HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software 7.4.
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Version 7.4.0-00 Description This is the initial release of HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software 7.4.0. For details, see “Enhancements” (page 3). For previous behaviors resolved in this release, see “Fixes” (page 5). For potential updates to these release notes, check the HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software website: http://www.hp.com/support/cvae/manuals/ Update recommendation Routine Superseded version 7.3.
• Device Manager agent now supports the following operating systems. ◦ Windows Server 2012 ◦ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 ◦ Oracle Linux 6.2 For details on editions, see the HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software System Requirements • Host Data Collector now supports guest OSs running on the virtualization server products VMware ESX/ESXi 4.1 Update 3 and ESXi 5.1 as target hosts.
• • The Device Manager GUI now supports Windows Internet Explorer 10.0 in the following operating systems: ◦ Microsoft Windows 8 ◦ Microsoft Windows Server 2012 The Device Manager CLI now supports changing the storage system name. Fixes Fixes for 7.4.0-00 The following issues have been resolved: • When the IP address of a host, or the server.http.socket.agentAddress property in server.
• If CIM/WBEM function was used, the instance of HITACHI_StoragePool and the related classes might be invalid when the following conditions were met: 1. Each of the following storage systems were managed: 2. 3. ◦ XP10000/XP12000 ◦ XP20000/XP24000 ◦ XP P9500 The SMI-S Enabled storage system was connected to the storage system in the first condition. The storage system in the second condition was managed.
Importing the storage system labels to Device Manager When Refresh Labels (the operation to import the storage system labels to Device Manager) has over 20,000 volumes, do not the Refresh Labels at the same time as other tasks without considering the following factors: • • Confirm that there is not any running task in Device Manager using one of the following methods: ◦ Display the Administration tab, then the Data Collection Tasks tab. ◦ Display the Task & Alerts tab.
Columns related to logical view: • IP Addresses Columns related to physical view: • WWN Columns related to system drives: • Host • WWN • Port • Host Group • LUN • Target ID • Copy Info (S-VOL) • Copy Info (P-VOL) • Parity Group • Volume Attributes Columns related to the Select THP Pool dialog box: • Volume Location • Drive Type • Drive Speed (RPM) • External LDEV Tier Rank Sorting and filtering The sort order of the following columns might not be correct.
• Drive Speed(RPM) • Total Capacity • Free Capacity • Usable Volumes • No. of Volumes THP pools columns: • Pool type • Subscription • No. of Parity Groups • Total Capacity Tiers columns: • Parity Group • Free Capacity • Tier No. • Volume Location • Drive Type • Drive Speed • No.
• Filesystem Used % • Vendor Parity groups columns: • Total Capacity THP pools columns: • Subscription Hosts columns: • OS Sorting volumes and pools The following columns might not be sorted properly in windows that contain lists of volumes: • Host • WWN In addition, the following columns might not be sorted properly in windows that contain lists of pools: • Drive Type • Drive Speed (RPM) AddLogicalUnit command in the Device Manager CLI When creating multiple LUs using the batch function in the
Customizable tiering policy names The following shows the correspondence between customizable tiering policy names in the Device Manager GUI and Element Manager: Device Manager GUI Element Manager Custom 1 Level6 Custom 2 Level7 ... ...
Reschedule Tasks If tasks for which the start time passed are selected from the task list in the Tasks & Alerts tab and Reschedule Tasks is executed, Reschedule Tasks does not complete successfully and generates the following incorrect message: KAIC63504-E Unable to execute task. (task name = “” Note that the rescheduling tasks for which the start time passed is not supported in Reschedule Tasks. The server.dispatcher.daemon.autoSynchro.logicalGroup.
After: EFGH 5. 6. 7. 8. Start the Device Manager agent service and automatic execution of the HiScan command on the host. From the Device Manager GUI or CLI, delete the host name in the Device Manager server. If the target host had been registered in any resource groups (as described in step 2), register the host again. Refresh the storage systems to which the LUNs recognized by the target host belong. The parity group list dialog The parity group number might not be displayed correctly.
within the range where LDEV capacity can be used.") If the configuration was being changed, refresh both the storage system and external storage system. If you are a local user, contact the system administrator. (KAIC90083-E) In the GUI or the CLI, this issue occurs when all of the following conditions are met: • • Virtualize Volumes dialog box ◦ Capacity of selected volume from which the dialog box is launched is greater than 4,194,304 MB (4.0 TB), or a capacity that is greater than 4,194,304 MB (4.
Values displayed in Removable column of pool volume list If Yes appears in the Removable column of the pool volume list, removing pool volume in shrink pool process may not succeed under any of the following conditions. • The pool usage rate has exceeded the Depletion Threshold, or the pool status is blocked. • The pool volume status is blocked. • If the pool volume is removed, the pool usage rate exceeds Depletion Threshold, or the pool subscription rate exceeds Subscription Limit.
• Changing the CHA/DKA status • Changing the cache status • Replacement of an OEM drive microcode • LDEV shredding If this occurs, format the blocked pool volumes by using the CLI FormatLU command, or Element Manager. Displaying volume capacity in the Create Volumes dialog box The specified volume capacity may not be displayed correctly in the plan screen of the Create Volumes dialog box. If this occurs, see the task list to confirm the correct capacity.
View of the maximum hierarchies of a logical group folder When a logical group folder has 14 or more hierarchies and the tree of the folder has been expanded with 14 or more hierarchies, the KAIC16009-E error may occur after clicking the folder. If this occurs, collapse the tree of the parent folder and re-expand the tree to the folder.
Method change for variation detection in an XP P9500 If the server.dispatcher.daemon.configUpdate.detection.variable.enabled property in the dispatcher.properties file is set to false (default value for 7.3.
To map the above volumes, use either of the following: • The CLI AddExternalArrayGroup command • Element Manager, XP P9000 Remote Web Console, or XP Remote Web Console Clicking a link in the GUI When clicking a link in the GUI, do not click the link while pressing the Ctrl key. KAIC16009-E error dialog boxes may appear if you click a link while pressing the Ctrl key. If this occurs, close all of the error dialog boxes.
If this occurs, take any of the following actions to reduce the number of hosts that recognize the command devices to fewer than 100, and add or refresh the storage system again. • Remove the hosts that recognize the command devices from Device Manager. • Uninstall Device Manager agent on each host that recognizes the command devices. • Unallocate the command devices from the hosts that recognize them. For 100 or more hosts, use a RAID Manager server instead of command devices.
Creating THP volumes In the Create Volumes dialog box, the subscription limit of the pool is not checked when the create volumes task is registered if the following conditions are met: • The Create Volumes dialog box is launched after a pool is selected. • Either of the following pools exist in the storage system. ◦ The subscription limit is set larger than the subscription limit of the selected pool. ◦ The subscription limit is not configured.
Volume search: Search results might not be correct if is not is specified as a conditional equation in volume search by label. Only volumes assigned labels can be searched. If this occurs, sort the volumes by the Label column after filtering candidate volumes by attributes other than Label. Editing pool name In the Create Pool dialog box or the Editing Pool dialog box, a backquote (`) cannot be used in the Pool Name text field.
XP12000/XP10000 creating multiple volumes at the same time for a CU that has no volumes allocated to it In an XP12000/XP10000 disk array, if multiple volumes are created at the same time for a CU that has no volumes allocated to it, the KAIC06400-E error occurs and the volumes are not created. First, create one volume for the CU, and after that, create the other volumes.
Controlling access to resources Do not allow multiple users to operate concurrently when setting up the following resource access control: • Resource groups • User groups • Roles • Users Setting up resource groups While creating or editing resource groups, do not make configuration changes on resources that are to be added to or deleted from the resource groups.
If this occurs, and then the Search button is clicked, the displayed search results might differ from the saved search conditions. This issue occurs when either of the following conditions is met: • A resource for which the user does not have the view permission is specified for the saved search criteria. • Resources have been deleted from the saved search criteria. Do not save search conditions containing a resource that a user cannot view.
4. Import the database. 1. Execute the hcmdsdbtrans command to import the databases: \Component\bin\hcmdsdbtrans /import /workpath /file /type ALL /auto 2. Specify true for the server.base.initialsynchro property on the Device Manager server. Other than user information, the hcmdsdbtrans command does not migrate the Common Component repository.
Upgrading Command View Advanced Edition to 7.1.0 or importing Command View Advanced Edition 7.0.0 database When either of the following conditions is met, the KAIC16029-E message might appear. • Command View Advanced Edition 7.0.0 is upgraded to Command View Advanced Edition 7.1.0. • Command View Advanced Edition 7.1.0 is installed, and then the Command View Advanced Edition 7.0.0 database is imported. If this occurs, restart the Device Manager service.
Filter values in the filter dialog box If a filter attribute is changed before its filter value in the filter dialog box is shown, the filter value might be inconsistent. If this occurs, redisplay the filters, or log in again. If the inconsistent filter value appears after refreshing the screen, set up a filter value again after applying a filter with a different attribute.
Appearance of Host Data Collector When using host discovery with Host Data Collector, the following information does not appear correctly: • IPv6 address in Windows 2008 German Edition. • IPv6 address in Solaris and HP-UX environments if IPv4 address specified by a user for registering host is an alias IP address. • IPv6 address in a Linux environment if more than 2 IPv6 addresses are assigned to one interface. • IPv6 address in a non-English edition of Windows 2008 (such as Japanese).
Filtering in the Logical Group dialog box When adding volumes in the Logical Group dialog box, you cannot filter by the Encryption column. If this occurs, filter the volumes with some other criteria first, and then try to sort by the Encryption column. Filtering by capacity Do not use the = (equal) operator to filter by capacity. Use the > (greater than), < (less than), >= (greater than or equal to), or <= (less than or equal to) operators to filter by capacity.
Allocate Volumes dialog box When the Allocate Volumes dialog box is launched from the Smart pool screen and the Show Plan button is clicked, the KAIC15294-E error occurs if the volume capacity specified is less than the minimum value. If this occurs, specify a volume capacity that is more than the minimum value appearing in the dialog box. Unallocate Volumes dialog box If the target volume is deleted during the unallocate volume operation, the KAIC43001-E message might appear.
Using the CLI GetLogicalGroup command to view the elements of logical groups Note the following when using the CLI GetLogicalGroup command to view both logical group information and information about the elements of logical groups: • Do not place 16,384 volume paths or more in a logical group. • Do not view 16,384 logical group volume paths or more at once. • Delete unnecessary logical groups.
Internet Explorer 9.0 Download Manager Download information of CSV export does not appear in the download manager screen of Internet Explorer 9.0. Using the GUI with Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 Because Internet Explorer on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 enables Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration (IE ESC) by default, you might experience the following situations: • Loading animation does not move. • You cannot download files from a server with HTTPS enabled.
Creating XP Snapshot, Snapshot, or Business Copy pairs When XP Snapshot, Snapshot, or Business Copy pairs are created by using CLI commands, the same volume cannot be used by the following combinations of copy types: • XP Snapshot and Business Copy • Snapshot and Business Copy • Fast Snap and Business Copy Filtering function of Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning If five or more filter conditions are set in the filtering function of the Tasks tab, the label name (Attribute, Value) does not
Perform either of the following operations, and then retry the volume virtualization task. • Cancel the external path assigned to the external volumes. • Create a new path by selecting a port other than the ports of the internal storage system, or by selecting a port other than the ports of the external storage system. Not using for GUI: • CLI AddExternalArrayGroup command. • Element Manager, XP P9000 Remote Web Console, or XP Remote Web Console.
KAIC07663-E in Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning When the Add Storage operation is performed, the KAIC07663-E message might occur if you attempt to allocate a beyond the maximum number of recognizable storage devices by the VMware ESX Server. Confirm the maximum number of recognizable storage devices by the VMware ESX Server, and then, after unallocating the volumes from the VMware ESX Server, perform the Add Storage operation again.
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• 995(pop3+ssl) • 2049(nfs) • 4045(lockd) • 6000(x11) GUI operations after upgrading Device Manager After upgrading Device Manager, reboot the browser used as the GUI or clear a cache of the browser, and log into Command View Advanced Edition Suite products. If the above operation is not performed, the GUI might be inoperative. Screen appearance The information might not appear on the screen or the screen might be frozen. If this occurs, refresh the screen or log in again.
Using Host Data Collector to register Windows hosts on a Solaris or Linux server If using Host Data Collector on a Solaris or Linux server to register or refresh a Windows host and the message ERR_1202 appears, retry registering or refreshing the host. ERR_1202 : Unable to copy all the files to the remote server.
When Replication Manager is used and copy group information is viewed From the Pair Configurations view in Replication Manager, the value for the number of viewable copy pairs appearing in the Visible/Total column in the Copy Group Summary is sometimes different from the actual number of copy pairs appearing in the Pairs tab. The total number of copy pairs appearing in the Pairs tab is the actual number of viewable copy pairs.
Registering and refreshing hosts The KAIC169001-E message might appear when communications between Host Data Collector and target multiple hosts are not successful in registering or refreshing hosts. If this occurs, close the browser and then log in again five minutes later. When HiRDB is installed in the system During Common Component installation, HiRDB will be installed as the database management system.
in which socket connections are blocked on the local host. When setting up a firewall in the operating system, configure the settings so that socket connections are not blocked on the local host. TMP environment variable (Windows) If multi-byte characters are included in a Windows login account name, they will also be included in the path specified in the TMP environment variable, and you will not be able to install the Command View Advanced Edition Suite.
Symbolic link destination Location Installation directory for the Device Manager server database Under /var/opt/CVXPAE/database/DeviceManager5 and any directories under the installation directory Installation directory for the Tiered Storage Manager server database and any directories Under /var/opt/ CVXPAE /database/HTSM5 Installation directory for the Replication Manager server database and any directories Under /var/opt/ CVXPAE /database/HRpM5 5 This is the default installation directory.
Component Manual HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software Administrator Guide Mainframe agent HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software Mainframe Agent Installation and Configuration Guide Compatibility/interoperability No issues. Revision information For this release, software and documentation revision levels are as follows: Device Manager Software 7.4.
