Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software Users Guide for AIX (6.6) (T5208-96010, April 2011)

3. Creating an HDLM Environment
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/DVD-ROM-mounted-directory/HDLM_AIX/hdlmtool/dlmrmdev
• Deleting an existing hdisk
When an existing hdisk is successfully deleted, the
KAPL09012-I message
is displayed. If the
KAPL09012-I message is not displayed, make sure that
no processes, services, file systems, or volume groups are using any HDLM
management-target paths, and then re-execute the procedure of step 7.
• Inheriting the existing hdisk configuration
When the existing hdisk configuration is successfully inherited, the
KAPL10531-I message is displayed.
If the
KAPL10531-I message is not displayed, make sure that no processes,
services, file systems, or volume groups are using any HDLM
management-target paths, and then re-execute the procedure of step 7.
8. Execute the following command and verify the status of the hdisks recognized as
HDLM-managed devices:
# lsdev -Cc disk
• If you attempted to delete an existing hdisk by executing the dlmrmdev
utility, verify that the hdisk has been deleted.
• If you attempted to inherit the existing hdisk configuration by executing the
dlmrmdev utility, verify that the status of the hdisks recognized as
HDLM-managed devices is
Defined.
hdisk0 Available 1S-08-00-8,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk1 Available 1S-08-00-9,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk2 Available 1S-08-00-10,0 16 Bit LVD SCSI Disk Drive
hdisk3 Defined 1H-08-02 Hitachi Disk Array (Fibre)
hdisk4 Defined 1H-08-02 Hitachi Disk Array (Fibre)
...
9. If the license has expired, prepare the license key or license key file.
If the license has not expired, proceed to step 10.
• When only the license key has been provided
Create the
/var/DLM directory, and then, in this directory, create the license
key file (
dlm.lic_key). The following shows an example when the license
key is
123456789ABCDEF:
# mkdir /var/DLM