Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software Users Guide for Linux

• Start the HDLM manager.

The dlmstart utility performs the above operations as a batch operation.

If an HDLM alert driver and a filter driver have already been loaded or the

HDLM manager is already running, the relevant operation is not performed.

Format

/opt/DynamicLinkManager/bin/dlmstart

Notes:

• You cannot execute multiple instances of the dlmstart utility at the same

time.

• You cannot execute the dlmstart utility while the dlmcfgmgr utility is

executing.

• If you execute the dlmstart utility, the I/O and I/O error counts for

existing paths displayed when the HDLM command (dlnkmgr view -

path) is executed are initialized to 0.

• If you execute the dlmstart utility, do not change the settings of the

sysfs interface that handles SCSI devices after an HDLM device is

configured.

dlmupdatesysinit Utility for Updating System Scripts

In an environment that uses Red Hat Enterprise Linux, if you update the

initscripts package after installing HDLM, HDLM information in the /etc/

rc.d/rc.sysinit file.

In an environment that uses SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server, if you update the

aaa_base, raidtools, mdadm, or lvm2 package after installing HDLM, HDLM

information in the /etc/init.d/boot.localfs file, the /etc/init.d/

boot.md file, or the /etc/init.d/boot.lvm file might be lost.

If the HDLM information is lost, execute the dlmupdatesysinit utility to re-

utility, see Notes on Linux on page 3-98.

Format

/opt/DynamicLinkManager/bin/dlmupdatesysinit

Examples

Example 1:

In this example, the HDLM information is lost in an environment that uses

Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In the following execution example, the utility

re-registers the HDLM information in the rc.sysinit file:

Utility Reference

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Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager (for Linux®) User Guide