H06.12 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Configure SMF (Optional)
If you plan to configure SMF, an optional product, note:
• Migration of data from direct volumes to SMF logical volumes is documented in the Storage
Management Foundation User's Guide.
• Performance-critical applications that optimize the physical location of their data might
need to specify the PHYSVOL option when creating data files, instead of relying on the SMF
file-placement algorithm.
• NonStop SQL/MP 3.x must be up and running before you start SMF.
CAUTION: To maintain data integrity, do not place these items on a virtual disk process
(VDP): SWAP files TMF audit data DSM/SCM files
To ensure system configuration integrity, always:
1. Save the system configuration after SMF configuration changes are made.
2. Reload the system from the current system configuration file or the latest version with SMF
changes.
See the softdoc T8472ACK or later for SMF configuration and interoperability considerations.
Configure the Remote Database Facility (RDF)
The AUDITTRAILBUFFER parameter is a modifier to DP2, which improves the performance of
RDF. Ensure that an appropriate value is specified for the AUDITTRAILBUFFER modifier for
the master audit-trail disk process. The AUDITTRAILBUFFER parameter allows you to specify
how many megabytes of buffer space to allocate for the audit-trail buffers. See the SCF Reference
Manual for the Storage Subsystem for information on configuring the buffer size and check the DP2
softdoc for more information for H06.12.
Configure the WAN Manager
Before updating the SWAN or SWAN 2 firmware (Appendix C, Updating SWAN Concentrator
CLIP Firmware), first configure the WAN Manager.
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