HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

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3. Creating an HDLM Environment

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/

DVD-ROM-mounted-directory

/HDLM_AIX/hdlmtool/dlmrmdev

• Deleting an existing hdisk

When an existing hdisk is successfully deleted, the

KAPL09012-I

message

is displayed. If the

KAPL09012-I

message is not displayed, make sure that

no processes, services, file systems, or volume groups are using any HDLM

management-target paths, and then re-execute the procedure of step 7.

• Inheriting the existing hdisk configuration

When the existing hdisk configuration is successfully inherited, the

KAPL10531-I

message is displayed.

If the

KAPL10531-I

message is not displayed, make sure that no processes,

services, file systems, or volume groups are using any HDLM

management-target paths, and then re-execute the procedure of step 7.

8.

Execute the following command and verify the status of the hdisks recognized as

HDLM-managed devices:


# lsdev -Cc disk

• If you attempted to delete an existing hdisk by executing the

dlmrmdev

utility, verify that the hdisk has been deleted.

• If you attempted to inherit the existing hdisk configuration by executing the

dlmrmdev

utility, verify that the status of the hdisks recognized as

HDLM-managed devices is

Defined

.


hdisk0 Available 1S-08-00-8,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk1 Available 1S-08-00-9,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk2 Available 1S-08-00-10,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk3 Defined 1H-08-02 Hitachi Disk Array (Fibre)
hdisk4 Defined 1H-08-02 Hitachi Disk Array (Fibre)
...

9.

If the license has expired, prepare the license key or license key file.
If the license has not expired, proceed to step 10.

• When only the license key has been provided

Create the

/var/DLM

directory, and then, in this directory, create the license

key file (

dlm.lic_key

). The following shows an example when the license

key is

123456789ABCDEF

:

# mkdir /var/DLM

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