Sun Microsystems 1800 Setting up the Volume Manager Environment

68 Netra ft 1800 Installation Guide • February 1999

Setting up the Volume Manager Environment

When you have loaded the VolumeManager software, and before you run

vxinstallto initialize it, you must configure the software to run as required on the

Netraft 1800. This involves the following:

■Setting default volume creation to mirror disks by default when they arecreated

■Configuring the VolumeManager to deal with stale boot disks

■Configuring the VolumeManager’s recovery behavior when a physical disk fails

■Enabling boot disk detection

Setting Default Volume Creation

Note – Disk mirroring in VolumeManager provides the fault tolerance for the disk

storage of the Netra ft1800. This step is essential to ensure that all disks are

mirrored.

Tomirror disks by default when they are created, enter the following:

Note – If the vxassist file already exists, resolve anydifferences between the

contents of the fileand the line mirror=yes. The resulting file must contain the line

mirror=yes.

The preceding command creates the /etc/default/vxassist file with the

required line in it. This sets the tunable parameters used by the VolumeManager

vxva GUI. (These parameters can be overriden via the command line.) See the

SunStorEdge Volume Manager documentation for full details.

Dealing with Stale Boot Disks

Toprevent the system from stopping when it encounters a stale boot plex during the

boot sequence, enter the following:

$echo "mirror=yes" > /etc/default/vxassist

#mkdir -p /etc/vx/sbin

#echo ’/sbin/uadmin 2 1 "stale"’ > /etc/vx/sbin/vxaltstale

#chmod +x /etc/vx/sbin/vxaltstale

Contents

Main Please Recycle Contents Page Page Page Figures Page Tables Page Preface Who Should Use This Book How This Book Is Organized Related Books What Typographic Changes Mean Shell Prompts in Command Examples Symbols Note Caution Caution Page Before Installation Note Electrical Supply Considerations Environmental Considerations Dimensions Airflow Consideration when Mounting in the Equipment Frame Page Page Page Mechanical Considerations when Mounting in the Equipment Frame Caution Mounting Requirements Loading Vertical space Note Depth Safety Hardware Installation Unshipping and Mounting the System Caution Note Tools Page To Unship and Mount the System Caution Mounting Flanges 19-inch Mountings Page Page The rear flanges are used to mount the chassis in the rearof the rack as shown in Page 23-inch, 24-inch and 600mm Mountings Page Page Page Cable Bracket Assemblies Removing and Installing Modules Caution Module Injector/Ejector Mechanisms To Remove a Module CPUset Modules Caution Page Page Page Page To Replace a Module Replacing an RMM To Remove the RMM Page To Replace the RMM Replacing a Disk Chassis To Remove the Disk Chassis Caution Page Page Flexible Module Cabling Page Page CAF External I/O Connections System Console Terminal Connections Note System consoles can be connected only to the CAF module. Modem Port Connections The modem port pinout is described in TABLE2-6. Alarms Port Connections The alarms port pinout is described in TABLE2-7. Page Electrical Supply Installation Note System Switch Note DC Source Site Requirements Overcurrent Protection Requirements Page Page Page Required Connection Materials Caution DC Supply and Ground Conductor Dual Grounding Environment Caution To Connect the Ground Lead Page Connecting the Power Leads Note To Assemble the Power Inlet and Leads + + Page Caution Powering on the System To Power On the System Note Page Software and Operating Environment Installation Netra ft 1800 Install Media Disk Space Requirement Installation Methods Note Local Installation Note Network Installation Before YouStart Caution To Install the Software Note Page Page 5.1 Finishing Installation 5.1.1 Setting up Access to Netra ft 1800 CMS Utilities 5.1.2 Setting the MANPATH Variable Page Installing and Configuring Sun StorEdge Volume Manager Before YouInstall Sun StorEdge Volume Manager Page Caution Installing the VolumeManager Software Mounting the CD-ROM Manually Running the Installation Setting up the Volume Manager Environment Setting Default Volume Creation Note Dealing with Stale Boot Disks Enabling Recovery Behavior and Boot Disk Detection Initializing the VolumeManager Note Setting up Boot Disks Note Setting up Other Disks Note To Add a New Disk Note Configuring Storage Boot Disk Aliases Note Index A B C D F G H I L O P R S T