EMC 69001166 manual Create DOS, Partition for

Linux Installation Checklist

Task		With Access Logix	Reference Document
13	Server	❑ Download the CLARiiON DMP driver to the server from Services on the	VERITAS Volume
	Install the	VERITAS website.	Manager documentation
	CLARiiON DMP	❑ Use the rpm command to install the CLARiiON DMP driver on the server.
	driver
		Note Until rootdg is created (part of vxinstall command) on at least one
		disk, DMP displays an error message looking for the config daemon.
14	Storage System	❑ Use the following Navisphere CLI commands to set the default	navicli man page or
	Set the system	storage-system type and failover mode properties:	Navisphere CLI reference
	type and failover	navicli -h sp systemtype -config 3
	mode	navicli -h sp storagegroup -sethost -host linux_host -failovermode 2
		where
		sp is the IP address or network name of the SP in the storage system.
		linux_host is the name of the Linux server
15	Server	❑ Use the fdisk command to create at least one DOS partition for Volume	Linux documentation
	Create DOS	Manager.
	partition for
	Volume Manager
16	Server	❑ Reboot the server using the reboot command	Linux documentation
	Reboot	•to make LUNs available to Linux
		•to make LUNs accessible via both SPs
		Important If you do not set the failover mode to 2, you will see only half of the
		expected paths to the SPs.
17	Server	❑ Run vxinstall to configure Volume Manager and place at least one LUN	VERITAS Volume
	Configure	under VxVM control.	Manager documentation
	Volume Manager
18	Server	For VXVM 3.5 or higher	VERITAS Volume
	Verify DMP	❑ Log into VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA).	Manager documentation
	installation
		❑ Click the host name for the server.
		❑ Click disks.
		❑ Click a device that you know belongs to the CLARiiON storage system.
		❑ Click the paths tab for that device.
		❑ Verify that the device has primary and secondary paths to it.
		❑ Verify the state of the device (enabled or disabled).

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