HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager 5.
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Version 5.5 IMPORTANT: HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager (formerly HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager EVA) supports all HP P6000/Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) models. General references to HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager may also refer to earlier versions of HP Replication Solutions Manager EVA. HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager is also known as the replication manager.
TIP: See "New Features" in the HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager online help for a list of updated job commands, user interface features, and new templates. Installing the HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager 5.5 in a Postgre SQL configuration If another application installs Postgre SQL in the same directory as the one in which HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager 5.5 is installed, the replication manager database could be corrupted.
Upgrading the replication manager in console mode During an upgrade of the replication manager in console mode, the system automatically reboots and continues the upgrade in GUI mode. To avoid continuing the upgrade in GUI mode: 1. Click Cancel in the Welcome dialog box. 2. Enter the following command: setupwin32.exe -console Installing other applications or libraries when HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager 5.5 is already installed IMPORTANT: • HP P6000 Command View must be upgraded to version 10.
Installation and configuration Database migration failure If the installation fails when upgrading to HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager 5.5, the following error message is displayed: The Export DB operation has failed. Continuing will uninstall the previous version of RSM Server without exporting the DB. To manually export the DB, see the HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager installation guide and then continue with upgrade. When you receive this message, perform the following steps: 1.
Name not unique error when creating virtual disk If you make storage-related changes outside the replication manager, they are not reflected immediately in the replication manager database. This can lead to failures when attempting user interface actions or running jobs in the replication manager.
FractureHostVolumeMirrorclones job command limitation You can use the FractureHostVolumeMirrorclones job command for multiple mirrorclones on the same host. However, you can only mount one host volume from each mirrorclone. You must mount all other mirrorclones manually. This job command does not work for multiple mirrorclones on different hosts. Scheduled job events do not run In the events pane, one of the following messages is displayed: Internal error occurred starting job .
This issue may occur on RSM 5.5 Server installations on specific Time Zones and may be due to a PostgreSQL issue which results in a discrepancy between the database time and the Windows system time. These solution is applicable only when the PostgreSQL database reports a different time than the Windows system time. The SQL command "select now();" can be executed in the PostgreSQL Query Tool to get the PostgreSQL time. All the steps above apply to PostgreSQL 9.0. 1.
affecting host agent response time. This can cause RSM job timeouts, delayed execution, and job issues. Resolution: When using the Windows Disk Defragmenter tool or defrag command at a command line, do not start or schedule RSM jobs related to Windows 2008 host agents. HP OpenVMS host agent Host agent log file is locked The HP OpenVMS host agent process locks the log file so that it cannot be edited.
HP Tru64 UNIX host agent AdvFS domains are limited The HP Tru64 UNIX host agent supports only one AdvFS domain on a virtual disk, specifically, on the C partition. Job template and commands are limited On an HP Tru64 UNIX host, the MountExistingStorageVolumes job template and the createHostVolumeDiscrete command support UNIX File System (UFS) volumes only.
Resolution: Stop all I/O operations on the host volume and rerun the job. If the job fails with the same error, umount all volumes belonging to the disk group. Stop and start all volumes in the disk group. Remount all volumes and rerun the job. IBM AIX host agent IBM AIX properties do not display cluster membership When right-clicking Enabled Hosts→View Properties, the cluster membership for the IBM AIX host does not appear. This feature is not supported at this time.
Resolution: After ensuring that the host agent software patches are current, disable authentication and enable the host bus adapter (HBA) to read information using hbainfo.cfg. Windows host agent GPT disk shrink issue Shrinking GUID partition table (GPT) disks on a Windows host to the same-size partition disables subsequent expand and shrink operations. Resolution: Ensure that the GPT disk size is 100 MB greater than the partition before performing a shrink operation.
HBA information is not available for the enabled Windows 2003 host HBA information does not appear for the enabled Windows 2003 host. Resolution: Install the fcinfo package on the host. This package is available at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx? FamilyID=73d7b879-55b2-4629-8734-b0698096d3b1&displaylang=en IPv4 and IPv6 on the same system If you have both IPv4 and IPv6 on the same system, by default, the replication manager host agent binds to IPv4.
3. If LVM.EnableResignature is set to 1, no action is necessary. If the value is 0, run the following command to set the value to 1: $/usr/sbin/esxcfg-advcfg -s 1 /LVM/EnableResignature RSM job fails when running backup software This may occur in environments where backup software is being used to back up the entire server, including the RSM install directory\RSM\database folder.
Adding the DC-Management license NOTE: A DC-Management license is not required for the HP P6000 arrays. If the following error message appears when you add the HP P6000 DC-Management license, apply the hotfixes as described in this section: LicenseServer; nested exception is: com.hp.storage.common.LicenseServerException: Method Not Found. Either Library[DLL] or API is not found. Windows 2003 SP1 systems must have Windows hotfix KB887693 installed. The hotfix is available at http://support.microsoft.
Table 1 HP storage websites Product HP website EVA3000 http://www.hp.com/support/manuals Click Disk Storage Systems under Storage, and then click HP 3000 Enterprise Virtual Array under P6000/EVA Disk Arrays. EVA4000/6000/8000 http://www.hp.com/support/manuals Click Disk Storage Systems under Storage, and then click HP 4000/6000/8000 Enterprise Virtual Arrays under P6000/EVA Disk Arrays. EVA4100/6100/8100 http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/eva6100/index.html http://h18006.www1.hp.
