Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software Users Guide for Linux (7.6)

Operations Required for Devices to Be Managed by HDLM........................3-96
Checking the Volume Group...................................................................3-97
Setting in the syslogd Settings File..........................................................3-99
Setting the Mount Point (in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 6)..............................................................................................3-100
Checking the Partition..........................................................................3-100
Xen Settings........................................................................................3-
100
Performing a New Installation of HDLM..........................................................3-100
Preparations for an Upgrade Installation or Re-installation of HDLM..................3-105
Operations Required for Devices to Be Managed by HDLM......................3-105
Deactivating the md Devices................................................................3-106
Deactivating the Volume Group............................................................3-106
Setting Up Xen....................................................................................3-106
Performing a Re-installation of HDLM.............................................................3-107
Performing an Upgrade Installation of HDLM...................................................3-112
Unattended Installation of HDLM....................................................................3-116
Disk Replication OS Installation......................................................................3-121
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (using LABEL for the kernel parameter)...3-121
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (using UUID for the kernel parameter)....3-127
Installing HDLM for Managing Boot Disks..............................................................3-132
Notes on Installing HDLM in a Boot Disk Environment......................................3-133
Overview of the Procedure for Installing HDLM in a Boot Disk Environment.......3-135
Settings for Using an HDLM Device as a Boot Disk.................................3-135
Upgrade Installation in an Environment Where an HDLM Device Is Used as a
Boot Disk............................................................................................3-136
Settings for Using a Logical Volume (LVM2) on an HDLM Device as a Boot Disk
..........................................................................................................3-136
Upgrade Installation in an Environment Where a Logical Volume (LVM2) on an
HDLM Device Is Used as a Boot Disk.....................................................3-137
Settings for Using an HDLM Device as a Boot Disk...........................................3-137
Upgrade Installation in an Environment Where an HDLM Device Is Used as a Boot
Disk.............................................................................................................3-147
Settings for Using a Logical Volume (LVM2) on an HDLM Device as a Boot Disk.3-155
Upgrade Installation in an Environment Where a Logical Volume (LVM2) on an HDLM
Device Is Used as a Boot Disk........................................................................3-166
Countermeasures for Unsuccessful Startup of the OS from an HDLM Device......3-180
When an Error Message Appears and the OS Stops................................3-181
When a Prompt for a Password for Starting Maintenance Appears, and the OS
Stops..................................................................................................3-181
Settings for LUKS................................................................................................3-182
Notes on Using LUKS.....................................................................................3-182
Using HDLM in an LUKS Environment.............................................................3-183
Settings for md Devices.......................................................................................3-184
Notes on Setting Up md Devices....................................................................3-184
Creating an md Device..................................................................................3-186
Using HDLM in an md Device Environment......................................................3-188
When the MULTIPATH Function Is Not Being Used for md Devices..........3-188
When the MULTIPATH Function Is Being Used for md Devices................3-192
Settings for LVM2................................................................................................3-196
Notes on Using LVM2....................................................................................3-196
When Using an HDLM Device to Create a New Logical Volume.........................3-196
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