Installation and Reference Guide HP StorageWorks Secure Path 3.0F Service Pack 4 for HP-UX 11i v1.0 and 11i v2.0 (5697-8001, March 2009)

4. Determine the hardware path of the standby path for the EVA boot LUN by using the spmgr
display and ioscan commands. Set the alternate boot path with this hardware path by using
the command setboot –a hardware_path.
NOTE:
To install Secure Path, follow the instructions in Installing Secure Path or Removing and upgrading
Secure Path for Active-Passive disk arrays. Do not use the swinstall command to install the Secure
Path depot package.
Limitations
The following are limitations to Secure Path for HP-UX on a SAN boot device:
• Root/Swap/Dump are not supported with HSG LUNs.
• Root/Swap/Dump must be kept under LVM while installing HP-UX.
• Root/Swap/Dump must not be under VxVm configuration while installing HP-UX.
• Do not configure multiple Swap/Dump devices as a whole disk before installing Secure Path 3.0F
SP4.
• After the system reboots on a SAN LUN, do not run any applications before installing Secure Path.
• Removing Secure Path for HP-UX is not supported on a SAN boot device.
Managing Secure Path for Active-Passive disk arrays
This section describes the user interface for the Secure Path for Active-Passive 3.0F SP4 manager utility
spmgr, including:
• Secure Path for Active-Passive devices
• Displaying configuration information
• Setting storage system parameters
• Path management
• Preferred controller
• add and delete commands
• Secure Path for Active-Passive remote management
NOTE:
Examples are based on the HSG80 controller, but all actions are identical for the HSV controllers.
Secure Path for Active-Passive devices
The spmgr utility lets you monitor and manage devices, storage systems, and paths to units that are
in the Secure Path for Active-Passive configuration. It also lets you modify the configuration to repair,
replace, or reconfigure devices. The spmgr utility relies on spagent to handle calls to the driver
(swsp).
This section describes the following:
• spmgr commands
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