CentreVu CMS Release 3 Version 8
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Table of Contents |
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Disk Mirroring |
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Disk mirroring defined | 1 |
Metadevices | 1 |
Concatenated metadevices | 2 |
State databases | 3 |
Mirrors | 3 |
How CMS implements disk mirroring | 5 |
Mirror layouts | 7 |
Mirror layout on a Sun Enterprise 3000 computer | 7 |
Mirror layout on a Sun Enterprise 3500 computer | 8 |
Required hardware | 8 |
Required software | 9 |
Additional references | 9 |
Chapter 2: Installing Mirrored Systems |
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How to upgrade an Enterprise platform to disk mirroring | 11 |
Disk drive slots | 11 |
Increasing system capacity | 12 |
Step 1: Identify mirror devices | 12 |
Step 2: Install the mirror disks on an Enterprise 3500 system | 14 |
Step 3: Install the mirror disks on an Enterprise 3000 system | 16 |
Step 4: Partition the mirror disks | 16 |
Step 5: Create the state database replicas | 18 |
Step 6: Create the md.tab table entries | 18 |
Step 7: Set up the mirrors for the root file system | 20 |
Step 8: Set up the mirrors for the swap space | 22 |
Step 9: Set up the /cms mirror | 24 |
Step 10: Verify disk space | 25 |
Step 11: Create an alternate boot device | 26 |
Factory installation procedures for disk mirroring | 28 |
Step 1: Install the hardware | 28 |
Step 2: Install the operating system | 28 |
Step 3: Install the application software | 29 |
Step 4: Check the disk.type file | 30 |
Step 5: Set up the disk subsystem for Solstice DiskSuite | 30 |
Step 6: Run the setup scripts | 32 |
Step 7: Verify disk space | 33 |
Step 8: Install the CMS software | 35 |
Step 9: Create an alternate boot device | 35 |