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1. 9 Go to Chapter 3 to complete the installation Caution Do not shut down and restart your system After you install the software you must configure certain files to ensure that the software operates correctly Chapter 2 Installing the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software 15 Installing Packages at Different Times If you have installed any version 3 2 software packages and have rebooted and then install another version 3 2 package you must shut down and restart your server again This situation also applies if you want to add software later For example you install the core and point in time copy software and you restart your server Later you decide to install the remote mirror software After you install it shut down and restart your server Use these commands to shut down touch reconfigure etc shutdown y i 6 g 0 UNWiir UNWiiu UNWrdcr UNWrdcu UNWscmr UNWscmu UNWspsvr UNWspsvu NANNNNNN NN 16 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 Checking for Installed Packages To check whether a system has the Availability Suite 3 2 software installed use the following command pkginfo x grep StorEdge The system lists the following packages Sun StorEdge Availability Suite point in time copy software root Sun StorEdge Availability Suite point in time copy software usr Sun StorEdge Availability S2. 54 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 APPENDIX A Installation Error Messages During removal installation reinstallation of the software an error condition might occur TABLE A 1 lists the error messages related to these procedures for the core software packages TABLE A 2 lists the error messages for the Remote Mirror software TABLE A 1 Error Messages for Core Software Installation Error Message Description When you specify a configuration location check that LOCATION does not meet minimum space requirement LOCATION is a swap device LOCATION is already in use is mountable by vfstab mounted or LOCATION is not a file nor a slice LOCATION is in a reserved mount point You are in cluster and LOCATION is not a valid DID device Pathname does not meet suggested filename syntax standard Database must be available before filesystems mount on Disk slice at LOCATION not found on this device the system has at least 5 5MBytes available for the configuration database You cannot use a swap device as the configuration location because the location is not persistent across reboots A different process or an applicaton is already using the location you specified The location must be a file or a slice The location you specified is reserved and is one of the following cdrom tmp proc mnt net floppy vol When in a clustered envi
3. usr opt SUNWesm SUNWrdc man manpage where manpage is one of the following sndradm lm sndrd lm sndrsyncd im rdc iets4 To read related manpages type man M usr opt SUNWesm SUNWscm man manpage where manpage is one of the following ds log 4 dscfg lm scmadm 1m dsstat 1m 38 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 Using a Volume Set File When you enable the remote mirror software you can specify an optional volume set file containing information about the volume set volumes primary and secondary hosts bitmaps operating mode and so on Use the sndradm f volset file option when you use a volume set file You can also enter information about each volume set from the command line but it is convenient to put this information in a file when you have multiple volume sets Another advantage is that you can operate on specific volume sets excluding other sets from the operation Unlike adding the volume sets to an I O group you can mix replication modes in a volume set file The fields for the volume set file specified are phost pdev pbitmap shost sdev sbitmap ip sync async g io groupname C tag q qdev TABLE 3 2 describes these fields See the rdc cf man page for more information about the volume set file format The following shows an example file entry atml10 dev vx rdsk oracle816 oratest dev vx rdsk oracle816 oratest_bm atm20 d
4. 2 Tables Supported Software for Nonclustered Environments 2 Supported Hardware for a Nonclustered Environments 3 Cluster Terminology and Status 4 Configuration Location Requirements and Considerations 6 Installation Steps Summary 10 Postinstallation Summary for the Remote Mirror Software 22 Fields for the Volume Set File 40 Upgrade Steps for the Remote Mirror Software 47 Error Messages for Core Software Installation 55 Error Messages for Remote Mirror Software Installation 57 Tables vii viii Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide October 2003 Preface This document describes installation requirements considerations and procedures for the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software The intended audience includes Sun support engineers and customer system administrators How This Book Is Organized Chapter 1 describes the requirements considerations and preparation for the software installation Chapter 2 describes how to install and uninstall the software Chapter 3 describes the post installation steps and configuration procedures Chapter 4 describes how to upgrade the software from an earlier version Appendix describes installation error messages Using UNIX Commands This document might not contain information on basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system booting the system and configuring devices See one or more of the following for this
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6. SMANPATH usr opt SUNWesm man export MANPATH where SMANPATH indicates the default man page path of usr share man and other man page locations you might have See the man 1M man page for more information about the man command 3 Save this file and exit Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 M 1 4 To Add the Paths to Your C Shell Add usr opt SUNWesm sbin to your path statement in your cshrc file Edit your cshrc file in a text editor and add the command path set path path usr opt SUNWesm sbin where path indicates all other paths in your environment Save this file and exit Add usr opt SUNWesm man to your MANPATH statement in your login file Edit your login file in a text editor and add the command path setenv MANPATH MANPATH usr opt SUNWesm man where MANPATH indicates the default man page path of usr share man and other man page locations you might have See the man 1M man page for more information about the man command and the directories it searches Save this file and exit Chapter 3 Postinstallation Procedures 37 v To Read Man Pages Without Command Paths These procedures describe how to read man pages without adding paths to your environment To read the point in time copy software man pages type man M usr opt SUNWesm SUNWii man iiadm 1m To read the remote mirror man pages type man M
7. Upgrading Availability Suite Software This chapter describes the following topics m Overview of Upgrade Steps on page 47 m Keeping Your Current Information on page 48 m Removing the Version 3 1 Software on page 50 m Upgrading the Software on page 52 Before upgrading read the pkgadd 1M pkgrm 1M and patchrm 1M man pages Note As described in Compatibility on page 5 version 3 2 is not compatible with prior versions of Sun StorEdge Availability Suite software If your system has a version older than version 3 1 upgrade it to version 3 1 and then use the procedures in this chapter to upgrade to version 3 2 If your system uses Sun StorEdge Instant Image 2 0 1 software you can upgrade directly to the version 3 2 Point in Time copy software Differences From Version 3 1 The installation of the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software differs from the 3 1 version in the following ways m The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software runs in the Solaris 8 or Solaris 9 update 3 and higher operating environment 45 m The safest installation of the software is when the least number of services are running in the environment background In the 3 2 version the installation script can be run only when the user is in single user mode In a run level higher than single user mode the install sh script exits printing the proper message m The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software does
8. individual product Each option also installs the core software required for all products The script checks whether the core software is already installed If it is not the script installs it The install sh installation script on the product CD has the following syntax install sh j a p r where j Installs the packages where the root installation path is a path other than the standard root slice For example use this option when root is located on a remotely mounted device and you want to install the packages on a remotely mounted device See To Install the Software with the j Option on page 14 a Installs the core remote mirror and point in time copy software Use the following order 1 The remote mirror software on the primary host machine 2 The remote mirror software on the secondary host machine 3 The point in time copy software on the primary machine p Installs the core and the point in time software r Installs the core and the remote mirror software Use the following order 1 The remote mirror software on the primary host machine 2 The remote mirror software on the secondary host machine Chapter 2 Installing the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software 11 v To Install the Software Normal Root Slice 1 Log in as superuser in single user mode on the primary host machine 2 Insert the CD into the CD ROM drive that is connected to your system 3 If the Volume Manager daem
9. information m Software documentation that you received with your system m Solaris operating environment documentation located at http docs sun com Typographic Conventions Typeface or Symbol Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands Edit your login file files and directories Use 1s a to list all files on screen computer output You have mail AaBbCc123 What you type when su contrasted with on screen Password computer output AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide terms words to be These are called class options emphasized You must be root to do this Command line variable To delete a file type rm filename replace with a real name or value In syntax brackets indicate scmadm d sec r n n Ln z that an argument is optional arg arg In syntax braces and pipes sndradm R b p s indicate that one of the arguments must be specified At the end of a command atm90 dev md rdsk d5 line the backslash dev md rdsk dl atm89 indicates that the command dev md rdsk d5 bitmaps map2 continues on the next line ip sync 1 The settings on your browser might differ from these settings x Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide October 2003 Shell Prompts Shell C shell C shell superuser Prompt machine name machine name Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn
10. so that the change can take effect Shut down and restart your server shutdown y i 6 g 0 Chapter 2 Installing the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software 17 To Reinstall the Software With Saved Configuration Location and Information The installation process checks for existing configuration information and location If you did not keep the the configuration location and information from a previous installation the installation process proceeds as if this were a new installation described in Installing the Software on page 11 If the installation process finds an existing configuration location the configuration location is displayed and the script displays the following prompt The Sun StorEdge Data Services database configuration location has already been set Current location config Would you like to preserve the existing configuration information at its current location y n If you enter y the installation continues If you enter n the script prompts you for the new configuration location When you enter the new location the installation continues The Sun StorEdge Data Services database configuration location has already been set Current location config Would you like to preserve the existing configuration information at its current location y n n See ENTER DATABASE CONFIGURATION LOCATION Note Pleas nsure this location meets all requirements specified in the Avail
11. 2003 Use this command on both the sndrpri and sndrsec hosts For example netstat in Name Mtu Net Dest Address 100 8232 12 0 0 0 2572 0460 hme0 1500 192 0 0 0 0 0 Name Mtu Net Dest Address 100 8252 3844 0 0 hmel 1500 fe80 a00 20ff febd c33f Ipkts 3844 0 Ipkts sal fe80 a00 20ff febd c33f 192 9 200 225 22007 0 Ierrs Opkts 3844 Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis Queue 0 0 0 1054 0 Oerrs Collis Queue 3844 0 43 06500 netstat i Name Mtu Net Dest Address 100 8232 loopback localhost hme0 1067 Name Opkts 100 hmel 0 1500 arpanet 0 0 0 Mtu Net Dest Oerrs Collis 8252 localhost localhost 1500 sndrpri 0 Changing the Port Number Ipkts 3844 0 rickl Address sndrpri 3844 Ierrs Opkts 3844 0 Oerrs Collis Queue 0 0 0 22038 0 Ipkts Ierrs 3844 0 0 43 0 65 Port 121 is the default port for use by the remote mirror sndrd daemon If you change the port number you must change it on all remote mirror hosts within this configuration set that is primary and secondary hosts and all hosts in one to many many to one and multihop configurations Edit the etc services file 1 Edit the etc services file on each machine running the remote mirror software 2 Shutdown and restart all hosts to make that the new port number take effect Chapter 3 Postinstallation Procedures 27 Verifying Host and Service Names If the file includ
12. ESURE AUTORISEE PAR LA LOI APPLICABLE Y COMPRIS NOTAMMENT TOUTE GARANTIE IMPLICITE RELATIVE A LA QUALITE MARCHANDE A L APTITUDE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE OU A L ABSENCE DE CONTREFA ON SA CA Adobe PostScript Contents Preface ix Requirements and Considerations 1 Supported Software and Hardware 2 Nonclustered Environment 2 Sun Cluster Environment 4 Compatibility 5 Previous Versions of the Product 5 With Metatrans Devices 5 Choosing the Configuration Location 6 Configuring a Link Interface 7 Before You Install the Software 7 Installing the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software 9 Overview of Installation Steps 10 Installing the Software 11 v To Install the Software Normal Root Slice 12 v To Install the Software with the j Option 14 Installing Packages at Different Times 16 Checking for Installed Packages 16 iv Removing and Reinstalling the Software 17 v To Remove the Availability Suite 3 2 Software 17 To Reinstall the Software With Saved Configuration Location and Information 18 Postinstallation Procedures 21 Overview of Postinstallation Steps 22 Configuring System Files 23 Adding Host Names 23 v Editthe etc hosts File 23 Configuring the IP Stack IPv4 and IPv6 24 Changing the Port Number 27 v Edit the etc services file 27 Verifying Host and Service Names 28 v Editthe etc nsswitch conf File 28 Modifying Settings 29 Setting the Bitmap Operation Mode 29 Increasing the Number of Volume Sets 30 Incr
13. Point in Time 3 0 n If you do you create duplicate entries in the configuration file Type the following command as the root user before you remove old versions The location of the iiadm out file must be included in the following command Otherwise the configuration data is not converted to the correct format and is not usable with the point in time copy software usr opt SUNWesm sbin iiadm i all gt etc opt SUNWesm iiadm out During installation of the point in time copy software the output of this command is converted to the format used by Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 point in time copy software Chapter 4 Upgrading Availability Suite Software 49 Removing the Version 3 1 Software The install sh script described in Installing the Software on page 11 lists the packages you must remove before upgrading The script also lists the order in which to you must remove them when you use pkgrm 1M w To Remove the Version 3 1 Software 1 Restart your system in single user mode to prevent other users from attempting access to existing data volumes etc shutdown y i s g 0 Note Do not use the reboot command Always use the etc shutdown command The etc shutdown command ensures that any shutdown scripts in the etc init d directory are executed 2 Log in as superuser 3 If you have the following patches use patchrm 1M to remove them in the order listed where nn specifies the patch revision P
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15. Sun Cluster 3 1 Note If you are using any version of the Solaris 8 operating system with Sun Cluster 2 2 you cannot install Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software The products are incompatible The version 3 2 software is cluster aware and provides high availability for the Sun StorEdge software TABLE 1 3 describes the cluster terminology TABLE 1 3 Cluster Terminology and Status Term Cluster aware Cluster tolerant or coexistent Definition Sun StorEdge Services Status A software product is Sun Cluster aware if it can The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite coexist with the Sun Cluster environment and fails 3 2 software is cluster aware in a over and fails back when the logical host containing two node Sun Cluster 3 0 Update 3 the software product fails over and fails back By or Sun Cluster 3 1 software using the high availability framework that Sun environment Cluster provides a Sun Cluster aware product can be made highly available A software product is Sun Cluster tolerant if it can The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite coexist with the Sun Cluster environment and does 3 2 software is not cluster tolerant in not interfere with the Sun Cluster software and the initial release of the Sun Cluster applications running in this environment A product 3 0 software that is cluster tolerant is not expected to fail over or fail back when a Sun Cluster logical host fails over and fails back 4 SunStorEdge Availabil
16. To use the IPv6 protocol define the IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces with the same name You must define the primary and secondary hosts such that the same transport protocol is used by both machines Y To Set Up an IPv6 Address This example procedure shows how to set your network interface to use IPv6 addresses Use this procedure to test your remote mirror hosts connection The following procedure assumes this configuration information Network interface hmel Primary host interface name sndrpri Secondary host interface name sndrsec 1 Use a text editor to create the etc hostname6 hme1l file on both the primary host and the secondary host On the primary host add the interface name sndrpri to the file On the secondary host add the interface name sndrsec to the file Save and close the files primary host more etc hostname6 hmel sndrpri secondary host more etc hostname6 hmel sndrsec 2 Shut down and restart both machines to activate IPv6 etc shutdown y i 6 g 0 24 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 3 After both machines reboot get the IPv6 inet address for the hme1 interface address In the following example the address is fe80 a00 20ff febd c33f 128 ifconfig a 100 flags 1000849 lt UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 8232 index 2 inet 127 0 0 1 netmask 000000 hme0 flags 1000843 lt UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 gt mtu 1500 ind
17. a bitmap that is too small the enable command fails with an error 32 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 message The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software provides the dsbitmap utility to calculate the required size of a bitmap for a point in time copy shadow volume set or a remote mirror volume set To obtain the size of a point in time copy bitmap use this command dsbitmap p data_ volume bitmap_volume To obtain the size of a remote mirror bitmap use this command dsbitmap r data_volume bitmap_volume The following text is the complete manual page for the dsbitmap utility Misc Reference Manual Pages dsbitmap 1SCM NAME dsbitmap size Sun StorEdge TM Availability Suite bitmap volumes SYNOPSIS dsbitmap h dsbitmap p data_volume bitmap_volume dsbitmap r data_volume bitmap_volume iw ESCRIPTION The dsbitmap command calculates the size of the Sun Storl Edge TM Availability Suite bitmap volume required for use with the specified data volume OPTIONS The following options are supported h Prints the usage message for the dsbitmap command p data_volume bitmap_volume For the given data_volume dsbitmap will calculate and display the required size for the associated Availability Suite Point in Time bitmap volume The bitmap volume sizes for all possible Availability Suite Point in Time set configurations are displ
18. ability Suite 3 2 Installation Guide T Enter location newconfig Database Configuration newconfig 18 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 If the installation process finds both an existing configuration location and configuration information it displays the following prompt It appears a valid database configuration exists here already Would you like to preserve this information and continue y preserve current configuration n overwrite with new configuration mayb view contents of current configuration Enter appropriate value y n maybe If you enter y the existing configuration is retained and installation continues If you enter n the existing configuration information is overwritten and installation continues If you enter maybe the script displays the existing configuration information and prompts you to use or overwrite this information Chapter 2 Installing the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software 19 20 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 CHAPTER 3 Postinstallation Procedures After you install the remote mirror or point in time copy software and before you shut down and restart your system you must configure certain files This chapter describes the required postinstallation procedures Overview of Postinstallation Steps on page 22 Conf
19. atch Description 113057 nn Availability Suite remote mirror patch 113056 nn Availability Suite point in time copy patch 113055 nn Storage Volume driver patch 113054 nn Storage Cache Manager and Volume Driver patch To find the exact patch revision run the command showrev p grep 11305 4 Execute the install sh script described in Installing the Software on page 11 50 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 5 If you are removing the remote mirror package turn the autosynchronization feature off at both hosts sndradm a off 6 Use pkgrm to remove all packages listed by install sh script in the order listed For example pkgrm SUNWiiu SUNWiir SUNWrdcu SUNWrdcr SUNWnvm SUNWspsvu SUNWspsvr SUNWscmu SUNWscmr Chapter 4 Upgrading Availability Suite Software 51 Upgrading the Software The section describes how to upgrade version 3 1 software to version 3 2 Before you begin verify that the version 3 1 software has been removed and that the location for your configuration is 5 5 Mbytes v To Upgrade the Software 1 Log in as superuser in single user mode if you have not already done so 2 Insert the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software CD into the CD ROM drive Make sure that Volume Manager is running and that the CD ROM drive is mounted according to the procedure described in To Install the Software Normal Root Slice on pa
20. ation WARNING You are currently not the root You must be root when you execute the installation scripts user Attention This system is installed with some or all of the same version components which you are about to install The packages currently installed are PKGLIST There was an error installing the CORE packages the required packages for point in time copy and remote mirror software Default Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Configuration is not set Ensure that disk is labeled System is clustered The existing database is in the directory dev did dsk and must be moved to dev did rdsk The system is running Solaris 8 and has Sun Cluster 2 2 installed They are incompatible with Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Verify that your system is running one of the supported versions of the Solaris operating system Shut down and restart the system in single user mode and then begin the procedure again In single user mode other users cannot access volumes while you are making changes Make sure you have enough space for installation If you choose to continue you might not be able to complete the installation You must run the procedure from the root or superuser account If the system already has some or all of the packages installed you do not need to reinstall them However verify that the listed packages are the ones listed in this document While installing the packages an error occurred t
21. ations 4 The specified bitmap volume is not large enough to be used as an Availability Suite Remote Mirror bitmap for any Remote Mirror set configuration 5 The specified bitmap volume is not large enough to be used as an Availability Suite Point in Time bitmap for any Point in Time set configuration 34 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 6 The specified bitmap volume is not large enough to be used as an Availability Suite Point in Time bitmap for a compact dependent shadow but is large enough to be used for all other Point in Time set configurations ATTRIBUTES See attributes 5 for descriptions of the following attributes ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE SUNWscmu Availability SEE ALSO sndradm 1SNDR iiadm 1II Chapter 3 Postinstallation Procedures 35 36 Adding Command Paths This section describes how to add the remote mirror and point in time copy commands and man page paths to your environment To Add the Paths to Your Bourne or Korn Shell Add usr opt SUNWesm sbin to your PATH statement in your profile file Edit your profile file in a text editor and add the command path PATH PATH usr opt SUNWesm sbin export PATH where PATH indicates all other paths in your environment Add usr opt SUNWesm man to your MANPATH statement in your profile file MANPATH
22. ayed If the optional bitmap_volume argument is supplied dsbitmap will determine if this volume is large enough to be used as the bitmap volume for data_volume Chapter 3 Postinstallation Procedures 33 r data_volume bitmap _ volume For the given data_ volume dsbitmap will calculate and display the reguired size for the associated Availability Suite Remote Mirror bitmap volume The bitmap volume sizes for all possible Availability Suite Remote Mirror set configurations are displayed If the optional bitmap_volume argument is supplied dsbitmap will determine if this volume is large enough to be used as the bitmap volume for data_volume USAGI Gl dsbitmap is typically used by the system administrator during the initial stages of configuring Sun StorEdge TM Availability Suite software in order to determine th required bitmap volume sizes and then to check if the bitmap volumes that have been created are suitable EXIT STATUS The following exit values are returned 0 Successful completion If the name of a bitmap volume was specified that volume is sufficiently large for all potential uses a An error occurred 2 An invalid option was supplied on the command line 3 The specified bitmap volume is not large enough to be used as an Availability Suite Remote Mirror bitmap for an asynchronous set with a disk queue but is large enough to be used for all other Remote Mirror set configur
23. bility Suite Read caching of data volumes is no longer supported but read caching of bitmap volumes is supported When the software installation finishes the script displays an installation complete message Eject the CD cd eject cdrom Go to Chapter 3 to complete the installation Caution Do not shut down and restart your system After you install the software you must configure certain files to ensure that the software operates correctly Chapter 2 Installing the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software 13 v To Install the Software with the j Option 1 Log in as superuser in single user mode on the primary host machine 2 Insert the CD into the CD ROM drive that is connected to your system 3 If the Volume Manager daemon vold 1M is not started use the following command to start it This allows the CD to automount the cdrom directory etc init d volmgt start 4 Install the Sun StorEdge core point in time copy and remote mirror software For example enter the following commands cd cdrom cdrom0 install sh j a You see the following system message System is ready for Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 installation 5 The script prompts for the root path Note The following should only be changed from the default if installation is occurring on a remotely mounted device ex in jumpstart environment What is the roo
24. dc conf file and locate the following section Edit the value for the bitmap mode save the file and close it rdc_bitmap_ mode 0 1 Sets th mode of the RDC bitmap operation acceptable values ar autodetect bitmap mode depending on the state of SDBC default force bitmap writes for every write operation so an update resync can be performed after a crash or reboot only write the bitmap on shutdown so a full resync is required after a crash but an update resync is required after a reboot rdc_bitmap_mode 0 Chapter 3 Postinstallation Procedures 29 Increasing the Number of Volume Sets The default number of configured volume sets is 64 To configure more than 64 volume sets edit the rdc_max_sets field in the usr kernel drv rdc conf file on each machine running the remote mirror software Edit the rdc conf file and locate the following section Edit the value for the volume sets save the file and close it For example to use 128 sets change the file as shown in the following section rdc _max_ sets Configure the maximum number of RDC sets that can be enabled on this host The actual maximum number of sets that can be enabled will be the minimum of this value and nsc max devices see nsctl conf at the time the rdc kernel module is loaded 3 4 Ot HOHE rdc_max_sets 128 Increasing the Storage Volume Device Limit The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 softwar
25. e Installation Guide December 2003 Configuring System Files This section describes how to edit and check the following system files so that the software runs properly m Edit the etc hosts File on page 23 m Configuring the IP Stack IPv4 and IPv6 on page 24 m Changing the Port Number on page 27 m Verifying Host and Service Names on page 28 m Setting the Bitmap Operation Mode on page 29 After you complete the steps in this section go to Shutting Down and Restarting on page 31 Adding Host Names This step ensures that the host names in the etc hosts file are read and known by machines running the version 3 2 software Edit the etc hosts File Add the names and IP addresses of all machines you plan to use with the remote mirror software to the etc hosts file Edit this file on each machine where you are installing and running the remote mirror software Chapter 3 Postinstallation Procedures 23 Configuring the IP Stack IPv4 and IPv6 If you use the Internet Protocol version 6 IPv6 transport protocol for replication configure the IPv4 and IPv6 stack concurrently on the host for the interface where the remote mirror software is used The IPv6 protocol provides increased addressability See the System Administration Guide Volume 3 Solaris 8 operating environment and the System Administration Guide IP Services Solaris 9 operating environment for more information about IPv6
26. e has a default limit of 4096 storage volumes The default number of storage volume driver devices that is volumes is set by the nsc_max_devices value in the nsctl conf file The number of volumes is divided for use between the remote mirror and point in time copy software For example if you use the point in time copy software only you can have 341 volume sets each consisting of master shadow and bitmap volumes If you use the remote mirror and point in time copy software packages together the number of volume sets is divided between the two packages Some installations might benefit from changing this limit Sites with plenty of available memory can increase the limit if necessary to enable more storage volumes Sites with limited available memory might benefit from lowering this limit thus freeing up system resources Caution Increasing this limit causes more memory to be consumed which might require a change to the default nsc_global_pages value of 2 in the usr kernel drv mc_rms conf file An experienced system administrator must make these changes Edit the nsctl conf file and locate the nsc max devices field Edit the value save the file and close it 30 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 Shutting Down and Restarting When you install remove or reinstall the software shutdown the system and restart in single user mode This provides the following protection while yo
27. easing the Storage Volume Device Limit 30 Shutting Down and Restarting 31 v To Shut Down and Restart Your System After a New Installation 31 v To Shut Down and Restart Your System Before Performing an Upgrade Installation 31 Using Bitmap Volumes 32 Location of Bitmap Volumes 32 Size Requirements for Bitmap Volumes 32 Adding Command Paths 36 v To Add the Paths to Your Bourne or Korn Shell 36 v To Add the Paths to Your C Shell 37 w To Read Man Pages Without Command Paths 38 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide October 2003 Using a Volume Set File 39 Backing Up Configuration Information 41 v To Back Up Configuration Information 41 Checking the Installation 42 w To Check That Point in Time Copy Software Is Running 43 w To Check That Remote Mirror Software Is Running 43 Upgrading Availability Suite Software 45 Differences From Version 3 1 45 Overview of Upgrade Steps 47 Keeping Your Current Information 48 From Availability Suite 3 1 48 From Instant Image 48 Removing the Version 3 1 Software 50 v To Remove the Version 3 1 Software 50 Upgrading the Software 52 v To Upgrade the Software 52 v To Upgrade the Software in a Sun Cluster Environment 53 Installation Error Messages 55 Contents Vv vi Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide October 2003 TABLE 1 1 TABLE 1 2 TABLE 1 3 TABLE 1 4 TABLE 2 1 TABLE 3 1 TABLE 3 2 TABLE 4 1 TABLE A 1 TABLE A
28. es the hosts and services entries verify that files is placed before nis nisplus ldap dns or any other service that the machine is using For example for systems using the NIS naming service the file contains the following lines hosts files nis services files nis v Edit the etc nsswitch conf File If the host and service entries are not correct edit the file and save it If you are using the IPv6 protocol see the changes for this file in Configuring the IP Stack IPv4 and IPv6 on page 24 28 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 Modifying Settings The following sections describe how to modify the remote mirror software settings m Setting the Bitmap Operation Mode on page 29 m Increasing the Number of Volume Sets on page 30 m Increasing the Storage Volume Device Limit on page 30 Note After editing the files in this section shut down and restart your server using the shutdown command for changes to take effect If you edit the rac conf file to use more than 64 volume sets ensure that you have enough system resources such as a large swap space Setting the Bitmap Operation Mode A bitmap maintained on disk can persist across a system crash depending on the setting of rdc_bitmap_mode in usr kernel drv rdc conf The default setting is 0 If your server is configured in a clustered environment set the bitmap mode to 1 Edit the r
29. ev vx rdsk oracle816 oratest dev vx rdsk oracle816 oratest_bm ip sync g oragroup Chapter 3 Postinstallation Procedures 39 TABLE 3 2 Fields for the Volume Set File Field Meaning Description phost Primary host Server on which the primary volume resides pdev Primary device Primary volume partition Specify full path names only for example dev rdsk c0t1d0s4 pbitmap Primary bitmap Volume partition in which the bitmap of the primary partition is stored Specify full path names only shost Secondary host Server on which the secondary volume resides sdev Secondary device Secondary volume partition Specify full path names only sbitmap Secondary Volume partition in which the bitmap of the secondary partition is bitmap stored Specify full path names only ip Network transfer Specify ip sync async g io groupname C tag q qdev protocol Operating mode I O group name Cluster tag Disk queue volume e sync is the mode in which the I O operation is confirmed as complete when the remote volume has been updated e async is the mode in which the primary host I O operation is confirmed as complete before updating the remote volume I O group name that can be specified using the g character In the example the name is oragroup Tag that limits operations to only those remote mirror sets belonging to the cluster resource group Volume to be used as a disk based I O queue for an asynchronous set or gro
30. ex 3 inet 192 9 200 125 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192 9 200 255 ether 8 0 20 ae 85 fa 100 flags 2000849 lt UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MULTICAST IPv6 gt mtu 8252 index 2 inet6 1 128 hme0 flags 2000841 lt UP RUNNING MULTICAST IPv6 gt mtu 1500 index 3 ether 8 0 20 ae 85 fa inet 6 fe80 a00 20ff feae 85fa 10 hmel flags 2000841 lt UP RUNNING MULTICAST IPv6 gt mtu 1500 index 4 ether 8 0 20 bd c3 3f inet6 fe80 a00 20ff febd c33 128 4 Edit the etc inet ipnodes file and add the inet address from Step 3 assigning the primary host address to sndrpri and the secondary host address to sndrsec Do not use the 128 portion of the address Note Ensure that the etc inet ipnodes file on each system running the remote mirror software contains the IPv6 inet address and names of each system 5 Save and close the file and then check the file contents In the following example sndrsec is the secondary host interface name primary host more etc inet ipnodes Internet host table zel localhost TATOO localhost fe80 a00 20ff febd c33f sndrpri fe80 a00 20ff feel 195e sndrsec Chapter 3 Postinstallation Procedures 25 26 6 Edit the etc nsswitch conf file to make sure that ipnodes points to files Look for the following text in the file and make sure the ipnodes line is uncommented consult etc files only if nis is down hosts files nis NOTFOUND return f
31. file If you are installing the software in a cluster environment the configuration location must be a raw device and it must exist in the directory dev did rdsk In a Sun Cluster environment place the configuration database on a slice of the cluster quorum device If you are upgrading the software the dev dsk location is now supported and recommended After all cluster nodes have been upgraded to version 3 2 change the location to dev dsk e Must be writable by the superuser user e Must be available or persistent at system startup and reboot e Must be on a valid file system type Invalid types are cachefs tmpfs nfs procfs hsfs autofs fdfs and mnt fs e Must be on an unreserved mount point Reserved mount points are cdrom tmp proc mnt net floppy and vol 5 5 Mbytes If the location type is a file a file of the appropriate size is created If the location type is a volume or a slice only 5 5 Mbytes of the space is used and the remainder is unused Consider configuring RAID such as mirrored partitions for the location and ensure that you mirror the location to another disk in the array The location cannot be stored on the same disk as the replicated volumes 6 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 Configuring a Link Interface Although the remote mirror software is most likely to be used with Sun ATM link level interfaces the remote mirror software ca
32. g the Installation At any time you can verify that the packages have been installed and are running The installation process installs the following packages m SUNWscmr m SUNWscmu m SUNWspsvr m SUNWspsvu The following packages are required to run the remote mirror software m SUNWrdcr m SUNWrdcu The following packages are required to run the point in time copy software m SUNWiir m SUNWiiu During and after the installation process be sure to 1 Watch the SUNWscmu postinstallation process as it is displayed on your screen During the core software installation process you specify a configuration location If an error occurs as the result of this choice the postinstallation process might fail 2 Watch all packages complete their postinstallation process and check for any error messages or failures 3 Issue a pkginfo 1 command on each package after the postinstallation process finishes Make sure the packages are installed completely 4 Shut down your system by using the shutdown command after installing all packages Do not use the reboot command If you do not shut down and restart your system properly and try to use the software you might get an error message with the following statement No such file or directory This type of error occurs because the dev rdc pseudo link or dev ii service has not been created yet Shutting down your machine and restarting it corrects this error Sun StorEdge A
33. ge the installation process failed Check the error log file Diskqueue volume Specify the full path name Appendix A Installation Error Messages 57 58 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 Index SYMBOLS etc hosts 23 usr kernel drv rdc conf 29 B bitmap requirements 32 C configuration file optional 39 files 23 IPv6 addresses 24 post installation 21 configuration location specifying 12 15 D daemons remote mirror software 43 F files etc hosts 23 usr kernel drv rdc conf 29 I installation 9 remote mirror software 12 steps summary 10 Steps upgrading 47 interfaces IPv6 24 Internet Protocol version 6 IPv6 24 P post installation configuration 21 shut down and restart 31 R removing the software version 2 0 50 S shut down 31 software installing 9 12 14 at different times 16 patches required 2 removal version 2 0 50 upgrading 52 Sun StorEdge 59 configuration 21 installation 9 11 post installation 21 software patches required 2 removal version 2 0 50 supported software 3 T troubleshooting dev rdc service 43 daemons 43 U upgrading from version 2 0 45 52 steps 47 60 Book Title e Month 2003
34. ge 12 3 Execute the install sh script See Installing the Software on page 11 Run this script to ensure that you have removed the recommended software packages 4 Install the packages according to the procedures described in To Install the Software Normal Root Slice on page 12 or To Install the Software with the j Option on page 14 5 When you finish the postinstallation steps in Chapter 3 shut down and restart your server See Shutting Down and Restarting on page 31 Caution Do not use the reboot command Always use the shutdown command The shutdown command ensures that any shutdown scripts in the etc init d directory are executed 52 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 v To Upgrade the Software in a Sun Cluster Environment Unlike the 3 1 version the 3 2 version can store its configuration on a raw dev did device Use the following procedure to upgrade the software and move the repository 1 Upgrade the software each node in the cluster 2 On the node where the configuration resides issue the following commands dscfg l gt temporary_config dscfg s dev did rdsk dNsN dscfg i Enter y at the prompt dscfg ip etc opt SUNWesm pconfig dscfg a temporary_config 3 On the node with the raw disk issue the following command dscfg s dev did rdsk dNsN Chapter 4 Upgrading Availability Suite Software 53
35. hat was not displayed but was written in the error log file Check the file and then reinstall software A general error with the configuration database occurred Ensure that disk is labeled and reinstall software 56 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 TABLE A 2 Error Messages for Remote Mirror Software Installation Error Message There was an error installing the remote mirror software The previous version of this software cannot be unloaded busy To load the new modules you must reboot the system The installation cannot be completed due to an error removing the modulename loadable module The file logfile contains the errors Exiting Please fix problem and re run pkgadd The installation cannot be completed due to an error adding the modulename loadable module The file logfile contains the errors Exiting Please fix problem and re run pkgadd q lt diskqueue gt Description The installation might have been interrupted manually or by another event Uninstall the package and reinstall the product using the install script You attempted to install the new version of the software while the previous version is still installed Remove the older packages shut down and restart your system and then install the new version While attempting to remove the package the installation process failed Check the error log file While attempting to add the packa
36. hosts Shut down and restart the machine in single user mode Execute the install sh script to learn what packages need to be removed Remove any related patches and remove any version 3 1 Sun StorEdge software Shut down and restart the machine in single user mode Install the version 3 2 software packages Complete other postinstallation procedures 10 If you are using the existing configuration database restore the database 11 Shut down and restart the machine in multi user mode 12 Turn autosynchronization on Backing Up Configuration Information on page 41 To Reinstall the Software With Saved Configuration Location and Information on page 18 sdnradm L sdnradm a off Shutting Down and Restarting on page 31 Installing the Software on page 11 Removing the Version 3 1 Software on page 50 Shutting Down and Restarting on page 31 Upgrading the Software on page 52 Installing the Software on page 11 Chapter 3 Shutting Down and Restarting on page 31 sdnradm a on Chapter 4 Upgrading Availability Suite Software 47 Keeping Your Current Information You can install the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software but continue to use configuration information and the configuration location from the 3 1 version From Availability Suite 3 1 The installation process can detect configuration information and location fr
37. iguring System Files on page 23 Modifying Settings on page 29 Shutting Down and Restarting on page 31 Using Bitmap Volumes on page 32 Adding Command Paths on page 36 This chapter also describes the following topics for your information Using a Volume Set File on page 39 Backing Up Configuration Information on page 41 21 Overview of Postinstallation Steps TABLE 3 1 summarizes the required and optional postinstallation tasks TABLE 3 1 Postinstallation Summary for the Remote Mirror Software Tasks For Instructions 1 Configure the following files Configuring System Files on page 23 ND oO p 22 etc hosts IP stack IPv4 and IPv6 Optional etc services etc nsswitch conf Optional usr kernel drv rdc conf Optional Adjust the default number of volumes configured for use by the software Optional Tune the asynchronous queue Shut down and restart your machine Choose the bitmap volumes Add command paths to your environment Optional Set up an optional remote mirror volume configuration file Modifying Settings on page 29 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Remote Mirror Software Administration and Operations Guide Shutting Down and Restarting on page 31 Using Bitmap Volumes on page 32 Adding Command Paths on page 36 Using a Volume Set File on page 39 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Softwar
38. iles ipnodes files 7 Add the host names and IPv6 inet primary addresses of all machines you plan to use with the remote mirror software to the etc hosts file on each machine Edit this file on each machine where you are installing and running the remote mirror software Note If you do not complete this step described in Edit the etc hosts File on page 23 the following error message is displayedwhen you enable the remote mirror software sndradm Error neither sndrpri nor sndrsec is local 8 Ensure that one system can ping another and that these systems are using the IPv6 protocol To ping from the primary host enter the following ping s sndrsec PING sndrsec 56 data bytes 64 bytes from sndrsec fe80 a00 20ff feel 195e icmp_seg 0 time 0 ms 64 bytes from sndrsec fe80 a00 20ff feel 195e icmp_seq 1 time 0 ms 64 bytes from sndrsec fe80 a00 20ff feel 195e icmp_seq 2 time 0 ms To ping from the secondary host enter the following ping s sndrpri PING sndrpri 56 data bytes 64 bytes from sndrpri fe80 a00 20ff febd c33f icmp_seq 0 time 0 ms 64 bytes from sndrpri fe80 a00 20ff febd c33f icmp_seq l time 0 ms 64 bytes from sndrpri fe80 a00 20ff febd c33f icmp_seq 2 time 0 ms 9 Use the netstat 1M command to verify that the interface has the correct IPv6 address and IPv6 name Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December
39. ity Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 Compatibility You can continue using the Sun StorEdge Component Manager software Previous Versions of the Product With the exception of the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 1 remote mirror software the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software is binary incompatible with all previous versions of the software versions 1 x 2 0 2 0 1 3 0 3 0 1 including all versions of the following software m Sun StorEdge Network Data Replicator software m Sun StorEdge Instant Image software m Sun StorEdge Fast Write Cache product and the SUNWnvm package m SUNWte package also known as the Sun StorEdge Target Emulation software Before you install or upgrade to the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software remove all previous versions of the Sun StorEdge data services software For example you cannot use the Sun StorEdge Instant Image software version 3 0 with the remote mirror software version 3 2 Caution Do not mix remote mirror software 3 2 with earlier versions named SNDR on primary and secondary hosts For example do not run the Sun SNDR 2 0 software on a primary host and attempt to enable volumes on a secondary host that is running the remote mirror 3 2 software This configuration is not supported Upgrade all hosts to the remote mirror version 3 2 software With Metatrans Devices The remote mirror and point in time copy software do not support the metatrans de
40. ity Suite 3 2 Software Release Notes for late breaking information Chapter 1 Requirements and Considerations 7 8 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 CHAPTER 2 Installing the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software This chapter describes the following topics m Overview of Installation Steps on page 10 m Installing the Software on page 11 m Installing Packages at Different Times on page 16 m Removing and Reinstalling the Software on page 17 Overview of Installation Steps TABLE 2 1 summarizes the installation steps TABLE 2 1 Installation Steps Summary ITask For Instructions 1 Select a configuration location Choosing the Configuration Location on page 6 2 Run the install sh script on the product CD Installing the Software on page 11 3 Install the remote mirror software and the point in Installing the Software on page 11 time copy software on the primary machine 4 Install the remote mirror software and the point in Installing the Software on page 11 time copy software on the secondary machine 5 Install other Sun StorEdge software if applicable 6 Complete the installation of the software Overview of Installation Steps on page 10 10 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 Installing the Software You can install all Sun StorEdge Availability Suite software or an
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42. mes you must store the shadow volume on a dual ported drive The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software is supported on any Sun server or workstation that has an UltraSparc II or later processor and that is running a supported version of the Solaris OS Hosts include but are not limited to e Sun Enterprise 220R 250 420R and 450 servers e Sun Enterprise 3500 4500 5500 6500 and 10000 servers e Sun Fire 3800 4800 4810 and 6800 servers e Sun Fire 15K server e Sun Ultra 60 and 80 workstations e Sun Blade 100 and 1000 workstations e Sun Netra t 1400 1405 and 1120 1125 servers The installation requires approximately 15 Mbytes for the installation e The remote mirror software requires approximately 1 7 Mbytes e The point in time copy software requires approximately 1 9 Mbytes e The Sun StorEdge configuration location requires 5 5 Mbytes see Choosing the Configuration Location on page 6 e Supporting packages require approximately 5 4 Mbytes The remote mirror software is storage hardware independent Chapter 1 Requirements and Considerations 3 Sun Cluster Environment See the Sun Cluster 3 0 and Sun StorEdge Software Integration Guide for more information about using the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software in a Sun Cluster environment The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software is compatible with the following versions of Sun Cluster software m Sun Cluster 3 0 Update 3 m
43. n be used with any link level interface supported by Sun that is TCP IP capable such as Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Fibre Channel and others When using ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode ensure that the configuration supports TCP IP by using either Classical IP or LAN Emulation For more information on configuring the Sun ATM interface for these protocols see the SunATM documentation listed in Related Documentation on page xi For more information about other protocols see the network protocol manuals also listed in Related Documentation on page xi Chapter 3 contains information about configuring the Internet Protocol Version 6 IPv6 transport protocol Before You Install the Software Before you start the installation you must make some decisions about your system and you must prepare the system 1 Determine your data replication requirements 2 Determine if you are upgrading from a previous version See Chapter 4 for instructions on upgrading the software 3 Choose the location of the Sun StorEdge configuration 4 Set up the replicating TCP IP network link for the remote mirror software f 5 Allocate storage for the local and remote volumes and bitmap volumes for the primary and secondary hosts for the remote mirror software 6 Configure the shadow volume sets consisting of master shadow and bitmap volumes if you are installing the point in time copy software 7 Check the Sun StorEdge Availabil
44. nfiguration Location on page 6 m Configuring a Link Interface on page 7 m Before You Install the Software on page 7 Supported Software and Hardware The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software can run in a clustered or non clustered environment Nonclustered Environment TABLE 1 1 shows the supported software in a nonclustered environment TABLE 1 1 Supported Software for Nonclustered Environments Operating Environment and Software Patches Required Solaris 8 None Solaris 9 update 3 or higher None Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 remote None mirror software TCP IP network transport software such as None SunATM or Gigabit Ethernet transports Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 point in time None copy software Volume manager software Solstice DiskSuiteTM Sun Volume Manager VERITAS Volume Manager The Sun StorEdge software does not support metatrans devices See Compatibility on page 5 1 If you have a SunSolve service subscription patches are available at http sunsolve sun com 2 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 TABLE 1 2 shows the supported hardware in a nonclustered environment TABLE 1 2 Supported Hardware for a Nonclustered Environments Hardware Disk Space Attached Storage A CD ROM drive connected to the host server where the Availability Suite software is to be installed If you plan to export shadow volu
45. not implement read caching on data volumes unless they are noted as bitmap volumes The following message is now printed at the completion of SUNWscmu pkg installation NOTE Effective with the 3 2 version of Availability Suite Read caching of data volumes is no longer supported but read caching of bitmap volumes is supported As precautions two updates have been made regarding the dscfg persistence database m On installation of SUNWscmu a cron job is appended to root s crontab file var spool cron crontab root This entry is run once daily at 1 a m to back up the machine s current dsc fg database to the etc opt SUNWesm dscfg bak current file m Ina clustered environment the database must now be located in the dev did directory structure and on a character device for example in the dev did rdsk d14s1 file 46 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 Overview of Upgrade Steps TABLE 4 1 summarizesthe steps necessary to upgrade the remote mirror version 3 1 software to the remote mirror version 3 2 software TABLE 4 1 Upgrade Steps for the Remote Mirror Software Tasks For Instructions 1 Decide whether to use the existing Choosing the Configuration Location on page 6 9 configuration location and information or to provide new specifications Put all existing sets into logging mode If on turn the autosynchronization feature off at both
46. om a previous installation You can choose to keep or overwrite it During the upgrade the following files are saved m dscfg cf a ds log m your configuration database If you want to keep other configuration information save the following files before you start the upgrade procedure m usr kernal drv nsctl conf m usr kernal drv sdbc conf m usr kernal drv sv conf m usr kernal drv rdc conf a usr kernal drv ii conf If you created any custom volume set files for the remote mirror version 3 1 software back the files up before upgrading use the dscfg command to back up and restore this information If you do the restore procedure creates duplicate entries in your configuration that might cause data corruption Caution If you keep your original configuration location and its contents do not From Instant Image Note The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 point in time copy software used to be called Sun StorEdge Instant Image software 48 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 If you are upgrading your system from Sun StorEdge Instant Image Version 2 0 n software to Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Point in Time software save your current configuration for use with the new software Caution Use this procedure only when upgrading from Sun StorEdge Instant Image 2 0 n software Do not use the iiadm command if you are upgrading from Availability Suite
47. on vold 1M is not started use the following command to start it This allows the CD to automount the cdrom directory etc init d volmgt start Start the Volume Manager daemon only once Do not start the daemon again 4 Install the Sun StorEdge core point in time copy and remote mirror software For example enter the following cd cdrom cdrom0 install sh a You see the following system message System is ready for Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 installation 12 The core software package installation starts and displays the following message ENTER DATABASE CONFIGURATION LOCATION nsure this location meets all requirements specified in the Availability Suite 3 2 Installation Guide Enter location 5 Enter a file name or block device for the single configuration location used by all Sun StorEdge software you plan to install For configuration location requirements see Choosing the Configuration Location on page 6 For example dev rdsk clt1d0s7 or config are typical names When you enter the location you see the following message NOTE Adding entry to root crontab file This entry will automatically back up the Data Services Configuration Database daily at lam to etc opt SUNWesm dscfg bak current Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 NOTE Effective with the 3 2 version of Availa
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49. ronment the configuration database must exist in directory dev did rdsk The path name for the location you specified is non standard and is not recognized The location you specified is not available before root filesystem If you specified a disk slice for the location verify that the slice exists and that you entered the correct path 55 TABLE A 1 Error Message Error Messages for Core Software Installation Continued Description The current location is invalid for a Sun StorEdge Data Services 3 2 configuration database Once a valid location is entered raw slice on did device you may upgrade the existing database to this new location following the procedure outlined in the Installation and Configuration Guide WARNING Availability Suite 3 2 cannot coexist with the currently installed software SunCluster 2 2 WARNING The version of Solaris currently running is not a supported version for this installation Supported versions include 5 8 and 5 9 update 3 and above Exiting WARNING The current run level of this system is not appropriate Installation must be run in single user mode run level s or S Exiting Warning It has been determined that available disk space on the current installation slice is running low To cancel installation type N If you would like to continue type Y NOTE If you continue please be aware of possible administrative messages during install
50. shell superuser Related Documentation For the latest version of storage software documentation go to http www sun com products n solutions hardware docs Software Application Man pages Release Notes Sun Cluster with Sun StorEdge software Installation and user Title sndradm iiadm dsbitmap cron 1M dscfg file 1M pkgadd 1M pkgrm 1M svadm dsstat Sun StorEdge Availability Suite Software Release Notes Sun Cluster 3 0 U1 and Sun StorEdge Software Release Note Supplement Sun Cluster 3 0 and Sun StorEdge Software Integration Guide SunATM 3 0 Installation and User s Guide SunATM 4 0 Installation and User s Guide Part Number N A 817 2782 816 5128 816 5127 805 0331 805 6552 Preface xi Application Title Part Number Sun Gigabit Ethernet FC AL P Combination Adapter 806 2385 Installation Guide Sun Gigabit Ethernet S 2 0 Adapter Installation and 805 2784 User s Guide Sun Gigabit Ethernet P 2 0 Adapter Installation and 805 2785 User s Guide Sun Enterprise 10000 InterDomain Networks User 806 4131 Guide System administration Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Remote Mirror 817 2784 Software Administration and Operations Guide Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Point In Time 817 2781 Copy Software Administrator and Operations Guide TCP IP and Data Communications Administration 805 4003 Guide System Administration Guide Volume 3 806 0916 for the Solaris 8 opera
51. t_path for this package installation 14 6 Do one of the following m Press Enter to accept the default root path m Type the full path of the machine where the root slice is mounted The core software package installation starts and displays the following message sss s3s 5 ENTER DATABASE CONFIGURATION LOCATION ote Pleas nsure this location meets all requirements specified in the Availability Suite 3 2 Installation Guide Enter location Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 7 Enter a file name or block device for the single configuration location used by all Sun StorEdge software you plan to install For configuration location requirements see Choosing the Configuration Location on page 6 For example dev rdsk clt1d0s7 or config are typical names When you enter the location you see the following message NOTE Adding entry to root crontab file This entry will automatically back up the Data Services Configuration Database daily at lam to etc opt SUNWesm dscfg bak current NOTE Effective with the 3 2 version of Availability Suite Read caching of data volumes is no longer supported but read caching of bitmap volumes is supported When the software installation finishes the install sh script displays an installation complete message 8 Eject the CD cd eject cdrom
52. ting environment System Administration Guide IP Services 806 4075 Sun StorEdge Fast Write Cache 2 0 System 806 2064 Administrator s Guide Configuration Sun Enterprise 10000 InterDomain Network 806 5230 Configuration Guide Accessing Sun Documentation Online A broad selection of Sun system documentation is located at http www sun com products n solutions hardware docs A complete set of Solaris documentation and many other titles are located at http docs sun com xii Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide October 2003 Sun Welcomes Your Comments Sun is interested in improving its documentation and welcomes your comments and suggestions You can email your comments to Sun at docfeedback sun com Please include the part number 8xx xxxx xx of your document in the subject line of your email Service Contact Information If you need help installing or using this product call 1 800 USA 4SUN or go to http www sun com service contacting index html Preface xiii xiv Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide October 2003 CHAPTER 1 Requirements and Considerations This chapter describes how to prepare for installation of the installation of the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 software The topics described in this chapter are as follows m Supported Software and Hardware on page 2 m Compatibility on page 5 m Choosing the Co
53. u are working m Prevents other users from getting access to data volumes m Prevents the volumes from unmounting automatically When you have completed these procedures shut down and restart in multi user mode Caution Do not use the reboot command Always use the shutdown command The shutdown command ensures that any shutdown scripts in the etc init d directory are executed To Shut Down and Restart Your System After a New Installation After you have performed the installation and postinstallation procedures eject the product CD Shut down and restart each system where the software is installed cd eject cdrom etc shutdown y i 6 g 0 To Shut Down and Restart Your System Before Performing an Upgrade Installation Before you perform the upgrade and postinstallation procedures eject the product CD Shut down and restart each system where the software is installed cd eject cdrom etc shutdown y i s g 0 Chapter 3 Postinstallation Procedures 31 Using Bitmap Volumes Both point in time copy software and remote mirror software use raw volumes to store bitmaps Bitmap files are not supported Location of Bitmap Volumes Store bitmap raw volumes on a disk separate from the disk that contains its associated master and shadow volumes for Point in Time Copy software for replicated volumes for Remote Mirror software Configure RAID such as mirrored partitions for these bitmap
54. uite remote mirror software root Sun StorEdge Availability Suite remote mirror software usr StorEdge Cache Management root StorEdge Cache Management usr StorEdge Volume Driver root StorEdge Volume Driver usr Removing and Reinstalling the Software To Remove the Availability Suite 3 2 Software Log in as superuser Remove the remote mirror software packages in this order pkgrm SUNWrdcu SUNWrdcr Remove the point in time copy software packages in this order pkgrm SUNWiiu SUNWiir Remove the core software packages in this order pkgrm SUNWspsvu SUNWspsvr SUNWscmu SUNWscmr Save the following files if you want to reinstall the software with the same configuration information If not delete the following files and directories m etc opt SUNWesm dscfg cf m usr opt SUNWrdc lib sndrd m var opt SUNWesm m Configuration database in the location you specified If you changed the port number used by the remote mirror daemon as described in Chapter 3 restore the port number to the default value of 121 If you changed the port number for the rdc entry in the etc services file on any machine edit the file to change the value to port 121 or delete the rac entry if you are not planning to reinstall the software Edit the file on all remote mirror hosts that is on primary and secondary hosts and all hosts in one to many many to one and multihop configurations Reboot the hosts
55. up Specify dev rdsk clt2d0s6 40 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 Backing Up Configuration Information You must back up your Sun StorEdge VERITAS Volume Manager and Solaris Volume Manager configuration information on a regular basis To make any volume set related changes use the usr opt SUNWesm sbin iiadm command described in the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Administration and Operation Guide and consider the following m Place backup commands in a shell script and run the script as part of a daily cron 1M job m Store the output of the commands in a location that is backed up to tape routinely In this version the configuration database information is backed up automatically daily at la m to etc opt SUNWesm dscfg bak current This feature is designed as an addition to your regular backup plan In addition back up the configuration information whenever you change your configuration for example adding and deleting volumes Use the usr opt SUNWscm sbin dscfg command However do not use the dfscg command to restore your configuration unless the volume where the configuration resides fails and your Sun support person provides information about the procedure v To Back Up Configuration Information Write the configuration information to an ASCII file usr opt SUNWscm sbin dscfg 1 gt ASCII output file Chapter 3 Postinstallation Procedures 41 42 Checkin
56. vailability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 v To Check That Point in Time Copy Software Is Running After your system restarts check for the ii device ls al dev ii lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Aug 24 12 44 dev ii gt devices pseudo ii 0 ii v To Check That Remote Mirror Software Is Running 1 After your system restarts check that the dev rdc link is created using the following command ls al dev rdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Aug 24 12 44 dev rdc gt devices pseudo rdc 0 rdc If the pseudo link is not created see Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Troubleshooting Guide The sndrd daemon starts at boot time and runs on each host It must be running after system startup Be sure to note any sndrd error messages 2 Verify that the sndrd daemon is running using the following command ps ef grep sndrd root 291 1 0 Aug 24 0 00 usr opt SUNWrdc lib sndrd root 1132 900 0 11 04 49 pts 1 0 00 grep sndrd Note In the Solaris 9 operating environment use pgrep 1 sndr If the daemon is not running only the grep sndrd output appears Check the var adm messages log file and fix any errors listed in the file as described in the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Troubleshooting Guide Then shut down and restart your system Chapter 3 Postinstallation Procedures 43 44 Sun StorEdge Availability Suite 3 2 Software Installation Guide December 2003 CHAPTER 4
57. vices also known as trans metadevices created by the Solstice DiskSuite or Solaris Volume Manager software Use the ufs logging mount option as an alternative to the use of metatrans devices Metatrans devices are intended for use with UNIX file systems ufs without using any other layered services The Sun StorEdge Availability Suite software supports ufs logging which should be used when available instead of metratrans devices Chapter 1 Requirements and Considerations 5 Choosing the Configuration Location The installation process asks you to specify the single configuration location to be used by all Availability Suite 3 2 software TABLE 1 4 helps you to specify the location TABLE 1 4 Configuration Location Requirements and Considerations Item Location type Cluster environment Availability Disk space Mirror Requirement or Consideration Specify a file name or block device for the single configuration location For example dev rdsk cit1d0s7 or config If you select a file name its file system must be the root or usr file system If you select a volume manager controlled volume it must be available when the Sun StorEdge software is started If you select a block device it cannot be the same location as the current boot device A configuration location file contains information about all devices used by the Sun StorEdge Availability Suite software This file is different from the optional volume set
58. volumes and ensure that the mirrored members are not stored on the same disk as the master and shadow volumes or replicated volumes When you use Point in Time Copy software in a clustered environment the bitmap volume must be part of the same disk group or cluster resource group as the corresponding master or shadow volume Size Requirements for Bitmap Volumes A bitmap volumes size is based on the size of the master volume and the type of volume set being created independent dependent or compact dependent m Independent or dependent shadow volume sets require 8 KBytes per 1 GBytes of master volume size rounded up to the nearest whole GByte plus an additional 24 KByte for overhead For example to shadow a 3 GByte master volume the bitmap size must be 3 x 8 KBytes 24 KBytes or 48 KBytes in size A 50 GByte master volume requires a 424 KByte bitmap volume m Compact dependent shadow volume sets require 264 KByte per 1 GByte of master volume size rounded up to the nearest whole GByte plus an additional 24 KByte for overhead For example to shadow a 3 GByte master volume the bitmap size must be 3 x 264 KByte 24 KByte or 816 KByte in size A 50 GByte master volume in a compact dependent shadow volume set requires a 13224 KBytes bitmap volume If you enable a shadow volume set with a bitmap that is too large the shadow volume set is created even though space might be wasted If you enable a shadow volume set with
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