HP XP20000XP24000 Disk Array - Manual (Page 69)

Preparing for Cross-OS File Exchange Operations 3-13
Hitachi USP V Cross-OS File Exchange User’s Guide
Note 1: For further information on Solaris cylinder partition sizes, please refer
to the Hitachi TagmaStore USP and NSC LUN Expansion and Virtual LVI/LUN
User's Guide (MK-94RD205), and the Hitachi TagmaStore USP and NSC Sun
Solaris Configuration Guide(MK-94RD236)
• Volume labels. An FX volume with a volume label cannot be shared between
open-system platforms which use volume labels. Table 3-6 shows the
allowable configurations for sharing FX volumes between open-system
platforms for the TagmaStore USP and NSC subsystems. Table 3-7 shows the
allowable configurations for sharing FX volumes between open-system
platforms for the TagmaStore USP and NSC subsystems. HP-UX and IBM AIX
do not use volume labels, so FX volumes can always be shared with these
platforms. Labels are optional for DIGITAL UNIX/Tru64 and Windows
2000/2003/Windows NT, so FX volumes can be shared with these platforms
only if they have no label. Solaris always writes volume labels, so FX volumes
can never be shared between these two platforms, but can be shared with
the other platforms (HP, IBM, DIGITAL UNIX/Tru64, NT) as long as they do
not have labels.
Note: Solaris may display the following warning messages when formatting
and labeling an FX volume. This is normal, and the user can ignore these
messages.
Warning: error writing VTOC
Warning: no backup labels
Write label failed
3. For UNIX hosts, make sure to set up the desired access privileges for each FX
volume (e.g., using groups and/or chmod command). Please refer to the OS
user documentation for information on access permission rights. For Windows
2000/2003/Windows NT, Administrator access is required to access the FX
volumes.
4. On the z/OS host, make sure to initialize and write the VTOC for each FXmto
and FXotm volume to enable the z/OS host to access the volumes. The
ICKDSF media maintenance utility can be used to perform these tasks.
5. After FAL/FCU software installation, make sure to format each FXoto volume
using the FX Formatter (FMT) utility on the UNIX/ Windows NT host. This
enables the FXoto intermediate datasets to be allocated.