HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.1.1 Administrator Guide (web) (TB581-96065, September 2011)

Prerequisite environment for mainframe hosts
To use Device Manager GUI to check the information about volumes assigned to a mainframe host,
you need to install P9000 mainframe agent on the mainframe host. The following table lists the versions
of P9000 mainframe agent supported by Device Manager.
Table 6 Versions of P9000 mainframe agent supported by Device Manager
P9000 mainframe agent ver-
sion
Platform versionMainframe host platform
5.1 or later2.10OS/390
5.1 or later1.1 to 1.12z/OS
For details about how to install P9000 mainframe agent, see the HP StorageWorks P9000 Command
View Advanced Edition Suite Software Mainframe Agent Installation and Configuration Guide.
Device Manager settings for mainframe hosts
For details about the environment settings required for linking the Device Manager server to P9000
mainframe agent, see the HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software
CLI Reference Guide.
Related products
This section describes the products related to Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager.
Replication Manager
Replication Manager displays the copy pair configuration of a system in an easy to understand format,
and allows the user to examine the configuration at the level of hosts, storage systems, or pair
configurations. Replication Manager can also be set to automatically notify the user when errors are
detected. The Replication Manager GUI can be displayed from Device Manager GUI. For details on
Replication Manager, see the documentation for Replication Manager.
The following table lists the versions of Replication Manager supported by Device Manager.
Table 7 Versions of Replication Manager supported by Device Manager
Replication Manager versionPlatform
Same version as the version of the Device Manager serverWindows
Same version as the version of the Device Manager serverLinux
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager
Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager manages the storage access paths to and from the host on which it
is installed. For details on Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager, see the applicable Hitachi Dynamic Link
Manager documentations.
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