HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager Administrator Guide (T3680-96069, June 2012)

Configuring disk groups for local replication..............................................................................25
Creating virtual disks..............................................................................................................25
Configuring LAN settings.........................................................................................................25
3 Managing the replication manager............................................................26
Getting started.......................................................................................................................26
Best practices.........................................................................................................................26
Shutting down a server in a replication manager environment..................................................26
Performing tasks.................................................................................................................27
Minimizing simultaneous job execution.................................................................................28
Monitoring snapshot space.................................................................................................28
Adding and removing user accounts.........................................................................................28
Licensing applications.............................................................................................................29
Tasks requiring a license.....................................................................................................29
Installing licenses...............................................................................................................30
License compatibility..........................................................................................................30
Single Sign-On..................................................................................................................30
Backing up the database.........................................................................................................30
Exporting one or more jobs.................................................................................................31
Importing one or more jobs.................................................................................................31
Copying the database on another management server................................................................31
Preparing to import a remote database ................................................................................31
Enabling imported job schedules.........................................................................................32
Removing stale data................................................................................................................32
Creating snapshots and snapclones from the GUI.......................................................................32
Ensuring job success...............................................................................................................33
Optimizing replication manager performance............................................................................33
Snapshot and snapclone best practices.................................................................................33
Mirrorclone best practices...................................................................................................34
4 Working with operating systems.................................................................35
General ...............................................................................................................................35
Devices mounted by the replication manager do not persist through a reboot ............................35
Volumes mount automatically after a reboot...........................................................................35
Cross-operating-system mounting..........................................................................................36
HP-UX...................................................................................................................................36
Assigning multiple paths to new host volumes on HP-UX..........................................................36
Avoiding long delays or time-outs on HP-UX .........................................................................36
LUN cannot be reused with different worldwide ID.................................................................36
HP P6000 DC-Management VxVM requirements and considerations........................................37
Linux.....................................................................................................................................37
Adding device files on Linux hosts........................................................................................37
Resolving suspended SUSE Linux host agent..........................................................................38
HP P6000 DC-Management Linux requirements and considerations..........................................38
OpenVMS.............................................................................................................................38
OpenVMS 8.3 Alpha servers..............................................................................................38
Sun Solaris............................................................................................................................38
Configuring Sun Solaris hosts with MPxIO.............................................................................38
Tru64 UNIX...........................................................................................................................39
Running mount jobs on Tru64 UNIX hosts..............................................................................39
Removing a host agent does not automatically terminate the daemon.......................................39
Windows..............................................................................................................................39
Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 requirements and considerations.....................................39
Configuring Windows and Linux systems with multiple network interface cards...........................39
Failing over DR groups for Windows hosts............................................................................39
Sizing the Windows System Event Log..................................................................................39
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