HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.0 Recovery Management User Guide

Creating and installing a User Defined storage adapter
Matrix recovery management provides a User Defined storage adapter interface specification to
enable one-step Matrix recovery management failover capability for storage types that are supported
by Matrix OE, but not yet integrated with Matrix recovery management.
Overview
Matrix recovery management can be configured to invoke storage replication management
commands for non-integrated storage when various storage configuration or failover operations
are invoked. The User Defined storage adapter specification for non-integrated storage defines
commands to:
• Validate storage management server information when storage management servers for
non-integrated storage are configured using the Matrix recovery management GUI.
• Validate Storage Replication Group information when Storage Replication Groups that use
non-integrated storage are configured using the Matrix recovery management GUI.
• Failover Storage Replication Groups when logical servers that use non-integrated storage are
failed over using the Matrix recovery management Activate... operation.
Steps to manage non-integrated storage with Matrix recovery management
If your DR-Protected logical servers use a non-integrated storage system that is supported by Matrix
OE, and you want Matrix recovery management to automatically invoke storage failover for the
non-integrated storage using the Matrix recovery management Activate... operation, you must:
1. Implement and thoroughly test the three commands defined in the “User Defined storage
adapter interface specification” ,then perform testing at the Local Site and at the Remote Site.
2. Create a new subdirectory under the STORAGE directory where Matrix recovery management
is installed. Give the subdirectory a name that identifies the storage type being managed -
this name will appear in drop-down menus in the Matrix recovery management GUI. Perform
this step at the Local Site and at the Remote Site.
NOTE: The name of the subdirectory must be exactly the same at the Local Site and at the
Remote Site.
3. Place your implementation of the User Defined storage adapter commands in the subdirectory
created for the storage type. Perform this step at the Local Site and at the Remote Site.
4. Define local and remote Storage Management Servers for the non-integrated storage by
selecting the storage type from the drop-down menu in the Storage Management Servers tab
in the Matrix recovery management GUI. The storage type in the drop-down menu will have
the same name as the subdirectory created in step 2.
5. Using management tools for the non-integrated storage system, create a Storage Replication
Group for the storage used by the logical servers that will be DR-Protected.
6. Create a Storage Replication Group for the non-integrated storage using the Matrix recovery
management GUI. The storage type in the drop-down menu will have the same name as the
subdirectory created in step 2.
7. Create a Recovery Group Using the Matrix recovery management GUI, and associate that
Recovery Group with the Storage Replication Group for the non-integrated storage.
8. Perform a Matrix recovery management Export operation at the Local Site to generate an
exportconfig file, then perform an Import operation to import that exportconfig file at
the Remote Site.
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