Home

ADIC DATAMGR 3.5 User's Manual

1. Each environment variable name gt 3 pr SYSLOG OPTIONS p starts in column one y 3 EL PERF MASK enables the performance logging PERF_ASK ud 4 Equal symbol is followed bya value and ends with a semicolon 3 14 Setup Tasks System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Modifiable The environment variables listed in the table below can Variables be modified if required Environment Variable Description EL SYSLOG FACILITY Identifies the UNIX user definable logging process that DataMgr defaults to 1 AMASS defaults to 2 sends DataMgr messages to the system log The options are listed below 0 LOG LOCALO 12LOG LOCAL1 2 LOG LOCAL2 3 LOG LOCALS 4 LOG LOCAL4 5 LOG LOCAL5 6 LOG LOCAL6 7 LOG LOCAL7 EL SYSLOG OPTIONS Indicates message destination Use one all or any combination of options Options are p use LOG_ PID c use LOG_CONS to log messages to console too d use LOG_NDELAY to log messages without delay defaults to p syse dnjeg Setup Tasks 3 15 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Environment Variable EL SYSLOG MASK defaults to ud Description The log mask used for priority 0 7 messages that are directed to the syslog From the options available use one option or any option combined with u Options are a use LOG ALERT for priority level 1 e use LOG E
2. Each DataMgr component BFS SSD SLD and DMFS must be installed on a UNIX machine e BES Install the BFS on a server that has network access to the DataMgr clients DMFS and to the DataMgr daemons SSD and SLD A minimum of one BFS component is required e SSD Install SSD on each server where AMASS is installed and will be used for file storage e SLD Install the SLD on any machine with network access to the BFS DMFS clients and SSD Only one SLD is required 1 14 Prerequisites System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr DMFS Install the DMFS on all client machines that have file systems managed by DataMgr The number of machines is limited by the number and level of licenses you have purchased Summary of The illustration attempts to give you an overview of the y Elements DataMgr elements described below S 2 o DMFS Client BFS amp SLD SSD amp AMASS Library 5 Bitfile IDs RIDs 8 Bits for for migrated migrated files files Has file systems Administrative archive FMSclients clientmachinename managed by DataMgr xdmadm GUI RID identifies the location of the Stub file is left behind BFS Database migrated file under the mount point Actual migrated after DataMgr correlates BFIDs larchive files migrates a file with RIDs Bitfile is a term used to describe the Client xdmfs GUI Bitfile ID is a unique migrated file on AMA
3. Setup Tasks 3 21 SOARES System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr NOTES 3 22 Setup Tasks Deinstall DataMer cr ccprcroriceri recon 4 3 4 Reinstall DAGMBE racsiccrcis sisi nio npiati 4 4 Remove the Installation Directory 4 6 Post Installation Tasks V o o Lnd o y D o System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Roadmap Refer To Chapter Task Install AMASS before installing DataMgr Verify that you have the necessary system requirements Install DataMgr 2 Setup tasks 3 Establish access for clients Edit cron jobs Change GUI colors and fonts Post installation tasks 4 Deinstall and reinstall DataMgr Remove installation directory 4 2 Post Installation Tasks System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Deinstall DataMgr If you no longer want to run DataMgr you can deinstall it from your system by running the deinstallation script It will remove all DataMgr directories and files Caution Step 1 To stop DataMgr run the script below This stops DataMgr and unloads the DMFS driver on systems that support loadable device drivers etc dm usr utils killdmfs Step 2 Run the following script etc dm scripts deinstall dm Post Installation Tasks UO o o 2 a 2 y D o System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Reinstall DataMgr
4. System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr DataMgr Version 3 5 January 2000 Document Number 600922 Trademark Notice AMASS EMASS DataMgr FileServ and VolServ are either trademarks or registered trademarks of ADIC Advanced Digital Information Corporation DAS is a trademark of Grau an ADIC subsidiary All other product names and identifications are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers Copyright Notice Copyright 1996 2000 by ADIC All rights reserved This document is the property of ADIC No part of this document may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the express written permission of ADIC 10949 East Peakview Ave Englewood CO 80111 USA Phone 303 792 9700 FAX 303 792 2465 U S Government Rights Restricted Use duplication or disclosure of either the software or documentation is subject to restrictions set forth by the U S Government in FAR 52 227 19 c 2 and subparagraph c 1 11 of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 52 227 7013 and or in similar or following clauses in the FAR DoD or NASA FAR Supplement Technical Assistance ADIC Technical Assistance Center e Inthe USA and Canada call 1 800 827 3822 e Outside the USA and Ca
5. etc bfs Location of BFS executables SLD letc sld Location of SLD executables SSD etc ssd Location of SSD executables 1 16 Prerequisites System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Default Component Directory Description DMFS clients etc dmfs Location of DMFS executables Complete Table Complete the table below when answering the installation v questions If you are installing a DMFS client component on S more than one machine make as many copies of this table as 2 needed If symbolic links are used write down the appropriate E path for each machine in both the Default Path and Symbolic o Link Path columns Component Host Name UID GID Default Path E Link SSD BFS SLD DMFS clients AMASS Prerequisites 1 17 System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Size The following database are used in DataMgr Databases e BFS Database on the BFS component e Managed File System Database on each client Client Transaction Database on each client Both the BFS Database and the Managed File System Database must be sized DMFS Client BFS amp SLD SSD amp AMASS Library e File A PP lt Infor mation on File A Managed File System BFS Database Database Size BFS The BFS Database is located under etc dm raima bfs Database This Database contains the bitfile IDs for migrated files A bitfile ID points to a specific RID record ID on AMASS This is h
6. etc dm usr utils killdmfs Step 2 To perform a special start of DataMgr run the etc rc dm script 5 o gt D 5 Installation 2 13 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr NOTES 2 14 Installation System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr NOTES 5 o e y D 5 Installation 2 15 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr 2 16 Installation Establish Access for DMFS Clients 3 3 Schedule cron JODS 4544 i2 vos 4e 054484084 3 4 DMFS cron JOD 2222334 Ek AFER AR EXE 3 4 BPS ern Job asso a rr ere RR Ed 3 5 Back Up Databases osse o crrr rr RR 3 6 SAVE SOD LOSS scs eripere n HER 3 9 LOREM siii ci aa a 3 12 Logging Hierarchy assi ssis des bx ore 3 12 Format of Messages 5 2 64s200d2e0eres ees 3 13 PROF LEVE 42223945 404 eressansh ops 3 13 Modify Logging Characteristics 3 14 Modifiable Variables 5452255 an 3 15 Start Administra tive GUI 3 19 Star C Bent GU 436534995 aad 3d OPE HER 3 19 Change Colors and Ponts acacia 63 3 20 Setup Tasks syse dnjas System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Roadmap Refer To Chapter Task Install AMASS before installing DataMgr Verify that you have the necessary system requirements Install DataMgr 2 Setup tasks 3 Establish access for clients Edit cron jobs Change GUI colors and fonts Post
7. so126 TAR Step 5 Ifyou have loaded the extracted files onto a machine that will not be running DataMgr log onto the target machine and NFS mount the platform specific directory from the machine where the files are located Step 6 Continue with Install DataMgr on Page 2 6 Installation 2 3 System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Extract Files From Remote CD To install DataMgr from CD on a remote host ih Di perform the following procedure a I Step 2 Create a temporary directory under tmp and ed to that directory Step 1 Loginas root Step 3 Do an Is on the cdrompath to determine the case upper or lower of the file names Some platforms will change the name from upper case DM to lower case dm letters Step 4 To extract the files from a CD on a remote host enter the following command rsh nodename n dd if cdrompath datamgr platform TAR bs 20b tar xmvBf where CIN nodename Enter the remote host name of the machine where the tape device is attached Make sure the node name is included in the rhosts file cdrompath Enter the pathname where the CD has been mounted For example cdrom DATAMGR platform TAR Enter the applicable operating system version For example so126 TAR 2 4 Installation System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Step 5 Ifyou have loaded the extracted files onto a machine that will not be
8. techsup O adic com and they will issue you an authorization string after you provide them with the required information How to find this required information is described below Serial Number Look at the DataMgr CD and write down the serial number Enter your Serial Number here Host ID Determine the host ID with the appropriate command in the table below Enter your Host ID here uname m HP UX uname i IRIX sysinfo s Solaris hostid License Information Write down the licenses for each BFS your company purchased Level 1 Licenses Level 2 Licenses Level 3 Licenses 1 4 Prerequisites System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Temporary Product Key Changing Authorization String The generic 30 day temporary product key is USQEYUCJ At the end of 30 days if a permanent Authorization String has not been entered DataMgr expires but migrated data will not be lost If you enter a permanent license after the expiration date file migration and reload is again enabled through the BFS UV o Ho c uN o n Change the authorization string if any of the following conditions apply e You proceed from an evaluation to a purchase e You add clients or upgrade clients therefore add to the disk space that DataMgr manages e You want to enable file replication multi tier migration or file import Step 1 Contact ADIC to receive an authorization
9. 3GB of space for management it needs a Level 1 license If a Level 1 licenses is not available the BFS will try to issue a Level 2 license and if there are none available it will try to issue a Level 3 license DU Q c Vel o n If a client attempts to use either file replication or multi tier migration but the BFS does not have the appropriate feature license the operation will fail egistration n the DataMgr maintains a registration file located in Regist ti On the BFS DataMg intai gi ion file 1 di j i etc bfs registered his file an example 1s shown File Monitors i This le ple is sh below monitors all levels of licenses that are authorized and in License use at any given time Serial number DM 00539 incemnss ibasteliee Om Tue vas 5 17346338 1999 Allowed license levels Number Moto iS Number of level 2 3 Number of level 3 Current license levels in use evel 1 checked out 8 evel 2 checked out 1 evel 3 checked out 1 Prerequisites 1 7 System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr How to Refresh Registration File If a client goes down while files are being migrated or reloaded the etc bfs registered file can become out of sync with the current client configurations To refresh the registered file refer to Refresh Registration File on page 6 39 in System Administrator s Guide to Using DataM gr Prerequisites System Adm
10. 4 2 1 and 43 e HP UX 10 20 HP UX 11 0 e RIX 62 6 4 and 6 5 e Solaris 2 6 and 7 0 Shared The tables below list required shared libraries for successful Libraries operation of both the Client GUI and the Administrative GUI If for example your system does not have a 1ibXaw so 5 but it does have a libXaw so 4 or libXaw so create a symbolic link to the actual library highest number with the required library An example follows cd usr openwin lib ln s libXaw so 4 libXaw so 5 actual library required library X11 base lib usr lib libX11 a X11 base rte usr lib libXaw a X11 samples lib Core usr lib libXm a usr lib libXext a 1 10 Prerequisites System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr HP UX X11R5 SHLIBS usr lib Motif1 2 libXm sl usr lib X115R libX11 sl usr lib X11R5 libXt sl sejsinboJaJd IRIX X eoe sw eoe usr lib libXaw so motif_eoe sw eoe usr lib libXmu so usrilib libXt so usr lib libX11 so usr lib libXext so Prerequisites 1 11 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Solaris Open Windows SUNWmfrun usr dt lib libXaw so usr openwin lib libXaw so usr openwin lib libXmu so usr openwin lib libXt so usr openwin lib libX11 so usr openwin lib libXext so Add both usr dt 1liband usr openwin lib to the LD LI BRARY PATH environment variable 1 12 Prerequi
11. If you upgrade a machine s operating system you must reinstall DataMgr Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Back up the DataMgr directories and files listed below Depending on the DataMgr component installed all of these directories may not exist on the same machine e etc dm e etc dmfs e etc bfs e etc sld e etc ssd When you reinstall DataMgr both GUI default files etc dm usr share gui server and etc dm usr share gui xdmfs are replaced These are the files that you modified if you made changes to the colors or fonts in the GUI For steps on modifying this file see Change Colors and Fonts on page 3 12 Because DataMgr installation is specific to the operating system extract the appropriate files from the distribution CD For instructions see the Installation chapter Stop DataMgr by running the script below This stops DataMgr and unloads the DMFS driver on systems that support loadable device drivers etc dm usr utils killdmfs 44 Post Installation Tasks System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Step 5 Run the installation script which detects the existence of DataMgr configuration files and will not overwrite them etc dm scripts install dm po o o 2 5 D e y D o 3 Post Installation Tasks System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Remove L After the installation is complete if space is limited you ma em
12. default script saves up to seven old log files per log type To change this default edit the MAX COPY parameter in the clean_emasslogs script There are two ways to save all log files without deleting the old files e The first way to save logs is to create a clean emasslogs directory in which to store the moved files Then edit the clean emasslogs script SAVE DIR parameter syse dnjas Setup Tasks 3 17 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr The second way to save logs and to make sure that there is always enough disk space is to create a clean emasslogs directory in AMASS with it s own volume group in which to store the moved files Then edit the clean emasslogs script SAVE DIR parameter e Touse the reload dmlog script with the emass1og parms file follow the steps below Step 1 Edit the emasslog_parms file to indicate which logging levels to turn on and off An example is shown below EL SYSLOG MASK ud In our example we are turning on logging level nine Step 2 Save the emasslog_parms file Step 3 Run the etc dm scripts reload dmlog script to activate the new settings The options for the reload dmlog script are described below on scion Usage Reload all DataMgr processes running p process Specify a single process ID n name Specify a single process name If multiple processes have the same e g dmf sd then n dmfsd will affect each
13. installation tasks 4 Deinstall and reinstall DataMgr Remove installation directory 3 2 Setup Tasks System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Establish Access for DMFS Clients Step 1 Step 2 DataMgr is shipped so that only the DataMgr administrator can select clients file systems for management and can define migration criteria By default clients can only view managed file system selections and migration criteria Therefore give clients root access if you want them to be able to add file systems and edit migration criteria For information on file permission refer to the chmod manual page The BFS must be able to determine each client s IP address from its name Accomplish this task with appropriate entries in either the DNS Database NIS Database or etc hosts file Setup Tasks 3 3 syse dnjeg System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Schedule cron Jobs DMFS cron job During installation DataMgr puts entries in the root crontab that perform the tasks described below If the default schedule does not suit your site s needs edit the cron file For more information see Edit cron File on page 3 10 On all DMFS Clients the crontab performs the following jobs Nightly at Midnight Runs the etc dmfs usr utils dmfsscan utility which migrates client files based on configured watermarks For more information see Back Up Databases on page 3 6 and r
14. process 3 18 Setup Tasks System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Start Administra tive GUI Start Client GUI Step 1 Step 2 To quit select Services gt Exit To run the Administrative GUI enter the xdmadm command xdmadm The Services menu displays status and error messages To display help select Help gt General Help Services Messages Step 1 To run the Client GUI enter the xdmfs command xdmfs Setup Tasks syse dnjas System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Step 2 The Client Main menu appears i To display help select Te t select File gt Exit e aa Help gt General Help mt Edit View Help HfsPath Type BitFile Server HM LMM PWH Messages Change Colors When you start both GUIs they will use default colors and and Fonts fonts To change the defaults file follow the steps below Step 1 Administrative GUI Make a backup copy of the etc dm usr share gui server file which contains default values Step 2 Client GUI Make a backup copy of the etc dm usr share gui xdmfs file which contains default values 3 20 Setup Tasks System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Step 3 Use a text editor such as vi and edit the original file by substituting the desired colors or fonts server font Spal server fontlist 915 server background steelblue server forground white Caution
15. slash 1 denotes the input is rsh nodename n dd if dev continued onto the next line the printed page tapedevicename bs 20b tar is just not wide enough to accommodate the xvfb 20 line Type the entire command without the backward slashes Pressing lt Return gt after each command is assumed A menu name with an arrow refers to a Main Menu gt Edit gt Add gt Select sequence of menus or options Policy Preface P 5 998J91d System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Books The books described below are part of the technical documentation set and are shipped on CD along with the DataMgr software Online The software CD contains DataMgr book files and Adobe Documentation Acrobat Reader The Reader allows you to view and navigate the online documentation files yet preserves the page design and graphics from the printed books P 6 Preface System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr U D LE o e 1 Related The publications described in the table below are created and Publications distributed on an as needed basis Contact To make corrections or to comment on DataMgr publications Publications please contact Software Technical Publications at our email Department address swpubs Q adic com Secured Web To receive access to the secured site on our home page Site containing technical product information Release Notes Product Alerts Product Bulleti
16. string Step2 The etc bfs usr utils bfsmaint utility initializes the license file Therefore when you update the temporary Product Key to a permanent Authorization String use this utility as shown below cd etc bfs usr utils bfsmaint i Prerequisites 1 5 System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Step 3 DataMgr replies with the message illustrated below which confirms that you want to overwrite the license file When prompted enter a new authorization string Your responses are shown in bold License information for host zanzibar Temporary license expires in 1 month Okay to overwrite license file n y Enter your Authorization string for a permanent license AAAA292X2QUVA87BJAM License iile weleren License information for host zanzibar Number of level 1 10 Number of level 2 1 Number of level 3 0 1 6 Prerequisites System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr BFS Issues The BFS issues each DMFS client the appropriate license level after receiving information on the amount of disk storage it License to manages on the client machine If a license for the appropriate Clients level is not available the BFS issues the client a license for the next higher level If all licenses are in use the request is denied For a description of DataMgr components refer to Components on page 1 4 in DataMgr Overview For example if a client has
17. DataMgr to create another directory enter a new path Enter actual Storage Server Archive directory location archive FMSclients Enter actual DataMgr database backup directory location archive BFSDB Backup Step 9 Step 10 Solaris only The following message displays and can be ignored Could not read symbolic link dev bd off If the BFS component is being installed the script will attempt to detect the need to do a full BFS Database backup when the script finishes Journaling requires a full BFS Database backup before the journal file is backup e Ifa full backup is required the following appears Please do a full backup of your BFS Database before using any migrating file systems Press return to continue 2 10 Installation System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Step 11 Enter the license strings that were purchased For information see Capacity based License on page 1 3 Step 12 If you have installed DMFS and the script indicates that you should reboot some systems require a reboot when the kernel is modified then reboot when the script is complete IRIX only An error message similar to the following may appear before the reboot but may be ignored Error loading module emass mfs Can t resolve all symbols in object Step 13 Proceed to the next chapter 5 D 2 m D o I Installation 2 11 System Administrator s Guide to Installin
18. IPAC 4444 erre rd 1 23 SME ida a aras 1 24 Installation 2 Extract Files From Local CDu o AA ADORA 2 3 Extract Files From Bemote CD po raditi AREE ER hirita Rad 2 4 install DAMM La dd RR Uo dob ibo HR oe EH A ora 2 6 DIGO PIE esiste pA ARR CRA erir LER ERERd ERE CER LR RSI 2 12 SS SOGEOW L siii bi dd dun br d Red b Eher bea kd bs 2 13 Setup Tasks 3 Establish Access for DMFS Clients 0 0 0 ccc cece cece RR Rh hh 3 3 enza Aes 3 4 ii Contents System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr LIMES CLOT IO aspira RI PEE EH ERE DA ibd d EA 3 4 BES GOD IDE A AREA RANA 9 5 i 41 5 7 Prnt 3 6 Assien a Backup Volume 1255242534424 43343 daa Aa 3 7 nave A 42332 ee nee TREE EUER E ee er ee EE TE UT d 3 9 Editeron File TH T forni 3 10 LOSE is ie 4d io EO REGOLE Roo Cb Wa ADA 3 12 Logeine Hierarchy cv ars cria la BAITA e Ra 3 12 Format OF MOSBIPES 22i ae iaia Rd idus ab E RESERQ PEE RR idus 3 13 PST Levels ri O OOO OOO POSTE POCO I Ida 3 13 Modity Lageituc Characteristics esco rs a EI TR CR n 3 14 Modibiable Variables 422454532 iaia data ban AAA AAA 3 15 Start Administra i 1c silla pat 3 19 alat Bent GUL sarria ved dA A SERA RASEN RATATATARATA RAS cea ea 3 19 Change Colom and PONE iio FEE ERE EAE Hd RE E 3 20 Post Installation Tasks 4 Dental Dar 12339 asd pta XA RARE e HERREN PE ER d e E AA EORR 4 3 Reimstall DAtaMQE iios beet rre b rre ARAN 4 4 Rem
19. LL 1 17 JETA Per e ea 1 16 Jete ssd sv Se urea ENS 1 16 defaults lh las 1 16 Disk Space requirements taa de 1 13 DOME Soo ER 1 15 2 6 2 9 2 11 CLON JODS uc Dora Sra ds 3 4 establish access 3 3 dmfsaudit utility 3 4 3 10 dmfsscan utility 3 4 3 6 3 10 dintSt b sev a ue 1 24 DNS database 3 3 Documentation set P 6 F File letc bfs registered 1 7 1 8 Jetc liostsz5 zio sdb LA de Abbia 3 3 CLOM v ee baw eee e 3 4 dinfstab hx Es 1 24 extract from CD 2 3 2 4 registration tipe sy eene d 1 8 INX 2 Index support for large 1 10 AA ee dla 3 9 File system name length consta a 1 9 SIZE Linse IRA e ESN 1 9 G Group ID 53 0224 oe aded ets 2 8 GUI Losada RS 1 15 administrative 3 19 Client geeist tn baw rA dis 3 19 CUSTOMIZE 00 aa ds 3 20 SOLU ta ot 1 22 H Host WD Sees ees bh EX da te 1 4 l Install complete table iria 1 17 create directory sodas 1 14 A discus esto es adeo rq 2 6 install dm script 2 1 4 5 J Journal s 2 es ta 2 9 K killdmfs script 2 13 4 3 4 4 L Large files 20 reor Ri 1 10 License oooooooo o 1 4 2 11 capacity based 1 3 A Libialad 1 3 issued to clientS 1 7 Load directory LEMON Le ex e todes 4 6 OSS n Lo EA NM 3 4 3 9 AA head eens 3 9 M Maintenance backups 3s cb rure P e cipes 3 6 man pages ciu
20. MERG for priority level 0 c use LOG_CRIT for priority level 2 i use LOG INFO for priority level 6 use LOG_NOTICE for priority level 5 use LOG_ERR for priority level 3 use LOG UPTOY to log all priority levels up to use LOG WARNING for priority level 4 d debug For example To mask all priority levels except priority level 0 which are emergency messages edit the file as follows EL SYSLOG MASK e To mask all errors except zero up to priority level 3 only levels 0 1 2 and 3 will display edit the file as follows EL SYSLOG MASK ur Logging that shows which commands have been run the time it ran and whether or not the command succeeded are located in etc dm emasslogs history el hist 00 3 16 Setup Tasks System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr The ciean emassiogs script will be added to the user s cron file upon installation When this script is run it moves the current set of logs to a file in the same directory with the same name but appended with a timestamp Shown below is an example of a moved logs with the timestamp applied ls etc dm emasslogs history el hist 00 el mist 00 319992118290801 040 g40 0 el aise O00 1999s 11325201 300s 00 el mise 00 1999s 11 2 22 9 2 01 2 00 s 00 el mais 00 1999 11226201 0 0 2 00 eL niste 00 1999s ils 30301300500 el migr 005199981 1 27501500300 el lusu 00 3199981183250815804 80 In addition to the current log the
21. S Delet File was deleted in AMASS Renam File was renamed in AMASS Number of 512 byte blocks Valid only for Creat type copy File replication copy number Valid only for Creat type BFID Bitfile 1D identifies a file that has been archived to the AMASS file system Valid for Creat type and Delet type For Renam types this is the original bitfile name Setup Tasks 3 9 syse dnjeg System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Field Description ftoken AMASS RID record ID bfsserver BFS server name Valid only for Creat type logid Internal log ID number used by DataMgr errors Zero indicates success non zero indicates failure filepath Path name to file For Renam type this is the new filename To review these files in case of system errors ADIC recommends that you do not delete these old transfile x files but place them in one of the following areas e A DataMgr managed directory so they can be migrated to AMASS e Or directly into an AMASS file system Edit cron File If the default schedule does not suit your site s needs edit the cron file Step 1 Loginas root Step 2 The default crontab entries for running the maintenance utilities are shown below In the crontab on all DMFS clients 0 2 etc dmfs usr utils dmfsscan aP 01 0 etc dmfs usr utils dmfsaudit av 3 10 Setup Tasks System Administrator s Guide to Installing Dat
22. SS The bitfiles way to identify a are located under the corresponding Client Transaction migrated file clientmachinename directory Database Managed File System Database Location of DataMgr components e Location of DataMgr GUIs Administrative xdmadm GUI is on the BFS and used by the System Administrator Client xdmfs GUI is on the DMFS and used by clients as well as the System Administrator Prerequisites 1 15 System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr e Location of DataMgr databases Transaction Database is on each client s machine Managed File System Database is on each client s machine To calculate the size of this database see Size Managed File System Database on page 1 20 BFS Database is on BFS To calculate the size of this Database see Size BFS Database on page 1 18 e DataMgr specific directories on AMASS Bitfiles are located under archive FMSclients clientmachinename Create During the installation process DataMgr creates and writes to Directories the directories listed in the table below If you do not use the default directories DataMgr creates the directory names that you enter in the script and the appropriate symbolic links Default Component Directory Description AII components etc dm Location for DataMgr common files such as the error log All machines running a DataMgr component will have this directory BFS
23. Secured Web BUE ese A TX TOI REN AAA P 7 Prerequisites 1 Capaciy based License 4 e4o6d EA ana tendre FERVE TERT lire 1 3 A 444 obe Hveerbt ri E EE Fra S REESE b dadas Tir ded 1 3 Permanent Authorization SWINGS 14310 ssa canini EXE REN EERUa 1 3 Temporary Product Key sibi A ARA 1 5 Changing Authorization SITING c s scaricarne 1 5 BES es Lieense to DOS sia A A 1 7 Registration File Monitors License acariciar rara daa ad 1 7 How to Refresh Registration Fil erro 1 8 Reguiremenis vb renege peed AA AAA ARA AAA AAA GA 1 9 Pile Pais Lin peor EELETESEXPORES E RETEA PERS YE 1 9 File System Size amp Name canica id RA ARA AX Sd dd 1 9 Large Files s CREE REA DURER HEC ERE seer or EUH ee re 1 10 ohared LIDESHIBS siano 1 10 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Bi aoe eee eee eee eee ere ee ee eee eee eee eer ee eee eee 1 13 Create Installation Directory ses sseye ew rie RE RE TTE 1 14 Determine Location Jor COmmoneits siicasirorrra ERASE ESE 1 14 Summary Of Elements 1040213023 REA TRARRE TARE RR RAR 1 15 Create Directories 1200 NS e AAA PUDE HE M dd 1 16 Complete Table ciri eririasrieemrenei tendait meikin RACER RR arde 1 17 Se Databases A ber aq e gap er ad pubexced added saws 84 1 18 ea DES Database srta ip Li AA 1 18 Size Managed Pue System Database 2 siria vin ai 1 20 E A ST omm 1 21 InBn PABEB ooa ries ria Prats rr id is ies 1 21 CIS ra EIA ARANA PARADA RA 1 21 GUIS AA AAA ARAS 1 22 Edit Temporary Storage
24. aMgr In the crontab on the BFS 02 etc bfs usr utils bfsmaint v d 1 m 0 4 0 5 etc bfs usr utils bfsdb backup v n Q 4 6 ete lors wusi ucils lrsole backup v n i In the crontab on all DataMgr components 01 0 etc dm scripts clean emasslogs 0 4 0 5 etc bfs usr utils bfsdb backup y n Q 4 6 ectc lts wusi ucils iotselo backup v m f Step3 Modify the crontab entries Step 4 Save and exit this file Setup Tasks SAR DES System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Logging System log messages are designed to help e Assess system operation Monitor performance Check system health Resolve problems Logging The figure below illustrates the logging hierarchy with the Hierarchy customer specific parms directory annotated System Log Messages emasslog parms etac Environment Variables Levels 7 16 3 12 Setup Tasks System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Format of The format of a system log message is illustrated below Messages Aug 14 1 16 12 nserv dataMgr dmfsd 1001 E0006 5 00000 Message A A Actual Text Host name Transaction number Product name DataMgr in this case always 00000 Process that logs message L Month day time message was generated Message destination PID in brackets Log number begins with E Priority level in parentheses Priority Level
25. aMgr dmmode command and one of the following e A third party backup package e Or the UNIX tar or cpio command Step 2 Edit if needed a cron job to back up the BFS Database with etc bfs usr utils bfsdb_backup For days and times see Schedule cron Jobs on page 3 4 While the BFS database is being backed up the database is locked to prevent any modifications to the database until the backup is complete Successful backups are sent to etc dm raima log bfsdb_backup completed 3 6 Setup Tasks System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr If this nightly backup fails DataMgr sends a mail message to root notifying the system administrator the status of the b sdb backup Failed backups are sent to etc dm raima log bfsdb_backup logfilename You can recover a previous backup version of the database by using the etc bfs usr utils bfsdb_restore utility that allows you to either restore the most recent backup or restore a specified version For more information refer to the Utility Reference chapter in System Administrator s Guide to Using DataMgr Step 3 Edit if needed a cron job to run the etc dmfs user utils dmfsscan utility Step 4 Edit if needed a cron job to run the letc bfs usr utils bfsmaint utility Assign a Backup Step 1 Restrict the BFS Database backup directory located Volume under archive BFSDB Backup on AMASS to a specified volume group In our example we want the backup to be assign
26. e eA p DEA 1 21 Mount point 2 10 Mount table SVSIGIIE 4 iii pensare toda 1 24 N NIS database 3 3 O Online booksS P 6 P Pathname limit 1 9 Paths ido cvi ib ise EEG 1 21 Product alertsso zia liana P 7 bulletins P 7 Product KGy dis ae bee 1 5 Publications dept e mail address P 7 R RAMA bets wes 2 9 Ic dm Sent io Les p SE Aes 2 13 System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Registration file 1 7 TOS owas 1 8 Reinstall DataMgr 4 4 Release notes P 7 1 9 Requirements siro lia read 1 9 disk space snc ie 1 13 shared libraries 1 10 S Script ClearlO eiii ib 3 4 deanstall dni i xe 4 3 install dm 2 1 4 5 UNES 220 oet 2 13 4 3 4 4 PCO ee at ATI ces eat 2 13 serial number 3 54 iii 1 4 Shared libraries 1 10 Shutdown sp ial DE ME 2 13 SED Lair 1 14 2 6 2 9 SSD IIS 1 14 2 6 2 9 SSD IG8S iii 3 4 3 0 Startup daemons 2o etel emer aad 2 12 Specials ea a La e E 2 13 Startup file location occus i a 2 12 Storage space Ti nce wget 1 23 syslog function 2 8 System logs eta es e dad 3 4 System mount table 1 24 Index INX 3 i System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr T Table user completes prior to install 1 17 transfilez 2 32 x2 Ind
27. ed to volume group 600 syse dnjas Setup Tasks 3 7 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Step 2 Enter the AMASS se the archive BFSDI Bi tvolgrp commands to assign Backup directory to volume group 600 cd archive BFSDB_Backup setvolgrp archive BFSDB_Backup 600 Step 3 To make sure the directory assignment is correct enter the AMASS vgroot commands to view the relative paths for volume group 600 vgroot 600 Step 4 Assign volumes to volume group 600 with the AMASS volgroup command For specific command information refer to Managing the AMASS File System 3 8 Setup Tasks System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Save SSD Logs DataMgr saves all file movement by the SSD to the etc dm log ssd transfile log file The log files are named transfile x where x is an age related counter with the smaller number being the most current At installation DataMgr schedules a nightly cron job that backs up the SSD log and saves the current transfile log to a transfile x file and then creates a new file called transfile However the old transfile x files are never deleted The format of this transfile x is as follows hhmmss MMDDYYYY type blocks copy BFID ftoken bfsserver logid errors filepath where A hhmmss Time of SSD log entry MMDDYYYY Date of SSD log entry Creat File was created in AMAS
28. efer to the Utility Reference in System Administrator s Guide to Using DataMgr Sunday at 1 a m Runs the etc dmfs usr utils dmfsaudit utility which synchronizes databases For more information refer to the Utility Reference chapter in System Administrator s Guide to Using DataMgr Nightly at 11 45 p m Runs the etc dm usr utils clearlog sh script which backs up the SSD log to etc dm log ssd transfile and truncates the file The SSD log indicates each record ID bitfile ID and file name that has been migrated by DataMgr It also contains a file that registers all the AMASS transactions After running the clearlog sh script DataMgr saves the SSD log as transfile x For more information see Save SSD Logs on page 3 9 The clearlog script also saves the current and last four system logs 3 4 Setup Tasks System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Nightly at 1 a m Runs the etc dm usr scripts clean_emasslogs script to move the current set of logs to a file in the same directory with the same name but appended with a timestamp For more information see Edit cron File on page 3 10 The clean_emasslogs script also saves seven old log files per log type plus the current log BFS cron job On the BFS the crontab performs the following jobs Nightly at 2 a m Runs the etc bfs usr utils bfsmaint m d utility which automatically replicates files that are assigned to the File Replication Policy
29. g DataMgr Startup File The startup file performs the following tasks e Cleans up any migrations or reloads that were in progress when the system went down by running etc dmfs usr utils dmfsck lt writes the bitfile ID of each file that it recovers to standard output one per line This utility can also be run manually For information refer to the Utility Reference chapter in System Administrator s Guide to Using DataM gr Starts up the DataMgr daemons for the components that are installed on this machine Startup uses the following daemons BFS bfsd SLD SSD on AMASS server ssd DMFS on all clients dmfsd The table below lists the system startup files modified by DataMgr during installation After modification these system startup files run the etc rc dm script which contains the DataMgr startup commands Operating System Startup File etc inittab HP UX sbin init d IRIX etc init d Solaris 2 12 Installation System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Startup amp Shutdown Although the command to automatically start DataMgr at bootup is added to the system startup file during installation a special startup is required for example after the system administrator performs system maintenance Step 1 To gracefully bring DataMgr down run the script below This stops DataMgr and unloads the DMFS driver on systems that support loadable device drivers
30. ibe backup and restore issues Provide troubleshooting tools Summary of commands and utilities Preface P 3 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr How This Book is Organized This book contains the following chapters Chapter 1 Prerequisites Defines system requirements for DataMgr Chapter 2 Install DataMgr Instructions for installing DataMgr as well as special startup amp shutdown procedures Chapter 3 Setup Tasks Instructions for the following tasks e Establish access for clients e Edit cron jobs Change color and fonts on GUIs Chapter 4 Post Installation Tasks Instructions for the following tasks e Deinstall and reinstall DataMgr Remove installation directory P 4 Preface System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Conventions The conventions used throughout the DataMgr technical books are listed below The word library is a generic way to If using HP SunSpot libraries install patch reference a storage device 1234 Screen text file names program names and Files Dirs created for MFS commands are in Courier font mrktcol mrktcol Migration mrktcol Migration locklist The root prompt is shown as a number su root symbol What you should type in is shown in Courier cd etc dmfs usr utils bold font Site specific variables are in a Times italics dmfscntl p mfspath font A backward
31. inistrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Requirements File Pathname Limit File System Size amp Name Make sure you read the DataMgr Release Notes to obtain the following information e A list of current patches and packages required by your servers e GUI requirements Known problems UV o Ho c Vel o n e The latest AMASS compatibility matrix Install a compatible version of AMASS on a server on your network to provide storage server resources DataMgr supports a file pathname limit of 1023 characters for the DataMgr root directory in AMASS For example if client files are going under archive FMSclients eureka on AMASS then the length of this string 26 characters must be subtracted from 1023 1023 26 997 Consequently succeeding file pathnames can be a total of 997 characters in length File system size is important ADIC recommends that your file system not exceed 1 million files As the number of files approaches 1 million the system slows considerably The smaller the file system the faster most utilities and commands will complete The size of a file system name can be a maximum of 24 characters in length Prerequisites 1 9 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Large Files If a DMFS client requires DataMgr to manage files larger than 2GB the BFS must support large files Large file support is provided on the following operating system e AIX
32. ls for a managed file system in line Tempora ry with the values defined by the DataMgr administrator with the Storage low and prestage watermarks Space The dmfsscan command as a default uses usr tmp for temporary file storage If you want these files to be directed elsewhere edit the etc dmfs config params file and add the DMFS TMPDIR newdir entry as shown below UV gt D Q e Vel 1 n cd etc dmfs config params Add this entry to the file y DMFS TMPDIR newdir Prerequisites 1 23 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr System The system mount table defines the file systems and disk Mount Table partitions that are mounted at boot time The file system name defined to DataMgr in the etc dmfs config dmfstab file must match an entry in this system mount file The location and format of this table varies by system architecture The table below shows the location of this file on the various supported platforms nd System Mount Table ystem etc filesystem filesystem etc fstab fstab IRIX etc vistab vfstab For more information refer to this man page 1 24 Prerequisites System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr NOTES UV gt D Q e Vel D 77 Prerequisites 1 25 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr NOTES 1 26 Prerequisites Extract Files Prom Local CD 2 3 Extract File
33. ministrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Capacity based License Feature Licenses Permanent Authorization Strings ADIC issues a DataMgr license based on the amount of disk space each client machine mounts for management Capacity based license levels are described below e Level 1 Less than or equal to 5GB e Level 2 Over 5GB but less than or equal to 25GB e Level 3 Greater than 25GB V gt Q c 7 o n The license is entered when installing the BFS component The BFS provides the licenses needed by the individual DMFS clients For a description of DataMgr components refer to Components on page 1 4 in DataMgr Overview A separate authorization string is needed for the optional features below For a description of these features refer to the Storage Policies chapter in DataMgr Overview File Replication e Multi tier Migration File Import During installation you are asked to enter either e A permanent authorization string Or atemporary 30 day product key Authorization strings have the following format XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXX You can enter the authorization string in one of the following ways e Upper or lower case e With dashes Prerequisites 1 3 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr All strung together If your Software Certificate does not contain this string call ADIC at 303 792 9700 or FAX 303 792 2465 or email
34. nada call 303 874 0188 or toll free 00800 9999 3822 e Send e mail to techsup adic com Documentation Although the material contained herein has been carefully reviewed ADIC does not warrant it to be free of errors or omissions We reserve the right to make corrections updates revisions or changes to the information contained herein Send e mail to swpubs adic com READER COMMENT FORM ADIC includes this Form in an effort to provide the best possible documentation to our customers Please take a few moments to mail or FAX your response to ADIC Software Documentation 10949 East Peakview Ave Englewood CO 80111 FAX 303 792 2465 E mail swpubs adic com ton Information was complete Agree Disagree Information was easy to find Agree Disagree Information was easy to follow Agree Disagree Is there anything you especially like or dislike about the organization presentation or writing in this manual Book Title Document Number Customer Name Telephone E mail Address Company Name Address City State Zip NOTES Contents Porpose of This BOOK ova 1642044 O E ES FESTE TES ke QVO ari P 3 Whe Should Read Wis BOOK 252435934 road iaia P 3 How This Book is Organized sisi crisis aa ia dadi drv era E Ria P 4 CONV CHONG susi pi AAA AAA P 5 A P 6 enceinte iper A P 6 Related PUBDHoAH0fis 22444425 ida as aa A canker P 7 Contact Publications Department cin ria P 7
35. ng DataMgr Step 6 Ifthe SLD and the DMFS are going to be installed on different machines you must go to the SLD machine and start the SLD run etc rc dm before continuing with this installation Step7 Ifyou want to accept the default location for the files specific to the components press Enter However if you want DataMgr to create another directory for these files enter a new path Wherever possible the script allows you to use symbolic links to relocate the actual DataMgr directories 5 D e m D o I Enter actual DataMgr home location install datamgr dm Append logging entries to etc syslog conf y n n Enter actual SLD Service Locator Daemon home location eii sol s Enter actual DMFS DataMgr FileSystem home location etc dmfs Enter actual BFS Bitfile Server home location exci s e Enter actual Raima database journal home location etc dm raima journal Enter actual Raima database home location etc dm raima Enter actual SSD Storage Server Daemon home location default is etc ssd Installation 2 9 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Pleas nter the hostname of the Storage Server to be used for storing database backups Step 8 If you accept the default location for the mount point AMASS bitfiles directory and BFS Database backup directory press lt Enter gt However if you want
36. ns FAQs send e mail to swpubs C adic com and include the items below In return we will send you instructions and a password e Name Company Preface P 7 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr e Address Telephone number and fax number e DataMgr serial number or enter reseller if you are not a customer e Your e mail address P 8 Preface System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr NOTES Preface P 9 DRITCYR System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr NOTES P 10 Preface Capacity based Li ns i i454 isa bea rre bers 1 3 BFS Issues License to Clients 15052262 saa 1 7 BequiremPenis csi 1 9 Create Installation Directory 1 14 Determine Location for Components 1 14 SEP DAIADASES auae Cauet ade iwbrp a 1 18 ng A E 1 21 Edit Temporary Storage Space iii 1 23 Bystem Mount Table sierra es 1 24 Prerequisites V gt Ke c uN o n System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Roadmap Refer To Chapter Task Install AMASS before installing DataMgr Verify that you have the necessary system requirements Install DataMgr 2 Setup tasks 3 Establish access for clients Edit cron jobs Change GUI colors and fonts Post installation tasks 4 Deinstall and reinstall DataMgr Remove installation directory 1 2 Prerequisites System Ad
37. onfig dmfstab 2 9 A REM CE EE JETS St it 3 3 C Jete sld ici o ia e 1 16 TO A enna 1 16 CD usr dminstall tin 1 14 install from iero 2 3 2 4 clearlog script 212222 tte 3 4 A Client GUI ooooooo 3 19 Administrative GUI 3 19 illustration oooooooooo 1 15 Setup cns a 1 22 illustration 0 1 15 Command SELUDS Cc Sd EA RU a ei 1 22 h 1 21 Audience for book P 3 UE PUM Orei piana 5 MRI xdmadm 3 19 Authorization string 1 3 changing 15 xdmfs LL 3 19 a Seat nia hasta ten eae ee Sibbanents B determinelocation 1 14 illustration 1 15 Backup A FRE RE 2 assign volume 3 7 Conventions in book P 5 schedule 3 6 cron Job BES LL 1 14 2 6 2 9 schedule 3 4 Cron jobs 3 5 crontab iar 2d edd dob nde S 3 10 BFS database 2 10 illustration 1 16 bfsdb_backup utility 3 5 3 11 INX 1 System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr D Database BE tea bog ahah hades 2 10 DNS release asa a 3 3 managed file system illustration 1 16 NS RIO a 3 3 Deinstall DataMgr 4 3 deinstall dm script 4 3 Directory archive FMSclients 1 16 Jete bIsx s ito side nas 1 16 Jetc dm vuv aa para 1 16 letc dmfs
38. oor An 3 9 U UserID born di die ALe 2 8 Utility bfsd backup 3 11 bfsdb backup 3 5 bfsmaint 3 5 3 6 3 11 dmfsaudit 3 4 3 10 dmfsscan 3 4 3 6 3 10 setup path t0 1 21 W Web secured site P 7 X xdmadm command 3 19 xdmfs command 3 19 INX 4 Index
39. or automatically migrates files that are assigned to the Multi tier Migration Policy It also manages the retention and expiration of migrated files For more information see Back Up Databases on page 3 6 or refer to the Utility Reference chapter in System Administrator s Guide to Using DataMgr Nightly at 4 a m Runs the etc bfs usr utils bfsdb_backup utility which backs up the BFS Database Normally a full backup is performed on Saturday morning and a partial backup is performed every other morning For more information see Assign a Backup Volume on page 3 7 For more information refer to the Utility Reference chapter in System Administrator s Guide to Using DataMgr Setup Tasks 3 5 syse dnjas System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Back Up To effectively and efficiently manage your clients file systems Databases coordinate the execution of the following utilities by scheduling them as cron jobs e etc dmfs user utils dmfsscan controls file migration e etc bfs usr utils bfsmaint copies and replicates migrated files according to the defined storage policy as well as manages the retention and expiration of migrated files ADIC recommends that you schedule these administrative tasks after the backup of a client s managed file systems has completed Therefore the sequence of execution should be as follows Step 1 Back up the DMFS client managed file system with the Dat
40. ove Loa p p y y Direct ory want to remove the extracted DataMgr files from the machine where they were loaded Step 1 In our example you have extracted Solaris specific DataMgr files as well as the PDF books from the CD your directory hierarchy would look similar to the illustration below root usr home tmp lib bin muss solaris books Step 2 To remove the platform specific installation directory but not the books directory enter the UNIX command below on the appropriate machine cd usr dminstall rm r solaris where ECCL NN solaris The name of your platform specific load directory 4 6 Post Installation Tasks System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr NOTES Post Installation Tasks U o o 5 o D 5 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr NOTES 4 8 Post Installation Tasks Index Symbols bfsdb_backup completed 3 6 larchive FMSclients jo UM reni SPIRA Bitfile letc bfs sosti sapete eee 1 16 di 2 10 letc bfs registered File 1 7 1 8 M M EE E illustration 1 16 fete dm oc osse 1 16 Book letc m log ssd B08 RS pei all titles in set P 6 etc dm raima essen 2 9 di P 3 letc dm usr share gui 3 20 AU IENCE AA RAS E conventions eese ens P 5 JC AMES i i lol ila 1 17 li P 6 letc dmfs c
41. ove Load DIHCIQUE cercai bes ado st bese ARA 4 6 Contents ii System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr iv Contents Purpose of This BOOK yi licei Th ER P 3 Who Should Read This Book P 3 How This Book is Organized 2 5 2 zou asas P 4 VENOUS Q4 vs RE br v do e ER E ICA P 5 BOOKS collinare P 6 Online Documentation 1 rry nn P 6 Related Publications 1 522 522 edu ani can P 7 Contact Publications Department P 7 Secured Web Site i isteveus addict P 7 Preface 998J91d System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr NOTES P 2 Preface System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Pu rpose of This book describes how to install and configure DataMgr on This Book both the server and on clients machines Who Should This book is written for the system administrators who has been Read This assigned the task of installing DataMgr Book The table below lists DataMgr books that a system administrator should read 998J91d Books for System Administrators to Read DataMgr Overview System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Topic Understand how DataMgr works and know what features are available Install amp configure DataMgr on server and clients machines System Administrator s Guide to Using DataMgr quick reference card Use DataMgr to define migration criteria with either commands or GUI Description of commands and utilities Descr
42. ow DataMgr keeps track of where client files have been migrated Use the formula below to determine the space required for the BFS Database Database size 64 Number of files being migrated 1 18 Prerequisites System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr If File Replication or Multi tier Policies are used then the equation is Database size 64 factor 16 Number of files being migrated factor Number of replicated copies or number of tiers Example 1 if you have client files using a File Replication policy with 1 primary copy and 1 secondary copy the equation would look like the following V Xa Vel o n Database size 64 1 16 number of files Database size 80 number of files Example 2 if you have client files using a Multi tier policy with the primary copy and 2 tiers the equation would look like the following Database size 64 2 16 number of files Database size 96 number of files Prerequisites 1 19 System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Size Managed File System Database The Managed File System Database is located under etc dm raima dmfs There is a Managed File System Database for each client s managed file system The Database contains all the information on each file in the managed file system and stores information used in generating a list of files to migrate Prior to selecting a file sys
43. running DataMgr log onto the target machine and NFS mount the platform specific directory from the machine where the files are located Step 6 Continue with Install DataMgr on Page 2 6 5 o e m D 5 Installation 2 5 System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Install DataMgr If the various components are going to be installed on different machines the installation sequence is as follows e SID BES e SSD DMES ADIC recommends that each component be started before the next component is installed This will ensure that each component can talk to the others correctly Caution From each machine listed in Complete Table on Page 1 17 perform the installations steps below Caution 2 6 Installation System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Step 1 Change directory to the specific platform directory created earlier and run the DataMgr installation script For example the commands below go to the hpux directory and runs the DataMgr script cd usr dminstall hpux1020 install dm Step 2 The installation script prompts you to enter the letter that corresponds to the component you want to install a DMFS Data Manager File System provides migrating file systems b BFS Bitfile Server requires installed SSD 2 C SLD Service Locator Daemon must be one per network 3 d SSD Storage Server Daemon pro
44. s All messages are contained within a single file for easy reading and problem solving This file is located in the etc dm emasslogs parms directory Priority levels for the messages are described in the following tables Priority Level 00 EMERGENCY system panic ALERTS startup shutdown and crash Description CRITICAL system runs but in a degraded mode 2 4 5 Le WARNING system resources are running short NOTICE general system information INFORMATION confirms a successful operation Setup Tasks 3 13 syse dnjeg System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr Priority eval Description DEBUG messages 8 ADIC technical support trace message Modify Logging Several characteristics of a system log message can be modified Characteristics with environment variables in the usr dm emasslogs emasslog parms file that is created at install time When the emasslog parms file is modified run the reload dmlog script or stop and start the DMFS to activate the new options The etc dm scripts reload dmlog script allows system administrator to specify which processes to reload with the new logging levels in the emass1og parms file An example of the emasslog_parms file follows This file contains all the environment variables Comment lines begin with a number sign gt EL SYSLOG OPTIONS indicates the format of each message to syslog
45. s From Remote CD 2 4 Install Data gt scsi vecia ved be tanta 2 6 Startap File 1242459 34344 aha 2 12 Startup amp Shutdown 12 coo cir 2 13 2 Installation 5 D 2 m D o I System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Roadmap Refer To Chapter Task Install AMASS before installing DataMgr Verify that you have the necessary system requirements Install DataMgr 2 Setup tasks 3 Establish access for clients Edit cron jobs Change GUI colors and fonts Post installation tasks 4 Deinstall and reinstall DataMgr Remove installation directory 2 2 Installation System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr To install DataMgr from CD on a local host perform the following procedure Extract Files From Local CD Step 1 Loginas root Create a temporary directory under tmp and cd to that directory Step 3 Do an Is on the cdrompath to determine the case upper or lower of the file names Some platforms will change the name from upper case DM to lower case dm letters Step 4 To extract the files from a CD on a local host enter the following command tar xmvf cdrompath datamgr platform TAR 5 D 2 m D o I where ome veste cdrompath Enter the pathname where the CD has been mounted For example cdrom DATAMGR platform TAR Enter the applicable operating system version For example
46. sites System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Disk Space The table below shows the amount of disk space required by DataMgr etc dm raima bfs p Miss letc dm and y letc dm raima dmfs AIX 32MB 14MB 140KB 4MB 8MB BFS Database and DEORE E Ed s sg anes Pe Syn sayisinbalald The etc dm log and etc dm raima log contain log files so this initial size will grow Use the equations found in Size Databases on Page 1 18 to calculate the space for these two databases The DataMgr installation script will verify that there is enough space available in the installation directory before proceeding If there is not enough space the script asks if you want to attempt the install anyway Typically you want to stop the install make the space available and continue with the installation Prerequisites 1 13 System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Create Installation Directory Determine Location for Components Create a platform specific directory to contain the DataMgr files extracted from the CD The default directory is usr dminstall Forinstructions on deleting this directory if space is limited see Remove Load Directory on page 4 6 If for example you have extracted Solaris specific DataMgr files from the CD your directory hierarchy would look similar to the illustration below root usr home tmp lib bin aaa m solaris etc dm books
47. sr utilsN etc sld usr daemons etc ssd usr daemons etc bfs usr daemons For each bourne shell environment PATH PATH etc dm usr utils etc dmfs usr bin etc dmfs usr utils etc sld usr daemons etc ssd usr daemons etc bfs usr daemons etc bfs usr export PATH Prerequisites 1 21 System Administrators Guide to Installing DataMgr GUIs Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 To run the Client xdmfs GUI add etc dmfs usr bin to your PATH To run the Administrative xdmadm GUI add etc bfs usr bin to your PATH Both the Client GUI and the Administrative GUI require the files below to be in the etc dm usr share gui directory These files are located in this directory during a normal DataM gr installation Server xdmfs xdmfs hlp xdmfskeysym Solaris only To run the GUIs add one of the following to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH e usr dt lib e Or usr openwin lib Both GUIs also expect the X Motif XKeysymDB file to be in usr 1ib X11 directory If the file is not there then copy etc dm usr share gui xdmfskeysym as follows f cp etc dm usr share gui xdmfskeysym usr lib X11 XKeysymDB On Solaris do the following cp etc dm usr share gui xdmfskeysym usr openwin lib XKeysymDB 1 22 Prerequisites System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr e DataMgr dmfsscan command controls migration Edit The DataMg d Is migration by bringing space usage leve
48. tem for management you must determined the size of the Managed File System Database Use the formula below to determine the size Database size Number of Directories x 250 Number of Files x 650 The values for the Number of Directories and Files are estimates of the maximum number of files and directories that will reside on the client s file system This estimate assumes a typical directory and file name length of 20 characters or less If the file name length is longer add that length to the estimate For example if the typical file name length is 40 the equation would look like the following Database size Number of Directories x 290 Number of Files x 650 1 20 Prerequisites System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr Edit Paths The following environmental paths are not automatically set up during installation man Pages Step 1 To use the man pages set the following path For each c shell environment setenv MANPATH MANPATH etc dm usr share man UV gt D 2 i Vel D 77 For each bourne shell environment MANPATH MANPATH etc dm usr share man export MANPATH Utilities Step 2 The GUIs use the DataMgr utilities to accomplish a task for example changing watermarks uses the dmfscnt1 utility Therefore set the following paths For each c shell environment set path path etc dm usr utils etc dmfs usr bin etc dmfs usr utils etc bfs usr bin etc bfs u
49. vides local SSD requires AMASS e ALL All of the above Please enter a b c d e or a list eg ab You can select one all or a combination of components For example to install all four components on this machine enter e as shown below Please enter a b c d e or a list eg ab e Step 3 The following prompt checks to make sure a full BFS Database back up has been performed DO you have a cuerzeme CULL BUS Darcabase Bacio Gy im ll Installation 2 7 System Administrator s Guide to Installing DataMgr f you respond with y default the installation script will continue e If you respond with n the installation script will terminate You can Start DataMgr perform a full BFS Database backup then run the installation script again Step 4 The installation script prompts you to enter both the User ID and Group ID The specified GID should already exist but DataMgr will add the UID to the machine s passwd file A sample answer is shown in bold Please enter the numeric user ID uid for the dmfs account 357 Please enter the base group ID gid for the dmfs account 86 Step 5 DataMgr uses the standard syslog function of the operating system for all of its error messages All messages are sent using the local1 facility Through the syslog conf file you can control the destination of these messages 2 8 Installation System Administrators Guide to Installi

ADIC DATAMGR 3.5 User's Manual

Contents

Download Pdf Manuals

Related Search

Related Contents