HP Surestore SAN Manager LM Software, Surestore SAN Manager DM Software manual Partition Tag

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The partition information is displayed along with the enter partition ID tag prompt:

partition> 0

 

 

 

 

 

Part

Tag

Flag

Cylinders

Size

Blocks

 

0

root

wm

0 - 51

130.41MB

(52/0/0)

267072

Enter partition id tag[root]:

7.Assign a partition id tag, or press Return to accept the default value.

8.When prompted with Enter partition permission flags[wm]:, press Return to accept the default setting.

9.When prompted with Enter new starting cyl, enter the starting cylinder number.

Caution Do not enter a cylinder number that overlaps another partition. The exception to this rule is slice 2, which always represents the entire disk.

10.When prompted with Enter partition size, enter the size of the desired partition in blocks (b), cylinders (c), megabytes (mb), or gigabytes (gb), and press Return.

11.Repeat steps 6 through 10 for subsequent partitions.

12.If extra partitions are defined in the partition table, delete them by using the following settings:

Enter partition id tag[swap]:

Enter partition permission flags[wu]:

Enter new starting cyl[103]: 0

Enter partition size[263680b, 103c, 128.75mb, 0.13gb]: 0

Caution Do not delete the information listed under slice 2.

To view the partition table, enter p at the partition prompt, and press Return. Note the slice numbers that were used. This information, along with the disk name, will be needed in the section Creating a UFS File System on page 26.

13. At the partition prompt, enter label and press Return.

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Contents Edition Warranty Format Conventions Preface Contents Page Installation System Requirements SAN Manager LM Packages SAN Manager LM Components File name DescriptionPre-Installation On Solaris 7 Stations Only Remove the QLogic HBA DriverRemove the OEM QLogic HBA Driver Install a Fibre Channel HBA Card Into Each Computer Pre-Installation ChecklistHave the following available Installing SAN Manager LM Installation Configuration Adding a Node to the Database AutomaticallyAdding a Node to the Database Manually Installation Configuration Storage Management Supported Partition Map Formats Unknown/RawUPM Format Preparing a Fibre Channel Disk for use with SAN Manager LM Slice Name ConventionsDisk Setup Issues Partitioning a SAN Manager LM Disk for use with SolarisDisk not labeled. Label it now? n Partition Tag Storage Management Creating a UFS File System # ls /dev/rdsk/c1# mkfs -F vxfs /dev/rdsk/device partitionsize Mounting UFS File Systems # mkdir /SAN # mkdir /SAN/fibre1Mounting File Systems Automatically Using the vfstab File SAN Manager LM Utilities SAN Manager LM Utilities Getwwn Getloopstate Troubleshooting No SAN Devices are Available on a Solaris Node Error During Mounting Not a block device SymptomCause/SolutionName=mydriver class=transcsi Ping -tipaddress Device Cannot be Disabled from a Solaris Node Device contains a mounted file system that is in use. StopIndex Page Reader Comment Sheet +HZOHWW3DFNDUG&RPSDQ\ 6RIWZDUHDQG6$10DQDJHPHQW2SHUDWLRQ Page RS\ULJKW‹
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Surestore SAN Manager LM Software, Surestore SAN Manager DM Software specifications

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