Sun StorageTek QFS Installation and Upgrade Guide
Version 4, Update 6
819-7936-10
Contents |
About Shared Sun StorageTek QFS File Systems and the Linux Client
About the Sun Cluster Environment
Hardware and Software Requirements
Verifying Third-Party Compatibilities
Verifying Sun StorageTek QFS Shared File System Requirements
Operating System and Hardware Requirements
Sun StorageTek QFS Release Levels
Verify Requirements for a Sun Cluster Environment
Example: Verifying Devices and Device Redundancy
Verifying Requirements for File System Manager
Determining Disk Space Requirements
Planning Your File System and Verifying Disk Cache
To Estimate Disk Cache Requirements
To Obtain the Software From the Sun Download Center
Setting Up the Network Management Station
3. Installing and Configuring Sun StorageTek QFS
To Enable SAM-QFS Daemon Tracing
To Set Up the root PATH Variables
Commands to Monitor Shared QFS
To Enable Network Time Protocol Daemon (Shared QFS)
To Set Up the Network File System
Detailed Installation Instructions
Installing the Software Packages
Installing the Linux Client Software
To Set Up PATH and MANPATH Variables
Installing the File System Manager Software
To Install the File System Manager Software
Using the File System Manager Software
To Create an Account for Multiple Users
To Invoke File System Manager for the First Time
Setting Up the Environment Configuration
To Create an mcf File Using File System Manager
To Create an mcf File Using a Text Editor
Updating the /etc/vfstab File and Creating the Mount Point
To Update the /etc/vfstab File Using File System Manager
To Update the /etc/vfstab File and Create the Mount Point Using a Text Editor
Creating and Editing the samfs.cmd File
To Create and Edit the samfs.cmd File Using File System Manager
To Create and Edit the samfs.cmd File Using a Text Editor
Initializing a Sun StorageTek QFS File System
Initializing a Sun StorageTek QFS Shared File System
To Mount the File System Using File System Manager
To Mount the File System on One Host From the Command Line
To Verify Metadata Server Changes
Performing Additional Configuration
Sharing the File System With NFS Client Systems
To NFS-Share the File System in a Sun Cluster Environment
To NFS-Share the File System in a Solaris OS Environment
To Mount the File System on NFS Clients in a Solaris OS Environment
Configuring the Remote Notification Facility
To Disable Remote Notification
Adding the Administrator Group
To Add the Administrator Group
To Run the qfsdump(1M) Command Automatically Using cron
To Run the qfsdump(1M) Command Manually From the Command Line
Backing Up Configuration Files
4. Configuring a Shared or Sun Cluster Configuration
Editing mcf Files on Other Hosts
To Edit mcf Files for a Highly Available File System in a Sun Cluster Environment
To Edit mcf Files for a Sun StorageTek QFS Shared File System
Creating the Shared Hosts File
To Create the Shared Hosts File on the Metadata Server
To Create the Local Hosts File on a Client
How Metadata Server Addresses Are Obtained
Verifying That the Daemons Are Running
Configuring the SUNW.qfs Resource Type
To Enable a Sun StorageTek QFS Shared File System as a SUNW.qfs(5) Resource
Configuring the HA Storage Plus Resource
To Configure a Highly Available File System as an HA Storage Plus Resource
Bringing the Shared Resource Online
To Bring the Shared Resource Online
Verifying the Resource Group on All Nodes
To Verify the Resource Group on All Nodes
5. Upgrading Sun StorageTek QFS
Preserving Information for an Upgrade
Preparing for a Hardware Device Upgrade
Switching Between SPARC and AMD Platforms
Backing Up Existing File Systems
Using the Version 1 and Version 2 Superblocks
To Unmount Using File System Manager
To Unmount by Editing the /etc/vfstab File and Rebooting
Removing Existing Sun StorageTek QFS Software
To Install the File System Manager Software
To Modify the /etc/vfstab File
To Reinitialize and Restore the File System
To Mount the File System Using File System Manager
To Mount the File System Using the CLI
Recompiling API-Dependent Applications
To Upgrade the Solaris OS in a Sun StorageTek QFS Environment
Directories Created at Installation
Uninstalling the Sun StorageTek QFS Linux Client Software
Uninstalling the File System Manager Software
General System Administrator Commands
Application Programming Interface
Configuration Examples for Local File Systems
Configuration Example for a Shared File System on a Solaris OS Platform
Configuration Examples for Highly Available File Systems
To Create an mcf File for a Highly Available File System
Configuration Example for a Shared File System on a Sun Cluster Platform
To Create an mcf File for a Shared File System in a Sun Cluster Environment
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