HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

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Specify the settings required for using LUKS.
Perform this step if your host OS uses LUKS. If HDLM manages a SCSI

device that has been configured to use LUKS, the LUKS settings must be

migrated from the SCSI device to an HDLM device.
For details on setting up LUKS, see

Settings for LUKS on page 3-182

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Specify the settings required for using md devices.
If you want to use md devices, create them in a multi-path environment.
For details about the md device settings, see

Settings for md Devices on

page 3-184

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Specify the settings required for using the volume management software.
If the logical volume created with the volume management software is

already being used, replace it with a logical volume whose physical

volume is an HDLM device.
For details on setting the volume management software, see

Settings for

LVM2 on page 3-196

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Specify the settings required for using virtual environments.
When using Xen, set it up to use HDLM devices in domainU. When using

KVM, register HDLM devices into the hardware configuration file.
For details on operating environments for the virtual environments

supported by HDLM, see

Virtual Environments Supported by HDLM on

page 3-87

. For details on how to set up a virtual environment, see

Settings for Xen on page 3-205

or

Settings for KVM on page 3-207

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Specify the settings required for operations in a cluster configuration.
For a cluster configuration, change the logical device file names of SCSI

devices specified in the cluster to logical device file names of HDLM

devices.
For details on setting the cluster software, see

Settings for Heartbeat on

page 3-208

,

Settings for Oracle RAC on page 3-208

,

Settings for the

RHCM on page 3-211

, or

Settings for VCS on page 3-213

.

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Execute the dlnkmgr command's view operation to check the HDLM

settings and status of each program.
The following is an example of executing the command:

# /opt/DynamicLinkManager/bin/dlnkmgr view -sys

HDLM Version : x.x.x-xx

Service Pack Version :

Load Balance : on(extended lio)

Support Cluster :

Elog Level : 3

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