Dlmmkinitrd Utility For Supporting A Boot Disk; Format; For Red Hat Enterprise Linux As4/Es4 Or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - Hitachi XP P9500 User Manual

dlmcfgmgr utility with the -r parameter specified, the HDLM partition
information will be lost from /proc/partitions. To restore the
information, follow these steps:
a
.
b
.
c
.
d
.
• If you execute the dlmcfgmgr utility with the -r parameter specified while
all paths connecting to the HDLM device are disconnected, the HDLM
partition information will be lost from /proc/partitions. To restore the
HDLM partition information, follow these steps:
a
.
b
.
Notes (when using Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
• if you perform either of the operations below, the message KAPL05023-E
will be output to the syslog. However, HDLM operations are not affected.
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dlmmkinitrd Utility for Supporting a Boot Disk

This utility creates an initial RAM disk image file for using an HDLM device as
a boot disk.
Note that, for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the dlmmkinitrd unitily is not
installed. To create an initial RAM disk image file in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6, use the dracut command.

Format

For Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4/ES4 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

/opt/DynamicLinkManager/bin/dlmmkinitrd
Delete the SCSI device you just added.
Dynamically add the SCSI device once again.
Execute the online operation to place the device path online.
Execute the dlmcfgmgr utility with the -r parameter specified.
Connect the path and place the device online.
Execute blockdev --rereadpt HDLM-device to update the partition
information.
The dlmcfgmgr utility is executed with the -r parameter specified
while one or more unpartitioned SCSI devices exist
The dlmcfgmgr utility is executed with the -i parameter specified for
an unpartitioned HDLM device
[-v]
[-f]
[-fstab fstab-name]
initrd-image
kernel-version
Utility Reference
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager User Guide (for Linux(R))
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