ADIC 4.3 Installation and Upgrade Issues, Turn off mediad on SGI Platforms, Option Description

Installation and Upgrade Issues

If you are installing FileServ or upgrading an existing FileServ installation, review the following topics to make sure FileServ is correctly installed. For complete and detailed installation instructions, refer to the Installing FileServ book.

Topic	Page
Turn off mediad on SGI Platforms	11
Upgrading from FileServ Version 3.4.2 and Later	12
Upgrading from FileServ Earlier than Version 3.4.2	12
Installing FileServ and AMASS on the Same Platform	15

Turn off mediad on SGI Platforms

If you install FileServ on an SGI platforms running IRIX 6.5.x, turn off the mediad for FileServ-managed storage devices by following the steps below:

Step 1. Log in as root.

#su root

Step 2. Edit the mediad.config file.

#vi /etc/config/mediad.config

Step 3. Add the following statement for each FileServ-managed storage device:

ignore device device_name

...

ignore device device_name

where:

Option	Description
device_name	Path to the storage device. For example,
	/dev/rmt/tps0d6nrv.

Step 4. Save the changes and quit the edit session.

Step 5. Stop the mediad process.

#mediad -k

Step 6. Re-start the mediad process.

#mediad

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