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1. 6 1 Installation Procedure for Solaris 0 0 0 0 cc RR 6 2 Install StorNext FS on Solaris 0 0 0 0 00002 ee ee 6 3 Obtain License for Solaris Server 0 000 000 ccc ee ee 6 4 Label Drives on Solaris ees 6 4 Configure StorNext FS Software on Solaris 6 7 Mount StorNext FS on Solaris 0000000002 es 6 11 Contents 3 sums Resolving Installation Problems sor A eh ama oe Ge nies Se wna Aste salsa Geol mint a ee dota ak ad tn Bae v a 7 1 Resolving Problems with AIX ce rss 1 2 Check Drive Connectivity 0 0 0 0 0 ee eee eee ene 7 3 Verify that the File System is Active 7 3 Check Error Messages LLL ee eee eee eee 7 3 GNE A Pathos aed osa mg m kaera mda sae m ei 7 3 Verify the StorNext FS Setup LLL ennen eee eens 7 4 Verify the Mounted File System LI 7 5 Reinitialize StorNext FS 6 n reraeaenea enama 7 7 Resolving Problems with IRIX LLLL eee eee ene 7 9 Check Drive Connectivity llle eres 7 9 Verify that the File System is Active 7 10 Check Error Messages LLL ehh 7 10 Check IRIX Patches 2 3 920 ou m deans ded OUR ml HORE Gee Bed sed odi dno De Rs sl deg E 7 10 Verify the StorNext FS Setup LLL eee ene
2. Step 4 Start the StorNext FS server StorNext FS server Wu DO 1 0 2 2 22 V PPP 717 Pi CT UT eem E LET YI LH 2 12 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS acic Step 5 Start all StorNext FS clients in any order StorNe StorNext i FS clie FS clients SEE n ARE po SEES Hi La Se ES TITO SR A SS NS EES COLI ERR EAN HON OJ SEA TT u e Cane Gas Ne na gt WS K maas ees TES rh Power Down Seguence To power down StorNext FS Step 1 Unmount all StorNext FS clients Step 2 Shut down all StorNext FS clients in any order Step3 Shut down the StorNext FS server Step 4 Disable FC disk arrays or disk drives Step 5 Disable FC hubs if present Step 6 Disable FC fabric switches if present Getting Started 2 13 2 14 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS m Setting Up StorNext FS on AIX Getting started Component description Installation summary Power up sequence Power down sequence On IRIX Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS On Linux 5 Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Setting Up StorNext FS on AIX 3 1 surs
3. 32768 72128768 Resolving Installation Problems Use 47596 1988880 2848 275064 351836 19876 55285152 Avail 2881 35067 664 76 2328 376 399 s USE Mounted On usr var tmp home proc opt stornext snfsl 7 5 Unmount and Remount All File Systems To unmount and remount all StorNext File Systems listed in etc filesystems such as to troubleshoot or for system maintenance Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 On a StorNext FS client log in as root Unmount all StorNext File Systems listed in the etc filesystems file Enter umount t cvfs Remount all StorNext File Systems on a client Enter umount at cvfs Unmount and Remount Specific File System To unmount and remount a specific StorNext FS follow these steps Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 1 6 On a StorNext FS client log in as root Unmount a specific StorNext FS Enter umount mount directory For example umount usr clips Remount a specific StorNext FS on a client Enter mount mount directory For example mount usr clips 6 00905 01 Rev A Reinitialize StorNext FS To reinitialize a StorNext FS Use caution when performing this procedure because it will erase all A CAUTION existing data on the specified StorNext FS Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Unmountthe specific StorNext FS from all clients Step 3 Ina system shell window use the File System Administrator
4. On Solaris Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Troubleshooting procedures Installation Procedure for AIX The installation and configuration of the StorNext File System StorNext FS on AIX includes the following procedures Install StorNext FS on AIX Obtain License for AIX Server Label Drives on AIX Configure StorNext FS Software on AIX Mount StorNext FS on AIX 3 2 6 00905 01 Rev A Install StorNext FS on AlX KA NOTE For upgrade instructions refer to the StorNext Management Suite Release Notes To install StorNext FS on AlX Step 1 Designate one AIX machine as the StorNext FS server Step 2 Log onto the machine as root Step 3 Insert the StorNext File System CD into the drive and wait for the hardware to access it Step 4 Run the installp utility to start the AIX installation installp ac d cdrom path all Step 5 When the installation is complete set up the path to the StorNext FS man pages by including usr cvfs man in the global MANPATH environment variable For a list of man pages about the StorNext FS commands refer to the usr cvfs man directory To display a man page about a specific command enter man command name Step 6 Set up the path to the StorNext FS binaries by including usr cvfs bin in the global PATH environment variable Step 7 Remove the CD from the CD drive Step 8 Reboot the machin
5. Step 3 Inasystem shell window use the File System Administrator utility to stop the specific file system a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Stopthe file system Enter stop file system name c Exit cvadmin Enter guit Step 4 If you want to change file system parameters and global settings edit and save the usr cvfs config file system name cfg file Step 5 Reinitialize the specific StorNext FS a Navigate to usr cvfs bin b Run the cvmkfs command and follow the directions that appear on the screen This step cannot be undone and all data on the file system will be lost A CAUTION so make sure you are ready to initialize the file system before you proceed Resolving Installation Problems 7 19 m Im SNFS Step 6 Start the file system using the File System Administrator utility a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Start the file system Enter start file system name c Activate the file system Enter activate file system name d Select the file system Enter select file system name File system configuration status displays e Exit cvadmin Enter quit Resolving Problems on Solaris To resolve problems with a StorNext FS installation on Solaris 7 20 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS m Im Check Drive Connectivity Step 1 On the StorNext File System StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Check for access to the Fibre Channel dr
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7. H cp examples fsnameservers example fsnameservers Step 2 Edit usr cvfs config fsnameservers so that it contains the hostname or IP address of all StorNext FS servers This file must be identical across all servers and clients Start the System Manually start the StorNext FS server Enter 4 etc init d cvfs start The StorNext FS service files for the new file system are started and run in the background on the StorNext FS server Setting Up StorNext FS on IRIX 4 11 Mount StorNext FS on IRIX To mount StorNext FS Step 1 Step 2 Create the StorNext FS mount directory For example enter t mkdir usr clips Add the uniguely named StorNext FS managed file system to the etc fstab file Use cvfs as the file system type lt file system name gt usr clips cvfs rw threads 6 0 0 where LEN RN file system name Uniquely named StorNext FS managed file system On startup or reboot of the StorNext FS server StorNext FS automatically mounts any file systems listed in the etc fstab file A NOTE If you do not want a cvfs mount point in your stab file manually start a file system Step 3 Step 4 4 12 using the cvadmin command Then mount the file system using the mount command Enable automatic mounting of StorNext FS on the StorNext FS server as startup Enter chkconfig cvfs on For more information refer to the cvfs man page Return to Step 1 to repeat this procedure for each StorNext FS cli
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9. Resolving Installation Problems Roadmap Getting started Component description Installation summary Power up sequence Power down sequence Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Mount StorNext FS On Linux Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Resolving Installation Problems 7 1 surs On Solaris Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Troubleshooting procedures Resolving Problems with AIX To resolve problems with a StorNext File System StorNext FS installation on AIX 7 2 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS m Im Check Drive Connectivity Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Check for access to the Fibre Channel drives Enter cvlabel l Verify that the File System is Active Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Verify that the file system is active Enter cvadmin gt select file_system_name show long All stripe groups should display a status of UP Step 3 After verifying the file system s active status enter quit Check Error Messages
10. Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Check for error messages in the system log file Enter tail 50 system log Check AlX Patches If any program errors cannot be resolved check for AIX patches or eguivalents in the StorNext Management Suite Release Notes Resolving Installation Problems 7 3 Verify the StorNext FS Setup Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Verify the number of active StorNext FS clients using the default file system a Launch cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Select the file system Enter select file system name Output similar to the following displays Created Date Active Clients 3 Fs Block Size 4K Msg Buffer Size 4K Disk Devices 16 Stripe Groups 4 Mirror Groups 0 Fs Blocks Fs Blocks Free Step 3 Verify that the number of StorNext FS clients configured during this installation matches the number of StorNext FS clients shown in the Active Clients field 7 4 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS Verify the Mounted File System To verify that StorNext FS is correctly mounted on a StorNext FS client Step 1 On a StorNext FS client log in as root Step 2 Verify the StorNext FS mount on the client Enter df k A status message similar to the following displays File System dev hd4 dev hd2 dev hd9var dev hd3 dev hd1 pro dev hdl0opt dev cvfsotl storzl kbytes 65536 5242880 32768 327680 524288
11. Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 Step 12 Step 13 Step 14 Step 15 4 4 Click Toolchest gt System gt Software Manager In the Available Software text box type this path f CDROM StorNextFS sgi dist dist65 mf Click Customize Installation From the list select the items you want to install Install the base and services files on all StorNext FS clients Install the base and services files on all StorNext FS clients Click Start After the installation is complete close the Software Manager utility Set up paths to the StorNext FS man pages and commands For example if you are using csh edit the etc login on the client to look like the following lines set path path usr cvfs bin setenv MANPATH usr share catman usr cvfs man At the system prompt enter H source etc login For a list of man pages about the StorNext FS commands refer to the usr cvfs man directory To display a man page about a specific command enter 4 man command name Remove the CD from the CD drive Reboot the machine Return to Step 1 to install StorNext FS on another IRIX machine 6 00905 01 Rev A Obtain License for IRIX Server The StorNext FS server must have a valid license To obtain the license file Step 1 Run the StorNext FS host identifier utility Enter H usr cvfs bin cvfsid The output looks similar to this 690CB94A sgi 1 lt host name gt The hexadecimal number is unigue to the se
12. INITRD etc sysconfig kernel INITRD MODULES aacraid reiserfs H vi etc sysconfig kernel t grep INITRD etc sysconfig kernel INITRD MODULES aacraid reiserfs gla2300 H cd boot t mkinitrd k vmlinuz suse i initrd suse Setting Up StorNext FS on Linux 5 7 Step 12 Edit the boot grub menu 1st file so the kernel can be booted Make edits to reflect the new kernel configuration parameters file boot grub menu 1st before changes title linux kernel hd1 0 boot vmlinuz root dev sdbl vga 791 initrd hd1 0 boot initrd title floppy root fd0 chainloader 1 file boot grub menu 1st after changes in bold title linux suse kernel hd1 0 boot vmlinuz suse root dev sdbl vga 791 initrd hd1 0 boot initrd suse title floppy root fd0 chainloader 1 Step 13 Verify that pdksh is installed Multiple LUN Support If your file system storage device user non zero SCSI Logical Unit Numbers LUNs configure the RedHat Linux kernel to scan for all SCSI LUNs By default RedHat Linux only scans for LUN 0 To configure the Linux kernel for multiple LUNs Step 1 Inthe etc modules conf file add the following line options scsi mod max scsi luns luns nLUNs where the nLUNs value equals the number of LUNs that are required by your file system storage device 5 8 6 00905 01 Rev A For example alias parport lowlevel parport pc alias scsi hostadapter aic7xxx alias eth0 eeprol00 alias ethl el000 alias scsi hostadapter
13. StorNext FS on Solaris 6 5 Step 4 Edit usr cvfs config cvlabels so that it contains a list of StorNext FS label names that correspond to the device names of the drives captured in Step 2 You can create any convention for the label names For example if a site consists of 12 Fibre Channel drives you can use Cv sDisk n for each label name Replace n with a decimal number starting at 0 and increment the number for each drive In this case the label name entries in the file would be cv sDisko CvfsDiski CvfsDisk2 and so on For example Solaris Example Drives 0 through 11 will be used for Regular Stripe Groups H so the entire volumes are used total sector Sizes are used since optional sector sizes are not specified H Regular file disks use entire volume CvfsDisko CvfsDiskl CvfsDisk2 CvfsDisk3 CvfsDisk4 CvfsDisk5 CvfsDisk6 CvfsDisk7 CvfsDisk8 CvfsDisk9 CvfsDisk10 CvfsDiskll device name0 device namel device name2 device name3 device name4 device name5 device name6 device name device name8 device name9 device name10 device name11 Step 5 After the cvlabels file is complete label the disk drives using the cvlabel command H cd usr cvfs bin H cvlabel Follow the on screen instructions for labeling the disk drives 6 6 6 00905 01 Rev A Configure StorNext FS Software on Solaris To configure the StorNext F
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15. enable the system to produce core files Enter ulimit S c 0 gt dev null 2 gt sl ulimit c unlimited gt dev null 2 gt amp 1 Remove the CD from the drive Edit the etc sysconfig rawdevices file to provide mapping from block device to raw device for all Fibre Channel FC devices To prevent the accidental overwriting of disks and or LUNs not used dA CAUTION by StorNext FS such as the system boot disk do not include them Step 9 5 10 in the rawdevices file Every FC device that StorNext FS will use must have an entry with the format lt rawdev gt lt blockdev gt in this file For example to add three SCSI devices to the file the format would be dev raw rawl dev sdb dev raw raw2 dev sdc dev raw raw3 dev sdd Activate the raw devices Enter H etc init d rawdevices restart 6 00905 01 Rev A Step 10 Return to Step 1 to install StorNext FS on another Linux machine Obtain License for Linux Server The StorNext FS server must have a valid license To obtain the license file Step 1 Verify that etc hosts has a proper entry for the system name KA NOTE In certain situations the Linux installation program attaches the system name to 127 0 0 1 instead of an entry for the Ethernet card The following example illustrates this situation for etc hosts with the system name snpc4 127 0 0 1 snpc4 localhost localdomain localhost H bad If this situation occurs StorNext FS will not work p
16. example Enter t cd usr cvfs config cp examples cvlabels example cvlabels Step 4 Edit usr cvfs config cvlabels so that it contains a list of StorNext FS label names that correspond to the device names of the drives captured in Step 2 4 6 6 00905 01 Rev A You can create any convention for the label names For example if a site consists of 12 Fibre Channel drives you can use Cv sDisk n for each label name Replace n with a decimal number starting at 0 and increment the number for each drive In this case the label name entries in the file would be cv sDisko CvfsDisk1 CvfsDisk2 and so on For example IRIX Example Drives 0 through 11 will be used for Regular Stripe Groups so the entire volumes are used total sector sizes are used Since optional sector sizes are not specified Regular file disks use entire volume CvfsDiskO0 CvfsDiskl CvfsDisk2 CvfsDisk3 CvfsDisk4 CvfsDisk5 CvfsDisk6 CvfsDisk7 CvfsDisk8 CvfsDisk9 device name0 device namel device name2 device name3 device name4 device name5 device name6 device name device name8 device name9 CvfsDisk10 device name10 CvfsDiskll device name11 Step 5 After the cvlabels file is complete label the disk drives using the cvlabel command H cd usr cvfs bin H cvlabel Follow the on screen instructions for labeling the disk drives Setting Up StorNext FS on IRI
17. file systems listed in the etc filesystems file E NOTE If you do not want a cv s mount point in your filesystems file manually start a i file system using the cvadmin command Then mount the file system using the mount command Step 3 Return to Step 1 to repeat this procedure for each StorNext FS client After StorNext FS has been mounted on each client the usr clips directory is available to store and share data Setting Up StorNext FS on AlX 3 11 3 12 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS m Setting Up StorNext FS on IRIX Getting started Component description Installation summary Power up sequence Power down sequence Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS On Linux Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Setting Up StorNext FS on IRIX 4 1 surs On Solaris Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Troubleshooting procedures Installation Procedure for IRIX The installation and configuration of the StorNext File System StorNext FS on IRIX includes the following procedures Install StorNext FS on IRIX Obtain License for IRIX Server Label Drives on IRIX Configure StorNext FS Software on IRIX Mount StorNext FS
18. on Linux Check Drive Connectivity Step 1 On the StorNext File System StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Check for access to the Fibre Channel drives Enter cvlabel 1 Resolving Installation Problems 7 15 Verify File System is Active Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Verify that the file system is active a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Select the file system Enter select file system name c Enter show long In the output all the stripe groups should display a status of UP Step 3 After verifying the file system s active status enter guit Check Error Messages Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Check for error messages in the system s system log For example enter tail 50 var adm messages Check Linux Patches If any program errors cannot be resolved check for Linux patches or eguivalents in the StorNext Management Suite Release Notes 7 16 6 00905 01 Rev A Verify the StorNext FS Setup Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Verify the number of active StorNext FS clients using the default file system a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Select the file system Enter select file system name Output similar to the following displays Created lt Date gt Active Connections 3 Fs Block Size 4K Msg Buffer Size 4K Disk Devices 14 Stripe Group
19. to the Fibre Channel drives Enter cvlabel 1 Resolving Installation Problems 7 9 m Im SNFS Verify that the File System is Active Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Verify that the file system is active Enter cvadmin gt select file system name show long All stripe groups should display a status of UP Step 3 After verifying the file system s active status enter quit Check Error Messages Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Check for error messages in the system s system log Enter tail 50 var adm SYSLOG Check IRIX Patches If any program errors cannot be resolved check for IRIX patches or eguivalents in the StorNext Management Suite Release Notes 7 10 6 00905 01 Rev A Verify the StorNext FS Setup Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Verify the number of active StorNext FS clients using the default file system a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Select the file system Enter select file system name Output similar to the following displays Created Date Active Clients 3 Fs Block Size 4K Msg Buffer Size 4K Disk Devices 16 Stripe Groups 4 Mirror Groups 0 Fs Blocks Fs Blocks Free Step 3 Verify that the number of StorNext FS clients configured during this installation matches the number of StorNext FS clients shown in the Active Clients field Resolving Installation Proble
20. using disk devices that do not have the same number of sectors then several disk types can be specified to handle each common number of sectors DISK section Identifies the disk drive that is labeled and available to StorNext FS A disk type describes a category of disks with a capacity specified in number of sectors The following parts comprise a disk definition e The required keyword Di sk preceded by the open bracket symbol and followed by the closed bracket symbol e On the next line the words Status UP Onthe next line the required keyword Type and the name of the disk type assigned to the disk definition The name of the disk must match the label name of the drive as displayed by the cvlabel 1 command This is how the label names of the Fibre Channel disks are associated with a StorNext FS For example Disk CvfsDisk0 Status UP UP DOWN Type 9GB drive ff A type defined in a DiskType Section 6 8 6 00905 01 Rev A STRIPEGROUP DEFINITION section Describes a group of disks that comprise a stripe group One or more stripe groups describe the entire file system A stripe group is the smallest entity that can be manipulated by a system administrator using the File System Administration utility cvadmin TA NOTE All disks defined in any given stripe group must have the same number of sectors i as reported by cvlabel 1 Examples of stripe groups appear in the configuration file Find the stripe grou
21. 0 0 00 ee ee ee 3 2 Install StorNext FS on ATA uuu 65 coo sh Gee eee ere eed Gui 3 3 Obtain License for AIX Server 0 000000 ccc RR ee 3 4 Label Drives on AIX 24 anc eeewivdas iver eee tee ed ORs 3 5 Configure StorNext FS Software onAlX 3 7 Mount StorNext FS on AIX sees ee eee 3 11 Setting Up StorNext FS on IRIX RONA A C 4 1 Installation Procedure for IRIX u u u rea 4 2 Install StorNext FS on IRIXK u r eea 4 3 Obtain License for IRIX Server RR RR Rn 4 5 Label Drives on IRIX illie ee 4 6 Configure StorNext FS Software on IRIX 4 8 Mount StorNext FS on IRIX LLL eee 4 12 2 6 00905 01 Rev A ws Setting Up StorNext FS on Linux ROIMAA IA OE nn oe o o va nn 5 1 Installation Procedure for Linux L Le eee 5 2 Prerequisites 0 6 6 mote ed oe SE o i Ree EE Owe de ke o koki n 5 3 Install StorNext FS on Linux r rurusrrea 5 9 Obtain License for Linux Server 0 0 000000 ccc RR RR RR 5 11 Label Drives on Linux 0 0 00000 0c eee es 5 12 Configure StorNext FS Software on Linux 5 14 Mount StorNext FS on Linux sees eee eee eee eee 5 18 setting Up StorNext FS on Solaris KOaAdMAD PL
22. 09 License GPL Packager http www unitedlinux com feedback Summary kernel with multiprocessor support Description CONFIG SMP y SuSE series images Distribution UnitedLinux 1 0 1586 5 4 6 00905 01 Rev A b Query gcc Enter rpm qi rpm qa grep gcc Output similar to the following displays Name gcc info Relocations not relocateable Version 3 2 Vendor UnitedLinux LLC Release 45 Build Date Wed Oct 16 04 51 46 2002 Install Date Tue Jul 29 15 10 52 2003 Build Host D143 suse de Group Dev Languages C and C Source RPM k gcc 3 2 45 src rpm Size 699504 License GPL Packager http www unitedlinux com feedback Summary GNU info pages for gcc Description GNU info pages for gcc SUSE series images Distribution UnitedLinux 1 0 1586 Name libgec Relocations not relocateable Version 3 2 Vendor UnitedLinux LLC Release 45 Build Date Wed Oct 16 04 51 46 2002 Install Date Tue Jul 29 15 11 44 2003 Build Host D143 suse de Group System Base Source RPM gcc 3 2 45 src rpm Size 41022 License GPL Packager http www unitedlinux com feedback Summary C compiler runtime library Description Needed for dynamically linked C programs Name gcc Relocations not relocateable Version 3 2 Vendor UnitedLinux LLC Release 45 Build Date Wed Oct 16 04 51 46 2002 Install Date Tue Jul 29 15 10 52 2003 Build Host D143 suse de Group Dev Languages C and C Source RPM gcc 3 2 45 src rpm Size 56
23. 80346 License GPL Packager http www unitedlinux com feedback Summary The GNU C compiler and support files Description NOTE Be sure to install at least the following packages besides this one or you won t be able to compile binutils and glibc devel If the dates are substantially different hours or days rather than minutes then the compiler was probably added afterwards and the update will not work In this situation SuSE Linux Enterprise 8 1 must be re installed Setting Up StorNext FS on Linux 5 5 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 5 6 Install the base system a Select the language in which to run the install A system page displays with an area titled Timezone and a place to change the Software b Click on Software and then click Detailed Selections A two paned window displays with check boxes on the left pane and list of packages on the right pane c On the left side only click the box that is not already checked and click Accept d Complete the installation After installing the initial install of SuSE Linux Enterprise 8 1 update the system by running Online Update Enter H yast2 When yast2 comes up Software should be selected in the left pane In the right pane select the Online Update icon Another window displays Select Automatic Update and then click Next A prompt for Code and Password displays The Registration Code is located in the SuSE Installation bo
24. H usr cvfs bin cvlabel 1 Step 2 From the output information identify any drives that are unused or do not have a recognized Volume Type and write down their associated device names Identify any drives that already contain a recognized Volume Type A CAUTION po not write a label to these drives or you may lose data Step 3 Create usr cvfs config cvlabels from the copy of the StorNext FS label file example Enter cd usr covtfs contfig H cp examples cvlabels example cvlabels Step 4 Edit usr cvfs config cvlabels so that it contains a list of StorNext FS label names that correspond to the device names of the drives identified in Step 2 oetting Up StorNext FS on AIX 3 5 You can create any convention for the label names For example if a site consists of 12 Fibre Channel drives you can use Cv sDisk n for each label name Replace n with a decimal number starting at 0 and increment the number for each drive In this case the label name entries in the file would be cv sDisko CvfsDiski CvfsDisk2 and so on For example AIX Example Drives 0 through 11 will be used for Regular Stripe Groups so the entire volumes are used total sector sizes are used Since optional sector sizes are not specified Regular file disks use entire volume CvfsDisko CvfsDiskl CvfsDisk2 CvfsDisk3 device name0 device namel device name2 device name3 CvfsDisk5 CvfsDisk6 CvfsDisk7 CvfsDisk8 CvfsDisk9 device name5 dev
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26. S olj 9 es 8 1 O DS sra roro RER QUARE IRURE a eee Se Wee EM sra d eee RR aa S 8 1 Contents 5 sums 6 6 00905 01 Rev A m Introduction StorNext File System StorNext FS formerly known as CentraVision lets heterogeneous clients share files across high speed storage Fibre Channel FC connections By eliminating the need to duplicate manage and move multiple copies of the same file StorNext FS increases storage efficiency improves workflow productivity and reduces network bottlenecks StorNext FS is the core file system technology used in the StorNext Management Suite SNMS e To install the StorNext FS in a supported UNIX environment refer to the installation procedures in this Guide Abbreviated installation procedures for StorNext FS in a UNIX environment also appear in the StorNext Management Suite Installation Guide a separate document e To install the StorNext File System in a supported Windows environment refer to the StorNext FS installation procedures in the StorNext Management Suite Installation Guide a separate document Other helpful documents include e StorNext Management Suite Release Notes e StorNext File System Quick Reference Booklet Purpose of This Book This book describes how to install StorNext FS on AIX IRIX Linux and Solaris clients in UNIX environments Who Should Read this Book This book is intended as a guide for the StorNext FS installation team which is usually the site sy
27. S software on a Solaris machine you have to configure the software on the StorNext FS server and StorNext FS clients Server Configuration Step 1 Create a StorNext FS managed file system by copying usr cvfs examples example cfg and renaming it cd usr cvfs config cp examples example cfg lt file system gt cfg A NOTE The example cfg file supplied by ADIC contains commented text entries that begin with a with descriptions of the various sections and parameters in the file Step2 Edit the example configuration using the following information NOTE For information about editing the configuration file refer to the man page by 4 entering man cvfs config ata system shell prompt DISK TYPE section Defines valid disk types A disk type describes a category of disks with a capacity specified in number of sectors The following parts comprise a disk type e The required keyword DiskType preceded by the open bracket symbol and followed by the closed bracket symbol Onthe next line the required keyword Sectors and the value of sectors in terms of 012 bytes per sector for the disk type Setting Up StorNext FS on Solaris 6 7 For example DiskType ST318202FC Sectors 35563520 SectorSize 512 The SectorSize should reflect the Sector Format Size of the disk drives for example 512 4096 8192 16384 To obtain the number of sectors where the disks are set use the cvlabel 1 command If you are
28. TION incorrect drive you may lose data To label a drive Step 1 From the system prompt on any StorNext FS client display a list of connected drives Enter H usr cvfs bin cvlabel 1 Sample output looks like this sdb SEAGATE ST19171FS 0018 unknown Sectors 17691712 Sector Size 512 sdc SEAGATE ST19171FS 0018 unknown Sectors 17691712 Sector Size 512 sdd SEAGATE ST19171FS 0018 unknown Sectors 17691712 Sector Size 512 A NOTE The cvlabel command only lists or modifies drives listed in i etc sysconfig rawdevices For more information about the rawdevices file see page 5 10 Step 2 From the output information identify any drives that are unused or do not have a recognized Volume Type and write down their associated device names Identify any drives that already contain a recognized Volume Type A CAUTION po not write a label to these drives or you may lose data 0 12 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Create usr cvfs config cvlabels from the copy of the StorNext FS label file example Enter H usr cvfs bin cvlabel c gt usr cvfs config cvlabels The created file displays an entry for disk located by the cvlabel command CvfsDisk UNKNOWN sdb CvfsDisk UNKNOWN sdc CvfsDisk UNKNOWN sdd Edit usr cvfs config cvlabels file to provide a unique name for each drive used by StorNext FS In this example UNKNOWN has been changed to a sequential list CvfsDiskO sdb CvfsD
29. X 4 7 Configure StorNext FS Software on IRIX To configure the StorNext FS software on an IRIX machine you have to configure the software on the StorNext FS server and StorNext FS clients Server Configuration Step 1 Create a StorNext FS managed file system by copying usr cvfs examples example cfg and renaming it P cd usr cvfs config cp examples example cfg lt file system gt cfg A NOTE The example cfg file supplied by ADIC contains commented text entries that begin with a with descriptions of the various sections and parameters in the file Step2 Edit the example configuration using the following information A NOTE For information about editing the configuration file refer to the man page by 4 8 entering man cv s config at a system shell prompt DISK TYPE section Defines valid disk types A disk type describes a category of disks with a capacity specified in number of sectors The following parts comprise a disk type The required keyword DiskType preceded by the open bracket symbol and followed by the closed bracket symbol e On the next line the required keyword Sectors and the value of sectors in terms of 012 bytes per sector for the disk type For example DiskType ST318202FC Sectors 35563520 SectorSize 512 The SectorSize should reflect the Sector Format Size of the disk drives for example 512 4096 8192 16384 6 00905 01 Rev A To obtain the number of secto
30. cess These steps are only guidelines since the actual steps reguired for your site are unigue se mk CAUTION Back up the system data of all client machines before changing or installing any hardware or software Connect all client machines that will access the StorNext FS to a TCP IP network such as Ethernet The StorNext FS software uses the TCP IP connection to control and manage data access and data sharing on the Fibre Channel SAN For assistance with your TCP IP network connections to your client machines contact your StorNext FS reseller Install the Fibre Channel disk arrays and disk drives according to the instructions shipped with the eguipment The disk arrays and disk drives must be powered up and ready for use before installing StorNext FS Set up the Fibre Channel hardware and software components for each machine according to the instructions shipped with the eguipment The machines must be powered up and ready to use before installing the StorNext FS software 2 8 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS Getting Started Set up the SAN machine components which include the following items Install a Fibre Channel card Connect Fibre Channel optical and copper cables to the switches or hubs Install Fibre Channel software and drivers If required configure the Fibre Channel software for a loop or switch network Select one of your machines to run the StorNext FS server component This machine is referred
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32. d keyword Sectors and the value of sectors in terms of 012 bytes per sector for the disk type For example DiskType ST31917FC Sectors 17780736 SectorSize 512 To obtain the number of sectors and the sector size for each storage device use the cvlabel 1 command Multiple entries for DiskTypes can be created to support multiple hard disks and RAID LUNS of different sizes 6 00905 01 Rev A DISK section Identifies the disk type to be assigned to a disk drive that is labeled and available for StorNext FS A disk type describes a category of disks with a capacity specified in number of sectors The following parts comprise a disk definition e The required keyword Di sk preceded by the open bracket symbol and followed by the closed bracket symbol The name of the disk must match the label name of the drive as displayed by the cvlabel 1 command and the sectors must match the Sectors value defined in DiskType This is how the label names of the Fibre Channel disks are associated with a StorNext FS e On the next line the words Status UP e On the next line the required keyword Type and the name of the disk type assigned to the disk definition For example Disk CvfsDisk12 Status UP Type ST1917FS STRIPEGROUP DEFINITION section Describes a group of disks that comprise a stripe group One or more stripe groups describe the entire file system A stripe group is the smallest entity that can be manipulated b
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34. e Step 9 Return to Step 1 to install StorNext FS on another AlX machine Setting Up StorNext FS on AlX 3 3 Obtain License for AlX Server The StorNext FS server must have a valid license To obtain the license file Step 1 Run the StorNext FS host identifier utility Enter H usr cvfs bin cvfsid The output looks similar to this 690CB94A sun 1 lt host name gt The hexadecimal number is unigue to the server and the host name parameter should match the server s host name This number is known as the ID string Step 2 Email the ID string and the number of client machines to ATAC at support adic com If you cannot access email call ATAC for assistance at 1 800 827 3822 An ATAC Technical Support representative will provide a license dat file Step 3 Place license dat in the usr cvfs config directory on the server Xx NOTE If you have a temporary StorNext license remove the temporary license file and i replace it with the permanent license file 3 4 6 00905 01 Rev A Label Drives on AlX You must label each drive to be used by StorNext FS A new drive needs to be labeled only one time Drive labeling can be performed from any StorNext client that has a Fibre Channel connection to the drive The process of disk labeling re partitions the drives If you select an A CAUTION incorrect drive you may lose data To label a drive Step 1 From the system prompt on any StorNext FS client display a list of connected drives Enter
35. ed access to the StorNext FS network and storage area Program files that lusr cvfs bin lusr cvfs bin lusr cvfs bin lusr cvfs bin contain installation and program files lusr cvfs config usr cvfs config usr cvfs config usr cvfs config administrative commands scripts utilities GUI and communication interfaces File System lusr cvfs data lusr cvfs data lusr cvfs data lusr cvfs data Database that contains file system logs Getting Started 2 3 AIX IRIX Linux Solaris Directory Directory Directory Directory Description StorNext FS letc rc cvfs etc init d cvfs etc init d cvfs etc init d cvfs server s startup script Software on all lusr cvfs usr cvfs usr cvfs usr cvfs StorNext FS clients Contains the protocol interface required to communicate with the StorNext FS server Directory mounted user defined user defined user defined user defined mapped by the StorNext FS clients 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS m Im Configure File System Server The StorNext FS server can be configured as either a dedicated or shared setup Dedicated Setup In a dedicated setup the StorNext FS server has TCP IP connectivity to all StorNext FS clients but it does not have Fibre Channel FC connectivity to the Storage Area Network SAN A NOTE Failover cannot be used in a dedicated setup To use failover the StorNext FS must have a Fibre Channel connection Figure 2 1 i
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37. ent After StorNext FS has been mounted on each client the usr clips directory is available to store and share data 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS z Im Setting Up StorNext FS on Linux Roadmap Getting started Component description Installation summary Power up sequence Power down sequence Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Setting Up StorNext FS on Linux 5 1 surs On Solaris Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Troubleshooting procedures Installation Procedure for Linux The installation and configuration of the StorNext File System StorNext FS on Linux includes the following procedures Install StorNext FS on Linux 5 2 6 00905 01 Rev A Prerequisites Consider these prerequisites when working with Linux servers and clients e Kernel requirements e Multiple LUN support Kernel Requirements StorNext FS supports two Linux operating systems RedHat and SuSE that have separate kernel requirements RedHat Linux Kernel Requirements To run StorNext FS on RedHat Linux you must use one of these kernels e For uniprocessor and multiprocessor systems RedHat L
38. ffect XII 6 00905 01 Rev A ws Introduction Purpose of This Book LL Le 1 1 Who Should Read this Book enke eee rs 1 1 How This Book is Organized L eee eens 1 2 Explanatuon ofr SYMDOLS 3 23 EA E ed or 009 ema UE oe dn eee GA SE AE or RR 1 3 CONVEMIONS 24 aq2060etes a eee te Rees Be Sk ROG ee eh bees aes Sees Bbw oa ewe 1 4 BOOKS Gagne sess coed Bee TSM be ee 1 4 NING BOOKS gene canted 2664 6 Bunge eu elan eee ee ens oleae Eee Bape vi al ye 1 5 Related Publications ee n 1 5 Getting Started System Requirements 0 00 ce ee ee eee eee nes 2 2 Disk Space Requirements 0 0 00 eee eens 2 2 Supported FIAUCIMS s x aca xc aa ij ea ne oe nd SE NEGE ME SHEER OER Se OS SOW AO RC va 2 2 StorNext FS Components 0 00 0 cc ee ee eee es 2 3 Configure File System Server 1 0 0c ee ee ee eee 2 5 Dedicated Setup 0 0 eee eee eens 2 5 Shared SeluD 2229924 Ped quesiqe du intime e v 95 how Se A poe oe Pied RU TE 2 6 Contents 1 sums Using Optional Pre Installation Configuration 2 7 Summary of Installation Steps ee eee 2 8 Power Up Sequence 1 i eee eee eee eas 2 12 Power Down Sequence eee ee ee ees 2 13 setting Up StorNext FS on AIX ROA 4405 a ae oc oo aah ame tm mane ee ee we ee eo ee oa 3 1 Installation Procedure for AIX
39. file systems listed in etc fstab tries to be mounted On the first mount attempt StorNext FS fails because the cv s loadable modules are loaded later in the boot process These errors can be safely ignored and StorNext FS mounts toward the end of the system startup process Step 3 Repeat Steps 1 and 2 to mount each StorNext FS on all client machines 0 18 6 00905 01 Rev A m Setting Up StorNext FS on Solaris Roadmap Getting started Component description Installation summary Power up sequence Power down sequence Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS On Linux Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Setting Up StorNext FS on Solaris 6 1 mm SNFS Troubleshooting procedures 7 Installation Procedure for Solaris The installation and configuration of the StorNext File System StorNext FS on Solaris includes the following procedures Install StorNext FS on Solaris Obtain License for Solaris Server Label Drives on Solaris Configure StorNext FS Software on Solaris Mount StorNext FS on Solaris 6 2 6 00905 01 Rev A Install StorNext FS on Solaris KA NOTE For upgrade
40. fsmlist oetting Up StorNext FS on AIX 3 9 Step 6 Create the fsmlist file Enter H cd usr cvfs config H cp examples fsmlist example fsmlist Step 7 Edit usr cvfs config fsmlist so that it contains the names of all StorNext File Systems Client Configuration Step 1 Create the fsnameservers file by copying usr cvfs examples fsnameservers example and renaming it H cd usr cvfs config H cp examples fsnameservers example fsnameservers Step 2 Edit usr cvfs config fsnameservers so that it contains the hostname or IP address of all StorNext FS servers This file must be identical across all servers and clients For information about failover environments refer to the cv s failover man page Start the System Manually start the StorNext FS server Enter 4 etc rc cvfs start The StorNext FS service files for the new file system are started and run in the background on the otorNext FS server 3 10 6 00905 01 Rev A Mount StorNext FS on AlX To mount StorNext FS Step 1 Create the StorNext FS mount directory For example t mkdir usr clips Step 2 Add the uniguely named StorNext FS managed file system to the etc filesystems file Use cvfs as the vfs and file system type The entry should be similar to this format usr clips dev lt file system name gt vis cvs mount true type cvfs verbose true acount false On startup or reboot of the StorNext FS server StorNext FS automatically mounts any
41. g Step 2 Email the ID string and the number of client machines to ATAC at support adic com If you cannot access email call ATAC for assistance at 1 800 827 3822 An ATAC Technical Support representative will provide a license dat file Step 3 Place license dat in the usr cvfs config directory on the server TX NOTE If you have a temporary StorNext license first remove the temporary license file i before replacing it with the permanent license file Label Drives on Solaris You must label each drive to be used by StorNext FS A new drive needs to be labeled only one time Drive labeling can be performed from any StorNext client that has a Fibre Channel connection to the drive The process of disk labeling re partitions the drives If you select an A CAUTION incorrect drive you may lose data To label a drive Step 1 From the system prompt on any StorNext FS client display a list of connected drives Enter usr cvfs bin cvlabel 1 6 4 6 00905 01 Rev A Step 2 From the output information identify any drives that are unused or do not have a recognized Volume Type and write down their associated device names Identify any drives that already contain a recognized Volume Type AA CAUTION po not write a label to these drives or you may lose data Step 3 Create usr cvfs config cvlabels from the copy of the StorNext FS label file example Enter t cd usr cvts contig H cp examples cvlabels example cvlabels Setting Up
42. g this installation matches the number of StorNext FS clients shown in the Active Clients field 7 22 6 00905 01 Rev A Verify the Mounted File System To verify that StorNext FS is correctly mounted on a StorNext FS client Step 1 Ona StorNext FS client log in as root Step 2 Verify the StorNext FS mount on the client Enter df k A status message similar to the following displays File System Type kbytes Use Avail Suse Mounted On dev root xfs 1961936 1756840 205096 90 J file system name cvfs 35561472 2103808 33457664 6 mount point Unmount and Remount All File Systems To unmount and remount all StorNext File Systems listed in etc fstab such as for system maintenance or troubleshooting Step 1 On a StorNext FS client log in as root Step 2 Unmount all StorNext File Systems listed in the etc vfstab file Enter umount F cvfs Step 3 Remount all StorNext File Systems on a client Enter umount a F cvfs Resolving Installation Problems 7 23 Unmount and Remount Specific File System To unmount and remount a specific StorNext FS follow these steps Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 On a StorNext FS client log in as root Unmount a specific StorNext FS Enter umount mount directory For example umount usr clips Remount a specific StorNext FS on a client Enter mount mount directory For example mount usr clips Reinitialize StorNext FS To reinitialize a StorNext FS such as after making config
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44. he usr cvfs config fsnameservers file Enter od usr cvfs configq t cp examples fsnameservers example fsnameservers Step 9 Inthe fsnameservers file add the host IP address or name of the StorNext FS server For more information about failover environments refer to the cvfs failover man page Client Configuration Copy usr cvfs config fsnameservers from the StorNext FS server to usr cvfs config fsnameservers on all clients Enable and Start the System Manually re start the StorNext FS server Enter H etc init d cvfs restart The StorNext FS service files for the new file system are now started and running in the background on the StorNext FS server oetting Up StorNext FS on Linux 5 17 Mount StorNext FS on Linux To mount StorNext FS Step 1 Create the StorNext FS mount directory This is the path by which users access the file system For example t mkdir usr clips chmod 777 usr clips Step 2 Add the StorNext FS name to the etc fstab file Use cvfs as the file system type For example H projA usr clips cvfs rw threads 6 0 0 When the StorNext FS server starts up or reboots StorNext FS automatically mounts any file systems listed in the etc fstab file 4 NOTE If you do not want a cvfs mount point in your fstab file manually start a file system using the cvadmin command Then mount the file system using the mount command as shown in the following example During the boot process the
45. hese PDFs you need Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available as a download from www adobe com Related Publications The publications described in the following table are created and distributed on an as needed basis Release Notes Information about StorNext FS is contained within the StorNext Management Suite Release Notes The Release Notes provide e Summary of enhancements Description of fixed problems e Description of known problems Product Alerts Informs customers of technical problems and solutions Product Bulletins Conveys technical information not problems to customers Introduction 1 5 1 6 SNFS 6 00905 01 Rev A m Getting Started Refer to Chapter Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS On Linux Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS On IRIX 4 Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Getting Started 2 1 mm SNFS Refer to Chapter On Solaris Install StorNext FS Obtain license for the server Label the disk drives Configure the StorNext FS software Mount StorNext FS Troubleshooting procedures Supported Platforms StorNext File System StorNext FS is supported on the f
46. ice name6 device name device name8 CvfsDisk4 device name4 device name9 CvfsDisk10 device name10 CvfsDiskll device namell Step 5 After the cvlabels file is complete use the cvlabel command to label the disk drives H cd usr cvfs bin H cvlabel Follow the on screen instructions to label the disk drives 3 6 6 00905 01 Rev A Configure StorNext FS Software on AlX To configure the StorNext FS software on an AlX machine you have to configure the software on both the StorNext FS server and clients Server Configuration Step 1 Create a StorNext FS managed file system by copying usr cvfs examples example cfg and renaming it Enter cd usr cvfs config cp examples example cfg lt file system gt cfg VK NOTE The example cfg file supplied by ADIC contains commented text entries that begin i with a with descriptions of the various sections and parameters in the file Step 2 Edit the example configuration using the following information SA NOTE For information about editing the configuration file refer to the man page by i entering man cvfs config ata system shell prompt DISK TYPE section Defines valid disk types A disk type describes a category of disks with a capacity specified in number of sectors The following parts comprise a disk type e The required keyword DiskType preceded by the open bracket symbol and followed by the closed bracke
47. igure StorNext FS Software on Linux on page 5 14 e Refer to Configure StorNext FS Software on Solaris on page 6 7 Optional For failover scenarios use the fsnameservers file in the config directory to list the primary and secondary host names of the StorNext FS server used in your failover environment To create a StorNext FS managed file system modify the example cfg file in the examples directory on the StorNext FS server NOTE Make sure you use a unique descriptive file system name gt cfg for each StorNext File System on the StorNext FS server 2 10 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS Mount the StorNext File System on each client machine For instructions e Refer to Mount StorNext FS on AIX on page 3 11 e Refer to Mount StorNext FS on IRIX on page 4 12 e Refer to Mount StorNext FS on Linux on page 5 18 e Refer to Mount StorNext FS on Solaris on page 6 11 On all StorNext FS clients Add the uniquely named StorNext File System to the list of devices to be mounted at boot IRIX and Linux users At startup use the ckconfig cvfs command to enable the StorNext File System on the StorNext FS server Reboot the StorNext FS clients Getting Started adic SNFS Power Up Sequence To power up StorNext FS as part of a Fibre Channel environment Step 1 Enable FC fabric switches if present Step 2 Enable FC hubs if present Step 3 Enable FC disk arrays or disk drives 7
48. instructions refer to the StorNext Management Suite Release Notes To install StorNext FS on Solaris Step 1 Designate one Solaris machine as the StorNext FS server Step 2 Log onto the machine as root Step 3 Insert the StorNext File System CD into the drive and wait for the hardware to access it Step 4 Run the pkgadd utility to start the Solaris installation H pkgadd d cdrom path Step 5 Select the package for ADICcvfs Step 6 When the installation is complete set up the path to the StorNext FS man pages by including usr cvfs man in the global MANPATH environment variable For a list of man pages about the StorNext FS commands refer to the usr cvfs man directory To display a man page about a specific command enter man command name Step 7 Set up the path to the StorNext FS binaries by including usr cvfs bin in the global PATH environment variable Step8 Remove the CD from the CD drive Step9 Reboot the machine Step 10 Return to Step 1 to install StorNext FS on another Solaris machine Setting Up StorNext FS on Solaris 6 3 Obtain License for Solaris Server The StorNext FS server must have a valid license To obtain the license file Step 1 Run the StorNext FS host identifier utility Enter H usr cvfs bin cvfsid The output looks similar to this 690CB94A sun 1 lt host name gt The hexadecimal number is unigue to the server and host name should match the server s host name This number is known as the ID strin
49. inux 7 3 kernels 2 4 17 2 4 27 e For uniprocessor and multiprocessor systems RedHat Linux 8 0 kernels 2 4 14 2 4 27 StorNext FS is distributed as a loadable kernel module To build the kernel module the RedHat Linux software must be installed with the Linux kernel source and tools including compilers To build and install the StorNext FS modules a symbolic link must exist in the usr src directory that points to the kernel source for the running kernel For example for the Linux 2 4 18 27 8 kernel the symbolic link in the usr src directory is linux 2 4 gt linux 2 4 18 27 8 x If the symbolic link is missing or if it is pointing to the source of a different kernel the StorNext FS modules either will not install or will not function You must also verify that pdksh is installed oetting Up StorNext FS on Linux 5 3 SUSE Linux Kernel Requirements To run StorNext FS on SUSE Linux use this procedure to determine and install the required kernels including compilers Step 1 Check to see whether the compiler was installed at the same time as the rest of the system a Query the kernel Enter rpm gi rpm ga grep k Output similar to the following displays Name k smp Relocations not relocateable Verslon 2 4 19 Vendor UnitedLinux LLC Release 113 Build Date Mon Oct 21 13 04 32 2002 Install Date Tue Jul 29 15 13 38 2003 Build Host D63 suse de Group System Kernel Source RPM k smp 2 4 19 113 src rpm Size 476722
50. iskl sdc CvfsDisk2 sdd In the usr cvfs config cvlabels file delete any lines that refer to disks you will not label Save the usr cvfs config cvlabels file and label the disk drives using the cvlabel command oetting Up StorNext FS on Linux 5 13 Configure StorNext FS Software on Linux To configure the StorNext FS software on a Linux machine you have to configure the software on the StorNext FS server and StorNext FS clients Server Configuration Step 1 Create a StorNext FS managed file system by copying usr cvfs examples example cfgto usr cvfs config file system name gt cfg where file system name is a unique descriptive name For example cd usr cvfs config H cp examples example cfg projA cfg A NOTE The example cfg file supplied by ADIC contains commented text entries that begin with a with descriptions of the various sections and parameters in the file Step 2 Edit each configuration file using the following information A NOTE For information about editing the configuration file refer to the man page by 0 14 entering man cv s config at a system shell prompt DISK TYPE section Defines valid disk types A disk type describes a category of disks with a capacity specified in number of sectors The following parts comprise a disk type The required keyword DiskType preceded by the open bracket symbol and followed by the closed bracket symbol e On the next line the require
51. isks that comprise a stripe group One or more stripe groups describe the entire file system A stripe group is the smallest entity that can be manipulated by a system administrator using the File System Administration utility cvadmin YK NOTE All disks defined in any given stripe group must have the same number of sectors as reported by cvlabel 1 3 8 6 00905 01 Rev A Examples of stripe groups appear in the configuration file Find the stripe group named RegularFiles Editthe Node entries so that all the disk names are listed with each entry followed by a space and then the stripe order number 0 1 2 etc For example StripeGroup RegularFiles Status UP Iype Regular Read Enabled Write Enabled StripeBreadth 64 Node CvfsDisko 0 Node CvfsDiskl 1 Node CvfsDisk2 2 Node CvfsDisk3 3 Step 3 Save name and exit the usr cvfs config lt file system name gt cfg file mA NOTE Make sure you have a lt file system name gt cfg file for each uniquely named i StorNext File System on the StorNext FS server Step 4 Verify that smpm is running so that cvmkf s works properly Enter H ps ef grep fsmpm Step 5 Initialize StorNext FS by running the following commands This step cannot be undone and all data on the file system will be A CAUTION Jost so make sure you are ready to initialize the file system before you proceed cd usr cvfs bin cvmkfs file system name H cp examples fsmlist example
52. ives Enter cvlabel 1 Verify File System is Active Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Verify that the file system is active a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Select the file system Enter select file system name c Enter show long In the output all the stripe groups should display a status of UP Step 3 After verifying the file system s active status enter guit Check Error Messages Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Check for error messages in the system s system log For example enter tail 50 var adm messages Check Solaris Patches If any program errors cannot be resolved check for Solaris patches or eguivalents in the StorNext Management Suite Release Notes Resolving Installation Problems 7 21 Verify the StorNext FS Setup Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Verify the number of active StorNext FS clients using the default file system a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Select the file system Enter select file system name Output similar to the following displays Created Active Connections Fs Block Size Msg Buffer Size Disk Devices Stripe Groups Mirror Groups Fs Blocks Fs Blocks Free lt Date gt 64K 4K L 1 0 2221296 1135 58 GB 1159394 70 76 GB 52 Step 3 Verify that the number of StorNext FS clients configured durin
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54. l gla2300 options scsi mod max scsi luns 128 Step 2 Create a new initial RAM disk file by using the mkinitrd command For example cd boot mkinitrd f initrd 2 4 18 17 7 xsmp img 2 4 18 17 7 xsmp Step 3 Reboot the system Install StorNext FS on Linux E NOTE For upgrade instructions refer to the StorNext Management Suite Release Notes To install StorNext FS on Linux Step 1 Log onto the machine as root Step 2 Insert the StorNext File System CD into the drive and wait for the hardware to access it VK NOTE If the RedHat Linux CD automatic facility does not automatically mount the CD to mnt cdrom enter mount mnt cdrom to mount the CD Step 3 Change to the Linux directory H cd mnt cdrom StorNextFS linux Step 4 Install the server and client files on your system oetting Up StorNext FS on Linux 5 9 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 e Ifyou use a Uniprocessor system install the server and client files including the word up in the filenames For example it rpm Ivi cvis server 7 3 241710 2 1 1 62 1386 rpm rpm ivh cvfs client 7 3 2417up 2 1 1 62 1386 rpm e Ifyou use a Multiprocessor system install the server and client files including the word smp in the filenames rpm ivh cvfs server 7 3 2419smp 2 1 1 62 1386 rpm rpm ivh cvfis client 7 3 2418smp 2 1 1 62 1386 rpm Add usr cvfs bin to roots search path and usr cvfs man to the MANPATH In the etc profile file modify the ulimit command to
55. les of stripe groups appear in the configuration file Find the stripe group named RegularFiles Edit the Node entries so that all the disk names are listed with each entry followed by a space and then the stripe order number 0 1 2 etc For example StripeGroup RegularFiles Status UP Iype Regular Read Enabled Write Enabled StripeBreadth 64 Node CvfsDisko 0 Node CvfsDiskl 1 Node CvfsDisk2 2 Node CvfsDisk3 3 Step 3 Save name and exit the usr cvfs config lt file system name gt cfg file A NOTE Make sure you have a ile system name gt cfg file for each uniquely named i StorNext File System on the StorNext FS server Step 4 Enable and start the StorNext File System Enter t chkconfig cvfs on k letc init d cvfs start For more information refer to the cvfs man page 4 10 6 00905 01 Rev A Step 5 Initialize StorNext FS Enter cd usr cvfs bin cvmkfs file system name This step cannot be undone and all data on the file system will be AN CAUTION lost so make sure you are ready to initialize the file system before vou proceed Step 6 Create the fsmlist file Enter od J usr CVEis contig t cp examples fsmlist example fsmlist Step 7 Edit usr cvfs config fsmlist so that it contains the names of all StorNext File Systems Client Configuration Step 1 Create the fsnameservers file by copying usr cvfs examples fsnameservers example and renaming it Enter od usr cvfs config
56. llustrates a dedicated setup Dedicated StorNext FS server StorNext FS clients Storage Area Network SAN Figure 2 1 StorNext FS server dedicated setup Getting Started 2 5 Shared Setup In a shared setup the StorNext FS server is also set up as a StorNext FS client with Fibre Channel connectivity to the SAN Figure 2 2 illustrates a shared setup StorNext FS clients TCP IP StorNext FS server 8 StorNext FS client lt gt wem Storage Area Network SAN Figure 2 2 StorNext FS server shared setup 2 6 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS m Im Using Optional Pre Installation Configuration StorNext FS requires the user account www to exist in the passwd file and the group account adic to exist in the group file During installation StorNext FS uses a system utility to create these accounts ifit cannot find them e If you want the system utility to create the accounts skip this section e Ifyou prefer to manually add these accounts use the procedure described below You must not only perform this procedure for each machine on which you install the StorNext FS software but also on each machine that you setup as a client Step 1 Add the user account www Step 2 Addthe group account adic Group Name Members List Getting Started 2 7 m SNFS Summary of Installation Steps The steps listed below summarize the StorNext FS installation pro
57. ms 7 11 Verify the Mounted File System To verify that StorNext FS is correctly mounted on a StorNext FS client Step 1 Ona StorNext FS client log in as root Step 2 Verify the StorNext FS mount on the client Enter df k A status message similar to the following displays File System Type kbytes Use Avail Suse Mounted On dev root xfs 1961936 1756840 205096 90 file system name cvfs 35561472 2103808 33457664 6 mount point Unmount and Remount All File Systems To unmount and remount all StorNext File Systems listed in etc fstab such as for system maintenance or troubleshooting Step 1 On a StorNext FS client log in as root Step 2 Unmountall StorNext File Systems listed in the etc fstab file Enter umount t cvfs Step 3 Remount all StorNext File Systems on a client umount at cvfs Unmount and Remount Specific File System To unmount and remount a specific StorNext FS follow these steps Step 1 On a StorNext FS client log in as root Step 2 Unmount a specific StorNext FS Enter umount mount directory For example umount usr clips 7 12 6 00905 01 Rev A Step 3 Remounta specific StorNext FS on a client Enter mount mount directory For example mount usr clips Reinitialize StorNext FS To reinitialize a StorNext FS Use caution when performing this procedure because it will erase all A CAUTION existing data on the specified StorNext FS Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as ro
58. nameservers so that it contains the hostname or IP address of all StorNext FS servers This file must be identical across all servers and clients For information about failover environments refer to the cv s failover man page Start the System Manually start the StorNext FS server Enter etc init d cvfs start The StorNext FS service files for the new file system are now started and running in the background on the StorNext FS server 6 10 6 00905 01 Rev A Mount StorNext FS on Solaris To mount StorNext FS Step 1 Create the StorNext FS mount directory For example t mkdir usr clips Step 2 Add the uniquely named StorNext FS managed file system to the etc vfstab file Use cvfs as the file system type lt file system name gt usr clips cvfs yes rw threads 6 where mw im lt file system name gt Uniguely named StorNext FS managed file system On startup or reboot ofthe StorNext FS server StorNext FS automatically mounts any file systems listed in the etc vfstab file E NOTE If you do not want a cv s mount point in your v stab file manually start a file i system using the cvadmin command Then mount the file system using the mount command Step 3 Return to Step 1 to repeat this procedure for each StorNext FS client After StorNext FS has been mounted on each client the usr clips directory is available to store and share data Setting Up StorNext FS on Solaris 6 11 6 12 6 00905 01 Rev A m
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60. nd VolServ MSM to provide high performance file migration and management services and to manage automated and manual media libraries including library volumes Stripe group configuration A set of similar storage devices that can be maintained either as a group or as a characteristic of performance All disks in a stripe group must have the same number and size of sectors U Unmanaged file system A file system that never moves any data to the tape storage library 2 6 00905 01 RevA SNFS A ADIC publications 8 1 website 8 1 AIX drive connectivity problems 7 3 error messages 7 3 file system state problems 7 3 patches 7 3 reinitializing file system 7 7 remount all file systems 7 6 remount specific file system 7 6 resolving problems 7 2 unmount all file systems 7 6 unmount specific file system 7 6 verifying file system mount 7 5 verifying setup 7 4 ALX directory StorNext FS files 2 3 assistance customer 8 1 C checking patches AIX 7 3 IRIX 7 10 Linux 7 16 Solaris 7 21 components StorNext FS 2 3 configuration dedicated setup 2 5 configuration file system server 2 5 configuration optional pre installation 2 7 configuration shared setup 2 6 Index connectivity problems AIX 7 3 IRIX 7 9 Linux 7 15 Solaris 7 21 contacting support 8 1 customer assistance 8 1 D disk arrays Fibre Channel 2 12 disk space requirements 2 2 document symbols 1 3 E error messages AIX 7 3 IRIX 7 10 Lin
61. nnectivity problems 7 15 error messages 7 16 file system state problems 7 16 patches 7 16 reinitializing file system 7 19 remount file system 7 18 resolving problems 7 15 unmount file system 7 18 verifying file system mount 7 18 verifying setup 7 17 Linux directory StorNext FS files 2 3 P platforms supported 2 2 power up sequence 2 12 pre installation configuration optional 2 7 publications ADIC 8 1 R reinitializing file system AIX 7 7 IRIX 7 13 Linux 7 19 Solaris 7 24 remount all file systems AIX 7 6 IRIX 7 12 solaris 7 23 Index file system Linux 7 18 specific file system AIX 7 6 IRIX 7 12 Solaris 7 24 requirements disk space 2 2 requirements system 2 2 resolving problems AIX 7 2 IRIX 7 9 Linux 7 15 Solaris 7 20 S Solaris drive connectivity problems 7 21 error messages 7 21 file system state problems 7 21 patches 7 21 reinitializing file system 7 24 remount all file systems 7 23 remount specific file system 7 24 resolving problems 7 20 unmount all file systems 7 23 unmount specific file system 7 24 verifying file system mount 7 23 verifying setup 7 22 Solaris directory StorNext FS files 2 3 StorNext File System about 1 1 StorNext FS files AIX directory 2 3 IRIX directory 2 3 Linux directory 2 3 Solaris directory 2 3 major files 2 3 StorNext FS components 2 3 StorNext FS installation summary 2 8 StorNext Management Suite 1 1 support contacting 8 1 supported platforms 2 2
62. o take or avoid a Failure to take or avoid specified action this action could result in loss of data NOTE Indicates important information No hazardous or ex that helps you make better use of damaging the software consequences Introduction 1 3 adic SNFS Conventions Conventions used throughout this book are listed below Convention Screen text file names program names and mkdir p lt mount point gt commands are in Courier font The root prompt for UNIX is shown as the number tar xvf lt filename gt pound symbol Site specific or user defined variables are enclosed chmod 777 lt mount point gt within greater than and less than characters lt gt A menu name with a greater than character refers Programs gt StorNext File System gt Help to a sequence of menus Books The following items comprise the technical documents supporting StorNext FS installed in a UNIX environment These documents are shipped on CD along with the StorNext FS software e StorNext FS Installation Guide for UNIX Users Provides procedures to install the StorNext FS in a supported UNIX environment e StorNext File System Quick Reference Booklet Summarizes StorNext FS commands syntax options arguments and command examples 1 4 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS acic Online Books The documentation CD accompanying the StorNext FS product contains StorNext FS technical documents as PDF files To view and print t
63. oklet on the back of the second page after the plastic cover 1 To obtain a password follow the registration procedure described on the page where the Registration Code is printed If your Registration Code is not registered navigate to www suse de register and enter in the Registration Code Several prompts display A password will be sent to you Once you provide the Code and Password and click Login the update should launch The update is interactive reguiring an administrator and takes several hours to complete The update is complete when the Installation Successful dialog window displays 6 00905 01 Rev A Step 7 Change directory cd into usr src and create a link to the kernel source Enter cd usr src In s linux 2 4 19 SuSE linux 2 4 Step 8 Change directory cd into linux 2 4 and delete any leftover config files in the directory Copy the original config file into the current directory and re name the cfg file Enter 4 cd linux 2 4 t cp boot vmlinuz config usr src linux 2 4 config Step 9 Configure the kernel build the kernel build the modules and install the modules Enter t make oldconfig make dep bzimage modules modules install Step 10 Copy the kernel into the boot directory Edit the etc sysconfig kernel line that reads INITRD MODULES aacraid reiserfs to include qla2300 Step 11 Create a ramdisk Enter pwd usr src linux 2 4 t cp find name bzImage boot vmlinuz suse grep
64. ollowing platforms IBM AIX SGI IRIX Linux RedHat and SUSE Sun Solaris Windows 2000 and Windows NT This Guide provides instructions to install StorNext FS on supported UNIX platforms AIX IRIX Linux or Solaris For information on installing StorNext FS in a Windows 2000 or NT environment refer to the StorNext Management Suite Installation Guide System Requirements For a list of system requirements and operating system patches refer to the StorNext Management Suite Release Notes Disk Space Requirements To install the StorNext FS in a supported UNIX environment verify that server and client machines have the required amount of hard disk space e Server machines require 350 MB of disk space Client machines require 20 MB of disk space 2 2 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS m Im StorNext FS Components The following components comprise the StorNext FS software e StorNext FS server Runs on a machine designated as the server for all StorNext FS activities The StorNext FS server controls space allocation and regulates meta data operations for all StorNext file systems e StorNext FS client Runs on all machines that access file systems managed by the StorNext FS server The following table lists major StorNext FS files AIX IRIX Linux Solaris Description Directory Directory Directory Directory Base StorNext FS server usr cvfs usr cvfs usr cvfs usr cvfs software Manages files and shar
65. on IRIX 4 2 6 00905 01 Rev A Install StorNext FS on IRIX KA NOTE For upgrade instructions refer to the StorNext Management Suite Release Notes To install StorNext FS on IRIX Step 1 Designate one IRIX machine as the StorNext FS server Step 2 Log onto the machine as root Step 3 Insert the StorNext File System CD into the drive and wait for the hardware to access it Step 4 Mount the CD by associating it with a mount point For example use CDROM as shown in the example in Step 5 Step 5 install StorNext FS using either the inst command or the Software Manager from the desktop e f using the inst command enter the following commands where L list and I all install all and go to Step 13 H inst inst gt f CDROM StorNextFS sgi dist dist65 mf inst gt L inst gt I all inst gt go e f using the Software Manager from the desktop go to Step 6 VK NOTE StorNext FS is shipped as separate installable versions for the maintenance m and feature f releases of IRIX You need to select the correct versions for StorNext FS otherwise you will encounter problems during installation and while running the product Use the uname R command to find the running version of IRIX e f you are using the maintenance version of StorNext FS the version will be listed as 6 5 6 5 16m e f you are using the feature version of StorNext FS the version will be listed as 6 5 6 5 16f Setting Up StorNext FS on IRIX 4 3
66. ot Step 2 Unmount the specific StorNext FS from all clients Step 3 In a system shell window use the File System Administrator utility to stop the specific file system a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Stop the file system Enter stop file system name c Exit cvadmin Enter quit Step 4 Run the StorNext FS initialize utility Enter cvmkfs file system name Step 5 Reinitialize the specific StorNext FS by following the online instructions This step cannot be undone and all data on the file system will be lost A CAUTION so make sure you are ready to initialize the file system before you proceed Resolving Installation Problems 7 13 Step 6 Start the file system using the File System Administrator utility a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Start the file system Enter start file system name c Activate the file system Enter activate file system name d Select the file system Enter select file system name File system configuration status displays e Exit cvadmin Enter guit Step 7 Mount StorNext FS Enter mount mount directory If the configuration status does not display or if the file system does not start check the var adm SYSLOG for errors and check file system name cfg for syntactic or typographical errors 7 14 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS m Im Resolving Problems on Linux To resolve problems with a StorNext FS installation
67. p named RegularFiles Editthe Node entries so that all the disk names are listed with each entry followed by a space and then the stripe order number 0 1 2 etc For example StripeGroup RegularFiles Status UP Iype Regular Read Enabled Write Enabled StripeBreadth 64 Node CvfsDisko 0 Node CvfsDisk1 Node CvfsDisk2 Node CvfsDisk3 Step 3 Save name and exit the usr cvfs config lt file system name gt cfg file A NOTE Make sure you have a lt file system name gt cfg file for each uniquely named 7 StorNext File System on the StorNext FS server Step 4 Verify that smpm is running so that cvmkfs works properly Enter ps ef grep fsmpm Setting Up StorNext FS on Solaris 6 9 Step 5 Initialize StorNext FS Enter cd usr cvfs bin cvmkfs file system name H cp examples fsmlist example fsmlist This step cannot be undone and all data on the file system will be A CAUTION lost so make sure you are ready to initialize the file system before vou proceed Step 6 Create the fsmlist file Enter cd usr cvfs config H cp examples fsmlist example fsmlist Step 7 Edit usr cvfs config fsmlist so that it contains the names of all StorNext File Systems Client Configuration Step 1 Create the fsnameservers file by copying usr cvfs examples fsnameservers example and renaming it Enter H cd usr cvfs config H cp examples fsnameservers example fsnameservers Step 2 Edit usr cvfs config fs
68. roperly To correct the etc hosts entry edit the file so that the system name is attached to the Ethernet card For example if the IP address for the system name snpc4 is 172 16 50 39 the host file should read 127 0 0 1 localhost localdomain localhost 172 16 50 39 snpc4 good Step2 Run the StorNext FS host identifier utility on the server Enter H usr cvfs bin cvfsid Output from this utility for system name snpc4 looks similar to this EO290E3F83 linux 0 snpc4 The hexadecimal number is unique to the server and host name should match the server s host name This number is known as the ID string Step 3 Email the ID string number of client machines to ATAC at support adic com and product serial number to ATAC at support adic com If you do not have email access contact ATAC at 1 800 827 3822 An ATAC Technical Support representative will provide a license dat file Step 4 Place license dat in the usr cvfs config directory on the server SA NOTE If you have a temporary StorNext license first remove the temporary license file before replacing it with the permanent license file oetting Up StorNext FS on Linux 5 11 Label Drives on Linux You must label each drive to be used by StorNext FS A new drive needs to be labeled only one time Drive labeling can be performed from any StorNext client that has a Fibre Channel connection to the drive The process of disk labeling re partitions the drives If you select an A CAU
69. rs where the disks are set use the cvlabel 1 command If you are using disk devices that do not have the same number of sectors then several disk types can be specified to handle each common number of sectors DISK section Identifies the disk drive that is labeled and available to StorNext FS A disk type describes a category of disks with a capacity specified in number of sectors The following parts comprise a disk definition e The required keyword Disk preceded by the open bracket symbol and followed by the closed bracket symbol e On the next line the words Status UP e On the next line the required keyword Type and the name of the disk type assigned to the disk definition The name of the disk must match the label name of the drive as displayed by the cvlabel 1 command This is how the label names of the Fibre Channel disks are associated with a StorNext FS For example Disk CvfsDisk0 Status UP UP DOWN Type 9GB drive ff A type defined in a DiskType Section STRIPEGROUP DEFINITION section Describes a group of disks that comprise a stripe group One or more stripe groups describe the entire file system A stripe group is the smallest entity that can be manipulated by a system administrator using the File System Administration utility cvadmin mA NOTE All disks defined in any given stripe group must have the same number of sectors i as reported by cvlabel 1 Setting Up StorNext FS on IRIX 4 9 Examp
70. rver and host name should match the server s host name This number is known as the ID string Step 2 Email the ID string and the number of client machines to ATAC at support adic com If you cannot access email call ATAC for assistance at 1 800 827 3822 An ATAC Technical Support representative will provide a license dat file Step 3 Place license dat in the usr cvfs config directory on the server vA NOTE If you have a temporary StorNext license first remove the temporary license file i before replacing it with the permanent license file Setting Up StorNext FS on IRIX 4 5 Label Drives on IRIX You must label each drive to be used by StorNext FS A new drive needs to be labeled only one time Drive labeling can be performed from any StorNext client that has a Fibre Channel connection to the drive The process of disk labeling re partitions the drives If you select an A CAUTION incorrect drive you may lose data To label a drive Step 1 From the system prompt on any StorNext FS client display a list of connected drives Enter H usr cvfs bin cvlabel 1 Step 2 From the output information identify any drives that are unused or do not have a recognized Volume Type and write down their associated device names Identify any drives that already contain a recognized Volume Type A CAUTION po not write a label to these drives or you may lose data Step 3 Create usr cvfs config cvlabels from the copy of the StorNext FS label file
71. ry If the configuration status does not display or if the file system does not start check the var adm messages for errors and check file system name cfg for syntactic or typographical errors Resolving Installation Problems 7 25 7 26 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS acic Customer Assistance ADIC provides the following types of customer assistance for the StorNext File System StorNext FS Contacting Support If problems cannot be solved with the aid of this document or the online help or if training is desired contact ADIC Technical Assistance Center ATAC In the USA 800 827 3822 Outside the USA toll free 00 800 9999 3822 Internet support adic com Publications The software distribution CDs contain all StorNext Management Suite SNMS documentation in Adobe Acrobat Reader format The Reader is available for download free of charge from Adobe Inc at www adobe com Additional information about SNMS and other ADIC products is available on our website at www adic com Customer Assistance 8 1 8 2 6 00905 01 Rev A SNMS sadic Glossary A ATAC ADIC Technical Assistance Center The ADIC customer help desk F FC Fibre Channel A high speed data transfer architecture for storage area networks SANs G GUI Graphical User Interface A program interface that takes advantage of the computer s graphics capabilities to make the program easier to use Managed file system A file system
72. s 4 Mirror Groups 0 Fs Blocks Fs Blocks Free Step 3 Verify that the number of StorNext FS clients configured during this installation matches the number of StorNext FS clients shown in the Active Clients field Resolving Installation Problems 7 17 Verify the Mounted File System To verify that StorNext FS is correctly mounted on a StorNext FS client Step 1 Ona StorNext FS client log in as root Step 2 Verify the StorNext FS mount on the client Enter df k A status message similar to the following displays File System Type kbytes Use Avail Suse Mounted On dev root xfs 1961936 1756840 205096 90 FSS name cvfs 35561472 2103808 33457664 6 mount point Unmount and Remount the File System To unmount and remount all StorNext File Systems listed in etc fstab such as for system maintenance or troubleshooting Step 1 Ona StorNext FS client log in as root Step 2 Unmount all StorNext File Systems listed in the etc fstab file Enter leto rc d initid evts Stop Step 3 Remount all StorNext File Systems on a client Enter umount t cvfs file system name mount point 7 18 6 00905 01 Rev A Reinitialize StorNext FS To reinitialize a StorNext FS such as after making configuration changes Use caution when performing this procedure because it will erase all A CAUTION existing data on the specified StorNext FS Step 1 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Unmountthe specific StorNext FS from all clients
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75. stem administrators It assumes the system administrators have a strong familiarity with the following items e The appropriate operating system a supported UNIX environment AIX IRIX RedHat or SuSE Linux or Solaris e Applications running in their site environment Introduction 1 1 adic SNFS How This Book is Organized This book contains the following chapters 1 2 Chapter 2 Getting Started Component descriptions and summary of installation steps Chapter 3 Setting Up StorNext FS on AIX Instructions for installing and configuring the StorNext File System Chapter 4 Setting Up StorNext FS on IRIX Instructions for installing and configuring the StorNext File System Chapter 5 Setting Up StorNext FS on Linux Instructions for installing and configuring the StorNext File System Chapter 6 Setting Up StorNext FS on Solaris What to do if you have trouble with the installation process Chapter 7 Resolving Installation Problems Describes how to resolve problems installing StorNext FS Chapter 8 Customer Assistance Provides information on different types of customer assistance available for StorNext FS 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS acic Explanation of Symbols The following symbols indicate important information Advises you to take or avoid a Failure to take or avoid A specified action this action could result in physical harm to the user or hardware CAUTION Advises you t
76. symbols in document explanations 1 3 system requirements 2 2 W U unmount all file systems ALX 7 6 IRIX 7 12 solaris 7 23 file system Linux 7 18 specific file system ALX 7 6 IRIX 7 12 Solaris 7 24 utility File System Administrator 7 8 7 14 7 20 7 25 V verifying file system mount SNFS ALX 7 5 IRIX 7 12 Linux 7 18 Solaris 7 23 verifying setup AIX 7 4 IRIX 7 11 Linux 7 17 Solaris 7 22 Website ADIC 8 1 6 0090501 Rev A
77. t symbol e On the next line the required keyword Sectors and the value of sectors in terms of 012 bytes per sector for the disk type For example DiskType ST318202FC Sectors 35563520 SectorSize 512 The SectorSize should reflect the Sector Format Size of the disk drives for example 512 4096 8192 16384 To obtain the number of sectors where the disks are set use the cvlabel 1 command If you are using disk devices that do not have the same number of sectors then several disk types can be specified to handle each common number of sectors oetting Up StorNext FS on AIX 3 7 DISK section Identifies the disk drive that is labeled and available to StorNext FS A disk type describes a category of disks with a capacity specified in number of sectors The following parts comprise a disk definition e The required keyword Di sk preceded by the open bracket symbol and followed by the closed bracket symbol e On the next line the words Status UP e On the next line the required keyword Type and the name of the disk type assigned to the disk definition The name of the disk must match the label name of the drive as displayed by the cvlabel 1 command This is how the label names of the Fibre Channel disks are associated with a StorNext FS For example Disk CvfsDisk0 Status UP UP DOWN Type 9GB drive A type defined in a DiskType Section STRIPEGROUP DEFINITION section Describes a group of d
78. tees 7 11 Verify the Mounted File System 7 12 Reinitialize StorNext FS LLLL ees 7 13 Resolving Problems on Linux L Le 7 15 Check Drive Connectivity anana aaa aaea eee eee eee 7 15 Verify File System is Active LL s 7 16 Check Error Messages nunueueneaeaeaeaana nne 7 16 Check LINUX PALEMES iu ea uox sa awaa aas a Eae amm DR ea cette Gee aed 7 16 Verify the StorNext FS Setup LLL eee eee 7 17 Verify the Mounted File System 7 18 Reinitialize StorNext FS rrereaenena naene ned 7 19 4 6 00905 01 Rev A Resolving Problems on Solaris nnana naaa aaa 7 20 Check Drive Connectivity Le 7 21 Verify File System is Active LLLL eee rn 7 21 Check Error Messages nn neuenenenananaenea 7 21 Check Solaris Patches vnenenena nan enea 7 21 Verify the StorNext FS Setup rereaeea nne 7 22 Verify the Mounted File System 7 23 Reinitialize StorNext FS nenenanana naene eee 7 24 Customer Assistance Contacung SUPPONI su gaster rex Estee E Gah asu Ka ml bore di Mead LET reed hous 8 1 FUDICANONS aste cou od orien aod TE a oe bedi ee A A oe eee Be e
79. that enables automatic data movement between the tape library and disk storage Glossary 1 surs S SAN Storage Area Network A SAN is a dedicated high performance network whose primary purpose is the transfer of data along FC or high speed Ethernet connections between servers interconnect devices and storage peripherals SNMS StorNext Management Suite A scalable high performance data management solution that ensures the long term safety and recoverability of data in SAN environments while optimizing the use of storage resources The result is high speed data sharing improved productivity and reduced network bottlenecks It consists of two components the StorNext Storage Manager StorNext SM and the StorNext File System StorNext FS StorNext FS StorNext File System One of the two components comprising the StorNext Management Suite StorNext FS uses the functionality of a product formerly known as CentraVision DSM to primarily provide Fibre Channel FC connections but can also support other types of connections in a serverless environment that enable heterogeneous clients to access data and share files Although StorNext FS is the core file system technology used in SNMS ADIC supports StorNext FS as a standalone product StorNext SM StorNext Storage Manager One of two main components comprising the StorNext Management Suite StorNext SM com bines the functionality of two products known as FileServ TSM a
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81. to as the StorNext FS server Select the machines to run the StorNext FS client component These machines are referred to as the StorNext FS clients Install the appropriate StorNext FS software components on the selected machines For instructions Refer to Install StorNext FS on AIX on page 3 3 e Refer to Install StorNext FS on IRIX on page 4 3 e Refer to Install StorNext FS on Linux on page 5 9 e Refer to Install StorNext FS on Solaris on page 6 3 Generate a host ID string for the StorNext FS server and email this information to supporte adic com Customer Support will respond with a license For instructions e Refer to Obtain License for AIX Server on page 3 4 e Refer to Obtain License for IRIX Server on page 4 5 e Refer to Obtain License for Linux Server on page 5 11 e Refer to Obtain License for Solaris Server on page 6 4 2 9 Label all the Fibre Channel disk drives used by StorNext FS For instructions e Refer to Label Drives on AIX on page 3 5 e Refer to Label Drives on IRIX on page 4 6 Refer to Label Drives on Linux on page 5 12 e Refer to Label Drives on Solaris on page 6 4 The StorNext FS server maintains operation and file structure integrity of the shared StorNext File Systems Configure the StorNext FS software for all machines For instructions e Refer to Configure StorNext FS Software on AIX on page 3 7 Refer to Configure StorNext FS Software on IRIX on page 4 8 e Refer to Conf
82. uration changes Use caution when performing this procedure because it will erase all AN CAUTION existing data on the specified StorNext FS Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 7 24 On the StorNext FS server log in as root Unmount the specific StorNext FS from all clients In a system shell window use the File System Administrator utility to stop the specific file system a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Stop the file system Enter stop file system name c Exit cvadmin Enter guit 6 00905 01 Rev A Step 4 If you want to change file system parameters and global settings edit and save the usr cvfs config file system name cfg file Step 5 Run the StorNext FS initialize utility Enter cvmkfs file system name Step 6 Reinitialize the specific StorNext FS by following the online instructions This step cannot be undone and all data on the file system will be lost A CAUTION so make sure you are ready to initialize the file system before you proceed Step 7 Start the file system using the File System Administrator utility a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin oeveral status messages display b Start the file system Enter start file system name c Activate the file system Enter activate file system name d Select the file system Enter select file system name File system configuration status displays e Exit cvadmin Enter quit Step8 Mount StorNext FS Enter mount mount directo
83. utility to stop the specific file system a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Stoprthe file system Enter stop file system name c Exit cvadmin Enter guit Step 4 Run the StorNext FS initialize utility Enter cvmkfs file system name Step 5 Reinitialize the specific StorNext FS by following the online instructions This step cannot be undone and all data on the file system will be lost A CAUTION so make sure you are ready to initialize the file system before you proceed Resolving Installation Problems 7 7 Step 6 Start the file system using the File System Administrator utility a Start cvadmin Enter cvadmin Several status messages display b Start the file system Enter start file system name c Activate the file system Enter activate file system name d Select the file system Enter select file system name The file system configuration status displays e Exit cvadmin Enter guit Step 7 Mount StorNext FS Enter mount mount directory If the configuration status does not display or if the file system does not start check the system log for errors and check file system name cfg for syntactic or typographical errors 7 8 6 00905 01 Rev A SNFS m Im Resolving Problems with IRIX To resolve problems with a StorNext FS installation on IRIX Check Drive Connectivity Step 1 On the StorNext File System StorNext FS server log in as root Step 2 Check for access
84. ux 7 16 Solaris 7 21 F fabric switches Fibre Channel 2 12 Fibre Channel disk arrays 2 12 fabric hubs enabling 2 12 fabric switches enabling 2 12 file system reinitializing 7 7 7 13 7 19 7 24 File System Administrator utility 7 8 7 14 7 20 1 25 file system server configuration 2 5 file system server configuring a dedicated setup 2 5 file system server configuring a shared set up 2 6 file system state problems AIX 7 3 IRIX 7 10 Linux 7 16 Solaris 7 21 files StorNext FS 2 3 H help contact information 8 1 hubs Fibre Channel 2 12 installation problems checking error messages AIX 7 3 IRIX 7 10 Linux 7 16 Solaris 7 21 checking patches ALX 7 3 IRIX 7 10 Linux 7 16 Solaris 7 21 drive connectivity AIX 7 3 IRIX 7 9 Linux 7 15 Solaris 7 21 SNFS file system state ALX 7 3 IRIX 7 10 Linux 7 16 Solaris 7 21 verifying file system mount ALX 7 5 IRIX 7 12 Linux 7 18 Solaris 7 23 verifying file system setup AIX 7 4 IRIX 7 11 Linux 7 17 Solaris 7 22 installation summary 2 8 IRIX drive connectivity problems 7 9 error messages 7 10 file system state problems 7 10 patches 7 10 reinitializing file system 7 13 remount all file systems 7 12 remount specific file system 7 12 resolving problems 7 9 unmount all file systems 7 12 unmount specific file system 7 12 verifying file system mount 7 12 verifying setup 7 11 IRIX directory StorNext FS files 2 3 6 0090501 Rev A SNFS L Linux drive co
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86. y a system administrator using the File System Administration utility cvadmin VK NOTE All disks defined in any given stripe group must have the same sector size and number of sectors as listed in the DiskType section oetting Up StorNext FS on Linux 5 15 Examples of stripe groups appear in the configuration file Find the stripe group named RegularFiles Edit the Node entries so that all the disk names are listed with each entry followed by a space and then the stripe order number 0 1 2 etc For example StripeGroup RegularFiles Status UP Read Enabled Write Enabled StripeBreadth 16 Node CvfsDisk12 0 Node CvfsDisk13 1 Step 3 Save the configuration file A NOTE Make sure you have a ile system name gt cfg file for each uniquely named i StorNext File System on the StorNext FS server Step 4 Launchthe StorNext FS software Enter etc init d cvfs start Step 5 Initialize each StorNext FS Once this command has been executed all data on the file system A CAUTION will be lost Do not initialize the file system until you are ready to proceed For example t cd usr cvfs bin cvmkfs projA Step 6 Create the file system list fsmlist Enter cd usr ovfs config t cp examples fsmlist example fsmlist 5 16 6 00905 01 Rev A Step 7 Inthe fsmlist file add the names of all of the StorNext File Systems Step 8 Create a nameserver list by copying the usr cvfs examples fsnameservers example to t

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