HP P6000 Cluster Extension Software Administrator Guide (5697-2274, November 2012)

Contents
1 P6000 Cluster Extension features..................................................................6
Integration into cluster software...................................................................................................6
Graphical user interface.......................................................................................................6
CLI for easy integration.........................................................................................................6
Disaster tolerance through geographical dispersion.......................................................................6
Automated redirection of mirrored disks.......................................................................................7
Cluster setup considerations.......................................................................................................7
MSCS................................................................................................................................8
Storage system configurations.....................................................................................................8
One-to-one configuration......................................................................................................8
Consolidated DR site configuration.........................................................................................9
Processes and components.......................................................................................................10
HP P6000 Continuous Access..................................................................................................11
Synchronous replication......................................................................................................11
Asynchronous replication ...................................................................................................11
HP P6000 Continuous Access DR groups..............................................................................11
Rolling disaster protection and snapshots/snapclones.............................................................11
HP Storage Management Initiative Specification.........................................................................12
User configuration file.............................................................................................................13
Force flag..............................................................................................................................13
Planning for P6000 Cluster Extension........................................................................................13
HP P6000 Command View and HP P6000 SMI-S dependencies..............................................13
Configuration tool (clxevaconfig.exe) ...................................................................................14
SSL protocol......................................................................................................................14
HP P6000 Command View uses..........................................................................................15
SSSU considerations...........................................................................................................15
IP network considerations....................................................................................................15
SAN fabric considerations..................................................................................................15
2 Configuring P6000 Cluster Extension .........................................................16
Integrating P6000 Cluster Extension with MSCS.........................................................................16
Configuring P6000 Cluster Extension........................................................................................16
Starting the P6000 Cluster Extension configuration tool...........................................................16
Defining P6000 Cluster Extension configuration information using the GUI................................18
Defining P6000 Cluster Extension configuration information using the CLI.................................19
Importing and exporting configuration information.................................................................19
Exporting configuration settings using the GUI..................................................................19
Exporting configuration settings using the CLI....................................................................20
Importing configuration settings using the GUI..................................................................20
Importing configuration settings using the CLI....................................................................20
Adding a P6000 Cluster Extension resource...............................................................................20
Adding a P6000 Cluster Extension resource using the Failover Cluster Management GUI (Windows
Server 2008/2008 R2/2012).............................................................................................20
Adding a P6000 Cluster Extension resource using the Microsoft CLI cluster commands................20
Configuring more than one resource in a service or application...............................................21
Changing a P6000 Cluster Extension resource name..................................................................21
Changing a P6000 Cluster Extension resource name (Windows Server 2008/2008 R2/2012)....21
Configuring P6000 Cluster Extension resources..........................................................................21
Setting Microsoft cluster-specific resource and service or application properties..........................23
Setting P6000 Cluster Extension-specific resource properties....................................................25
Setting P6000 Cluster Extension resource properties using the GUI......................................25
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