Storage Multi-Pathing choices in HP-UX Serviceguard environments, August 2009

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Definition of terms
Table 2.
Term Definition
CFS Serviceguard Cluster File System based on Veritas CFS from
Symantec; included in some of the HP Serviceguard Storage
Management Suite bundles.
CVM Veritas Cluster Volume Manager from Symantec; included in
some of the HP Serviceguard Storage Management Suite
bundles.
DMP Dynamic Multi Pathing; Symantec’s multi-pathing product for
VxVM and CVM volume manager
DSF Device Special File; a special file used to interface with
devices – e. g. storage systems
PP EMC PowerPath®
SP HP StorageWorks SecurePath®
SMS Serviceguard Storage Management Suite, Serviceguard
bundles based on Veritas volume manager and file system
products.
VxFS Veritas File System from Symantec; included in the
Serviceguard Storage Management Suite. Also known as
Online-JFS individually or part of the HP-UX MCOE
VxVM Veritas Volume Manger from Symantec; included in the
Serviceguard Storage Management Suite.
Multi-pathing product reference documentation
Most of the information in this document is retrieved from other documentation. This section refers to
individual manuals and white papers that provide more detailed information on specific multi-pathing
solutions and their interoperability with each other. The references point to documents which were
current at the time of writing this white paper. The reader should find and read up-to-date versions of
these documents which apply to the configuration of interest. The following list will guide through that
process:
 New HP-UX 11i v3 Mass Storage Stack
To learn more about the new mass storage on HP-UX 11i v3 see the following documents on the HP
documentation websites http://docs.hp.com/ -> HP-UX 11i v3 -> Storage Area Management
(http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv3.html#Storage%20Area%20Management):
– HP-UX 11i v2 to 11i v3 Mass Storage Stack Update Guide
– HP-UX 11i v3 Mass Storage Device Naming
– HP-UX 11i v3 Mass Storage I/O Performance Improvements
– HP-UX 11i v3 Native Multi-Pathing for Mass Storage
– HP-UX 11i v3 Persistent DSF Migration Guide
– LVM Migration from Legacy to Agile Naming Model
– Overview: Next Generation Mass Storage Stack
– Product Brief: The Next Generation Mass Storage Stack
– scsimgr SCSI Management and Diagnostics Utility on HP-UX 11i v3