HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide (TB581-96063, September 2011)

Provides user account management, security monitoring, and other functions common to all P9000
Command View AE Software products.
• Device Manager server
The component used by Device Manager to manage storage system volumes.
• Tiered Storage Manager server
The component used by Tiered Storage Manager to manage storage system volume migration.
• Replication Manager server
The component used by Replication Manager to manage storage system volume replication.
• Host Data Collector
The component used to collect information about the volumes used by the hosts.
NOTE:
The Host Data Collector component can be installed on other servers and accessed remotely by
P9000 Command View AE Software.
The pair management server centrally manages copy pair status and configuration. The following
components are installed on the pair management server:
• Device Manager agent
Collects hosts and storage system information.
• RAID Manager
Controls storage system copy pairs.
The management server accesses the management clients and storage systems over a TCP/IP network.
Hosts (application servers) access the volumes in storage systems that are managed by P9000
Command View AE Software over a Storage Area Network (SAN).
Prerequisites for basic configurations
P9000 Command View AE Software can manage different types of storage systems. The information
in this manual assumes the following system configuration:
• P9000 Command View AE Software (and Common Component) are used to manage user accounts.
• The system is not linked to an external authentication server.
• For the management server:
• Only one management server is configured.
• The management server is not part of a cluster configuration.
• The management server and management client communicate with each other using a non-SSL
protocol.
• For copy pair management:
• P9000 Command View AE Software is configured for open-volume copy pair management at
a single site.
• Copy pairs are centrally managed from a pair management server.
• For collecting information about a managed host:
• The Device Manager agent is installed only on the pair management server used to centrally
manage copy pairs.
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