HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide Part number: 452695-004 First edition: November 2008
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Contents 1 All-in-One Storage Manager ............................................................... 7 Software requirements ................................................................................................................. 7 Software support .................................................................................................................. 7 Installing the All-in-One Storage Manager Agent ............................................................................
Unexposing a snapshot ....................................................................................................... Reverting data to snapshots ................................................................................................. Scheduling backups .................................................................................................................. Managing backups .............................................................................................................
Tables 1 Storage support on ASM ........................................................................................... 7 2 Required software for ASM features ............................................................................. 8 3 Selecting storage group components to host ............................................................... 15 4 Selecting database components to host ...................................................................... 18 5 Advanced Storage Properties items .......
1 All-in-One Storage Manager HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) is a storage hosting and management tool that radically simplifies: • • • • Hosting storage for applications and shared folders, page 13 Data protection, page 33 Managing storage, page 43 Monitoring storage, page 47 ASM provides storage-allocation wizards that walk you through the process of allocating and configuring storage on your HP Storage Server to host application data and shared folders.
File sharing services on local storage See “Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard” on page 16. Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with SP4 or later, SQL Server 2005 with SP2 or later, and SQL Server 2008* See “Using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard” on page 17. User-defined applications See “Using the Host a User-Defined Application Wizard” on page 19. * ASM does not support SQL Server 2008 databases that utilize FILESTREAM data type storage.
NOTE: If the application server is in a remote location, use Remote Desktop Connection to access the server, copy the Agent installation files, and run the Agent installation. 2. 3. 4. Navigate to the \All-in-One Storage Manager\Agent folder on the DVD. Double-click asmagentinstaller.exe. Follow the on-screen installation instructions.
Scaling display settings Changing the scaling settings customizes the size at which each application area or shared folder is displayed in the content pane. You can choose to scale each application area and shared folder so that it is displayed in proportion to its capacity (allocated storage size), or so that all the application areas and shared folders are displayed at the same size. 1. In the Actions pane, click Configure Display Options. The Display Options dialog box opens. 2. Click the Scaling tab.
NOTE: Any existing iSCSI connections must be reset before changes take effect. Resetting iSCSI connections If you use the Storage Networks dialog box to configure a preferred private storage network for iSCSI traffic and there are one or more existing iSCSI connections on the system, the new setting will not take effect until the existing connections are reset through iSCSI Initiator on the connected systems. To reset an iSCSI connection: 1.
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2 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders The All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) radically simplifies hosting application storage and shared folders on your HP Storage Server, using storage-allocation wizards. Use storage-allocation wizards to allocate and configure storage for these applications: Application Description Notes Exchange Allocate and configure storage for one or more Exchange storage group components.
Application Description Notes Allocate and configure storage for any remote application over the iSCSI protocol or any other application that requires storage on the HP Storage Server. A wizard assists you in allocating and configuring storage space. User-Defined Applications Data Protection The wizard does not migrate user-defined application data to your HP Storage Server or reconfigure the application to store data on your HP Storage Server.
1. 2. Do one of the following: • Enter the host name of a server that hosts Exchange (exactly as it is registered in the domain). • Enter the IP address of a server that hosts Exchange. Click Next to open the Select Storage Group Components page (see “Selecting Exchange Server storage group components” on page 15).
NOTE: It is not recommended to host both the LCR and the original Exchange components on a single HP Storage Server. Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard The Create a Shared Folder Wizard walks you through the process of creating a top-level shared folder (file share) on your HP Storage Server, including allocating and configuring the required storage. NOTE: You cannot create nested shared folders on your HP Storage Server using ASM.
1. Enter the name for the shared folder. NOTE: The path to the shared folder is created by ASM and is based on the shared folder name. The Share Path field is Read Only. 2. Enter a description of the shared folder (optional). 3. Click Next to open the Set Shared Folder Permissions page (see “Setting permissions for a shared folder” on page 17). Setting permissions for a shared folder Use the Set Shared Folder Permissions page to set network user read and write permissions for the shared folder.
Accessing the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard 1. In the Actions pane, select Host a SQL Server Database. The Host a SQL Server Database Wizard welcome page opens. 2. Click Next to open the Select a SQL Server page (see “Selecting a server that hosts SQL Server” on page 18). Selecting a server that hosts SQL Server Use the Select a SQL Server page to select one of the servers that hosts SQL Server discovered on your domain by the wizard. 1. 2.
2. To view the properties for a database component, select the database component name and then click Properties. See “Data file properties” on page 55 and “Log file properties for database” on page 56 for descriptions of the properties displayed. 3. If you do not want ASM to delete the original files for the selected database components from the server that hosts SQL Server after it migrates the data to your HP Storage Server, clear the Delete original files after successful migration checkbox. 4.
NOTE: For a remote Windows application, you need to know the path to the iSCSI LUN on the application server to configure the remote application to store data on the iSCSI LUN. The path to the iSCSI LUN is displayed on the application's Properties window on the Storage tab. To access the Host a User-Defined Application Wizard 1. In the Actions pane, select Host a User-Defined Application. The Host a User-Defined Application Wizard welcome page opens. 2.
Accessing the Virtual Library Wizard To access the Create a Virtual Library Wizard 1. In the Actions pane, select Create a Virtual Library. The Create a Virtual Library welcome page opens. 2. Click Next to open the Configure virtual library page (see “Configure your virtual library” on page 21). Configure your virtual library To configure your virtual library, do the following: 1. In the name dialog box, type a name for your virtual library. 2.
1. Do one of the following: • Click Next to accept the default values that ASM has provided for the components, user-defined application, or shared folder selected. • Change the default size values: • Select a row to edit. • Highlight the storage size unit value and then enter a new value as necessary: megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB). • Highlight the storage size number value and enter a new value, or click the arrow buttons to change the value.
Table 5 provides a brief description of the items you can modify: Table 5 Advanced Storage Properties items Physical storage Item Description Notes Size The amount of storage that ASM allocates to the application component, user-defined application, or shared folder you are configuring. You are prevented from setting the size below 15 MB. Physical disk type Type of physical disk to add for the hot spare.
Physical storage Item Description Notes Snapshot storage space (percentage of size) Amount of storage space (as a percentage of the volume) that is reserved for storing snapshots of the storage area. This value may be modified in order to match the change rate of the data in the storage area. Percent full warning threshold The percent full value that when reached changes the storage status to Warning and issues a warning alert.
For more information on the different RAID levels, see Table 6. Table 6 Descriptions of RAID levels RAID level Description No RAID Offers no protection against disk failure. If a disk drive fails, data is lost. RAID 0 – Striping (No Fault Tolerance) Offers the greatest capacity and performance without data protection. If you select this option, you will experience data loss if a hard drive that holds the data fails.
Setting a percent full warning threshold To receive a warning alert when storage capacity reaches a specified limit, set the percent full warning threshold. You can set a warning threshold for any application component, user-defined application, and shared folder that ASM manages. An iSCSI LUN application will not have a warning threshold. By default, the warning threshold is set to 80%. To change it, enter a new percent value on the Advanced window.
NOTE: If a Shared Folder is created outside of ASM, you must use the Warning Threshold property tab on the particular folder to enable the Enforce Allocated Limit (Quota) setting. To allocate space for a shared folder, specify a size using the Allocate Space Wizard as described in “Increasing or reducing the allocated storage” on page 43.
5. Enter a start time for snapshots. 6. To add another snapshot to the snapshot schedule, repeat steps 2 through 5. 7. To delete a snapshot from the snapshot schedule, select the snapshot and click Remove. 8. Click OK to save your changes and return to the Data Protection page. The Schedule box now displays the snapshot schedule or Multiple schedules if there is more than one snapshot schedule. 9.
2. On the login window: a. Enter localhost in the Host name field. b. Enter ASMbackup in the User name field. CAUTION: The default password for ASMbackup is blank. It can be changed in the Command Line Interface (CLI). c. Click OK. 3. Click Jobs and Media in the Favorites pane, located on the left side of the main window. 4. Double-click ASMbackup on the right side of the main window. 5. Select the backup job for the application or shared folder whose backup schedule you want to edit. 6.
Reviewing task summary and scheduling tasks 1. Review the list of tasks the wizard will perform to allocate and configure storage, and to host the application storage or shared folder on your HP Storage Server. For application storage, ensure the following is true before you run the tasks: 2. • You have an up-to-date backup of the application data and logs. • The application data and logs are not being accessed or modified. Do one of the following: • To go back and change your selections, click Back.
• • • • • • • • Scheduled—The task has been scheduled to run at a specified time. Verifying—ASM is confirming the configuration you specified is valid. Ready—The task is ready to run and is waiting for other tasks or background processes to run. Running—The task is being processed. Completed (date)—The task completed without problems. Cancelling—The task is being cancelled. Cancelled—The task has been cancelled (see Cancelling tasks). Failed—An error occurred during processing. Cancelling tasks 1.
Hosting storage for applications and shared folders
3 Managing data protection The All-in-One Storage Manager provides data protection through the use of snapshots, backups, and replication. You can configure these data protection methods through the Data Protection page of ASM's application wizards, or you can configure and modify data protection settings after running the wizards by accessing the Snapshots, Backup and Replication actions in the ASM Actions pane.
6. Enter a start time for snapshots. 7. To add another snapshot to the snapshot schedule, repeat steps 2 through 5. 8. To delete a snapshot from the snapshot schedule, select the snapshot and click Remove. 9. Click OK . Managing snapshots From the Manage Snapshots dialog box, you can take, delete, expose, unexpose, and revert snapshots. NOTE: If replication is enabled and the replication target is an AiO, snapshots are replicated to the target side.
The Manage Snapshots dialog box on All-in-One replication target systems indicates both the Source Date & Time and local (or target) date and time that snapshots are taken. Note that these time stamps are listed in the local time of the replication source and target systems. If the replication source and target systems are in different time zones, you should account for this factor when scheduling and exposing snapshots to ensure that the most current snapshot data has been replicated.
2. In the Actions pane, click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots. The Manage Snapshots dialog box displays. 3. Select an exposed snapshot from the snapshot list. 4. Click Unexpose. 5. Click Yes to confirm. Reverting data to snapshots ASM allows you to revert data stored on your HP Storage Server to a snapshot. This overwrites the existing data and reverts it to a past state. NOTE: • Snapshots of shared folders cannot be reverted using ASM.
7. For backups to tape or other devices, select the backup device. 8. For local virtual library backups, select the size for the virtual library. A default value will be recommended, based on the selected rotation type and component size. Click Modify advanced storage properties to modify advanced storage settings such as RAID level and stripe size. See “Setting advanced storage properties” on page 22 for more information on advanced properties. 9. Click OK. 10.
If you want to restore data using a backup other than the latest backup, see Selecting files for restoring in the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Users Guide and Technical Reference for more information. 1. Select an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database, user-defined application, or shared folder that has backups scheduled in the content pane. 2. In the Actions pane, click Backup and then click Restore from Backup. The Restore From Backup Wizard displays. 3. Do one of the following: 4.
7. Exit Data Protector Express. Setting the password for the ASMbackup user account To set or change the ASMBackup user password: 1. Use the Command Line interface (CLI) found at C:\Program Files\HP\HP All-in-One Storage Manager\hpkacli.exe. The password may be set interactively, allowing the password characters to be masked, or it may be set with a single command. 2. Use the following command to display usage details: > hpkacli /? 3.
NOTE: Installing Data Protector Express on other servers is not required to backup Exchange, SQL Server, or User-Defined applications, when those applications are hosted by All-in-One Storage Manager. The instructions provided here are only needed if a user wishes to use AiO as a backup target for additional user data in their environment. The HP Storage Server provides the Data Protector Express installer at c:\hpnas\components\dpx.
4. Enter the IP address or hostname of a server to add as a replication target for the storage component being configured and then click Add. The Replication Target Properties dialog box displays. 5. Do one of the following: 6. • Select Configure storage automatically to allow All-in-One Storage Manager to automatically provision disk space on the target replication system. This option is available only if the target system is also running ASM.
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4 Managing storage After an application is hosted or shared folder is created on your HP Storage Server using a storage-allocation wizard, you can manage its storage and data by: • • • • • Increasing or reducing the allocated storage, page 43 Changing the percent full warning threshold, page 44 Removing application areas from view, page 44 Changing permissions, names, descriptions, or paths of shared folders, page 45 Deleting shared folders, page 45 Increasing or reducing the allocated storage You can inc
Changing the percent full warning threshold You can change the percent full warning threshold value for an application component, user-defined application, or shared folder after storage is initially allocated and configured using a storage-allocation wizard. See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 for more information. NOTE: For shared folders, you can set an enforced limit (quota) for allocated storage, as well as a warning threshold.
2. Select the application component or user-defined application to remove in the content pane. 3. In the Actions pane, click Remove from View. A confirmation dialog box opens. 4. Do one of the following: • Click OK to remove the item from view. • Click Cancel to cancel the action. Changing permissions, names, descriptions, or paths of shared folders ASM cannot be used to change permissions, names, descriptions, or paths of top-level or nested shared folders that reside on your HP Storage Server.
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5 Monitoring storage ASM provides storage-management functions so you can quickly view used and allocated storage, and percent full warning thresholds settings for application and shared folder storage on your HP Storage Server.
Application storage properties are displayed in order of hierarchy in an expandable and collapsible view. Click the Expand tree icon next to each application to view the used and allocated storage properties for the hosted application components. Click the Collapse tree icon next to expanded applications to hide the application component storage properties. To view all the storage properties for an item listed in the content pane, see Accessing application and shared folder properties.
Properties window ASM provides properties information for Exchange, Exchange storage groups, and components for storage hosted on your HP Storage Server. The following lists the tabs available in the properties window, and in parenthesis, if it applies to Exchange, Exchange storage groups, or Exchange storage group components.
• Storage tab—(Exchange storage group components) Displays the storage group component's storage space, including allocated space, used space, free space, and the following storage allocation details: Table 9 Storage tab: Exchange storage group component properties Property Value Application Path Path to the file directory on the server that hosts Exchange where the storage group component's data is saved by Exchange.
• Mail Store tab—Displays the status and properties of the mail store reported byt the Exchange server. Table 10 Mail Store tab: Exchange storage group component properties Value Description Mail Store Name Name of storage group mail store. Online The storage group mail store is available for use. Database File Path to the file that stores all messages submitted through MAPI, as well as the database tables that define mailboxes, messages, folders, and attachments.
Value Description Circular Logging Indicates whether or not circular logging is enabled. If enabled, a new log entry will replace the oldest log entry when the size limit is reached. Replication Type Indicates if LCR is being used. LCR Status Indicate Exchange warnings for LCR. LCR Copy Copy of the active/original exchange component.
Property Value Storage Server Volume - Name Name of the volume on your HP Storage Server where the shared folder is stored. Storage Server Volume - Status Status of the volume that holds the shared folder on your HP Storage Server. Storage Server Volume - Mount Paths Path to where the volume that holds the shared folder on your HP Storage Server is mounted. Logical disk - RAID Level The RAID level to which the shared folder's storage is configured.
window, and in parenthesis, which applications are applicable: SQL Server, SQL Server databases or SQL Server database components. • General tab—(SQL Server, SQL Server database, SQL Server database component) Displays the name of the application, the total capacity reserved for the application, and its operating status: Table 15 Operating status: SQL Server properties Status indicator Value OK SQL Server is running and storage is online. No alerts. Warning See the Alerts list for more information.
Property Value Application Server Volume - Name Name of the volume on the server that hosts SQL Server to which SQL Server saves the database component's data. The volume resides on the iSCSI LUN (logical disk) exported by ASM to the server that hosts SQL Server. Application Server Volume - Status Status of the volume on the server that hosts SQL Server where the database component is stored.
• Log tab—Displays the log file's free space and the following storage allocation details about the SQL Server log file. Table 19 Log tab: SQL Server database component properties Value Description Log Name Name of database log file. File Name Relative path to where the database log file is stored on the server that hosts SQL Server. Accessing properties for user-defined applications ASM provides properties information for the user-defined applications on your HP Storage Server.
• Storage tab—Displays the user-defined application's storage space, including allocated space, used space, free space, and the following storage allocation details: Table 21 Storage tab: User-defined application properties Property Value Application Path Path to the file directory on the application server where the user-defined application data is saved by the user-defined application.
Accessing properties for virtual libraries ASM provides properties information for virtual libraries on your HP Storage Server. Using properties information, you can determine the status of all remote backup virtual libraries monitored by ASM, and any warning or critical status indicators. 1. In the Actions pane, select Application View. 2. From the Filter drop-down menu, select Data Protection or Show all. 3.
Property Value Virtual array - Physical disk type Type of physical disk designated for the hot spare. Physical disk types include SAS, SATA, and SCSI. • Warning Threshold tab — Allows you to change the percent full warning threshold value for the user-defined application. See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 for more information.
• Details tab — Displays the following replication target component values: Table 26 Details tab: Replication target component properties Property Value Replication source host name Name of server that hosts the replication source component. Status Operational status of the server that hosts the replication source component. Bandwidth limit Indicates bandwidth limit schedule status for the replication target component.
NOTE: A logical disk can only have one RAID configuration, so an application's components will reside on more than one logical disk if different RAID levels are selected for the application components using the storage-allocation wizard. To view all the storage properties for an item listed in the content pane, see Accessing storage area properties.
General tab—Based on the application opened, logical disks or volumes, it will list the operating status for that application only. Table 27 Operating status: General tab Status indicator Value OK The storage is online. No alerts. Warning See the Alerts list for more information. Critical See the Alerts list for more information.
Property Value Storage Server Volume - RAID Level The RAID level to which the volume is configured. See Customizing RAID levels on page 24 for more information. Storage Server Volume - RAID Stripe Size The RAID stripe size to which the volume is configured. See Table 5 on page 23 for more information. Storage Server Volume - Read Cache Speeds up reads when enabled. This setting is determined by the storage array, not ASM. Storage Server Volume - Write Cache Speeds up writes when enabled.
Accessing properties for application server volumes ASM provides properties information for application server volumes created on the iSCSI LUNs exported by ASM to the application server. 1. In the Actions pane, select Application Server View. 2. Do one of the following: • Select an application server volume in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane. • Right-click an application server volume in the content pane and select Properties.
3. Click one of the following tabs: • General tab—Displays the name of the volume on the application server, the volume type, and status: Table 30 Operating status: Application server volume properties Status indicator Value OK The storage is online. Warning See the Alerts list for more information. Critical See the Alerts list for more information.
The storage value for each application hosted, the shared folders pool, unallocated storage, and data not managed by ASM is displayed according to its percentage of total capacity, using colors selected in the Color Options window. The total capacity of your HP Storage Server is divided into the following areas: • • • • • • Exchange—Storage allocated to host Exchange storage group components. Shared Folders—Storage allocated to host shared folders.
Glossary This section defines the terms used to describe the ASM user interface and program features. Actions pane The right pane in the main window of the ASM user interface that provides a list of actions, based on your current selection in the Content pane. Along with other selectable items, the Actions pane provides access to storage-allocation wizards, which help you allocate and configure storage.
enforce allocated limit (quota) An enforced quota for the amount of storage available to a shared folder. An enforce allocated limit prevents data from being saved to a shared folder once all the storage space allocated to the shared folder is used. Exchange storage group The fundamental unit of storage management in Microsoft Exchange. Storage groups consist of Mail stores, Public stores, and log files.
Navigation pane The left pane in the main window of the ASM user interface that allows you to quickly navigate between HP Storage Server Management applications. NFS Network file system. The protocol used in most Unix environments to share folders or mounts. The Create a Shared Folder Wizard does not create NFS shares, but NFS shares can be created using the Shared Folder MMC snap-in.
Task Viewer A window that displays completed tasks, scheduled tasks, and errors. To open the Task Viewer, select Tools > Task Viewer. toolbar The area below the menu bar that contains icons for commonly-used commands. The toolbar is the Microsoft Management Console toolbar; ASM is a snap-in hosted by the Microsoft Management Console. top-level share Top-level shared folder in a directory hierarchy. unallocated space Unused storage that is not allocated.
Index A accessing application and shared folder properties, 48 accessing application server properties, 63 accessing properties for SQL Server, 53 for application server volumes, 64 for Exchange, 48 for HP Storage Server logical disks, 61 for HP Storage Server volumes, 61 for replication target components, 59 for shared folders pools, 52 for the user-defined application pool, 56 for virtual libraries, 58 accessing storage area properties, 61 All-in-One Storage Manager user interface options, 9 Application S
SQL Server database components Storage properties, 55 SQL Server properties operating status values, 54 status icons, 47 Storage properties Exchange storage group components, 50 Storage properties shared folders, 53 SQL Server database components, 55 Storage View, 47, 60 U user-defined application pool accessing properties, 56 user-defined applications operating status values, 56 storage properties, 57 V virtual libraries operating status values, 59 storage properties, 59 W Warning Threshold, 44, 55 72
