Veritas volume manager install

For operations that require a disk group, the system-wide default disk group will be used if the VxVM command is not specified with the -g option.

The main benefit of creating a default disk group is that VxVM commands default to the default disk group and you will not need to use the -g option. To verify the default disk group after it has been created, enter the command:. Note VxVM does not allow you use the following names for the default disk group because they are reserved words: bootdg , defaultdg and nodg.

At this stage, the installation of VxVM is complete. To carry out further tasks such as disk encapsulation or initialization, please see the Veritas Volume Manager System Administrator's Guide. If a disk fails and needs replacement, you can use this information to restore the disk partition configuration. For more information, see the prtvtoc 1M man page. An archived backup of your cluster configuration facilitates easier recovery of the your cluster configuration.

After a disk group is registered as a device group, you should never import or deport that VxVM disk group by using VxVM commands. The Sun Cluster software can handle all cases where device groups need to be imported or deported. Use VxVM commands to administer local disk groups as you would in a nonclustered system. If the output of the cldevicegroup status command includes any local disk groups, the displayed disk groups are not configured correctly for local-only access. Return to How to Create a Disk Group to reconfigure the local disk group.

Determine from the following list the next task to perform that applies to your cluster configuration. If you need to perform more than one task from this list, go to the first of those tasks in this list. Install third-party applications, register resource types, set up resource groups, and configure data services.

Ensure that only Solaris root file systems are present on the root disk. Back up and remove from the root disk any file systems other than Solaris root file systems that reside on the root disk.

Unmount the global-devices file system for this node, where N is the node ID number that is returned in Step 3. Remove from the root disk group the VxVM volume that corresponds to the global-devices file system. Do not store data other than device entries for global devices in the global-devices file system. All data in the global-devices file system is destroyed when you remove the VxVM volume.

Only data that is related to global devices entries is restored after the root disk is unencapsulated. Use the format 1M command to add a Mbyte partition to the root disk to use for the global-devices file system. Set up a file system on the partition that you created in Step 8. From one node of the cluster, repopulate the global-devices file system with device nodes for any raw-disk devices and Solaris Volume Manager devices.

On each node, verify that the cldevice populate command has completed processing before you proceed to the next step. The cldevice populate command executes remotely on all nodes, even through the command is issued from just one node.

To determine whether the cldevice populate command has completed processing, run the following command on each node of the cluster. Planning Volume Management Optional Determine how you will create the root disk group on each node. Access to a node's root disk group must be restricted to only that node. Remote nodes must never access data stored in another node's root disk group. Whenever possible, configure the root disk group for each node on a nonshared disk.

Sun Cluster software supports the following methods to configure the root disk group. See your VxVM installation documentation for more information. Before You Begin Perform the following tasks: Ensure that all nodes in the cluster are running in cluster mode.

Have available your VxVM installation documentation. Become superuser on a cluster node that you intend to install with VxVM. Run the clvxvm utility in noninteractive mode.

See your VxVM documentation for information about how to add a license. On a node that is installed with VxVM, determine the vxio major number setting. Otherwise, proceed to Step Note — A root disk group is optional. Reboot each node on which you installed VxVM. Note — If your root disk uses ZFS, you can only create a root disk group on local nonroot disks. Become superuser on a node that you installed with VxVM.

Encapsulate the UFS root disk. Repeat for any other node on which you installed VxVM. Otherwise, go to Creating Disk Groups in a Cluster. How to Create a Root Disk Group on a Nonroot Disk Use this procedure to create a root disk group by encapsulating or initializing local disks other than the root disk. Before You Begin If the disks are to be encapsulated, ensure that each disk has at least two slices with 0 cylinders.

Hi, Really helpful post…. Here you go. Dear Lingesh, i got following error while install vxvm, CPI error V cannot resolve hostname node1. Hi Lingeswaran nice doc , is there any vxvm software which is supporting solaris 10 bit. Please guide me in this case. Hi Lingesh, I am not able install vertitas volume manager.

Really appreciated!! I went through all your blogs and your work is really appreciated. Note that the order specified is siginificant in that the VRTSvlic package must be first, the VRTSvxvm package must be second, and then any remaining packages: pkgadd -d. Processing package information. Processing system information. Verifying disk space requirements.

Checking for conflicts with packages already installed.