EMC 300-000-978 REV A03 manual

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PowerPath for UNIX

Version 4.0

INSTALLATION AND

ADMINISTRATION GUIDE

P/N 300-000-978

REV A03

Contents

Main Page Contents Preface Chapter 1 Installing PowerPath Chapter 2 PowerPath in a Cluster Environment Chapter 3 Configuring a PowerPath Boot Device on Solaris Chapter 4 Removing PowerPath Chapter 5 PowerPath Administration on Solaris Appendix A Files Changed By PowerPath Page Page Page Preface Page Page ! Page Page Installing PowerPath Before You Install Obtain Up-To-Date Information Choose a Convenient Time Locate Your License Key Prepare the Host and Storage System Page Prepare For a Clustered Environment Installing PowerPath 4.0 Page Page Page Upgrading to PowerPath 4.0 About Upgrading Upgrading From PowerPath 3.0.x or 2.1 Page Page Page Troubleshooting the Upgrade After You Install Register PowerPath on the Host Remove the CD-ROM Reboot the Host Verify the PowerPath Installation 1. Verify that PowerPath is installed properly on the host. Enter: You should see output like the following: You should see output similar to this: Veri fy th e P owe rP at h Commands Are in Your Pat h Verify PowerPath Devices Are Configured on the Host Reconfigure Applications to Use emcpower Devices Installing the PowerPath Volume Manager VCS Agent Page Error Messages Page PowerPath in a Cluster Environment PowerPath in a Legato 5.1 (or later) AAM Cluster Installing PowerPath in a New AAM Cluster Integrating/ Upgrading PowerPath Into an Existing AAM 5.1 (or later) Cluster PowerPath in a Sun Cluster 2.2 Installing PowerPath in a New Sun Cluster 2.2 Integrating/ Upgrading PowerPath Into an Existing Sun Cluster 2.2 PowerPath in a Sun Cluster 3.0 Installing PowerPath in a New Sun Cluster 3.0 Integrating/ Upgrading PowerPath Into an Existing Sun Cluster 3.0 PowerPath in a VERITAS Cluster Server Cluster Installing PowerPath in a New VCS Cluster Page Integrating/ Upgrading PowerPath Into a n Existing VCS Cluster Configuring VCS to Recognize PowerPath Volume Manager Resources Page Setting Major and Minor Numbers Page Page Introduction Configuring a PowerPath Native Device as the Boot Device Partitioning the Boot Device Creating Filesystems Installing a Bootblk Copying Required Files Page Modifying OpenBoot Setting Up the Boot Alias Moving the Boot Device to an emcpower Device Recovery Procedure Page Removing PowerPath Control Over a Boot Device Page Removing PowerPath Before Removing PowerPath Removing PowerPath Page Page Removing the PowerPath Volume Manager VCS Agent Page Page PowerPath Administration on Solaris PowerPath and CLARiiON Storage Systems Ensuring a Sufficient Stack Size Booting a Host With Built-In Fibre Channel Ports Rebooting and Custom Settings Boot Device Support R1/R2 Boot Failover Support R1/R2 Supported Configurations R1/R2 Boot Procedure Device Naming Native Devices Pseudo Devices Selecting a Device Naming Convention Page No Page Reconfiguring PowerPath Devices Online ! Page Dynamic Reconfiguration Adding an HBA to a PowerPath Configuration Removing an HBA From a PowerPath Configuration Page Upgrading Solaris Upgrading to Solaris 9 with Solaris Live Upgrade Page powercf Configuration Utility File Location Executing powercf Syntax emcp.conf File Arguments Error Messages A Files Created or Modified by PowerPath Installation /etc This directory contains PowerPath CLI commands and utilities: /EMCpower/bin This directory contains 32- and 64-bit versions of the PowerPath Volume Manager CLI commands: /EMCpower/driver This directory contains 32- and 64-bit versions of the PowerPath kernel files: Page /kernel/drv This directory contains the PowerPath configuration file emcp.conf. /EMCpower/lib This directory contains 32- and 64-bit versions of the PowerPath libraries: Page /EMCpower/man/man1 This directory contains the PowerPath Volume Manager man pages: /EMCpower/scripts This directory contains PowerPath scripts: /usr/bin This directory contains powervini, the PowerPath Volume Manager initialization file. /usr/man/man1 Solaris Files Modified by PowerPath Installation Files Created or Modified by VCS Agent Installation base_directory /VRTSvcs/EMC /VRTSvcs/bin/EMCvg /etc/VRTSvcs/conf/config Page B Customer Support B-2 PowerPath for UNIX Installation and Administration Guide Customer Support Overview of Detecting and Resolving Problems Troubleshooting the Problem Before Calling the Customer Support Center Documenting the Problem Reporting a New Problem Sending Problem Documentation Page Index Symbols C D E M N P R S W