Preparations For An Upgrade Installation Or Re-Installation Of Hdlm; Stop Applications; Perform Operations For Hdlm Management-Target Device - Hitachi XP P9500 User Manual

Hitachi dynamic link manager software user guide for aix (6.6) (t5208-96012, november 2011)
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If HDLM Manager, HDLM Alert Driver, and HDLM Driver are all Alive, all
programs are running correctly.
If you are not using a virtual I/O server, go to step 33.
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If you are using a virtual I/O server, define an hdisk as a virtual target
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device.
Execute the following command on the virtual I/O server:
When creating the hdisk as a virtual target device:
When creating the logical volume as a virtual target device:
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Execute the following command in the client logical partition to
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reconfigure the device:
# cfgmgr
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Execute the following command in the client logical partition to confirm
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that the physical volume has been recognized as hdisk.
If the following message is displayed, then the physical volume (hdisk)
was recognized correctly:
# lsdev -Cc disk
hdisk1 Available
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Check the path configuration according to the procedure described in
.
Checking the Path Configuration on page

Preparations for an Upgrade Installation or Re-installation of HDLM

Make necessary preparations, such as backing up the HDLM management-
target devices.
When using HDLM in a cluster configuration, make sure to perform the
operations described in the following sub-sections on all hosts that comprise
the cluster.

Stop Applications

HDLM manager stops during an upgrade installation or re-installation, so stop
any applications that require HDLM manager operations before you start the
upgrade installation or re-installation.

Perform Operations for HDLM Management-Target Device

1
Terminate the processes of all applications that are accessing the HDLM
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management-target devices.
2
If necessary, back up all HDLM management-target devices to a medium
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such as tape.
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$ mkvdev -vdev hdisk-name -vadapter virtual-SCSI-server-
adapter-name
$ mkvdev -vdev logical-volume-name -vadapter virtual-SCSI-
server-adapter-name
Virtual SCSI Disk Drive
Creating an HDLM Environment
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