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prestosetup(8)
NAME
  prestosetup - Configures the Prestoserve software

SYNOPSIS
  /usr/sbin/prestosetup

DESCRIPTION
  The prestosetup command is an interactive facility that allows you to set
  up Prestoserve on your system.  Prestoserve speeds up synchronous disk
  writes, including NFS server access, by reducing the amount of disk I/O.
  The prestosetup command also allows you to modify the Prestoserve
  configuration on your system.

  In order to use Prestoserve, your system must contain the necessary
  Prestoserve hardware.

  The prestosetup command verifies that the Prestoserve license is
  registered, the Prestoserve utilities are installed, and the Prestoserve
  software is configured into your kernel. Note that some Prestoserve
  hardware configurations require different forms of kernel configuration.
  If the Prestoserve hardware was installed in your system when the operating
  system was installed, the Prestoserve software will be automatically
  configured into your kernel.	If not, you may have to rebuild your kernel
  to include the correct Prestoserve controller device before you run
  prestosetup.

  The prestosetup command configures Prestoserve on your system by asking the
  following questions:

    ·  Do you want Prestoserve automatically enabled at system startup?

    ·  Which file systems do you want to accelerate? To specify a file
       system, use the mount point.  Do not specify a block device because
       some functional subsystems, such as the Advanced File System (AdvFS),
       can map more than one block device to a mount point.

    ·  Do you want to start Prestoserve now?

  After you have entered the necessary information, the prestosetup command
  displays the information that you entered and prompts you to confirm that
  the information is correct.  If the information is not correct, the
  prestosetup command exits and no changes are made.  If the information is
  correct, the prestosetup command does the following:

    ·  Creates the /dev/pr0 Prestoserve control device if necessary.

    ·  Creates the /etc/prestotab file and includes the mount points for the
       file systems that you want automatically accelerated when the system
       starts up.

    ·  Updates the /etc/rc.config file and sets the appropriate run-time
       configuration variables.

    ·  Updates the /sbin/init.d/presto startup script with the Prestoserve
       configuration information from the /etc/rc.config file.

  If you choose not to automatically enable Prestoserve when you start up the
  system, you must manually start the prestoctl_svc daemon and use the presto
  command to accelerate the file systems.

  The prestosetup command also allows you to modify the Prestoserve
  configuration on your system.	 For example, you may want to add additional
  file systems to the list in the /etc/prestotab file.

FILES
  /etc/prestotab
      Lists the mount points for the file systems that you want automatically
      accelerated when the system starts up.

SEE ALSO
  Commands: presto(8), prestoctl_svc(8)

  Files: prestotab(4)

  Guide to Prestoserve

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