Sep 16, 2014 solaris 10 supports solaris network multipathing via. The old solaris luxadm command still manage fc arrays, but mpathadm command has been developed to work on all the arrays using fc, sas, and iscsi connections. This note only applies if you are running solaris 8. As far as i know, sun dont yet support multipathing over scsi connections the way that the a3500 could. Volume manager on solaris, patch detail veritas services and. Here my question is how do i find whether the veritas dmp multipathing is configured and working on the server. Veritas volume manager vxvm volumes and disk groups can coexist with zfs. Dynamic multipathing dmp provides the software support of a multipath disk device. Linux native multipathing is not supported with fire drills.
Technical support symantec technical support maintains support centers globally. They are there as a backup just in case the new configuration fails within the next week. With the release of the solaris 10 update 4 os, the stmsboot1m command is now available for use on sparc, x86, and x64 based systems to enable or disable multipathing for fibre channel fc and sas devices. During the reboot following stmsboot enable e, disable d, or update u operations if the system. Support for solaris mpxio in conjunction with dynamic. C h a p t e r 3 administering multipathing devices through. Dmp functionality is available with a storage foundation sf enterprise license, a sf ha enterprise license, and a storage foundation standard license.
Dmp is generally integrated in the veritas storage foundationinfoscale software package and is used together with the veritas volume manager vxvm and veritas file system vxfs. For solaris 10, veritas recommends running update 6 7709 for sparc, 7809 for x64 or later. Solaris io multipathing gives you the ability to set up multiple redundant paths to a storage system and gives you the benefits of load balancing and failover. C h a p t e r 3 administering multipathing devices. First thing that i did was check to ensure that there were not any performance issues on any disks that might have been causing this users issues a quick iostat verified that everything was looking fine iostat continue reading verify solaris 10 multipathingconfigure san disk. May 28, 2008 i was attempting to troubleshoot issues as a user was complaining about slow performance on a san disk. Dmp creates dmp metadevices dmp nodes to represent all the device e paths to the same physical lun. How to install solaris io multipathing software sun cluster. Ip network multipathing ipmp is a layer 3 technology that enables you to group multiple ip interfaces into a single logical interface called ipmp group. Legal notices, veritas infoscale thirdparty software license agreements. Administering multipathing devices through mpathadm commands the sun solaris os multipathing support can be determined and configured by using mpathadm commands. Hi, basically the original configuration on my solaris 9 server was two luns configured as veritas file systems that were connected to a netapp filer filer1. How to configure multipathing in linux rhel7centos7. In solaris 10, the multipathing software has been installed by default, but is not enabled.
Vxvm veritas volume manager training 7 of 10 veritas dynamic multipathing provides greater availability, reliability to san paths and it increase the san io using load balancing. Symantec,thesymanteclogo,thecheckmarklogo,veritas,veritasstoragefoundation. A process is a program running or being executed on the computer. Veritas storage foundation and sun solaris zfs vox. Solaris 10 with veritas and powerpath this server is fiber connected to a emc clariion cx340 san. Check the interoperability matrix to determine the current hardware and software requirements for the host utilities. Upgrading veritas dynamic multipathing with the product installer 83 upgrading veritas dynamic multipathing using manual steps 85 upgrading veritas storage foundation to 6. Host and storage configuration guide for dynamic multipathing. Configuration file is etcnf file, take a backup of it. This is a mock install of solaris 10 packages on a veritas clustered environment. Here we are going to see traditional os patching where your root filesystem is ufs. How to disable multipathing disable device multipathing. Before kick starting the solaris study lets be aware of few important keywords and facts about the solaris os. Installation and upgrade checklist report for if 7.
Server is a sun enterprise m5000 os solaris10 sparc veritas volume manager 5. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs july 4, 2012 by lingeswaran r leave a comment we have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method. Starting with solaris 10 update 3, the mpathadm command enables multipathing administration through the ansi standard multipath management api. Ip network multipathing linkbased without probebased failure detection posted on may 9, 2014 by luca merello ip network multipathing ipmp is a layer 3 technology that enables you to group multiple ip interfaces into a single logical interface called ipmp group. Volume manager on solaris, patch detail sort veritas. Solaris 10 supports solaris network multipathing via.
Jul 02, 2015 following troubleshooting section provides solutions to potential problems that may occur while running solaris fc and storage multipathing software on solaris 10 1. For the solaris 9 os, you install and configure sun storedge traffic manager. During the reboot following stmsboot enable e, disable. Jul 04, 2012 solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs july 4, 2012 by lingeswaran r leave a comment we have seen many post about solaris 10 os patching using liveupgrade method. A beginners guide to veritas dynamic multipathing vxdmp by admin. So i would like to know if i upgrade to solaris 10 0606. These two luns are still configured on the server but are not being used. Introducing veritas foundation suite for aix ibm redbooks. Sep 28, 20 this is a mock install of solaris 10 packages on a veritas clustered environment. By second quarter this year may or june, veritas will release vvmm4. Could anyone point out general proscons of using linux dmm vs veritas dmp. Emc host connectivity guide for oracle solaris dell technologies.
Ibm system storage n series solaris host utilities 6. Apart from native mpxio and powerpath, thirdparty multipathing software, such as dmp from veritas, can be used to manage dell emc storage on a solaris os. Multipathing software manages multiple io paths to the shared cluster storage. Vxvm tutorial 7 vxdmpdynamic multi pathing unixarena. Ipmp load spreading outgoing network traffic is able to utilize several network interfaces network trunking multiple physical network interfaces are treated as one. This white paper covers two of the most common deployment scenarios for veritas storage foundation, as a file server and as a database server. Live upgrade to solaris 10 update 10 fails in the presence of zones 25248. There is a general pushback on the linux multipath devicemapper and people prefer veritas dmp. Solaris os and veritas patching procedure with vcs unixarena. Dmp cannot coexist with the operating systems native multipathing software. Ive recently setup a bunch of machines for ip multipathing i. Veritas dynamic multipathing dmp provides multipathing functionality for the operating system native devices configured on the system. Installation and upgrade checklist report for nbups 8.
A beginners guide to veritas dynamic multipathing vxdmp. As far as i know, sun dont yet support multipathing over scsi connections the way that the a3500 could with raid manager, for example. Trunk vs datalink multipathing dlmp solaris volume. Multipathing dmp to coexist with suns alternate pathing ap software. Veritas infoscale foundation, availability, storage and enterprise solutions 7. Solaris multipathing software mpxio operate now with new arrays using other protocols like sas or iscsi.
A beginners guide to solaris multipathing software mpxio or. Edit the configuration file to ensure you have the following entries uncommented out. View and download hp 3000 37xe system release note online. Automatic download of installer hot fixes ifyouarerunningthe6. Migrating to dmp from solaris multiplexed io mpxio 31 using dynamic multipathing dmp devices with oracle automatic. Solaris 10 with veritas volume manager hi all, i have created a vmware appliance with solaris 10 and veritas voulme manager 5. Enable multipathing in solaris 10 after veritas volume.
Support for sun solaris internet protocol multipathing ipmp veritas provisioning manager supports ip networking multipathing ipmp. However, i have noticed that multipathing in solaris was never enabled, therefore there are two paths to the storage luns. Following troubleshooting section provides solutions to potential problems that may occur while running solaris fc and storage multipathing software on solaris 10 1. To install vxfs, go to how to install veritas file system software. Ipmp provides physical interface failure detection and transparent network access failover for a system with multiple interfaces on the same ip link. The terms used in this chapter to denote a path, initiator port, target port, and logical unit are consistent with the t10 specification. In previous veritas releases, dmp was only available as a feature of veritas volume. The server contains already a lot of luns which are available and seen. San team claims that two dual port hba are gone bad, and need to be replaced, if i believe san.
Getting started with solaris 10 must to know keywords. Tape alert functionality is supported by all drives, unless noted otherwise. Oracle solaris storage multipathing mpxio provides multipath access to storage luns by grouping together the physical paths and presenting a single logical path. With solaris 10 update 5, a disabled iscsi path will not reenable automatically once the path is restored. Os native multipathing software huawei san storage host. I thought i would share a simpler step by step approach. Veritas dynamic multipathing dmp with either solaris native drivers leadville or iscsi. After alua is enabled on the storage system, run the stmsboot d fp e command to enable the multipathing software. Ipmp load spreadingoutgoing network traffic is able to utilize several network interfaces network trunking multiple physical network interfaces are treated as one. Normally, one would enable multipathing early in the stages of building the server, but now that veritas volume manager has already been installed and configured, accessing the storage from two paths, if i enable. This can be used for practicing various volume manager commands for budding system administrators.
For example, lets say our os installed disk is devsda. Solaris opensolaris this forum is for the discussion of solaris, opensolaris, openindiana. Except where noted, veritas recommends the use of the operating systems native tape drivers. You do not need to configure the software on the host. Dynamic multipathing guide, dynamic multipathing administrators guide english. Vxvmveritas volume manager training 7 of 10 veritas dynamic multipathing provides greater availability, reliability to san paths and it increase the san io using load balancing. Technical supports primary role is to respond to specific queries about product features. Veritas dynamic multipathing dmp provides the multipathing capability to the native devices on the system. Veritas volume manager and veritas file system functionality is not provided with a dmp license. Executive summary solaris zfs is a new file system with an integrated volume manager that was released with update 2 of solaris 10 in mid2006. A beginners guide to veritas dynamic multipathing vxdmp the. I have configured quite a few rhel servers on dmm and generally found it to be ok.
Multipathing is the ability of a server to communicate with the same physical or logical block storage device across multiple physical paths between the host bus adapters hbas in the server and the storage controllers for the device, typically in fibre channel fc or iscsi san environments. This article describes veritas support of solaris mpxio in conjunction with veritas dynamic multipathing dmp. Jul 23, 2016 solaris multipathing software mpxio operate now with new arrays using other protocols like sas or iscsi. The stmsboot command updates the etcvfstab file and dump configuration to reflect device name changes during the next reboot. You can also achieve multiple connections with direct attached storage when multiple channels are. Solaris ip multipathing made easy auburn university. The group functions like an ip interface with data addresses to send or receive network traffic. The sun solaris os multipathing support can be determined and configured by using mpathadm commands. Dmp creates dmp metadevices also known as dmp nodes to represent all the device paths to the same physical lun. Installation and upgrade checklist report for is 7. Disk device naming in dmp about veritas dynamic multipathing dmp veritas dynamic multipathing dmp provides multipathing functionality for the operating system native devices. Solaris environment notes veritas dmp this environment uses veritas storage foundation and its features.
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