The dlmsetboot Utility for Assisting Configuration of an
HDLM Boot Disk Environment
This utility automates part of the tasks for configuring a boot disk
environment in a Solaris 9 or later environment. Note that this utility cannot
be used in an environment in which cluster software and a volume manager
are used.
Format
/opt/DynamicLinkManager/bin/dlmsetboot -d special-file-name
Parameters
-d post-migration-boot-disk-device-name
Specifies the HDLM device name of the post-migration boot disk.
Notes
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You cannot concurrently execute more than one dlmsetboot utility on the
same host. In addition, you cannot execute this utility with another HDLM
utility at the same time.
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Before executing the dlmsetboot utility, make sure that the dlmsetboot
utility or other HDLM utilities are not being executed by other users.
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This utility can be executed when all of the following conditions are
satisfied:
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The dlmsetboot utility fails if an error occurs on all the paths to the
migration destination device. Therefore, before using the dlmsetboot
utility, make sure that no path error has occurred.
The dlmsetconf Utility for Creating the HDLM Driver
Configuration Definition File
This dlmsetconf utility obtains device information retained by Solaris, and
defines the storage system's sd or ssd device entries in the HDLM driver
The utility is executed by a user who has root permissions.
The boot disk in the post-migration environment is an HDLM device.
The boot disk in the pre-migration environment has already created a
UFS file system.
The boot disk in the pre-migration environment is different from the
one in the post-migration environment.
The partition size of the boot disk in the post-migration environment
is equal to or larger than the partition size of the boot disk in the pre-
migration environment.
Utility Reference
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager User Guide (for Solaris(R))
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