PRIMECLUSTER Global Disk Services Configuration and AdministrationGuide 4.7

4.5 Setting Up DM-MP

Before setting up DM-MP, set the following.

• Setting up user_friendly_name

  Describe the following setting to the DM-MP multipath configuration file /etc/multipath.conf.

      defaults {
              user_friendly_names yes
      }

  In an FJcloud-Baremetal environment, describe the following setting to "device" in the DM-MP multipath configuration file /etc/multipath.conf.

      devices {
          device {
              vendor             "NETAPP"
              product            "LUN.*"
              ...
              user_friendly_names yes
              }
      }

• Inhibiting the unnecessary message output of multipathd

  For inhibiting the unnecessary message output of multipathd when creating volumes, register the volume devices in the DM-MP black list. For details, see "(10) Messages of multipathd are output when creating volumes." in "D.1.14 OS Messages."

• Setting up when using the mirroring among servers

  Register devices (local disks or iSCSI devices) used for the mirroring among servers in the DM-MP black list.

See

For setting up DM-MP, see the DM-MP manual.