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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr  DataMgr V ersion 3.5 January , 2000 Document Number 600922[...]

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    Trademark Notice AMASS, EMASS, DataMgr, FileServ, and VolServ are either trademarks or registered trademarks of ADIC, Advanced Digital Information Corporation. DAS is a trademark of Grau, an ADIC subsidiary. All other product names and identifications are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective manufacturers. Copyright Notice Copyri[...]

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    ADIC includes this Form in an effort to provide the best possible documentation to our customers. Please take a few moments to mail or FAX your response to: ADIC Software Documentation 10949 East Peakview Ave. Englewood, CO 80111 FAX: 303-792-2465 E-mail: swpubs@adic.com Is there anything you especially like or dislike about the organization, prese[...]

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    NO TES[...]

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    i Contents Purpose of This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-3 Who Should Read This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-3 How This Book is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    System Administrator ’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr ii Contents Disk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Create Installation Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Determine Location for Components . . [...]

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    System Administrator ’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Contents iii DMFS cron job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 BFS cron job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 Back Up Databases . . . . . . . .[...]

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    System Administrator ’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr iv Contents[...]

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    Preface P P Preface Purpose of This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-3 Who Should Read This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-3 How This Book is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-4 Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-5 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr P-2 Preface NO TES[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Preface P-3 Preface Purpose of This Book This book describes ho w to install and configure DataMgr on both the server and on clients’ machines. Who Should Read This Book This book is written for the system administrators who has been assigned the task of installing DataMgr . The table belo w [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr P-4 Preface How This Book is Organized This book contains the follo wing chapters: Chapter 1: Prer equisites — Defines system requirements for DataMgr . Chapter 2: Install DataMgr — Instructions for installing DataMgr as well as special startup & shutdo wn procedures. Chapter 3: Setup T[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Preface P-5 Preface Conventions The con ventions used throughout the DataMgr technical books are listed belo w: Con vention Example The word “library” is a generic way to ref erence a storage de vice. If using HP SunSpot libraries, install patch 1234. Screen te xt, file names, progr am name[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr P-6 Preface Books The books described belo w are part of the technical documentation set and are shipped on CD along with the DataMgr software: Online Documentation The software CD contains DataMgr book files and Adobe ® Acrobat ® Reader . The Reader allo ws you to view and na vigate the onli[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Preface P-7 Preface Related Publications The publications described in the table belo w are created and distributed on an as-needed basis: Contact Publications Depar tment T o make corrections or to comment on DataMgr publications, please contact Software T echnical Publications at our email add[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr P-8 Preface • Address. • T elephone number and f ax number . • DataMgr serial number (or enter “reseller” if you are not a customer). • Y our e-mail address.[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Preface P-9 Preface NO TES[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr P-10 Preface NO TES[...]

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    Prerequisites 1 Prerequisites Capacity-based License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 BFS Issues License to Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 Create Installation Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 Determine Location for Components . . . . . .[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-2 Prerequisites Roadmap T ask Refer T o Chapter Install AMASS bef ore installing DataMgr . V erify that you ha v e the necessar y system requirements. 1 Install DataMgr . 2 Setup tasks: • Establish access f or clients. • Edit cron jobs. • Change GUI colors and f onts. 3 P ost installatio[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Prerequisites 1-3 Prerequisites Capacity- based License ADIC issues a DataMgr license based on the amount of disk space each client machine mounts for management. Capacity-based license le vels are described belo w: • Le vel 1 = Less than or equal to 5GB. • Le vel 2 = Ov er 5GB but less than[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-4 Prerequisites • All strung together . If your Software Certificate does not contain this string, call ADIC at (303) 792-9700 or F AX (303) 792-2465 or email techsup@adic.com and they will issue you an authorization string after you provide them with the required information. Ho w to find[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Prerequisites 1-5 Prerequisites T emporary Product Ke y The generic 30-day temporary product ke y is: U3QEYUCJ . At the end of 30 days, if a permanent Authorization String has not been entered, DataMgr expires, b ut migrated data will not be lost. If you enter a permanent license after the expir[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-6 Prerequisites Step 3. DataMgr replies with the message illustrated belo w , which confirms that you want to o verwrite the license file. When prompted, enter a new authorization string. Your responses are shown in bold. Note Use the bfsmaint -i utility option only when DataMgr is running. [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Prerequisites 1-7 Prerequisites BFS Issues License to Clients The BFS issues each DMFS client the appropriate license le vel after recei ving information on the amount of disk storage it manages on the client machine. If a license for the appropriate le vel is not a v ailable, the BFS issues the[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-8 Prerequisites How to Refresh Registration File If a client goes do wn while files are being migrated or reloaded, the /etc/bfs/registered file can become out-of-sync with the current client configurations. T o refresh the registered file, refer to “Refresh Registration File” on page [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Prerequisites 1-9 Prerequisites Requirements Make sure you read the DataMgr “Release Notes” to obtain the follo wing information: • A list of current patches and packages required by your servers. • GUI requirements. • Kno wn problems. • The latest AMASS compatibility matrix. Install[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-10 Prerequisites Large Files If a DMFS client requires DataMgr to manage files larger than 2GB, the BFS must support large files. Lar ge file support is provided on the follo wing operating system: • AIX 4.2.1 and 4.3. • HP-UX 10.20 HP-UX 11.0. • IRIX 6.2, 6.4, and 6.5 • Solaris 2.6[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Prerequisites 1-11 Prerequisites HP-UX Fileset Libraries Inc luded X11R5-SHLIBS /usr/lib/Motif1.2/libXm.sl /usr/lib/X115R/libX11.sl /usr/lib/X11R5/libXt.sl IRIX Fileset Libraries Inc luded x_eoe.s w .eoe motif_eoe.s w .eoe /usr/lib/libXaw .so /usr/lib/libXmu.so /usr/lib/libXt.so /usr/lib/libX11.[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-12 Prerequisites Solaris X Windows Libraries Inc luded Open Windows SUNWmfrun /usr/dt/lib/libXaw .so /usr/openwin/lib/libXaw .so /usr/openwin/lib/libXmu.so /usr/openwin/lib/libXt.so /usr/openwin/lib/libX11.so /usr/openwin/lib/libXe xt.so Add both /usr/dt/lib and /usr/openwin/lib to the LD_LIBR[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Prerequisites 1-13 Prerequisites Disk Space The table belo w sho ws the amount of disk space required by DataMgr: The DataMgr installation script will verify that there is enough space av ailable in the installation directory before proceeding. If there is not enough space, the script asks if yo[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-14 Prerequisites Create Installation Directory Create a platform-specific directory to contain the DataMgr files extracted from the CD. The def ault directory is /usr/dminstall . For instructions on deleting this directory if space is limited, see “Remov e Load Directory” on page 4-6 . I[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Prerequisites 1-15 Prerequisites • DMFS : Install the DMFS on all client machines that hav e file systems managed by DataMgr . The number of machines is limited by the number and le vel of licenses you ha v e purchased. Summary of Elements The illustration attempts to gi ve you an o vervie w [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-16 Prerequisites • Location of DataMgr databases: - Transaction Database is on each client’ s machine. - Managed File System Database is on each client’ s machine. T o calculate the size of this database, see “Size Managed File System Database” on page 1-20 . - BFS Database is on BFS[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Prerequisites 1-17 Prerequisites Complete T able Complete the table belo w when answering the installation questions. If you are installing a DMFS client component on more than one machine, make as man y copies of this table as needed. If symbolic links are used, write do wn the appropriate path[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-18 Prerequisites Size Databases The follo wing database are used in DataMgr: • BFS Database on the BFS component. • Managed File System Database on each client. • Client T ransaction Database on each client. Both the BFS Database and the Managed File System Database must be sized. Size B[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Prerequisites 1-19 Prerequisites If File Replication or Multi-tier Policies are used, then the equation is: Example 1: if you hav e client files using a File Replication policy with 1 primary cop y and 1 secondary copy , the equation would look like the follo wing: Example 2: if you hav e clien[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-20 Prerequisites Size Managed File System Database The Managed File System Database is located under /etc/dm/raima/dmfs .There is a Managed File System Database for each client’ s managed file system. The Database contains all the information on each file in the managed file system and st[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Prerequisites 1-21 Prerequisites Edit P aths The follo wing en vironmental paths are not automatically set up during installation. man P ages Step 1. T o use the man pages, set the following path. For each c shell environment: For each bourne shell environment: Utilities Step 2. The GUIs use the[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-22 Prerequisites GUIs Step 3. T o run the Client xdmfs GUI, add /etc/dmfs/usr/bin to your PATH . Step 4. T o run the Administrativ e xdmadm GUI, add /etc/bfs/usr/bin to your PATH . Step 5. Both the Client GUI and the Administrati ve GUI require the files belo w to be in the /etc/dm/usr/share/[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Prerequisites 1-23 Prerequisites Edit T emporar y Storage Space The DataMgr dmfsscan command controls migration by bringing space usage le vels for a managed file system in line with the v alues defined by the DataMgr administrator with the lo w and prestage watermarks. The dmfsscan command , [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-24 Prerequisites System Mount T able The system mount table defines the file systems and disk partitions that are mounted at boot time. The file system name defined to DataMgr in the /etc/dmfs/config/dmfstab file must match an entry in this system mount file. The location and format of t[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Prerequisites 1-25 Prerequisites NO TES[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 1-26 Prerequisites NO TES[...]

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    Installation 2 Installation Extract Files From Local CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Extract Files From Remote CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Install DataMgr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Startup File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Startup & Shutdown . . . . . . . . [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 2-2 Installation Roadmap T ask Refer T o Chapter Install AMASS bef ore installing DataMgr . V erify that you ha v e the necessar y system requirements. 1 Install DataMgr . 2 Setup tasks: • Establish access f or clients. • Edit cron jobs. • Change GUI colors and f onts. 3 P ost installation[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Installation 2-3 Installation Extract Files Fr om Local CD T o install DataMgr from CD on a local host, perform the follo wing procedure: Step 1. Log in as root . Step 2. Create a temporary directory under /tmp and cd to that directory . Step 3. Do an ls on the cdr ompath to determine the case ([...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 2-4 Installation Extract Files Fr om Remote CD T o install DataMgr from CD on a remote host, perform the follo wing procedure: Step 1. Log in as root . Step 2. Create a temporary directory under /tmp and cd to that directory . Step 3. Do an ls on the cdr ompath to determine the case (upper or lo[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Installation 2-5 Installation Step 5. If you hav e loaded the extracted files onto a machine that will not be running DataMgr , log onto the target machine and NFS mount the platform-specific directory from the machine where the files are located. Step 6. Continue with “Install DataMgr” o[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 2-6 Installation Install DataMgr If the v arious components are going to be installed on dif ferent machines, the installation sequence is as follo ws: • SLD. • BFS. • SSD. • DMFS. ADIC recommends that each component be started before the next component is installed. This will ensure tha[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Installation 2-7 Installation Step 1. Change directory to the specific platform directory created earlier and run the DataMgr installation script. For example, the commands below go to the hpux directory and runs the DataMgr script. Step 2. The installation script prompts you to enter the lette[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 2-8 Installation • If you respond with y (default), the installation script will continue. • If you respond with n, the installation script will terminate. Y ou can Start DataMgr , perform a full BFS Database backup, then run the installation script again. Step 4. The installation script pro[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Installation 2-9 Installation Step 6. If the SLD and the DMFS are going to be installed on dif ferent machines, you must go to the SLD machine and start the SLD (run /etc/rc.dm ) before continuing with this installation. Step 7. If you want to accept the default location for the files specific[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 2-10 Installation Step 8. If you accept the default location for the mount point, AMASS bitfiles directory , and BFS Database backup directory , press <Enter>. Ho we ver , if you want DataMgr to create another directory , enter a ne w path. Step 9. Solaris only: The follo wing message dis[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Installation 2-11 Installation Step 11. Enter the license strings that were purchased. For information, see “Capacity- based License” on page 1-3 . Step 12. If you hav e installed DMFS and the script indicates that you should reboot (some systems require a reboot when the kernel is modified[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 2-12 Installation Star tup File The startup file performs the follo wing tasks: • Cleans up any migrations or reloads that were in progress when the system went do wn by running /etc/dmfs/usr/utils/dmfsck. It writes the bitfile ID of each file that it recov ers to standard output, one per l[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Installation 2-13 Installation Star tup & Shutdown Although the command to automatically start DataMgr at bootup is added to the system startup file during installation, a special startup is required, for example, after the system administrator performs system maintenance. Step 1. T o grace[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 2-14 Installation NO TES[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Installation 2-15 Installation NO TES[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 2-16 Installation[...]

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    Setup T asks 3 Setup T asks Establish Access for DMFS Clients . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Schedule cron Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 DMFS cron job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4 BFS cron job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 Back Up Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 3-2 Setup T asks Roadmap T ask Refer T o Chapter Install AMASS bef ore installing DataMgr . V erify that you ha v e the necessar y system requirements. 1 Install DataMgr . 2 Setup tasks: • Establish access f or clients. • Edit cron jobs. • Change GUI colors and f onts. 3 P ost installation[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Setup Tasks 3-3 Setup T asks Establish Access f or DMFS Clients Step 1. DataMgr is shipped so that only the DataMgr administrator can select clients’ file systems for management and can define migration criteria. By default, clients can only view managed file system selections and migration[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 3-4 Setup T asks Schedule cron Jobs During installation, DataMgr puts entries in the root crontab that perform the tasks described belo w . If the default schedule does not suit your site’ s needs, edit the cron file. For more information, see “Edit cron File” on page 3-10 . DMFS cr on jo[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Setup Tasks 3-5 Setup T asks • Nightly at 1 a.m.: Runs the /etc/dm/usr/scripts/clean_emasslogs script to mov e the current set of logs to a file in the same directory with the same name, b ut appended with a timestamp. For more information, see “Edit cron File” on page 3-10 . The clean_em[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 3-6 Setup T asks Bac k Up Databases T o effecti v ely and efficiently manage your clients’ file systems, coordinate the ex ecution of the follo wing utilities by scheduling them as cron jobs: • /etc/dmfs/user/utils/dmfsscan — controls file migration. •/ etc/bfs/usr/utils/bfsmaint — [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Setup Tasks 3-7 Setup T asks If this nightly backup fails, DataMgr sends a mail message to root notifying the system administrator the status of the bfsdb_backup . Failed backups are sent to /etc/dm/raima/log/ bfsdb_backup. logfilename . You can recover a previous backup version of the database [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 3-8 Setup T asks Step 2. Enter the AMASS setvolgrp commands to assign the /archive/BFSDB_Backup directory to volume group 600: Step 3. T o make sure the directory assignment is correct, enter the AMASS vgroot commands to vie w the relati ve paths for v olume group 600. Step 4. Assign volumes to [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Setup Tasks 3-9 Setup T asks Save SSD Logs DataMgr saves all file mo v ement by the SSD to the /etc/dm/log/ssd/transfile log file. The log files are named transfile.x , where “ x” is an age-related counter with the smaller number being the most current. At installation, DataMgr schedules [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 3-10 Setup T asks T o revie w these files in case of system errors, ADIC recommends that you do not delete these “old” transfile.x files, but place them in one of the follo wing areas: • A DataMgr -managed directory so they can be migrated to AMASS. • Or , directly into an AMASS file [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Setup Tasks 3-11 Setup T asks In the crontab on the BFS: In the crontab on all DataMgr components: Step 3. Modify the crontab entries. Step 4. Sav e and e xit this file. 0 2 * * * /etc/bfs/usr/utils/bfsmaint -v -d 1 -m 0 4 * * 0-5 /etc/bfs/usr/utils/bfsdb_backup -v -n 0 4 * * 6 /etc/bfs/usr/uti[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 3-12 Setup T asks Logging System log messages are designed to help: • Assess system operation. • Monitor performance. • Check system health. • Resolve problems. Logging Hierar ch y The figure belo w illustrates the logging hierarchy with the customer-specific parms / directory annotate[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Setup Tasks 3-13 Setup T asks Format of Messages The format of a system log message is illustrated belo w: Priority Levels All messages are contained within a single file for easy reading and problem solving. This file is located in the /etc/dm/emasslogs/parms directory . Priority le vels for [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 3-14 Setup T asks Modify Logging Characteristics Se veral characteristics of a system log message can be modified with en vironment variables in the /usr/dm/emasslogs/emasslog_parms file that is created at install time. When the emasslog_parms file is modified, run the reload_dmlog script, o[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Setup Tasks 3-15 Setup T asks Modifiable V ariab les The en vironment v ariables listed in the table belo w can be modified if required: En vironment V ariable Description EL_SYSLOG_F A CILITY (DataMgr def aults to 1) (AMASS def aults to 2) Identifies the UNIX user-definable logging process [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 3-16 Setup T asks Logging that sho ws which commands hav e been run, the time it ran, and whether or not the command succeeded are located in /etc/dm/emasslogs/history/el_hist_00 . EL_SYSLOG_MASK (def aults to ud ) The log mask used f or prior ity 0-7 messages that are directed to the syslog. F [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Setup Tasks 3-17 Setup T asks The clean_emasslogs script will be added to the user’ s cron file upon installation. When this script is run it mov es the current set of logs to a file in the same directory with the same name, but appended with a timestamp.Sho wn below is an example of a mo ve[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 3-18 Setup T asks • The second way to sa ve logs and to mak e sure that there is always enough disk space, is to create a clean_emasslogs directory in AMASS with it’ s o wn volume group, in which to store the mov ed files. Then edit the clean_emasslogs script, SAVE_DIR parameter . • T o u[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Setup Tasks 3-19 Setup T asks Star t Administra- tive GUI Step 1. T o run the Administrativ e GUI, enter the xdmadm command. Step 2. The Services menu displays status and error messages. Star t Client GUI Step 1. T o run the Client GUI, enter the xdmfs command. # xdmadm T o quit, select Ser vice[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 3-20 Setup T asks Step 2. The Client Main menu appears. Change Colors and Fonts When you start both GUIs, they will use def ault colors and fonts. T o change the defaults file, follo w the steps belo w: Step 1. Administrative GUI : Mak e a backup copy of the /etc/dm/usr/share/gui/server file, [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Setup Tasks 3-21 Setup T asks Step 3. Use a text editor , such as vi, and edit the original file by substituting the desired colors or fonts. server*font: 9x15 server*fontlist: 9x15 server*background: steelblue server*forground: white Caution DO NO T CHANGE any other te xt in this file.[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 3-22 Setup T asks NO TES[...]

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    P ost Installation 4 P ost Installation T asks Deinstall DataMgr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Reinstall DataMgr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Remove the Installation Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 4-2 Post Installation T asks Roadmap T ask Refer T o Chapter Install AMASS bef ore installing DataMgr . V erify that you ha v e the necessar y system requirements. 1 Install DataMgr . 2 Setup tasks: • Establish access f or clients. • Edit cron jobs. • Change GUI colors and f onts. 3 P ost [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Post Installation Tasks 4-3 P ost Installation Deinstall DataMgr If you no longer want to run DataMgr , you can deinstall it from your system by running the deinstallation script. It will remov e all DataMgr directories and files. Step 1. T o stop DataMgr , run the script belo w . This stops Da[...]

  • Page 86

    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 4-4 Post Installation T asks Reinstall DataMgr If you upgrade a machine’ s operating system, you must reinstall DataMgr . Step 1. Back up the DataMgr directories and files listed belo w . Depending on the DataMgr component installed, all of these directories may not exist on the same machine.[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Post Installation Tasks 4-5 P ost Installation Step 5. Run the installation script, which detects the existence of DataMgr configuration files and will not ov erwrite them. # /etc/dm/scripts/install_dm[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 4-6 Post Installation T asks Remo ve Load Directory After the installation is complete, if space is limited you may want to remo ve the e xtracted DataMgr files from the machine where they were loaded. Step 1. In our example, you ha v e extracted Solaris-specific DataMgr files as well as the [...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Post Installation Tasks 4-7 P ost Installation NO TES[...]

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    System Administrator’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr 4-8 Post Installation T asks NO TES[...]

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    INX-1 Inde x Symbols /archive/FMSclients . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 /etc/bfs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 /etc/bfs/registered File . . . . . . . . . 1-7, 1-8 /etc/dm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 /etc/dm/log/ssd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 /etc/dm/raima . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    System Administrator ’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr INX-2 Index D Database BFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 DNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 managed file system illustration . 1-16 NIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3 Deinstall DataMgr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 deinstall_dm sc[...]

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    System Administrator ’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr Index INX-3 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 issued to clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Load directory remove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4, 3-9 clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    System Administrator ’ s Guide to Installing DataMgr INX-4 Index T Table user completes prior to install . . . 1-17 transfile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 U User ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Utility bfsd_backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11 bfsdb_backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 bf[...]