How To Install dmlite-dpmdisk on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmlite-dpmdisk on CentOS 7. dmlite-dpmdisk is EMI DPM Disk Node

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmlite-dpmdisk on CentOS 7.

What is dmlite-dpmdisk

The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as RFIO and SRM version 1, version 2 and version 2.2. This is a virtual package providing all required daemons for a DPM Disk Node.

We can use yum or dnf to install dmlite-dpmdisk on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dmlite-dpmdisk.

Install dmlite-dpmdisk on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install dmlite-dpmdisk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dmlite-dpmdisk

Install dmlite-dpmdisk on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install dmlite-dpmdisk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dmlite-dpmdisk

How To Uninstall dmlite-dpmdisk on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the dmlite-dpmdisk package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dmlite-dpmdisk

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmlite-dpmdisk on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.