is managed by HDLM.

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The Persistent Binding functionality is enabled.

For details about the Persistent Binding setting, see the manual Hitachi

Gigabit Fibre Channel Board User's Guide.

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If you use HDLM on a boot disk, LUKS cannot be used for the swap

partitions.

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The created LVM configuration does not change even if you perform an

upgrade installation of HDLM.

Overview of the Procedure for Installing HDLM in a Boot Disk

Environment

This subsection provides an overview of the procedure for installing HDLM in

a boot disk environment.

Settings for Using an HDLM Device or a Logical Volume (LVM2) on an HDLM

Device as a Boot Disk

This subsection provides an overview of how to perform a new installation of

HDLM in a boot disk environment that uses either a SCSI device or a logical

volume (LVM2) on a SCSI device. For details, see

Settings for a Multipath

Boot Disk Environment on page 3-142

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Install HDLM.
See step 1 to 3 in

Settings for a Multipath Boot Disk Environment on page

3-142

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Edit the configuration file to change the definition such that the HDLM

device can be used as a boot disk.
After editing the configuration file, restart the host to activate the setting.

See steps 4 to 19 in

Settings for a Multipath Boot Disk Environment on

page 3-142

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After completing the above procedure, you can perform a new installation of

HDLM in a boot disk environment that uses a SCSI device or a logical volume

(LVM2) on a SCSI device.

Creating an HDLM Environment

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