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Settings for Using a Logical Volume (LVM2) on an HDLM Device as a Boot Disk
To migrate a single-path boot disk environment that uses a logical volume
(LVM2) on a SCSI device to a multi-path boot disk environment that uses a
logical volume on an HDLM device (for details, see
Logical Volume (LVM2) on an HDLM Device as a Boot Disk on page
1 Check whether LABEL is used. If it is, remove it.
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To use HDLM, you must remove the LABEL setting, because a SCSI device
cannot be identified from the value set in LABEL in an HDLM environment.
See steps 1 to 9 in
HDLM Device as a Boot Disk on page
2 Install HDLM.
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See step 10 in
Device as a Boot Disk on page
3 Edit the configuration file to change the definition such that the HDLM
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device can be used as a boot disk.
After editing the configuration file, restart the host to activate the setting.
See steps 11 to 27 in
HDLM Device as a Boot Disk on page
After completing the above procedure, you can migrate to a multi-path boot
disk environment that uses a logical volume on an HDLM device.
Upgrade Installation in an Environment Where a Logical Volume (LVM2) on an

HDLM Device Is Used as a Boot Disk

To perform an upgrade installation of HDLM in a multi-path boot disk
environment that uses a logical volume (LVM2) on an HDLM device (for
details, see
(LVM2) on an HDLM Device Is Used as a Boot Disk on page
1 Edit the configuration file to change the definition so that the OS will start
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with a SCSI device specified.
In the definition before the change, the OS starts with HDLM specified.
See steps 1 to 20 in
Logical Volume (LVM2) on an HDLM Device Is Used as a Boot Disk on
page
2 Perform an upgrade installation of HDLM.
.
See step 21 in
Volume (LVM2) on an HDLM Device Is Used as a Boot Disk on page
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3 Change the definition such that the HDLM device can be used as a boot
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disk.

Restore the configuration file to its state before the upgrade installation
was performed. See steps 22 to 38 in
Environment Where a Logical Volume (LVM2) on an HDLM Device Is Used
as a Boot Disk on page
Settings for Using a Logical Volume (LVM2) on an
Settings for Using a Logical Volume (LVM2) on an HDLM
Settings for Using a Logical Volume (LVM2) on an
Upgrade Installation in an Environment Where a Logical Volume
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Creating an HDLM Environment
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