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When using Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS4/ES4 or SUSE LINUX

Enterprise Server:
You must first remove HDLM before updating the kernel package, and

then re-install it after the update. Note that removing and re-installing

HDLM might change the correspondence between HDLM devices and

SCSI devices.

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To update the kernel package in an environment that satisfies the

following conditions, you need to change the Persistent Binding setting:

The host is in a Hitachi Compute Blade environment.

The boot disk is managed by HDLM.

The Persistent Binding functionality is enabled.

For details about the Persistent Binding setting, see the manual Hitachi

Gigabit Fibre Channel Board User's Guide.

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If you use HDLM on a boot disk, LUKS cannot be used for the swap

partitions.

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The created LVM configuration does not change even if you perform an

upgrade installation of HDLM.

Overview of the Procedure for Installing HDLM in a Boot Disk

Environment

This subsection provides an overview of the procedure for installing HDLM in

a boot disk environment.

Settings for Using an HDLM Device or a Logical Volume (LVM2) on an HDLM

Device as a Boot Disk

This subsection provides an overview of how to perform a new installation of

HDLM in a boot disk environment that uses either a SCSI device or a logical

Install HDLM.
See step 1 to 3 in

Edit the configuration file to change the definition such that the HDLM

device can be used as a boot disk.
After editing the configuration file, restart the host to activate the setting.

See steps 4 to 19 in

After completing the above procedure, you can perform a new installation of

HDLM in a boot disk environment that uses a SCSI device or a logical volume

(LVM2) on a SCSI device.

Creating an HDLM Environment

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