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Step 8: Install the 
CMS software
2
Now you will complete the installation of the usual software by installing 
CMS. In general, the steps are as listed below. Detailed installation 
instructions can be found in 
CentreVu CMS R3V8 Software Installation 
and Setup 
(585-210-941).
The steps to be completed are these:
lInstall CMS software
lInstall CMS patches (if...

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5. Enter the following command:
6. Check the output for a line like this:
bootdevice2 <
device definition>
where, again,  is the string recorded in item 2.
7. Verify that the system boots normally off the alternate boot device, 
and log in as the root user:
8. Reboot with a shutdown
 command and again log in as 
root:
9. Verify that everything is normal.
10. Enter the...

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13. Enter the following command:
14. Do a CMSADM backup. For instructions, see the 
CentreVu 
CentreVu CMS R3V8 Administration 
(585-210-910) document or the 
maintenance and troubleshooting document for your hardware 
platform.
When the CMSADM backup is finished, the factory installation 
procedure for disk mirroring is complete.# chmod +x /olds/chkDisks 

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Maintaining Mirrored Systems3
This chapter contains procedures you are likely to need to 
maintain a disk-mirrored system, including replacing disk 
drives, recovering from disk failures, and using the olds scripts.
Using the alternate boot device3
When you set up your mirrored system, you created an alternate boot 
device named 
bootdevice2. 
The alternate boot device is a fail-safe...

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Maintaining the chkDisks crontab3
The chkDisks crontab runs each night and checks to see whether any 
potential or actual drive problems have been logged. The results of the 
search are logged to 
/olds/elog and mailed to the root user. This section 
shows how to start and stop chkDisks, and how to verify that it will run.
Activating 
chkDisks
3
Activate chkDisks by doing the...

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Doing a CMSADM backup on a mirrored system3
This section describes how to perform a traditional CMSADM backup on 
a mirrored system. 
Mirroring is intended as a way to minimize data loss should a system crash 
occur, not as a way to avoid backing up data. Mirrored systems must be backed 
up just as often as unmirrored systems.
Step 1: Print the 
vfstab file3
Print out the...

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3. Display the CentreVu CMS Administration menu by entering a 
cmsadm 
command. For example:
4. Enter the number of the backup 
option. The system prompts for 
the tape drive.
5. Enter the appropriate option number. The system begins calculating 
the approximate number of tapes required and informs you of its 
calculation. For example:
6. Insert the tape, wait for it to...

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Restoring from a CMSADM Backup3
This section contains the procedure for restoring /cms data files from a 
traditional CMSADM backup tape.
You may want to perform a CMSADM restore when, for example, your file 
systems are still intact, but some data has been corrupted.
If your CMS is running on a 
Sun Enterprise 3500, and you have had a 
crashed or corrupted disk, check the...

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You may get error messages concerning the /home directory. These errors 
display when the directory is already present. Ignore them.
4. Restore any 
CentreVu CMS maintenance backups dated after the 
latest CDMADM backup. See the 
CentreVu CMS R3V8 
Administration 
(585-210-941) document for details on restoring a 
maintenance backup.
NOTE: