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3. Creating an HDLM Environment

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7.

If you have set up

vxvm.exclude

again, execute the following command to

restart the host and apply the setting.


# reboot

If you did not set

vxvm.exclude

, go to step 8.

8.

Execute the

vxdiskadm

utility of the VxVM to check the suppression settings.

Execute the utility and select menu task

19

(

List currently suppressed/

non-multipathed devices

) from the

vxdiskadm

main menu. A list of

suppressed devices is displayed.

(4) Actions To Be Taken if an sd or ssd Device Has Not Been Suppressed from

VxVM

When you create a

vxvm.exclude

file using the output results of the

dlmvxexclude

utility with the following conditions, you might not be able to acquire the correct

controller number of an sd or ssd device even after restarting the host. This can result

in the sd or ssd device not being removed from VxVM normally.

An sd or ssd device corresponding to an HDLM-managed device is connected to

a non-Sun HBA.

An HDLM device is running.

The following shows examples of when an sd or ssd device has not been correctly

removed. The description below assumes that the shaded HDLM device in the

execution results of the

view

-path

operation has not been recognized.

Only HDLM devices are displayed.

Among the devices corresponding to HDLM-managed devices,
the non-HDLM devices have been successfully removed from

VxVM.

Devices other than HDLM devices are

DISABLED

.

Among the devices corresponding to HDLM-managed devices,
the non-HDLM devices have been successfully removed from

VxVM (

DISABLED

is displayed because the host has not been

restarted after setup).

Display of the vxdmpadm command

Why suppression is unnecessary