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Installing HDLM

The following section describes how to install HDLM for a new installation, for

a re-installation, and for an upgrade installation. Depending on the

procedure, the host might have to be restarted after HDLM is installed. HDLM

can also be installed by performing an unattended installation, which enables

a user to install HDLM without entering information. Select the procedure

suitable for your environment.

To create an HDLM device, the HDLM configuration definition utility
dlmcfgmgr is used. For details on the dlmcfgmgr utility, see

dlmcfgmgr Utility

for Managing the HDLM Configuration on page 7-22

.

If you want to install HDLM in a boot disk environment that uses SCSI

devices, see

Installing HDLM for Managing Boot Disks on page 3-132

.

HDLM supports md devices in Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4/ES4, Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 5, Oracle Enterprise Linux 5, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

environments. If you want to perform a new installation of HDLM in an

environment where an md device has been activated, see

Using HDLM in an

md Device Environment on page 3-188

.

Preparations for a New Installation of HDLM

This section describes the preparations required before newly installing

HDLM. This includes backing up devices to be managed by HDLM and setting

up the hardware and volume management software.

Operations Required for Devices to Be Managed by HDLM

If any devices to be managed by HDLM are operating, you need to perform

the following procedure.

To prepare a device that is already operating:

1

.

Terminate all processes of applications that are accessing devices to be

managed by HDLM.

2

.

If necessary, back up all devices that are to be managed by HDLM.

3

.

Unregister the devices.
If a device to be managed by HDLM is registered in a program, including

cluster software (excluding the volume management software), release

the registration.
When accessing a device that is to be managed after HDLM installation,

the setting name used until now cannot be used for access because the

logical device file name for the HDLM device that HDLM creates is used.

4

.

Unmount the disks.

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