InterSystems IRIS Installation custom layout structure

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Rahul Srivastava · Jun 5, 2021

Hello Respected members,

I am new with InterSystems IRIS , want to setup the environment on RHEL 7.5 with multiple lun layouts (separate LVM for DB , Journal, and WIJ),

I would like to get some help in setting up the same, as far as I know, the installation will go through on a single directory ( I did not see any option to chose path/directory for DB's or WIJ /journals), hence after installation I would like to move my DB's to separate LVM and WIJ on another LVM set

Please suggest or share the steps for the same document if any for the same, that will be really helpful, Thanks

Regards

RS

Product version: IRIS 2020.1

$ZV: 2020.1.1.408

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Eduard Lebedyuk · Jun 5, 2021

1. Install InterSystems IRIS.

2. Shut it down.

3. Open <iris>/iris.cpf, there you will find:

[Databases]
USER=C:\InterSystems\IRIS\Mgr\user\

[Journal]
AlternateDirectory=C:\InterSystems\IRIS\Mgr\journal\
CurrentDirectory=C:\InterSystems\IRIS\Mgr\journal\

[config]
wijdir=C:\InterSystems\IRIS\Mgr\WIJ

4. Edit this file as you wish and move the corresponding directories.

5. Start InterSystems IRIS.

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Eduard Lebedyuk · Jun 8, 2021

I would like to know if I can move only user database or default databases as well??

All databases can be moved

what sort of permission do I need to change for new directory path

irisusr should have RW access to the folder. The easiest way is to check what access (owner, group, permissions) is set for existing files/folders and then recreate the same in a new location.

and what all files I need to copy at new location??

IRIS.DAT and stream subfolder if it exist.

Please suggest if modification in iris.cpf file can do this all operation

Absolutely.

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Vic Sun · Jun 10, 2021

Hello Rahul,

I'd check your messages.log to see messages regarding the private webserver. Then I'd check the OS to see if anything is holding your configured web server port.

This could be worth a new post, or contacting the WRC.

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score 0 · Answer 1 · 2021-06-07T15:39:21-04:00

@Eduard Lebedyuk
Thank you so much for providing this information

I would like to know if I can move only user database or default databases as well??

Like

irislib, irisaudit, irislocaldata and other under mgr folder

Please suggest if I can do this if yes then what sort of permission do I need to change for new directory path and what all files I need to copy at new location??

I want to setup my layout as given below

Database LUNs = 8 x 512GB- - - > vg_iris_db
Journal LUNs = 2 x 512GB - - > vg_iris_jrn
WIJ LUNs = 2 x 256GB - - > vg_iris_wij
Install and IRISTEMP LUNs = 2 x 128GB - - - > vg_iris_sys

Please suggest if modification in iris.cpf file can do this all operation

Thanks & Regards

RS

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2021-06-10T09:06:05-04:00

@Eduard Lebedyuk

Thank you so much for providing the detailed information.

I am able to deploy the IRIS Instance with custom layout which I wanted to

One thing I noticed that after installation I was able to see the instance running from command line but I was unable to access management portal with the URL that comes after installation, anything I missed or need to change to make it accessible?

Please suggest

Thanks

RS

score 1 · Answer 3 · 2021-06-10T09:32:44-04:00

Eduard Lebedyuk · Jun 10, 2021

Do you get Unable to connect or something else?

What's the output of iris list?

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score 0 · Answer 4 · 2021-06-10T09:40:32-04:00

I am getting below error if I tried to access the URL :

This site can’t be reached

scsps2391082001’s server IP address could not be found.

Below is the output from iris list

[root@scsps2391082001 prd]# iris list

Configuration 'PROD' (default)
directory: /prd
versionid: 2020.1.1.408.0com
datadir: /prd
conf file: iris.cpf (SuperServer port = 51773, WebServer = 52773)
status: running, since Thu Jun 10 05:45:18 2021
state: ok
product: InterSystems IRIS
[root@scsps2391082001 prd]#

Below are the Installation details

Please review the installation options:
------------------------------------------------------------------
Instance name: PROD
Destination directory: /prd
InterSystems IRIS version to install: 2020.1.1.408.0com
Installation type: Development
Unicode support: Y
Initial Security settings: Normal
User who owns instance: root
Group allowed to start and stop instance: root
Effective group for InterSystems IRIS processes: irisusr
Effective user for InterSystems IRIS SuperServer: irisusr
SuperServer port: 51773
WebServer port: 52773
JDBC Gateway port: 53773
Web Gateway: using built-in web server
------------------------------------------------------------------

Confirm InterSystems IRIS installation <Yes>?

Starting installation
Starting up InterSystems IRIS for loading...
../bin/irisinstall -s . -B -c c -C /prd/iris.cpf*PROD -W 1 -g2
Starting Control Process
Allocated 159MB shared memory: 2MB global buffers, 35MB routine buffers
IRIS startup successful.
System locale setting is 'en_US.UTF-8'
This copy of InterSystems IRIS has been licensed for use exclusively by:
InterSystems IRIS Community
Copyright (c) 1986-2021 by InterSystems Corporation
Any other use is a violation of your license agreement

^^/prd/mgr/>

^^/prd/mgr/>
Start of IRIS initialization

Loading system routines

Updating system TEMP and LOCALDATA databases

Installing National Language support

Setting IRISTEMP default collation to IRIS standard (5)

Loading system classes

Updating Security database

Loading system source code

Building system indices

Updating Audit database

Updating Journal directory

Updating User database

Updating Interoperability databases

Scheduling inventory scan

IRIS initialization complete in 2 minutes

See the iboot.log file for a record of the installation.

Starting up InterSystems IRIS...
Once this completes, users may access InterSystems IRIS
Starting PROD
Using 'iris.cpf' configuration file

Starting Control Process
Automatically configuring buffers
Allocated 925MB shared memory: 725MB global buffers, 35MB routine buffers
Creating a WIJ file to hold 99 megabytes of data
This copy of InterSystems IRIS has been licensed for use exclusively by:
InterSystems IRIS Community
Copyright (c) 1986-2021 by InterSystems Corporation
Any other use is a violation of your license agreement

You can point your browser to http://scsps2391082001:52773/csp/sys/UtilHome.csp
to access the management portal.

Let me know if anything else I need to provide it as a details ?

Regards

RS

score 0 · Answer 5 · 2021-06-10T10:15:01-04:00

Hello Rahul - I didn't see your new post yet but this message is pretty clear. The problem is at the OS level in resolving the hostname, scsps2391082001. If you replace the hostname in your URL with the actual IP of your server, it should work fine. If you want the hostname to work, I'd work with your OS/networking team to set that up.

score 0 · Answer 6 · 2021-06-10T10:06:07-04:00

Thanks @Vic Sun

I will create a new post and will share the messages.log entry there

Thank you all for providing the inputs for my queries

Regards

RS