Upgrading SAN File System on an AIX client

This topic describes how to install version 2.2 of the SAN File System on an AIX® client.

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Enable asynchronous input/output on the AIX client, which is required for the SAN File System:
    1. Log on to the client as root.
    2. Start smit.
    3. Select Devices.
    4. Select Asynchronous I/O.
    5. Select Asynchronous I/O (Legacy). You see this choice only if you are enabling asynchronous I/O on AIX 5.2 or AIX 5.3. If you are using AIX 5.1, skip this step.
    6. Select Change/Show Characteristics of Asynchronous I/O.
    7. Use the tab key to set the STATE to be configured at system restart to available.
    8. Press Enter.
    9. At this point, you can select Configure Defined Asynchronous I/O in the smit menu to apply the changes and then exit smit, or you can exit smit and run cfgmgr to apply the changes.
  2. Navigate to the directory where the client installation package is located.
  3. Use smit or installp to install the package. For example:
    installp -ac -d . client_package_name
  4. Configure and start the client. If you are using the client configuration as it existed before the upgrade, follow these steps:
    1. Copy stclient.conf from the temporary directory back to /usr/tank/client/config/.
    2. Run the setup command
      /usr/tank/client/bin/setupstclient 
  5. If you do not have stclient.conf or if you want to make changes to the client configuration, run the setup command with the –prompt parameter:
    /usr/tank/client/bin/setupstclient -prompt
    You are prompted to enter values for the client configuration, as shown in Table 1. In most cases you can accept the defaults. If you change these values, make sure that you type the new values correctly.

Parent topic: Upgrading SAN File System on an AIX client

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