HP StorageWorks EVA Web-based Operator Control Panel 1.0 user guide (5697-7492, July 2008)

• HP Command View EVA. This software provides management of multiple HP EVA storage systems
from a single management server, including provisioning of storage to servers and instant
replication of storage volumes.
• HP Storage System Sc ripting Utility (SSSU). This software provides comprehensive command line
support, server-to-storage system communication, and tools for automating storage related tasks.
• HP Command View EVAPerf. This software monitors and displays HP EVA storage system
performance metrics graphically in the Windows PerfMon utility, or in tabular form in a command
prompt window.
Initializa
tion and uninitialization
Initialization
Initialization makes a new storage system ready to use with your hosts. The WOCP does not include an
initialization feature. Storage administrators can initialize a new storage system by using HP Command
View EVA or HP SmartStart EV A Storage.
Initialization can include one or more of the following actions:
• Establishes the storage system name.
• Createsoneortwodefaultdiskgroups.
• Sets a disk-failure protection level (disk spares).
• Sets the storage system date and time.
Uninitia
lization
The WOCP allows storage administrators to uninitialize HP EVA storage systems. Storage administrators
can also use HP Command View EVA.
CAUTION
:
Uninitia
lization deletes all user data and confi gurationinformationonthestoragesystem. Ifyou
uniniti
alize a storage system, you must re-initialize it before it can be used for storage again.
When a storage system is uninitialized, cer tain logical structures are removed and all user data is
irretrievably deleted.
• All application d ata on the storage system is d eleted and cannot be recovered.
• All presentation to hosts ends and I/O with the hosts stops.
• All source virtual disks and snapclones are deleted.
• All local replication is stopped. Snapshot and mirrorclone virtual disks are deleted.
• All remote replication is stopped. All D R groups on the storage system are deleted. All virtual
disks in the DR g roups are deleted. (Remote copies of the virtual disks are not d eleted.)
Uninitialization followed by power down
IMPORTANT:
If a storage system is uninitialized and then powered down before it is re-initialized, the management
module IP address and network configuration information will be lost.
To re
store this information, see Reestablishing the storage system IP address.
More
information on initialization and uninitialization is in the HP StorageWorks Command View EVA
user guide.Seerelated documentation.
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