Dell PowerVault 3000i System Installation Manual

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Software Installation 25If you are reconfiguring a cluster node into a stand alone host, double-click the MD3000i Cluster toStand Alone.reg file located in the windows\utility directory of the MD3000i Resource CD. Thismerges the file into the host registry.NOTE: These registry files set the host up for the correct failback operation.15 If you have third-party applications that use the Microsoft Volume Shadow-copy Service (VSS) or VirtualDisk Service (VDS) Application Programming Interface (API), install the VDS_VSS package located inthe windows\VDS_VSS directory on the MD3000i Resource CD. Separate versions for 32-bit and 64-bitoperating systems are provided. The VSS and VDS provider will engage only if it is needed.16 Set the path for the command line interface (CLI), if required. See the MD Storage Manager CLI Guidefor more information.17 Install MD Storage Manager on all other Windows hosts attached to the MD3000i array.18 If you have not yet cabled your MD3000i Storage Array, do so at this time.19 After the MD3000i has initialized, reboot each host attached to the array.NOTE: If you are not installing MD Storage Manager directly from the Resource CD (for example, if you are insteadinstalling MD Storage Manager from a shared network drive), you must manually apply iSCSI updates to theWindows system registry. To apply these updates, go to the \windows\Windows_2003_2008\iSCSI_reg_changerdirectory on the Resource CD and run the iSCSi_reg_changer_Win2k3.bat or iSCSi_reg_changer_Win2k8.bat file.The iSCSI Initiator must be installed before you make these updates.Installing MD Storage Software on an iSCSI-attached Host Server (Linux)MD Storage Manager can be installed and used only on Linux distributions that utilize the RPM PackageManager format, such as Red Hat® or SUSE®. The installation packages are installed by default in the/opt/dell/mdstoragemanager directory.NOTE: Root privileges are required to install the software.Follow these steps to install MD Storage Manager software on an iSCSI-connected host server:1 Close all other programs before installing any new software.2 Insert the CD. For some Linux installations, when you insert a CD into a drive, a screen appears askingif you want to run the CD. Select Yes if the screen appears. Otherwise, double-click on the autorunscript in the top directory or, from within a terminal window, run ./install.sh from the linux directoryon the CD.NOTE: On RHEL 5 operating systems, CDs are automounted with the -noexec mount option. This option doesnot allow you to run any executable directly from the CD. To complete this step, you must unmount the CD,then manually remount it. Then, you can run these executables. The command to unmount the CD-ROM is:umount CD_device_nodeThe command to manually mount CD is:mount CD_device_node mount_directory