HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

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If the PATH environment variable is not set, specify an absolute path to

execute commands and utilities.
If you have performed steps 11, go to step 14.

13

.

Restart the host.
Execute the following command to restart the host:

# shutdown -r now

A path will be established in the HDLM device and the HDLM manager will

start.

14

.

If you have edited the /etc/fstab file as described in

Operations

Required for Devices to Be Managed by HDLM on page 3-96

in

Preparations for a New Installation of HDLM on page 3-96

, add the line

show below to change the setting from a SCSI device specification to an

HDLM device specification.
The Linux functionality that adds LABEL= to a SCSI device is not

supported in HDLM. Do not use this functionality.
An example of how to edit the /etc/fstab file is shown in the following

figure:

Add the shaded line shown in the above figure.

15

.

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

.

16

.

If md devices are used, execute the following command to activate them:

# mdadm -A -scan

mdadm: /dev/md0 has been started with 2 drives.

17

.

If md devices are used, execute the following command to make sure that

they have been deactivated.
In the following example, RAID1 (mirroring) is used:

# cat /proc/mdstat

Personalities : [raid1]

md0 : active raid1 sddlmaa1[0] sddlmab1[1]

5238528 blocks [2/2] [UU]

unused devices: <none>

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