HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software User Guide Part number: TB581-96315 Seventh edition: August 2012
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Contents Preface .............................................................................................. 11 1 Overview of HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite ................................................................................................ 13 About HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite ........................................ Features ...............................................................................................................
Reviewing data collection tasks ................................................................................................... 36 About data collection tasks ................................................................................................. 36 3 Setting up and operating a SAN environment ...................................... 39 Creating and deleting volumes ................................................................................................... About creating volumes .......
Editing LUN paths ............................................................................................................. About unallocating volumes ................................................................................................ Prerequisites for unallocating volumes from hosts ................................................................... Unallocating volumes from hosts ..........................................................................................
Editing volume labels ......................................................................................................... 86 Using volume labels to locate volumes to perform tasks .......................................................... 86 5 Monitoring operations in a SAN environment ...................................... 87 Viewing information summaries .................................................................................................. About checking system status in the dashboard .
Changing the password for a user account ......................................................................... Changing your password ................................................................................................. Changing permissions for a user account ........................................................................... Changing the lock status of user accounts ...........................................................................
About Legacy mode ............................................................................................................... User permissions in Legacy mode ............................................................................................ Values for ensuring the operation of Tiered Storage Manager in Legacy Mode and recommended values ..................................................................................................................................
Tables 1 Tiered Storage Manager Values ................................................................................ 72 2 Volumes that cannot be used as migration sources ...................................................... 73 3 Search dialog box .................................................................................................. 93 4 Information for checking the input history of license keys ............................................ 119 5 Product reference conventions ................
Preface This manual provides information for P9000 Command View AE Suite.
Preface
1 Overview of HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite is a comprehensive software suite providing management services for storage systems and hosts. Storage configuration, virtualization, reporting, and monitoring tools are fully supported.
• Create hierarchical storage tiers based on varying drive performance and capacity characteristics • Use the Mobility tab to optimize data placement and operation for online data migration between tiers If you install 'Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning' in an environment that manages virtualization servers using VMware vCenter Server and VMware vSphere Client, you can use the plug-in to allocate volumes.
Management servers • The management server is where P9000 Command View AE Suite is installed. • The management server communicates with management clients, storage systems, pair management servers, and hosts over LAN connections. • Additional software can be installed on the management server to provide extended management capabilities.
NOTE: The Host Data Collector component can be installed on other servers and accessed remotely by P9000 Command View AE Suite. Management clients • You can manage storage resources via the management server using the P9000 Command View AE Suite web client, or CLI client software to issue commands. • CLI client components (Device Manager and Tiered Storage Manager) require a separate installation from the web client.
URL examples: • http://localhost:23015/DeviceManager/ • https://localhost:23016/DeviceManager/ NOTE: The localhost name entry above implies you are sitting at the server. To access the interface from another system, specify an IP address or host name in the URL. For a secure connection, use the https URL on port 23016. 2. Enter a user ID and password to log in. If authenticating with an external authentication server, use the password that is registered there.
Application area • Minimize and expand panes by using the double arrow symbol in the title. • Click Column Settings to display or hide columns, change column order, or review column explanations. • Right-click a table header and select menu options like Hide Column or Show all Columns. • Arrange columns by using drag and drop. • Sort lists by clicking a column. • Navigate large lists by using Page controls. • Use Filter to reduce large lists, or to find specific items.
• Search Search for word or phrase occurrences. Click search results to display topics. • Glossary Brief explanations of terms. Printing topics • To print topics, right-click the topic and select Print or click the printer icon on the button bar. Operational workflows This module provides high-level workflow diagrams that describe the operations for setting up HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite software.
Configuring HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite In the graphic below, configuring a browser means setting up the browser environment to correctly display and run HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite. If you have issues, check your browser setup. After you set up the browser environment, you can log in. If storage administration is to be shared, investigate the topic on managing users.
To set access control you will need to create resource and user groups and then assign the resource groups and roles to the user groups. Creating a storage operating environment To be able to use volumes of a storage system from hosts configure the operating environment beforehand. The workflow for configuring the environment differs depending on the scale and operation method of the storage systems.
Monitoring storage You can check the status of storage resources to detect problems and output reports to a CSV file containing search results or configuration and capacity information about storage systems, hosts, volumes, logical groups, and other storage resources. If you have the Tiered Storage Manager license, you can see the operational status of storage resources from the Mobility tab and perform integrated operations to optimize data placement.
• Reference data migration information from the Mobility tab.
Overview of HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite
2 Registering managed targets This module describes how to register storage systems and hosts. Registering storage systems This module describes how to register storage systems. About registering a storage system Registering a storage system enables you to monitor and manage storage resources, such as volumes, parity groups, THP/Smart pools, and external storage connections. Information about a storage system can be changed after the storage system is registered.
• You must be sure the SMI-S provider is set (for SMI-S Enabled storage systems) before registration. Registering a storage system A storage system must be registered in order to monitor and manage it from HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite. To register a storage system, you must add it to the list of managed resources. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. On the Administration tab, select Managed Resources. On the Storage Systems tab, click Add Storage System. Specify the appropriate information.
To update information about hosts, such as the host name, WWN, refresh the hosts. If connected to P9000 Performance Advisor Software, users can also update performance information that is displayed in the Mobility tab. To automatically update the storage system information, specify proper settings in the server.properties file or dispatcher.properties file of the management server. For details about specifiable values, see the HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software Administrator Guide.
• Virtualization servers (A physical server where virtual software is installed.) • Virtual machines (A machine that is created on the virtualization server and operates on virtualization software.) Depending on the user's purpose, multiple choices of methods (such as manual registration, or using Host Data Collector, or Device Manager agent) are provided for registering the host.
Purpose Method Description To newly install HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software to an existing environment that was configured with Remote Web Console Scan a host Use Host Scan when you want to newly install HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software to an existing environment that was configured by using Remote Web Console.
NOTE: When specifying users other than the root, you need to specify environment settings for when general users are used to collect host information on the host side. For details on how to specify settings, see the HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software Administrator Guide.
• Host IP address for vMA (IPv4 or IPv6) • User name and password for logging on to vMA (with Administrator or superuser permissions) • Version of the virtualization server NOTE: The virtualization server must be VMware ESX 4.x or VMware ESXi 4.x. For VMware ESXi 5.x, use Host Data Collector. For details about supported versions, see the Release Notes.
registered to multiple hosts, only the WWN name with the same name as the host that is already registered in Device Manager is added to the host. The following shows an example of host detection: In this diagram, the WWN of 22.22.22.22.22.22.22.22 for host group AAA is added to host AAA, which has the same name as the host group. The WWN of host group BBB is already registered to host AAA, and host BBB cannot be registered in Device Manager.
Conditions for a target host: • It is not a mainframe host • It is not a virtual host • At least one WWN name must be registered for the destination host Items to check beforehand: • Source host name 1. From the Administration tab, select Managed Resources. 2. From the Hosts tab, select the line for the target host, and then click Merge Hosts. 3. Specify the source host, and then merge the hosts. Confirm the merged host information from the resource tree view.
Item Edit Hosts Refresh Hosts Protocol Y -- Port Type Y3 and Y4 Y3 WWN Y3 and Y4 Y3 Legend: • Y : Can be edited or refreshed • -- : Cannot be edited or refreshed • Y1 : For virtualization servers, you can specify IPv4 or IPv6. • Y2 : You can specify IPv4 or IPv6. • Y3 : WWNs and their port types that have been added can be affected by the Refresh Hosts button, but deleted WWNs and their port types cannot be affected. To delete such WWNs, the Edit Hosts button needs to be used.
Item Edit Hosts Refresh Hosts IP Address Y1 and Y2 -- User ID/PW Y1 -- Whether or not to use Host Data Collector Y3 -- Protocol Y -- Port Type -- Y WWN -- Y Legend: • Y : Can be edited or refreshed • -- : Cannot be edited or refreshed • Y1 : IP address, user ID, and password of vMA. • Y2 : You can specify IPv4 or IPv6. • Y3 : A host registered by using vMA can be set to be managed by Host Data Collector, but if it is managed by Host Data Collector, it cannot be set to be managed by vMA.
Item Edit Hosts Refresh Hosts WWN Y2 and Y3 Y2 Legend: • Y : Can be edited or refreshed • -- : Cannot be edited or refreshed • Y1 : When copy pairs are managed by a host where Device Manager agent is installed, you need to restart the Device Manager agent service after changing the host name. After the Device Manager agent service is restarted, the new host name is applied by updating the storage system.
NOTE: The Tasks & Alerts tab does not list data collection tasks. Also, the global monitoring bar task status links are for Tasks & Alerts tab items only, not data collection tasks. For each data collection task: • Type indicates the performed operation (for example, Add Storage System) • Status indicates completion or failure of the operation TIP: Click the status link to review the diagnostic message for a failed task.
Registering managed targets
3 Setting up and operating a SAN environment This module describes setting up and operating a Storage Area Network (SAN). Creating and deleting volumes This module describes how to create volumes (including LUSE volumes), and delete unallocated volumes. About creating volumes You create volumes, then allocate them to a host. You create volumes by using the available space in a THP/Smart pool or parity group. You can then access the volumes when you are ready to allocate them to a host.
• Verify the information that is displayed. NOTE: Only manually set LDEV IDs for the volumes you are creating appear in the Plan Detail for verification. • Enter a name in Task Name. • Specify when the task should execute. 4. 5. Click Submit. When the task completes, verify that the volumes appear in the Open-Unallocated volume list on the Resources tab.
Creating a LUSE volume Information needed before creating a LUSE volume: • The name of the target host • The target volumes (LUSE volumes or basic volumes that are already allocated to the host). Tasks to complete before creating a LUSE volume: • Creating volumes to be added 1. From the Resources tab, select Hosts. 2. Expand the tree and select the target host. 3. From the list of volumes, select the basic volume, and then click the Create LUSE Volume button. 4. Click the Add Volumes button. 5.
This allows centralized management of volumes from multiple external storage systems, in addition to the volumes from the single storage system being managed with HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite. The volumes in the external storage system (registered and referred to as external volumes) can then be managed in the same way as the volumes in the internal storage system (registered and referred to as internal volumes).
Virtualizing storage capacity This module describes how to virtualize storage capacity. About virtualizing storage capacity HP StorageWorks P9000 Thin Provisioning (THP) provides virtual volumes to a host and allocates the actual capacity from a THP pool when a host makes a write request. By using THP pools, you can allocate more capacity to a host than that allowed by the actual physical configuration of the storage system.
• • • • • • Smart pool volume, the external Smart pool volume can be defined according to performance. Users can directly specify an LDEV to create THP pools. After creating the THP/Smart pools, users can create a volume from the created THP/Smart pools, or allocate a THP/Smart volume to a host by specifying THP/Smart pools.
larger the number of target volumes, the more likely that the estimated time and the actual execution time will differ greatly.
Configuration information for each THP/Smart volume can be displayed by clicking the volume link from the list displayed on the THP Vols tab. Prerequisites for expanding THP/Smart pools By expanding THP/Smart pools, pool capacity can be increased or THP pools can be converted to Smart pools.
5. Click Submit. The plan is registered as a task. 6. 7. On the Tasks & Alerts tab, confirm that the task completed. In the Storage Systems tree, return to the target storage system, click THP Pools, and confirm that the information is updated. Modifying THP/Smart pool settings After setting up a THP/Smart pool, you can modify THP/Smart pool settings. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. On the Resources tab, select THP Pools under the target storage system.
2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Expand the tree and select THP Pools under the target storage system. Select one or more Smart pools and click either the Start Monitoring or Stop Monitoring button, both found in the More Actions menu. Set the desired items and execute the task. View the list of tasks to check execution results. Click the link for the task name and check that monitoring of each Smart pool has started or stopped.
A Tiered Storage Manager license must be registered. 1. From the tree view of the Mobility tab, select Logical Groups. This operation can also be performed at the host level from the Resources tab. 2. 3. Expand the tree view to select the target logical group. If you want to set all Smart volumes in the logical group at the same time, select Actions (in the upper-right corner of the application area), then Edit Tier Relocation.
• Specify settings for checking performance information, such as settings for linking to HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor software, or settings for the performance monitoring software of each application. TIP: If linked to HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor software, you can view performance trend charts for the volumes in the logical group from the Manage Data Placement Profiles dialog box.
• Determine the name of the target logical group. • Specify settings for checking performance information, such as settings for linking to HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor software, or settings for the performance monitoring software of each application. TIP: If linked to HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor software, you can view performance trend charts for the volumes in the logical group from the Manage Data Placement Profiles dialog box.
NOTE: No other operations can be performed on a storage system while performing applying profile, releasing profile, search inconsistency, or repair inconsistency. Therefore, users need to consider whether there is any problem with the timing of the operation, based on the estimated time that is displayed before the execution begins. You can also stop tasks that are being executed.
• When the HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite database was overwritten, due to an import or restoration, while the applied profile existed. • When a storage system is deleted that contains an applied profile, and the storage system is re-registered. • In the cases above, users need to perform the search inconsistency operation from the Refresh Storage Systems dialog to detect inconsistencies.
When you select the target Smart pool from the tree view in the Resources tab, check that the external LDEV tiering rank for the Smart pool volume has been changed. Allocating and unallocating volumes This module reviews volume allocation requirements, methods, and related procedures for allocating, or provisioning, volumes. About allocating volumes Volume allocation makes storage capacity available to host applications or clustered hosts and applications.
• Select resources, such as volumes or hosts, then start the Allocate Volumes dialog box. • Start the Allocate Volumes dialog box without first selecting a resource such as a volume or host. If you select resources first, the Allocate Volumes dialog box will prompt you for less information. Note that every volume allocation method involves clicking Allocate Volumes using a button, an Actions pull-down menu item, or a General Tasks menu item, to start the Allocate Volumes dialog box.
Allocating volumes from general tasks You can allocate volumes from the General Tasks pane. 1. From the Resources or Mobility tab, select Allocate Volumes. TIP: If you do not see Allocate Volumes listed, click more... to see all menu items. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Because you have not selected a resource such as a volume or host, the Allocate Volume dialog box will launch and prompt you for all needed information. Specify your volume allocation requirements. Click Show Plan to check your volume allocation.
TIP: Open-reserved volumes cannot be allocated. Open-allocated can be used to allocate like volumes. 6. 7. 8. 9. Specify one or more hosts, and other volume allocation requirements. Click Show Plan to check your volume allocation. If the plan is correct, submit the task. Check for a Completed task status. Allocating volumes to clustered hosts You can group hosts that belong to a cluster into a logical group. This prevents possible errors with host selection.
NOTE: As the number of searchable objects grows, identify a specific resource to search, for example Logical Groups, to decrease search time. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. As an example, assuming you searched for hosts, from your search results, click the host name link. The appropriate location in the Resources tab is displayed. The host is effectively selected. Click Actions > Allocate Volumes on the summary pane. Confirm the hostname is displayed in the dialog box. Specify your volume allocation requirements.
7. Check for a Completed task status. Allocate Volumes dialog box The order of the fields in this dialog box is consistent, but some fields might not be displayed because your volume allocation method makes the fields unnecessary. For example, if you select a basic volume from a specific storage system, then click Allocate Volumes, you are not prompted for storage system and volume information as this information is known by your volume selection.
Field Subfield Definition If you select a storage system prior to clicking Allocate Volumes, the name is displayed. Otherwise, select the storage system providing the volumes. Any storage system can provide basic volumes. Storage system Volumes to be allocated from THP/Smart pools must be provided by a storage system supporting this feature. Allocating volumes from a tier requires configured tier policies for the storage system.
Field Subfield Definition Note that when you set the volume type to Basic or Thin Provisioning you will see Tier, Automatic and Manual options as explained below. When the volume type is Smart Pool , the fields will be displayed as noted above in Volume Type. >> Advanced Options The fields below can be displayed or hidden by clicking Advanced Options. These fields support explicit volume allocation (Tier, Manual) or volume allocation based on criteria such as drive type or RAID level.
Field Creating Volume Settings Subfield Definition Pool Use Select Pool to select the THP pool from which to allocate volumes. As noted above, changing the volume criteria can change the system selected THP pool. Format Type Stripe Size Creating Volume Settings, and related fields, is only displayed when entered volume criteria require a new volume to be created. See Volume Capacity field above for an example.
Field Subfield Definition Host mode Select the host mode that supports the host type for which you are allocating volumes. Host mode options Select one or more host mode options for supporting special requirements for specific applications. LU numbers can be assigned automatically or manually for the volumes being allocated. LU Number auto or manual selection buttons To automatically assign LU numbers to the allocated volumes, select auto and enter a start from number (or use the default).
Unallocating a volume deletes all LUN paths that connect the volume to portsand hosts. Prerequisites for unallocating volumes from hosts Volume unallocation frees up volumes for reallocation to other systems needing these resources. Before unallocating volumes, verify the following: • The host and storage systems are registered in HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite software. • The IT administrator has unmounted the volumes you plan to unallocate.
Copy pair management operations You can perform the following pair management functions in HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite: • Define, create, and delete open volume copy pairs • Modify copy-pair tasks • create: Creates a copy pair • split: Separates a copy pair • resync: Synchronizes a secondary volume with the primary volume • restore: Restores the copy pair from a secondary volume to the primary volume • delete: Releases a copy pair and changes the status to simplex • • • • View
Defining copy pairs Before you define copy pairs, determine the volumes that will be used to define copy pairs and verify that the volumes are allocated to a host. 1. 2. 3. From the Actions menu, select Manage Replication to access the pair management functionality. Display a list of volumes from the Hosts tree or the Storage Systems tree. On the Unpaired tab, select the volumes from which copy pairs will be defined and then click Pair Management. The Pair Configuration wizard opens. 4.
TIP: To display the most recent SplitTime in Device Manager after performing operations on a Snapshot copy pair, you need to refresh the storage system information. Data mobility An administrator can obtain information required to see the operating status of storage resources and optimize data placement. About data mobility The Mobility tab provides information required to see the operating status of storage resources and optimize data placement.
• Quantity of I/O operations compared to the calculated maximum number of I/O operations In addition, if linked with HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance Advisor software, the following performance information can be viewed (see the HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software Administrator Guide): • • • • IOPS throughput for THP/Smart pools, volumes, and hardware tiers Past volume performance data (to look for trends) Response time of the volume Busy rate for parity groups NOTE: If HP StorageWorks
• Drive Type Summary Checks whether the logical group has the necessary capacity. Checks the total capacity of the volumes and the used capacity of each drive type within the logical group. • Drive Type Distribution Checks how many of each drive type is used for each THP/Smart pool that is included in a logical group. Used to check whether the configuration of the hardware tier is appropriate.
Optimizing data placement in a logical group A Tiered Storage Manager license must be registered. Data placement can be optimized in a logical group. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. From the tree view of the Mobility tab, select Logical Groups. Select All Logical Groups, and in the logical group ranking, check for logical groups that are responding late, have a small unused capacity, or have a large used capacity for each drive type.
The source volume can be selected by host or by logical group. The source volume also can be selected from some of the volumes allocated to a host some of the volumes in a logical group, some of the volumes in a tier. Migration source volumes can also be selected from volume search results. Only volumes that can be migrated will be migrated. Migration targets are selected from tiers, THP/Smart pools, or resource search results.
Values for ensuring the operation of Tiered Storage Manager and recommended values The values below ensure the operation of Tiered Storage Manager. Performance might slow down or memory might become insufficient if a value exceeds these values.
• Volumes configured for XRC. Note that a volume in a suspended status can be a source volume, but not a target volume. • Volumes configured for concurrent copying. • The migration source volume is configured as a Continuous Access Software pair or Hitachi TrueCopy for Mainframe pair, and the migration target is an external storage system.
Displayed character string Business Copy Configuration [Leaf] Business Copy XP Configuration [Leaf] Business Copy Configuration [Node] Business Copy XP Configuration [Node] Reason preventing use as a migration source The volume is part of a Business Copy or Hitachi ShadowImage for Mainframe S-VOL, and paired with an SP-VOL. The volume is part of a Business Copy or Hitachi ShadowImage for Mainframe SP-VOL, and paired with two S-VOLs.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The volume is locked by Data Retention Utility (not Read/Write) The volume is an Intermediate volume The volume is part of a LUSE The volume is a NAS system volume The volume is an on-demand device volume A path is set for the volume The volume is a system drive The volume is part of a Business Copy pair The volume is part of a Continuous Access Synchronous pair The volume is part of a Continuous Access Journal pair The volume is a Continuous Access Journal journal volume The
Tasks that must be completed beforehand: • A Tiered Storage Manager license must be registered. • Creation of a tier in which the target mainframe volumes are grouped (only when migrating mainframe volumes) Information that should be obtained beforehand: • Migration source host, logical group, tier, or storage system. • Migration target THP/Smart pools, tier or migration target volumes. 1. In the Resources or Mobility tab, select a migration source host or logical group.
4. Specify the migration target, THP/Smart pools, or tier and then click the Next button. When the parity group selection rule is set, a candidate volume that is appropriate as a migration target will be selected depending on the application that is being used or the usage rate of the parity group. Specifically: • Balance Capacity: System attempts to select a migration target candidate so that the remaining capacity of the targeted parity group is equalized with other parity groups.
Migrating data from an SMI-S Enabled storage system to another storage system You can migrate data from an SMI-S Enabled storage system to another storage system. Tasks that must be completed beforehand: • • • • The Device Manager CLI is set up. A Tiered Storage Manager license is registered. The Tiered Storage Manager CLI is set up (if necessary). The port of the SMI-S Enabled storage system is connected to the External port of the storage system via Fibre Channel.
Advanced Edition Suite Software CLI Reference Guide and the HP P9000 Tiered Storage Manager CLI Reference Guide. 1. Register the migration target storage system and the migration source SMI-S Enabled storage system in HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite. Use the GUI to register the storage systems, or execute the AddStorageArray command (Device Manager CLI).
Managing tasks This module describes how to manage tasks. About tasks When you perform any operation, the operation is registered as a task. • Tasks can be performed immediately or at a specified date and time. This allows the storage administrator to schedule storage operations appropriately. • You can check the progress or the results of all previously executed tasks on the Tasks & Alerts tab. • The schedule of a task that is waiting can be changed.
Stopping running data migration or data placement profile tasks Data migration or data placement profile tasks can be stopped during execution, in the following ways: • Normal stop - A task stop request is issued and processing that is currently being performed is continued. For data migration, tasks are stopped when data moving processing completes. For Data Placement Profile operations, tasks are stopped when processing for each storage system completes. Processing that has not been started is stopped.
4. 82 Verify that the tasks are moved to the History tab.
4 Grouping resources This module describes how to group logical groups and storage tiers (resources). Managing logical groups This module describes how to manage logical groups. About logical groups A logical group is a group of hosts and volumes. A storage administrator creates logical groups and assigns hosts and volumes to each logical group. Logical groups allow you to: • Create summary reports that indicate the current resource use in a storage environment by organization.
Creating logical groups Before creating logical groups, review the rules for creating logical groups in “Prerequisites for creating a logical group ” on page 83. 1. 2. 3. On the Resources tab, select Logical Groups. Click Create Logical Group. Create a folder for each new logical group: a. Click Create Logical Group. b. Enter the appropriate information. c. Click OK. d. Repeat for each new folder required. 4. 5. To create a hierarchy of logical groups, repeat step 3.
Managing storage tiers This module describes how to manage tiers. About tier-based storage management In HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite, you must have a Tiered Storage Manager license to perform tier-based storage management operations. In a tier-based storage management system, storage system resources are grouped and managed in tiers.
Labeling volumes This module describes how to use volume labels. About volume labels Volume labels allow you to more easily differentiate individual volumes in a storage system by labeling them with meaningful names. Volume labels can be searched to quickly locate specific volumes and perform an action such as editing LUN paths. Volume labels can be up to 64 characters and can include any of the following characters: A-Z, a-z, 0-9 ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + - = { } [ ] | : ; ' < > , .
5 Monitoring operations in a SAN environment This module describes how to monitor operations in a Storage Area Network (SAN). Viewing information summaries This module describes how to view summary information for registered storage systems and hosts. About checking system status in the dashboard The HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite dashboard shows a summary of tasks, alerts, and activities of registered storage systems.
Click host links to see volume details in the Resources tab related to capacity, used capacity, and volume type. By checking this capacity information, you can efficiently use storage resources and determine whether to migrate data to THP/Smart volumes. • Tier Residency A chart checking the usage of hardware tiers for each logical group.
About the storage systems tree HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite lists registered storage systems and summaries in the storage systems tree on the Resources tab. You can find list of: • THP/Smart Pools • Parity groups • Volumes • Open-Allocated • Open-Unallocated • Open-Reserved • Mainframe-Unspecified • External Storage The Storage Systems tree is the starting point for changing the configuration of these resources.
About tasks & alerts in the global monitoring bar The global monitoring bar is a convenient method for reviewing and managing Tasks & Alerts information.
Confirming an alert You can list alerts, review alert details, and delete alerts. 1. 2. 3. On the Tasks & Alerts tab, click All Alerts. Click on an alert to review the alert details and take appropriate action. If appropriate, delete the alert: a. To delete an alert, or multiple alerts, select the row, or rows, for the alerts. b. Click Delete Alerts. c. Click OK. d. Confirm that the list no longer includes the alerts.
2. 3. 4. 5. By default, all resources are searched when you press Enter. You can narrow the scope of your search using the down arrow, selecting Search Keyword for, and selecting a specific resource to search on. This executes the search and displays results. Each resource has an icon that appears in the search box when it has been selected, and is the new default resource. The Keyword Search dialog box is displayed.
7. 8. 9. only displays when the selected storage resource is Parity Group. Similarly, changing the storage resource to Volumes will display only saved volume searches. To run a saved search, select the storage resource, and select the saved search. To edit a saved search, run it, then click Save to start the edit dialog box. Leave Name: as is. You may edit Description: and change Save as a public search, then click Save to close the edit dialog box.
You can find volumes for any host, or filter by a selected host. For example, using any volume status and any volume type for a specific host finds all volumes for the host. You can refine your search with volume status (allocated, unallocated) and volume type (basic, THP/Smart). x x - - This is Drive type (Any, FC, SATA, SAS, etc.) and Drive speed (Any, 7200, 10000, 15000, etc.). x x - x RAID Level (RAID 1, 5, 6, etc.) and Replication Function (Any, Simplex volume, Copy volume).
Capacity For a Volume search, using Attribute you can specify Volume Capacity, Physical drive size, Used Capacity, or Used %. Enter a GB, TB, or MB value in Value. x - x x Consumer For a Volume search, using Attribute you can specify I/O Consumer Host, Storage Port, or Host Group/iSCSI Target. Enter a text value in Value. This category is meaningless if searching for unallocated volumes.
• Relationship between user groups, resource groups, and roles Exporting host lists to a CSV file You can save your host lists to a CSV file. This allows you to see the LU capacity allocated to hosts. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. On the Resources tab, select Hosts. Expand the tree and select the host, or host operating system whose information you want to export a CSV file. Click Export to CSV and click Save. Specify the download location and click Save. A CSV file is saved to the specified location.
About optimizing storage HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite allows you to manage storage by allocating volumes, expanding tiers and THP/Smart pools, and performing migration, based on information acquired from checking summaries, alerts, performance statistics, and the operating status of storage resources.
Monitoring operations in a SAN environment
6 Setting up HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite This module describes how to configure basic HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite software settings. Configuring your browser and Java for HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite This module describes how to configure browser settings, and Java, for use with HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite.
server and the management client, also register the URLs for SSL communication in the pop-up blocker settings. Information to be verified in advance: • The IP address or host name of the Device Manager server TIP: For Internet Explorer 7 or later, in When a pop-up is encountered, select a radio button other than Always open pop-ups in a new tab, or the pop-up might be displayed behind another window.
http://Device-Manager-server-address:port-number/ Device-Manager-server-address is the IP address or host name of the Device Manager server port-number is the port number of the Device Manager server Examples: http://Device-Manager-server-address:2001/ (for non-SSL) https://Device-Manager-server-address:2443/ (for SSL) Setting security options for Internet Explorer You can configure security options for communicating with Command View AE Suite when using Internet Explorer. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
• • • • Load images automatically. Enable JavaScript. Block pop-up windows and register any sites for which to allow pop-ups. Use the default font. Setting the Java™ Web Start proxy Version 1.4.2 to link with other products You must set up Java Web Start so that it uses the correct version of JRE to execute the JAVA GUI to run with other products. 1. 2. 3. 4. Start the Java™ Web Start application manager. Select the File menu, then select Preferences.
Configuring log output settings You can configure the log output option in Java™ Web Start Version 1.4.2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Start the Java Web Start application manager. From the File menu, select Preferences. From the Java Web Start Preferences panel, select the Advanced tab. (Optional) Select the Show Java Console check box to display messages that are output to the log.
About managing users Managing users by setting up resource groups and permissions (roles) for user groups allows resource control to be performed for users in the user groups. Two built-in user accounts are automatically established when HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite is installed. Note that Device Manager (GUI and CLI) and Tiered Storage Manager (GUI) users must be registered and assigned to a user group.
Role Device Manager Tiered Storage Manager Admin The user can register resources to be managed, change settings, and view information. If the user is assigned to All Resources, the user can manage resource groups. The user can create, edit, and delete tiers, perform operations from the Mobility tab, and perform Tiered Storage Manager task operations. Modify The user can register resources to be managed, change settings, and view information.
Function Resource Group Necessary Roles All Resources or resource group to which an updated storage system belongs View details of data collection tasks (update storage systems) • To delete data collection tasks (update storage systems), All Resources must be assigned. Note that users can perform this operation on tasks that they have created even if All Resources is not allocated.
Function Resource Group Necessary Roles Edit tier relocation for Smart volumes Resource group to which the target LDEV ID of a Smart volume belongs. Admin or Modify Edit tiering policy for Smart volumes Resource group to which the target LDEV ID of aSmart volume belongs.
Function Resource Group Necessary Roles Create or edit resource groups All Resources Admin Assign resources and roles to user groups All Resources Note that the user must have User Management Permission.
4. 5. 6. Enter the new password and verify it. Click OK. Confirm that the user account can log in with the new password. Changing your password As your password expires or is compromised, it will need to be changed. 1. 2. 3. 4. On the Administration tab, click User Profile. Click Change Password. Type the new password and verify it. Click OK. Changing permissions for a user account As a user is granted new permissions, you must change the permissions allowed in that user’s account.
NOTE: When creating a new account, only the User ID is required for external authentication, and must match a user ID on the external authentication server. For a local (internal) account, a User ID and Password are both required. When external authentication is available, new user accounts created without a password value are automatically configured to use external authentication (for example, LDAP is selected for you). Fill in the desired fields, and click OK to create the user account. 3. 4.
delete external authentication groups from Users and Permissions at a later time, the groups are also removed from the User Groups list. On the next login attempt by each group member, the users login credentials (User ID and Password) will be validated using the external authentication (authorization) server. Controlling access to resources This module describes how to control access to resources.
It is also possible to share physical resources (such as parity groups or storage ports) among departments, and divide only logical resources (such as LDEV IDs or host group numbers) by department. For example, you can assign resource groups that contain shared physical resources to all departments and then assign individual resource groups that contain specific logical resources to the appropriate departments.
• All Resources is a resource group that includes all resources managed by Command View AE Suite. This group is automatically created during installation. • Default resource groups are resource groups created for each storage system and include all resources in that storage system. This group is automatically created when a storage system is registered. • User-defined resource groups are resource groups that the user can define under the P9500 Disk Array and depend on the operating environment.
Editing a resource group Information about resource groups can be modified to reflect changing access control requirements. 1. 2. On the Administration tab, in the Administration pane, select Resource Groups. From the Resource Groups pane, select the resource group, and click Edit Resource Group. Alternatively, if you click the resource group link, click Actions and select Edit Resource Group. You can modify the resource group name and description, but not the storage system.
Ranked from highest to lowest, these roles are: • Admin • Modify • View If the storage system is not a P9500 Disk Array, the above scenario does not apply. For example, in the figure below, User A and User B can access each resource group (RG) with the following roles, respectively. Notice that User A has the Admin role with respect to RG1, RG2, and RG3, but the View role with respect to RG4.
1. 2. 3. On the Administration tab, select User Groups. Select the target user group and click Edit User Group. Change the name of the user group, or the user who manages the user group. Editing changes appear in the list in the User Groups tab. Assigning resource groups and roles to a user group You can assign resource groups and roles to a user group. 1. 2. 3. 4. Select the Administration tab and click on User Groups. In the User Groups tab, click the name of the target user group.
Setting automatic account locking A user account can be automatically locked after a specified number of failed login attempts. You can specify the number of failed attempts before a user account is locked by configuring an account lock policy. 1. 2. 3. 4. On the Administration tab, select Security. From the tree, select Account Lock. Click Edit Settings and specify a number. Confirm the settings were changed by selecting Account Lock in the Security tree and viewing the current settings.
About license management Before you can log on to HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite, you must register valid Command View AE Suite licenses. Each product managed from Command View AE Suite also requires a registered license. Licenses that are registered while you are logged in are not enabled until you log out and log in again.
Information for checking the input history of license keys To check the input history of license keys, log in to the management server as a user with Administrator permissions in Windows, or as the root user in Linux, and check the information in the licensehistory file (input history is stored for 90 days) located at Installation-folder-for-P9000-Command-View-AE-Suite\Base\common\lic\hist in Windows, and Installation-directory-for-P9000-Command-View-AE-Suite/Base/ common/lic/hist in Linux.
Output Item Description One of the following values: capacityTB • If this operation is used, then the used storage system capacity is returned. If this value exceeds the capacity for the permanent license, the capacity for the meter-based term license will be used. For the used storage system capacity, the value is output rounded up to the nearest terabyte. • If the operation is not used, then licensed capacity is returned.
7 Linking related products This module describes the link and launch feature that is used to access other related HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite products. Launching other HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite products Other integrated HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite products for which you have a license installed and registered may be used via the link-and-launch feature.
Starting Element Manager All users can perform this task. You can also start the Element Manager from Device Manager, which allows you to view storage system information or remotely operate the storage system. 1. 2. From the Resources tab, select Storage Systems. Select a storage system and select Element Manager from the Actions menu (in the upper-right corner of the application area).
8 Troubleshooting This module describes how to troubleshoot HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite software. About troubleshooting If you are having issues accessing or a component of the HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite management client, first make sure the problem is not with the management server, or with networking.
Troubleshooting
9 Support and other resources Numerous support options are available. Contacting HP HP technical support For worldwide technical support information, see the HP support website: http://www.hp.
Conventions This guide follows the conventions shown in Table 5 to refer to HP StorageWorks P9000 products.
Product reference Full name or meaning This abbreviation is used when it is not necessary to distinguish the following products: • Continuous Access Synchronous Continuous Access Synchronous • XP Continuous Access Synchronous • Continuous Access XP Synchronous • P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous This abbreviation is used when it is not necessary to distinguish the following products: Data Retention Utility • Data Retention Utility • XP Data Retention Utility • LUN Security XP Extension This abbreviat
Product reference Full name or meaning This abbreviation is used when it is not necessary to distinguish the following products: Hitachi Universal Replicator for Mainframe • Hitachi Universal Replicator for Mainframe • Continuous Access Journal Z 128 Support and other resources
A Operations in Legacy mode This appendix describes data migration using migration groups that were supported in prior HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite versions. About Legacy mode Legacy mode is an option for performing data migration by using migration groups that were supported in versions earlier than v7.1.1. To use legacy mode, set the client.migration.use.legacymode property value in the client.properties file of Device Manager. For details about the client.migration.use.
• Execute: A user with Execute permission can view Tiered Storage Manager resources and execute Tiered Storage Manager tasks. • View: A user with View permission can view Tiered Storage Manager resources and tasks. Users registered in an external authentication group have the permissions of the user group to which users are assigned. By specifying roles, resources that belong to a resource group for which a user has permission to reference or perform operations on are displayed.
Conditions of volumes that can be migrated (Legacy mode) Before migrating data, perform or confirm the following: • The emulation type, number of blocks, and size are the same for the source and target migration volumes. However, note the following exceptions: 1. If the micro version of XP24000/XP20000 is 60-03-20-00/00-xx or later and if both the migration source and the migration target volumes are THP/Smart volumes, the emulation type can be between OPEN-V and OPEN-0V. 2.
Displayed character string Reason preventing use as a migration source or target The volume is one of the following: • The volume is the P-VOL of a Snapshot pair, its status is PAIR, and the number of generations is 64 XP Snapshot Status, Snapshot XP Status • The volume is the P-VOL of a Snapshot pair and its status is not PAIR • The volume is the V-VOL of a Snapshot pair • The volume is the POOL of a Snapshot pair XP Thin Provisioning [Pool Volume] The volume is a THP/Smart pool volume.
Displayed character string Reason preventing use as a migration source or target The volume is one of the following: • The volume is part of a Continuous Access Journal pair, and the status is either COPY or PAIR Continuous Access Journal Status • The volume is part of an Hitachi Universal Replicator for Mainframe pair, and the status is either Pending duplex or Duplex • The volume is part of a Continuous Access Journal journal volume • The volume is a Hitachi Universal Replicator for Mainframe journal v
Displayed character string Reason preventing use as a migration target The volume is one of the following: • The volume is part of a Continuous Access Synchronous pair, and the status is other than PSUS, PSUE, or PAIR Continuous Access Synchronous (target) • The volume is part of an Hitachi TrueCopy for Mainframe pair, and the status is suspended Continuous Access XP Synchronous (target) • Applies only to P9500 Disk Array or XP24000/XP20000.
• The maximum over-provisioning percent of the THP/Smart pool does not exceed the over-provisioning warning threshold value. Migrating volume data in Legacy mode You can migrate data to a different volume or THP/Smart pool by creating migration plans and executing them as tasks. Before migrating data, perform or confirm the following: • Create a tier • Determine which data to migrate and which storage systems they belong to Migration targets can be selected from a tier.
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B CSV export v7 differences This appendix describes CSV export data differences between HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite v7.x and earlier versions. Differences in output between Command View AE Suite v7.x and earlier versions These tables describe the differences in output between Command View AE Suite and earlier versions of Device Manager. The following information is not output in version 7.
Item Earlier than version 7.0 Current version • Volume • Label • Storage system • Serial No.
Item Earlier than version 7.0 Current version • Guest OS Version The Virtualization Server must be registered as a host in the Device Manager to output any of the following: • Number of LUNs • Virtualization Server • Subsystem • WWN • VM Information for a virtual machine created on the virtualization server • Capacity • Type Table 11 Logical group information Item Earlier than version 7.0 Current version • Subsystem • Model • Serial No.
Item Earlier than version 7.0 Current version Group of Volumes: • Volume • Label • Storage System • Serial No. • Model • Vendor • Host • WWN • Port • Port Type • Host Group • LUN • No. of LUN Paths • No. of Paths • Capacity • Parity Group • Pool • Pool Name • Tier Relocation • Used Capacity • RAID Level • Volume Attribute • Drive Type • Drive Speed (RPM) • Drive Capacity • Stripe Size • Ext.
Item Earlier than version 7.0 Current version • Volume • Label • Storage System • Serial No. • Model • Vendor • Host • WWN • Port • Port Type • Host Group Information for volumes assigned to each logical group • LDEV • LUN • Label • No. of LUN Paths • Type • No.
Item Earlier than version 7.
Note that in the following table, in versions later or equal to 7.0, the resource search results are exported to a CSV file. Table 12 Volume information from search results Earlier than version 7.0 Version 7.
Earlier than version 7.0 Version 7.0 and later Volume search: • Volume • Label • Storage System • Model • Vendor • Host • WWN • No. of LUN Paths • No. of Paths • Port • Host Group • LUN • Port Type • Capacity • Parity Group • Pool • Pool Name • RAID Level • Volume Attribute • Drive Type • Drive Speed (RPM) • Drive Capacity • Stripe Size • Filesystem • Filesystem Used % • Target ID • Ext. Storage System • Ext. Storage Model • Ext. Storage Vendor • Ext.
Earlier than version 7.0 Version 7.0 and later • Used Capacity • Resource Group Parity group search: • Parity Group • Storage System • Total Capacity • Open Capacity • Mainframe Capacity • Free Capacity • RAID Level • Drive Type • Drive Speed (RPM) • Drive Capacity • SLPR • CLPR • Emulation Type • Ext. Storage System • Ext. Storage Vendor • Ext.
Earlier than version 7.0 Version 7.0 and later Pool search: • Pool • Name • Storage System • No. of THP Pool Vols • Capacity • Used Capacity • THP Volumes Used Capacity • Replication Data Used Capacity • Replication Management Data Used Capacity • Used % • No. of THP Vols • No.
Earlier than version 7.0 Version 7.0 and later Free space search: • Parity Group/Free Space Number • Capacity • Storage System • Vendor • Total Free Capacity • Emulation Type • RAID Level • Drive Type • Drive Capacity • Drive Speed (RPM) • Related Task • Resource Group Table 13 Access control information Item Earlier than version 7.1 Current version Information for user groups: ------------------------• User Group • Description • No.
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Glossary allocated volume An LDEV for which one or more host LUN paths are defined. cache A set of RAM (Random Access Memory) modules used to store data temporarily. capacity The amount of data storage space available on a disk drive or storage system. Measured in MB, but it can also be measured in other units such as TB and PB, depending on the total storage space.
external volume A logical volume whose data resides on drives that are in an externally connected storage system. FC Fibre Channel FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet. An encapsulation of Fibre Channel frames over Ethernet networks. This allows Fibre Channel to use 10-gigabit Ethernet networks (or higher speeds) while preserving the Fibre Channel protocol. GUI Graphical user interface HBA Host bus adapter HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite software For version 7.
LU (logical unit) A volume created in an open storage system. See also LDEV. LUN (logical unit number) A management number assigned to an LU in a storage system. A LUN is a number assigned to identify an LU for the port in the storage system to which the LU is connected, either by the port or by the host group assigned to the port. An open system host uses a LUN to access a particular LU. LUSE LU size expansion management client A computer used to operate Command View AE Suite.
SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) Standards that define I/O buses primarily intended for connecting storage systems and devices to hosts through host bus adapters. SLPR Storage Local Partition Smart Tiers (Smart) In addition to Thin Provisioning functionality, this functionality places data on a tier according to the I/O load. A data area that has a high I/O load is placed in a high-speed hardware tier, and a data area that has a low I/O load is placed in a low-speed hardware tier.
volume A collective name for the logical devices (LDEVs) and logical units (LUs) that are created in a storage system. web client Browser WWN Worldwide name. A node name that is unique.
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Index A access control, 20, 111 accounts creating, 108, 113 editing, 108 lock status, 109 locking (automatic), 117 managing (overview), 104, 111 password conditions, 116 agents downloading, 117 alerts confirming, 91 deleting, 91 description, 90, 129 authentication external, users, 109 authentication external, groups, B browser clearing cache, 103 configuring (overview), 99 pop-up blocking, 99 - 100 C CLI downloading, 117 copy pairs defining, 66 managing (overview), 64 operations, 65 status, changing, 65 -
hosts change manually registered, 34 device manger updates, 35 exporting, 96 HDC updates, 33 merging, prerequisites, 119 registering, about, 27 registering, HDC, 29 registering, host scan, 32 registering, merge host, 32 registering, methods, 28 registering, vMA, 30 registering, WWN, 30 settings, information, 33 starting products, 121 viewing, 89 vMA updates, 34 Hosts view (overview), 89 I Internet Explorer security, 101 J Java Web Start clearing cache, 103 log output, 103, 116 multiple JREs, 103 Java Web
profile editing, 108 R reclaiming zero pages, 47 relocation, 48 Replication Manager, 64 reports types, 95 S search exporting CSV file, 96 security about, 116 account lock status, 109 account locking, 117 Firefox, 101 Internet Explorer, 101 password conditions, 116 warning banner, 117 SMI-S, 77 - 78 software downloading, 117 storage allocation (overview), 21 monitoring (overview), 22 optimization, about, 97 refreshing status, 26 registering (overview), 25 searching (overview), 91 tier-based management, 85
volumes pool migration targets, allocating, 56 - 58 allocating (overview), 54 allocating, prerequisites, 54 - 55, 59 creating, 39 - 40 creating (overview), 39 - 40 creating, prerequisites, 39, 68 - 69 label restrictions, 86 label, choosing for task, 86 label, editing, 86 legacy mode LUSE migration, 134 legacy mode migration restrictions, 131 legacy mode migration target restrictions, 133 legacy mode migration, prerequisites, 131 legacy pool target migrations, 134 LUSE source migrations, 75 migrating, 135 mi
