Installation and Reference Guide for HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for MSA1000/1500 (Active-Active) Disk Arrays 3.00.00 (AA-RW8AD-TE, March 2008)

File
Description
SpNotifier.dll
Used by the SpMonitor.exe to send E-mail notifications.
SpEditCfg.exe
Creates and modifies the configu ration file for E-mail
notifications.
SpMonitor.exe
Sends E-mail notifications using the configuration information
specified in the file SPNotificationConfig.xml.
BlankSPNotificationConfig.xml
Used as a blank template file used by the SpEditCfg.exe to
create the actual configuration file for E-mail notifications.
SPNotificationConfig.xml
Generated by SpEditCfg.exe and stores the configuration
information for E-mail notifications.
HP MPIO MSA DSM command line interface (CLI)
The HP MPIO M
SA DSM command line interface (HPDSM.EXE) enables you to monitor and manage HP
DSMs in an MPIO environment.
HP MPIO MSA DSM performance monitoring provider
The HP MPIO MSA DSM performance monitoring provider (HpPerfProv.DLL)allowsyoutomonitor
the Input-Output (I/O) performance of a path using the system monitor.
To start the performance monitoring, complete the steps below:
1. Select Start > Programs > Hewlett-Packard > MSA DSM > Path Performance.
Alternatively, you can select Start > Run and run the command perfmon /wmi.
2. Select HP DSM High Performance Provider p erformance object and add the appropriate counters.
HP MPIO MS
A DSM persistent reservation clear utility
The HP MPI
O MSA DSM persistent reservation clear utility enables you to view and clear reservations
on the disk(s) that are left behind due to incorrect installation or removal of the HP MPIO MSA DSM or
an u nsuccessful cluster node failover.
CAUTION
:
Using th
is utility, may result in loss of data and/or incorrect operation of Failover Cluster. HP shall not be
liable f
or problems resulting from the incorrect use of this utility or for solving them.
The persistent reservation clear utilit y is located on the HP MPIO MSA DSM installation media, and gets
copied to the HP MPIO MSA DSM installation directory during the installation. You can run this utility
either on a system that has the MP MPIO MSA DSM installed or on a system where HP MPIO MSA
DSM in not installed.
To run this utility on a system where HP MPIO MSA DSM is installed, complete the steps below:
1. Select Star t > Programs > Hewlett-Packard > MSA DSM > HPDSM PR Utilit y.
2. Enter the command hpprutil /? at the comm and prompt to display the instructions for
using this utility.
The hpprutil utility supports the following commands:
•hpprutildevices
• hpprutil clear devices
• hpprutil help
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