Considerations for multiple RS/6000 or pSeries hosts without HACMP

This section provides considerations for attaching a DS6000™ to multiple RS/6000® or pSeries™ hosts without the HACMP™ host system.

You can install HACMP to define and access a unique journaled file system (JFS) file that is stored on a single storage unit from any attached host system. If you choose not to install HACMP and are attaching multiple RS/6000 or pSeries hosts, consider the following:
  • Without HACMP, some system failure management features such as failover are not available. Therefore, a failure on the storage unit or any one of the connected host systems will most likely affect the availability of the other connected devices.
  • Multiple host systems cannot access the same volume group or the same journaled file system simultaneously.
  • You must vary on and mount the volume groups and journaled file systems every time that you start the system.
  • The storage unit does not allow ownership of volume groups to move from one system to another.
  • When you use this procedure, you can define between 2 - 4 multiple host systems.
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