Specifications

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task 1: MeetInG paCkaGe requIreMents
Thelatest device mapperand multipath packagesmustbe loadedonto yourLinuxhost beforeconguring
DeviceMapperMultipath(DM-MP).Whenthisdocumentwaswritten,thecurrentversionswere:
• ForRHEL5.3
• device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el5
• device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-23.el5
•
ForRHEL5.4
• device-mapper-1.02.32-1.el5
• device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-30.el5
•
ForRHEL5.5
• device-mapper-1.02.39-1.el5
• device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5
•
ForSLES10SP2
• device-mapper-1.02.13-6.14
• multipath-tools-0.4.7-34.38
•
ForSLES10SP3
• device-mapper-1.02.13-6.14
• multipath-tools-0.4.7-34.50.10
•
ForSLES11
• device-mapper-1.02.27-8.6
• multipath-tools-0.4.8-40.1
•
ForSLES11SP1
• device-mapper-1.02.27-8.20
• multipath-tools-0.4.8-40.21.1
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TheeasiestandmosteffectivewaytoinstallthedevicemapperandmultipathtoolisduringOSinstallation.The
devicemapperinstallsbydefault,regardlessofthecongurationyouselect.However,youmustmanuallyspecify
themultipathtool,asitdoesnotinstallasapartofanyofthecongurationsofeitherOS.Themultipathtoolis
listedasanoptionunderBaseSystem.
ForhostswiththeOSalreadyinstalled,youcanaddthedevicemapperandmultipathtool,iftheyaremissing.
Example:ToaddthemultipathtoolforRHEL5.x,dothefollowingactions:
1. Openaterminalwindow.
2. TypethefollowingcommandandpressEnter:
#rpm-ivhdevice-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-8.el5.i386.rpm
Thesystemreturnsthefollowinglines:
Preparing...#####################[100%]
1:device-mapper-multipath#####################[100%]
#
(orasimilarmessage)
Important
Wherepossible,obtainthedevicemapperandmultipathtoolfromtheoriginalinstallation
CDstoensurefullcompatibilitywithyourexistingOS.RefertoyourOSdocumentation
formoreinformation.
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Toverifythattherequiredpackagesareinstalledonthehost,dothefollowingactions:
1. Openaterminalwindow.
2. TypethefollowingcommandandpressEnter:
#rpm-qa|grepdevice-mapper
Iftherequiredpackagesarepresent,thesystemreturnsthefollowinglines.
RHEL5.3:
device-mapper-1.02.28-2.el5
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-23.el5
RHEL5.4:
device-mapper-1.02.32-1.el5
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-30.el5
RHEL5.5:
device-mapper-1.02.39-1.el5
device-mapper-multipath-0.4.7-34.el5
Notethattheactualversionnumbermightbedifferent,dependingonyourconguration.