Array Support Library and Array Policy Module for IBM DS4xxx, IBM DS3xxx Series Arrays and IBM DS5100 in Active-Passive Concurrent(A/P-C) and Active-Passive Explicit Failover(A/P-F) mode on Veritas Volume Manager (tm) 5.0MP3 for Solaris Sparc.
| Article:TECH72575 | | | Created: 2009-01-21 | | | Updated: 2010-01-21 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH72575 |
Problem
Array Support Library and Array Policy Module for IBM DS4xxx, IBM DS3xxx Series Arrays and IBM DS5100 in Active-Passive Concurrent(A/P-C) and Active-Passive Explicit Failover(A/P-F) mode on Veritas Volume Manager (tm) 5.0MP3 for Solaris Sparc.
Solution
This TechFile
provides information on the Array Support Library (ASL) and Array Policy module
(APM) for IBM DS4xxx, IBM DS3xxx Series Arrays and IBM DS5100 in Active-Passive
Concurrent(A/P-C) and Active-Passive Explicit Failover(A/P-F) mode on Veritas
Volume Manager (tm) 5.0 MP3 for Solaris Sparc.
For general
information about ASLs, see TechNote
http://support.veritas.com/docs/249446
ASL Package
Name: VRTSLSIasl
ASL Package
Description: LSI MultiVID Array Support Library
ASL Package
version: 1.0,REV=10.19.2008.18.40
APM Package
Name: VRTSLSIapm
APM Package
Description: Veritas Array Policy Module for LSI multiVID
APM Package
version: 1.3,REV=04.20.2009.18.36
Supported
versions of Veritas Volume Manager: 5.0 MP3
Supported
Arrays: IBM DS4xxx series of Arrays (DS4100, DS4300, DS4400, DS4500, DS4700
and DS4800), IBM DS3xxx series (DS3200, DS3300 and DS3400) and IBM
DS5100.
Note:
1. The APM is
used only when the array is configured in Active-Passive Explicit Failover
Mode(A/P-F). Contact Array vendor for Array settings.
2. Before
installing this ASL package, Please remove any external ASL packages that are
installed on this system for SUN 2540, SUN 6130, SUN 6140, SUN 6540, STK 6540
and Flexline 200/300 series. Please refer to following example to remove
VRTSSTK2540 and VRTSSTKasl.
#
pkginfo | egrep "VRTSST2540|VRTSSTKasl" | awk '{ print $2
}'
Then use
"pkgrm" to remove the above packages.
3. SUN2510
is only supported in SFHA environment. Fencing is not currently supported on
SUN2510.
4. If MPxIO is
enabled, devices under MPxIO will be claimed as Active/Active (A/A) by the
ASL.
Installation
Instructions:
Before adding
any ASL package, ensure Veritas Volume Manager is installed and
enabled:
#
vxdctl mode
mode:
enabled
1. At the
bottom of this TechFile, click on Download Now to download the ASL and
APM tar package into /tmp/asl_apm
#
mkdir /tmp/asl_apm
#
cd /tmp/asl_apm
2. After
downloading VRTSLSIaslapm_Solaris_sparc_5.0_4.0.tar_328432.gz, verify the
cksum of the file
#
cksum VRTSLSIaslapm_Solaris_sparc_5.0_4.0.tar_328432.gz
1296112796
26182 VRTSLSIaslapm_Solaris_sparc_5.0_4.0.tar_328432.gz
3. Uncompress
the file and extract the packages
#
gunzip VRTSLSIaslapm_Solaris_sparc_5.0_4.0.tar_328432.gz
#
tar xvf VRTSLSIaslapm_Solaris_sparc_5.0_4.0.tar_328432
4. Install the
ASL using pkgadd
#
pkgadd -d . VRTSLSIasl
5. Install the
APM using pkgadd
#
pkgadd -d . VRTSLSIapm
6. Verify
package information
ASL Package
Information
#
pkginfo -l VRTSLSIasl
PKGINST
: VRTSLSIasl
NAME :
LSI MultiVID Array Support Library
CATEGORY:
system
ARCH :
sparc
VERSION
: 1.0,REV=10.19.2008.18.40
BASEDIR
: /etc/vx
VENDOR :
VERITAS Software
DESC :
LSI MultiVID Array Support library
PSTAMP :
VERSION-1.0:19-October-2008
INSTDATE:
Jul 17 2009 18:36
HOTLINE
: 800-342-0652
EMAIL
: support@veritas.com
STATUS :
completely installed
FILES
: 5 installed pathnames
3
shared pathnames
3
directories
2
executables
40
blocks used (approx)
APM Package
Information
#
pkginfo -l VRTSLSIapm
PKGINST
: VRTSLSIapm
NAME :
LSI MultiVID Array Policy Module
CATEGORY:
system
ARCH :
sparc
VERSION
: 1.3,REV=04.20.2009.18.36
BASEDIR
: /
VENDOR :
VERITAS Software
DESC :
LSI MultiVID Array Policy Module
PSTAMP :
VERSION-1.3:20-April-2009
INSTDATE:
Jul 17 2009 18:36
HOTLINE
: 800-342-0652
EMAIL
: support@veritas.com
STATUS :
completely installed
FILES
: 21 installed pathnames
9
shared pathnames
9
directories
12
executables
333
blocks used (approx)
7. After the
packages are installed, execute the vxdctl enable command to claim the disk
array(s)
#
vxdctl enable
Note: In
some cases, it has been reported that the installation of the ASL does not take
effect, and vxdctl enable does not claim the enclosure and devices. In such
cases, you can execute the vxconfigd -k command in addition to vxdctl
enable.
8. After
executing vxdctl enable and/or vxconfigd -k, verify the output of the vxddladm
command as follows:
#
vxddladm listsupport libname=libvxlsiall.so
ATTR_NAME
ATTR_VALUE
=================================================================================================
LIBNAME
libvxlsiall.so
VID
IBM, SUN, STK
SGI,
LSI, ENGENIO
PID
All
ARRAY_TYPE A/P-C,
A/PF-LSI, A/A
ARRAY_NAME DS4300-,
DS4100-, FAStT500-
FAStT200,
DS4500-, DS4400
IBM-FAStT,
DS4800-, DS4700-
DS5100,
DS3400, DS3200
DS3300,
SUN6130-, SUN6140-
SUN6540-,
ST2540-, SUN2510-
SUN2530-,
SUN2530-, ST6580_6780-
STK-ARRAY,
D280, D220
D240,
D178, FLEXLINE
Sun
6540, LSI-, TP9300-
TP9400-,
TP9500-, TP9700-
IS500-,
IS4600-, ENGENIO-
9. Verify the
ASL library version
#
vxddladm listversion libname=libvxlsiall.so
libvxlsiall.so
has version string: vm-5.0-rev-4. VXVM version: 5.0
10. If array is
configured in A/P-F mode, then verify that APM is in Active state
#
vxdmpadm listapm dmpEngenio
Filename:
dmpEngenio
APM
name:
dmpEngenio
APM
version: 1
Feature: VxVM
VxVM
version: 50
Array
Types Supported: A/PF-LSI
Depending
Array Types: A/P
State: Active
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