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Path Status Transition.....................................................................................2-19
The Online Path Status..........................................................................2-19
The Offline Path Status..........................................................................2-19
Status Transitions of a Path....................................................................2-20
Intermittent Error Monitoring (Functionality When Automatic Failback Is Used).........2-21
Checking Intermittent Errors............................................................................2-22
Setting Up Intermittent Error Monitoring...........................................................2-22
Intermittent Error Monitoring Actions...............................................................2-22
When an Intermittent Error Occurs.........................................................2-22
When an Intermittent Error Does Not Occur............................................2-23
When the Conditions for an Intermittent Error Are Changed During Error
Monitoring............................................................................................2-24
When a User Changes the Intermittent Error Information..................................2-25
Detecting Errors by Using Path Health Checking......................................................2-27
Error Management................................................................................................2-27
Types of Collected Logs...................................................................................2-28
Filtering of Error Information...........................................................................2-30
Collecting Error Information Using the Utility for Collecting HDLM Error Information
(DLMgetras)...................................................................................................2-31
Collecting Audit Log Data.......................................................................................2-31
Categories and Audit Events that HDLM Can Output to the Audit Log.................2-33
Requirements for Outputting Audit Log Data.....................................................2-36
Destination and Filtering of Audit Log Data.......................................................2-36
Audit Log Data Formats...................................................................................2-37
Integrated HDLM management using Global Link Manager.......................................2-39
Cluster Support.....................................................................................................2-40
3 Creating an HDLM Environment............................................................. 3-1
HDLM System Requirements....................................................................................3-3
Hosts and OSs Supported by HDLM................................................................... 3-3
Storage Systems Supported by HDLM................................................................ 3-3
Storage Systems..................................................................................... 3-3
HBAs......................................................................................................3-4
When Handling Intermediate Volumes Managed by Hitachi RapidXchange...3-5
Cluster Software Supported by HDLM.................................................................3-5
Volume Manager Supported by HDLM................................................................ 3-6
Combinations of Cluster Software and Volume Managers Supported by HDLM.......3-7
For the Sun Cluster or VCS Environment................................................... 3-7
When Creating an Oracle9i RAC Environment..........................................3-10
When Creating an Oracle RAC 10g Environment......................................3-11
When Creating an Oracle RAC 11g Environment......................................3-24
Virtualization Environments Supported by HDLM...............................................3-30
Memory and Disk Capacity Requirements.........................................................3-31
Memory Requirements...........................................................................3-32
Disk Capacity Requirements...................................................................3-32
The Number of Paths Supported in HDLM.........................................................3-32
Flow for Creating an HDLM Environment.................................................................3-33
HDLM Installation Types........................................................................................3-34
Notes on Creating an HDLM Environment...............................................................3-35
Notes on Hardware Settings............................................................................3-35
Notes on Installation.......................................................................................3-36
Notes on Related Software..............................................................................3-40
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