HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software User Manual

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3. Creating an HDLM Environment

Be aware that even though an upgrade or re-installation of HDLM failed, the

Add/Remove Programs window might indicate that HDLM has been

installed normally.

If you install HDLM when either of the following conditions exists, an error

might be displayed for the mirror disk in the Disk Management window of

Windows.

• A mirror disk volume that uses a Windows dynamic disk exists among the

HDLM management-target devices

• An application that uses the dmaadmin service is being executed.

This error does not affect the data on the HDLM management-target devices. If

you restart the host and then activate the disk in the Disk Management window of

Windows, this error will not appear. To prevent this error from occurring, perform

the following before installing HDLM:

• When a mirror disk volume that uses a dynamic disk exists among the

HDLM management-target devices
Close the management console for the disk.

• When the application that uses the dmaadmin service is being executed

Stop the application that uses the dmaadmin service.

In Windows Server 2003 (excluding IPF versions) and Windows Server 2008

(excluding IPF versions), boot disk environments that use the GUID Partition

Table (GPT) are not supported.

In Windows Server 2003 (excluding x86 versions) and Windows Server 2008

(excluding x86 versions), we recommend that you install HDLM in a folder other

than

Program

Files

When installing HDLM, the name of the HDLM installation folder and the names

of all its parent folders must satisfy all of the following conditions:

• The name must not be a reserved name specified in Windows.

Reserved names include names like

CON

AUX

COM1

COM9

LPT1

LPT9

PRN

, and

NUL

• The name must be made by using only the following characters:

, or a single byte space

• The last character cannot be a single byte space.
• The name cannot contain two or more single byte spaces in a row.

If you attempt to install HDLM in a folder that does not satisfy these conditions,

problems such as those described in Table 3-10: Problems and What to Do When