Friday 18 August 2017

Installing and Configuring Linux LVM with Multipath simple Steps

Configuring Multipath Linux LVM Steps.


#To Install Multipath supportable RPM's
yum install -y device-mapper-multipath*

#Generate Sample Multipath Configuration
mpathconf --enable --user_friendly_names y

#Start Multipathd Services
systemctl start multipathd.service

#To Check Netapp SAN LUN Disks and Paths
sanlun lun show -p

# Configure Multipath Alias
vim /etc/multipath.conf

#check the Status of Configured Alias reflected 
multipath -v2

# List Created Disk Paths
ls -al /dev/mapper/

#Create Linux LVm Partition
fdisk /dev/mapper/DATA-DISK

#Add Mapping to Partition
kpartx -a /dev/mapper/DATA-DISK

#Create Physical Volume
pvcreate /dev/mapper/DATA-DISKp1

#Create Volume Group
vgcreate ATE-PROD /dev/mpath/DATA-DISKp1 /dev/mpath/DATA-DISKp1

#Create LV with 100% Free Space
lvcreate -n U03 -l 100%FREE DATAVG

#File System Creation in Newly Created LVM
mkfs -t ext3 /dev/DATAVG/U03

#Mount Permanently using fstab Entry
vi /etc/fstab

/dev/DATAVG/U03  /u03    ext3    defaults        1 2