Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide

Installing and re

moving the Admsnap Utility

EMC strongly reco

mmends that you install admsnap on all servers

connected to a sto

rage system that has the SnapView driver installed.

Important: If you

are upgrading your storage system to FLARE OE

version 02.19.x

xx.5.yyy or later, you must upgrade admsnap to version

2.9.x or later. B

efore you upgrade FLARE, verify that your operating

system version s

upports admsnap version 2.9.x or later. Refer to the

Admsnap Releas

eNotesor the EMC Support Matrix on Powerlink.

Note: For the supported versions of these operating systems, see the Admsnap

Release Notes.

Installation pr

erequisites

Before you can install and use the Admsnap Utility, you must:

 Install SnapView on a supported CLARiiON storage system. For

a list of supported storage systems, refer to the release notes for

SnapView and admsnap.

 Enable data access control on the same CLARiiON storage system.

Installing the Admsnap Utility on a Solaris server

EMC recommends that you install the most recent version of the

Admsnap Utility software that is appropriate for your configuration.

You can download the most recent version from either the software

download page on the Powerlink website (CX3–series and CX-series) or

onthesupportwebsite(AX-seriesstoragesystems).Youcanalsoinstall

the software from the server support CD (any storage system); however,

the CD may not contain the most recent version for your configuration.

1. Log in to the Solaris server as a superuser, such as root.

2. If a previous revision is installed, remove it as described in Removing

the Admsnap Utility on a Solaris server, page 45.

3. To download the software for CX3–series or CX-series storage

systems, do the following:

EMC CLARiiON Server Support Products for Solaris Server Installation Guide