System Administrator’sGuide toInstalling DataMgrDataMgr Version 3.5January, 2000Document Number 600922

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrP-2 PrefaceNOTES

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPreface P-3PrefacePurpose ofThis BookThis book describes how to install and configure DataMgr onboth

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrP-4 PrefaceHow ThisBook isOrganizedThis book contains the following chapters:Chapter 1: Prerequisite

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPreface P-5PrefaceConventionsThe conventions used throughout the DataMgr technical booksare listed b

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrP-6 PrefaceBooksThe books described below are part of the technicaldocumentation set and are shipped

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPreface P-7PrefaceRelatedPublicationsThe publications described in the table below are created anddi

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrP-8 Preface• Address.• Telephone number and fax number.• DataMgr serial number (or enter “reseller”

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Prerequisites1PrerequisitesCapacity-based License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-3BFS Issues License to Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Trademark NoticeAMASS, EMASS, DataMgr, FileServ, and VolServ are either trademarks or registeredtrademarks of ADIC, Advanced Digital Information Corpo

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-2 PrerequisitesRoadmapTaskRefer ToChapterInstall AMASS before installing DataMgr.Verify that you h

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPrerequisites 1-3PrerequisitesCapacity-basedLicenseADIC issues a DataMgr license based on the amount

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-4 Prerequisites• All strung together.If your Software Certificate does not contain this string, cal

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPrerequisites 1-5PrerequisitesTemporary ProductKeyThe generic 30-day temporary product key is: U3QEY

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-6 PrerequisitesStep 3. DataMgr replies with the message illustrated below,which confirms that you w

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPrerequisites 1-7PrerequisitesBFS IssuesLicense toClientsThe BFS issues each DMFS client the appropr

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-8 PrerequisitesHow to RefreshRegistration FileIf a client goes down while files are being migrated

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPrerequisites 1-9PrerequisitesRequirementsMake sure you read the DataMgr “Release Notes” to obtain t

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-10 PrerequisitesLarge FilesIf a DMFS client requires DataMgr to manage files larger than2GB, the BF

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPrerequisites 1-11PrerequisitesHP-UXFileset Libraries Included X11R5-SHLIBS /usr/lib/Motif1.2/libXm.

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System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-12 PrerequisitesSolarisX Windows Libraries IncludedOpen WindowsSUNWmfrun /usr/dt/lib/libXaw.so/usr

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPrerequisites 1-13PrerequisitesDisk SpaceThe table below shows the amount of disk space required byD

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-14 PrerequisitesCreateInstallationDirectoryCreate a platform-specific directory to contain the Data

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPrerequisites 1-15Prerequisites• DMFS: Install the DMFS on all client machines that havefile systems

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-16 Prerequisites• Location of DataMgr databases:- Transaction Database is on each client’s machine

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPrerequisites 1-17PrerequisitesComplete Table Complete the table below when answering the installati

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-18 PrerequisitesSizeDatabasesThe following database are used in DataMgr:• BFS Database on the BFS

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPrerequisites 1-19PrerequisitesIf File Replication or Multi-tier Policies are used, then theequation

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-20 PrerequisitesSize ManagedFile SystemDatabaseThe Managed File System Database is located under/e

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPrerequisites 1-21PrerequisitesEdit PathsThe following environmental paths are not automatically set

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System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-22 PrerequisitesGUIsStep 3. To run the Client xdmfs GUI, add/etc/dmfs/usr/bin to your PATH.Step 4.

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPrerequisites 1-23PrerequisitesEditTemporaryStorageSpaceThe DataMgr dmfsscan command controls migrat

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-24 PrerequisitesSystemMount TableThe system mount table defines the file systems and diskpartitions

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPrerequisites 1-25PrerequisitesNOTES

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr1-26 PrerequisitesNOTES

Installation2InstallationExtract Files From Local CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3Extract Files From Remote CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-4

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr2-2 InstallationRoadmapTaskRefer ToChapterInstall AMASS before installing DataMgr.Verify that you ha

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrInstallation 2-3InstallationExtract FilesFrom LocalCDTo install DataMgr from CD on a local host, per

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr2-4 InstallationExtract FilesFrom RemoteCDTo install DataMgr from CD on a remote host,perform the fo

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrInstallation 2-5InstallationStep 5. If you have loaded the extracted files onto a machinethat will no

iContentsPurpose of This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P-3Who Should Read Th

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr2-6 InstallationInstallDataMgrIf the various components are going to be installed on differentmachin

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrInstallation 2-7InstallationStep 1. Change directory to the specific platform directorycreated earlie

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr2-8 Installation• If you respond with y (default), the installationscript will continue.• If you res

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrInstallation 2-9InstallationStep 6. If the SLD and the DMFS are going to be installedon different ma

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr2-10 InstallationStep 8. If you accept the default location for the mountpoint, AMASS bitfiles direct

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrInstallation 2-11InstallationStep 11. Enter the license strings that were purchased. Forinformation,

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr2-12 InstallationStartup FileThe startup file performs the following tasks:• Cleans up any migrations

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrInstallation 2-13InstallationStartup &ShutdownAlthough the command to automatically start DataMg

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr2-14 InstallationNOTES

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System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrii ContentsDisk Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr2-16 Installation

Setup Tasks3Setup TasksEstablish Access for DMFS Clients . . . . . . . . . . .3-3Schedule cron Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr3-2 Setup TasksRoadmapTaskRefer ToChapterInstall AMASS before installing DataMgr.Verify that you hav

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrSetup Tasks 3-3Setup TasksEstablishAccess forDMFS ClientsStep 1. DataMgr is shipped so that only the

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr3-4 Setup TasksSchedulecron JobsDuring installation, DataMgr puts entries in the root crontabthat pe

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrSetup Tasks 3-5Setup Tasks• Nightly at 1 a.m.: Runs the/etc/dm/usr/scripts/clean_emasslogs script to

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr3-6 Setup TasksBack UpDatabasesTo effectively and efficiently manage your clients’ file systems,coordi

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrSetup Tasks 3-7Setup TasksIf this nightly backup fails, DataMgr sends a mailmessage toroot notifying

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr3-8 Setup TasksStep 2. Enter the AMASS setvolgrp commands to assignthe/archive/BFSDB_Backup director

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrSetup Tasks 3-9Setup TasksSave SSD LogsDataMgr saves all file movement by the SSD to the/etc/dm/log/s

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrContents iiiDMFS cron job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr3-10 Setup TasksTo review these files in case of system errors, ADICrecommends that you do not delete

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrSetup Tasks 3-11Setup TasksIn the crontab on the BFS:In thecrontab on all DataMgr components:Step 3.

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr3-12 Setup TasksLoggingSystem log messages are designed to help:• Assess system operation.• Monitor

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrSetup Tasks 3-13Setup TasksFormat ofMessagesThe format of a system log message is illustrated below:

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr3-14 Setup TasksModify LoggingCharacteristicsSeveral characteristics of a system log message can be

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrSetup Tasks 3-15Setup TasksModifiableVariablesThe environment variables listed in the table below can

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr3-16 Setup TasksLogging that shows which commands have been run, the time itran, and whether or not

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrSetup Tasks 3-17Setup TasksThe clean_emasslogs script will be added to the user’s cronfile upon insta

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr3-18 Setup Tasks• The second way to save logs and to make sure that there isalways enough disk space

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrSetup Tasks 3-19Setup TasksStartAdministra-tive GUIStep 1. To run the Administrative GUI, enter the

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System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr3-20 Setup TasksStep 2. The Client Main menu appears.Change Colorsand FontsWhen you start both GUIs,

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrSetup Tasks 3-21Setup TasksStep 3. Use a text editor, such as vi, and edit the original fileby substi

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr3-22 Setup TasksNOTES

Post Installation4PostInstallationTasksDeinstall DataMgr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3Reinstall DataMgr . . . . . . . . . . .

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr4-2 Post Installation TasksRoadmapTaskRefer ToChapterInstall AMASS before installing DataMgr.Verify

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPost Installation Tasks 4-3Post InstallationDeinstallDataMgrIf you no longer want to run DataMgr, yo

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr4-4 Post Installation TasksReinstallDataMgrIf you upgrade a machine’s operating system, you must rei

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPost Installation Tasks 4-5Post InstallationStep 5. Run the installation script, which detects theex

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgr4-6 Post Installation TasksRemove LoadDirectoryAfter the installation is complete, if space is limit

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrPost Installation Tasks 4-7Post InstallationNOTES

PrefacePPPrefacePurpose of This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P-3Who Should Read This Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .P-3How

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INX-1IndexSymbols/archive/FMSclients . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16/etc/bfs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16/etc/bfs/registered Fi

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrINX-2 IndexDDatabaseBFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10DNS . . . . . . . . . . .

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrIndex INX-3features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3issued to clients . . . . . . . . .

System Administrator’s Guide to Installing DataMgrINX-4 IndexTTableuser completes prior to install. . . 1-17transfile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .