The kit provides a set of commandline interface cli tools that help host administrators perform different host side tasks, such as. The new no charge migration kit for solaris to linux supports any ibm eserver or system including linux on power, linux on intelbased and amdbased servers and blades and linux on the mainframe. How to install with the solaris installation program on. Please note that other configurations have been seen to cause io errors. International technical support organization ibm xiv storage system host attachment and interoperability march 20 sg24790402. Host software solutions v host attachment guide this guide describes how to prepare for, install, and use the ibm xiv host attachment kit hak. Velitium for nas velitium can create opensolaris based firmware images for soho nas appliances.
Its made using a nanometer coppersoi process that allows ibm to run the power5 processor up to 1. This ibm redbooks publication addresses host attachment and interoperability considerations for the ibm system storage ds8000 series. The portable package allows you to use the hak out of the box, without having to install it locally on the host. Download velitium embedded kit for opensolaris for free. Perform the following procedure to install the host attachment kit on aix, hpux, linux, or. If one system hosts more than one ips repository, make each repository a separate zfs file system so that you can rollback and recover each repository separately. For those not already aware, ibm does have a fairly extensive software compatibility reports site that can tell you all the versions of all ibm products supported on particular versions of solaris. If you are installing the solaris 10 106 os, download and apply the latest revision of patch 118966.
How to install with the solaris installation program on ibm bladecenter servers standalone. Realtime compression provides the possibility to store 2 5 times more data per xiv system, without additional hardware. Some publications are available for you to view or download at no charge. Ibm xiv multisystem manager, and the relevant xiv gui capabilities.
This user guide describes how to install and use the ibm xiv management tools. It is recommended that customers using these software versions upgrade their system at the earliest convenience and before the end of support takes place. Ibm storage host attachment kit hak includes the following commandline interface cli utilities. Ibm configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize. However, if you used solaris 10 as your host os then setting up a solaris 9 legacy zone on that is easy. You will find haks for aix, hpux, linux, solaris and microsoft windows.
The guide supports aix, hpux, linux, solaris, and windows. The velitium project provides a build environment to create an embedded distribution of opensolaris boot images. You can download the ibm xiv host attachment kit software package at any time from the ibm fix central website. The toolkit is available free of charge from the following url. This guide describes how to prepare for, install, and use the ibm xiv host attachment kit hak. It should serve as a guide for system administrators that need a concise technical reference for facilitating the transition to linux. The storage pool can then be managed from a central point on the san storage area network. The ha for ibm websphere mq data service provides a mechanism for the orderly startup and shutdown, fault monitoring, and automatic failover of the ibm mq service within the global zone or a zone cluster. Ibm configuring solaris mpxio for use with svc or storwize v7000 volumes. Ibm xiv storage system gen3 model 214 with software. This ibm redbooks publication tells the reader how to run websphere application server v6. Xiv and solaris host connectivity this chapter explains specific considerations for attaching the xiv system to a solaris host. While websphere application server is platformindependent, each platform it runs on requires some additional platformspecific knowledge and configuration in order to ensure it operates efficiently and at maximum capability.
How can i edit my host file in solaris solutions experts. Guidelines and recommendations of how to use the ibm xiv storage system in database application environments are in k ibm xiv storage system. On supported operating systems that have a unixlike command prompt. The san volume controller system supports ibm and non ibm hosts. The ibm xiv storagesystem host attachment kit enables hosttostorage connectivity and multipathing,thinreclamation processinstant space reclamation is performed in three phases. The post discusses the use of uuencode to send mails with attachments using mailx command. Implementing ibm realtime compression on the ibm xiv. Removing the host attachment kit software use the appropriate software removal method when needed. Xiv customers are entitled to free use of the ibm cloud storage solutions, which can be downloaded at any time from the ibm fix central website.
This ibm redbooks publication provides information for attaching the ibm xiv storage system to various host operating system platforms, including ibm i. Solaris is a non free unix operating system originally developed by sun microsystems. Configure the network host files oracle solaris 10 sun. Ibm xiv host attachment kit for solaris, version 1. The ibm xiv host attachment kit hak is a software pack that simplifies the task of connecting a host to ibm spectrum accelerate. In 2010, after the sun acquisition by oracle, it was renamed oracle solaris solaris is known for its scalability, especially on sparc systems, and for originating many innovative features such as dtrace, zfs and time slider. See the comparison matrix between sun, xfree86 and xi graphics software. Solaris, using the native command prompt interface. You can browse for and follow blogs, read recent entries, see what others are viewing or recommending, and request your own blog. Starting july, 2014, ibm will not support ibm xiv gen 2 software versions 10. Configure the network host files oracle solaris 10 use this procedure to configure the network host files dynamically on the command line. The software installation package includes the following components. Its huge, at 389 square millimeters and 276 million transistors, and theres 1. Welcome to the ibm storage host attachment kit version 2.
A very handy reference that ibm keeps quite uptodate. The solaris xfree86 video drivers and porting kit expands significantly the number of video devices that work with solaris on x86 platforms. The ibm storage host attachment kit hak is a software pack that simplifies the task of connecting a host computer to ibm xiv, ibm spectrum accelerate, ibm flashsystem a9000r and ibm flashsystem a9000 storage systems. Ibm storage host attachment kit for solaris release notes. Table 12 lists some of them, as well as the minimum version supported as of the time of writing june 2009. The book provides information and references for combining selection from ibm xiv storage system. Ibm storage host attachment kit lifecycle, operating. Hak lifecycle and support matrix ibm knowledge center. If you are talking sparc architecture then afaik a solaris 9 zone known as a legacy zone is not supported on a solaris 11 host global zone. For more information about the available cloud storage solutions for xiv, see platform and application integration on ibm knowledge center. So please install the hak on every host that attaches to xiv. Ibm xiv storage system windows server 2003 software. I am trying to resolve a problem with sendmail not qualifying my domain and i read that i should edit the host file to show ip foo foo.
Host attachment overview for ibm san volume controller. The procedures and instructions that are given here are based selection from ibm xiv storage system. You can find all of the available host attachment kits at the ibm support site found here. Ibm makes available freeofcharge a multipathing kit to install on these. Java, solaris, sun, sun java, and all javabased trademarks are trademarks of sun microsystems, inc.
Therefore, you can consolidate storage capacity and workloads for opensystems hosts into a single storage pool. Prepare the repository host system copying and creating. The ibm xiv cli requirements are included in the following table. The ibm xiv host attachment kit hak for solaris is a software pack that simplifies the task of connecting an solaris host to the ibm xiv storage system. This document describes the correct way to configure solaris mpxio. Thin reclamation using veritas storage foundation enterprise ha from symantec and the ibm xiv storage system. Ibm storage host attachment kit does not support solaris and hpux operating systems.
Within this book, you can find information about the most popular host operating systems platforms, including windows, ibm aix, vios, linux, solaris, hpux, vmware, apple, and ibm zos. How to send mails with attachments using the solaris mailx command. We get inquiries all the time to the effect of does ibms xxx software run on oracle solaris. Realtime compression provides the possibility to store 2 5 times more data per.
To install the windows host attachment kit use the procedure explained under windows host attachment kit installation on page 62 until you reach the step where you need to reboot. To install the windows multipathing feature and xiv windows host attachment kit follow the procedure given in installing multipath io mpio feature on page 61. The book provides information and references for combining the xiv storage system with other storage platforms, host servers, or gateways, including ibm n series, and ibm protectier. Ibm storage host attachment kit hak includes the following commandline. Ibm is the only vendor that gives customers the flexibility to run. Host attachment kits can be downloaded from fix central at. I tried to edit the hosts file but it says that it is read only. Find answers to how can i edit my host file in solaris from the expert community at experts exchange. The following table details the ibm storage host attachment kit. The book is designed primarily to be a reference work for the experienced solaris 8 or 9 system administrator who will need to begin working with linux.
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