HP 3PAR SUSE Linux Enterprise Implementation Guide

2. To install the ASL, the Veritas vxconfigd daemon must be running. Running vxinstall
will start the daemon. Once you install the ASL package, you must run the vxdctl enable
command to claim the disk array as an HP 3PAR array.
3. Configure the Veritas vxdmp driver to manage the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage paths providing
path failure management and dynamic load balancing.
4. To confirm that the Veritas vxdmp driver has registered and claimed the HP 3PAR StoreServ
Storage, issue the following Veritas command:
# vxddladm listsupport libname=libvx3par.so
ATTR_NAME ATTR_VALUE
=======================================================================
LIBNAME libvx3par.so
VID 3PARdata
PID VV
ARRAY_TYPE A/A
ARRAY_NAME 3PARDATA
If you are using the Veritas Storage Foundation version 5.0mp3 or higher, then you do not
need to install the ASL for the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage. To verify that the HP 3PAR StoreServ
Storage is recognized and supported by the installation, run the following command:
# vxddladm listsupport libname=libvx3par.so
ATTR_NAME ATTR_VALUE
=======================================================================
LIBNAME libvx3par.so
VID 3PARdata
PID VV
ARRAY_TYPE A/A
ARRAY_NAME 3PARDATA
However, if the output does not show the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, perform the following
step to have the storage server added as an HP 3PAR device:
# vxddladm addsupport all
Then verify that the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage is supported, as shown in the following
example.
# vxddladm listsupport libname=libvx3par.so
ATTR_NAME ATTR_VALUE
=======================================================================
LIBNAME libvx3par.so
VID 3PARdata
PID VV
ARRAY_TYPE A/A
ARRAY_NAME 3PARDATA
WARNING! If the ARRAY_NAME is not designated as 3PARDATA, the multipathing layer may
not discover devices correctly.
See “Veritas Commands” (page 72) for a limited list of common Veritas Volume Manager commands
used to perform storage administration.
For detailed information on Veritas Storage Foundation commands, see the Veritas Volume Manager
Administration Guide and the document for the appropriate version of Storage Foundation, available
on the following website:
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