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

Registering HDLM Devices

If SVM is used, perform the following settings after installing HDLM, and

To Use a Local Volume

To use a local volume:

1. Create a replica of the state database.

Create three replicas of the local state database on the disk (slice).

Create these replicas on a disk that is not managed by HDLM, not shared,

and has not been connected to a Fibre Channel.

The following shows an example of executing the command:

host1# metadb -a -f c1t1d0s1 c1t1d0s3 c1t1d0s7

2. Create a local volume.

Use the HDLM device (slice) to create a local volume (logical disk).

The types of volumes include coupled, stripe, mirrored, and RAID5.

The following shows an example of executing the command to create a

local volume (d0) of type stripe (1) comprised of two HDLM devices

(slices).

host1# metainit d0 1 2 c5t1d0s7 c5t2d1s7

3. Create a file system on the local volume.

The following shows an example of executing the command:

host1# newfs /dev/md/rdsk/d0

4. Mount the created file system to the mount point.

The following shows an example of executing the commands:

host1# mkdir -p /mnt/filesystem1

host1# mount /dev/md/dsk/d0 /mnt/filesystem1

To Use a Shared Diskset

For disks registered with the shared diskset, SVM automatically allocates the

minimal number of state databases that store the configuration and status of

shared volumes created on a shared diskset. When using Sun Cluster, you

use the device ID in the device name of the disk.

Note

When you register a disk into a shared diskset, existing partitions may be

reconfigured. For detail, refer to the SVM documentation.

To use a shared diskset:

1. Create three replicas of the local state database on the disk (slice).

Creating an HDLM Environment

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