HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager 1.
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Release notes contents This document contains information about the 1.1 release of HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager (referred to as the replication manager throughout this document).
• Support for new and continued HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA). • EVA3000 • EVA4000 • EVA5000 • EVA6000 • EVA8000 • Support for array firmware versions 3.025 and 5.0. • Support of HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA 3.0 preallocated snapclones. See the HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA 3.0 release notes for details. • Instant restore. Use the replication manager graphical and command line user interfaces to create virtual disks from snapclones. • Import legacy jobs.
Known issues and resolutions This section describes known issues and workarounds for this release. Also see the release notes for the licensed replication products HP Business Copy EVA 3.0 and HP Continuous Access EVA 2.1. Issues that affect all implementations of local and remote replication are documented there.
2. Right click null. 3. Click delete. Firewall configurations A firewall between the replication manager server and an enabled host is not supported. The server and host agent cannot communicate across the firewall. A firewall between a browsing computer and the replication manager server is supported. You can browse to the replication manager through a VPN tunnel.
2. If the status is failed (red), use HP Command View EVA to check the status of the DR group (see HP Command View EVA online help) 3. In HP Command View EVA, issue a resume command to resume the DR group. NOTE: In the replication manager, the failed DR group status does not change until the next automatic or manual refresh.
Enabling failsafe mode with a managed set fails Attempting to enable failsafe mode for a managed set of DR groups fails. The replication manager logs the message: Not available:: ERROR: failsafe() not available in current state. This can occur when the managed set in a GUI action or CLUI command contains one or more DR groups whose remote replication I/O mode is set to asynchronous. Enabling the failsafe mode would result in an invalid DR group configuration, so the action is failed.
• Setting auto suspend when creating a new DR group:CreateDRGroup (%drgroup_name%, %storvol_unc_name%, %dest_storsys_name%, "", "",SAME, "", "", 0, TRUE) • Setting auto suspend for an existing DR group: SetDrGroupAutoSuspendOnLinksDown (%drgroup_unc_name%, TRUE) • Setting the destination RAID level to other than same when creating a new DR group::CreateDrGroup (%drgroup_name%, %storvol_unc_name%, %dest_storsys_name%, "", "", RAID5, "", "", 0, FALSE ) • Specifying a log disk group when creating a new DR grou
Resolution: after performing a snapclone action, be sure to refresh the storage resources and database. See procedures for low-level refreshing and manually refreshing storage resources in the HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager online help & user guide. Container option not present in example for SnapcloneStorageVolumeToContainer In the HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager online help & user guide, the example for the job command SnapcloneStorageVolumeToContainer is incorrect.
HP OpenView Storage Area Manager issues Host agent upgrade requires local installation Using remote deployment does not upgrade the host agent for HP-UX Resolution. Do not use the remote deployment method to upgrade host agents for HP-UX from version 1.0 to version 1.1. Instead, for each HP-UX enabled host: 1. Ensure that no replication manager jobs involving the enabled host are running or scheduled to run during the upgrade. 2. Remove the host agent using the appropriate procedure.
The HP-UX kernel recognizes device drivers and peripheral devices by major and minor numbers. The driver uses minor numbers to locate specific devices. HP-UX sometimes does not release device minor numbers after a volume group is removed. When the CreateHostVolume command is run, the volume group appears to still be active and the command fails. Reboot the host to resolve this issue. IMPORTANT: Before proceeding, coordinate the reboot activities to avoid disruption of host services to others. 1.
Sun Solaris issues Solaris with MPxIO on initial installation of EVA4000/6000/8000 Before using the Solaris host agent with the replication manager, MPxIO must be configured to use the EVA4000/6000/8000 storage arrays. Use the cfgadm commands to configure the ports for all the storage arrays that will be used with the Solaris host. Example: Execute the following command to reveal the unconfigured ports.
c3::50001fe10015408d,0 array-ctrl connected unconfigured unknown c3::50001fe10015408d,1 disk connected configured unknown For each “unconfigured” Ap-Id perform the following commands: #cfgadm —c configure c3::50001fe100270ad8 #cfgadm —c configure c3::50001fe100270adc #cfgadm —c configure c4::50001fe100270ad9 #cfgadm —c configure c4::50001fe100270add This configuration procedure must be repeated each time a new EVA4000/6000/8000 storage array is added to the SAN and is to be used with Solaris.
• To install the HBA driver libarary for QLogic HBAs enter: # pkgadd -d . QLSDMLIB Linux issues Remount job failed but cannot find the host volume The replication manager correctly creates and mounts a volume group on Linux. You cannot unmount the first copy and then remount it on another host. The job template Replicate host volume(s), mount to a host, then to a different host is not supported by Linux. The context of the volume group is lost after the first mount.
Windows enabled hosts with Emulex HBAs require an Emulex utility Windows enabled hosts require HBA driver libraries that are delivered with HP SAN Infrastructure products. If the enabled host has Emulex HBAs, an additional Emulex utility must be installed to access the driver libraries. (Windows enabled hosts with QLogic HBAs do not require an additional utility.) Resolution: For Emulex HBAs, you must install the Emulex utility LightPulse Utility/NT.
Product documentation Table 1 lists the current versions of product documentation. Table 2 Additional documentation Documentation Edition Location Part Number HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA administrator guide 2nd Edition, May 2005 T3687–96019 http://h18006.www1.hp.com/ products/storage/software/ conaccesseva/index.html, also the product documentation CD. HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA 2.
For information about HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 5000, see: http:// h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/enterprise/index.html For information about HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 6000, see: http://www.hp.com/ go/eva6000 For information about HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 8000, see: http://www.hp.com/ go/eva8000 For SAN design or SAN extensions, see: http://hp.com/go/sandesignguide For HP StorageWorks Command View EVA, see http://h18006.www1.hp.
