HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Administrator Guide (5697-0934, May 2011)

VMware multipathing....................................................................................................28
Windows multipathing...................................................................................................28
QLogic HBAs with Windows......................................................................................28
Emulex HBAs with Windows......................................................................................29
Presenting SVSP virtual disks to servers.................................................................................29
Creating the user defined host (UDH)...............................................................................29
Creating VSM virtual disks.............................................................................................30
Defining hosts in SVSP...................................................................................................30
AIX servers..............................................................................................................30
HP-UX servers...........................................................................................................30
Linux servers............................................................................................................30
OpenVMS servers....................................................................................................30
Solaris servers..........................................................................................................30
VMware servers.......................................................................................................30
Windows servers......................................................................................................30
3 Zoning....................................................................................................31
Zoning overview.....................................................................................................................31
HP SVSP zoning principles.......................................................................................................32
Zoning components in HP SVSP................................................................................................33
Dual-fabric device configuration ...............................................................................................35
DPM-host zoning....................................................................................................................36
DPM-storage zoning................................................................................................................38
DPM-VSM zoning...................................................................................................................40
VSM-storage zoning................................................................................................................41
VSM-VSM zoning...................................................................................................................41
Cleaning up after zoning changes............................................................................................42
4 Monitoring the SVSP domain.....................................................................43
Array workload concentration..................................................................................................43
Monitoring system performance................................................................................................43
System health monitoring....................................................................................................43
VSM graphical user interface..........................................................................................43
Creating and using an object query............................................................................44
VSM event log..............................................................................................................46
Alerts automated notification..........................................................................................46
Configuring the Alert Destination................................................................................47
Configuring which alerts to send................................................................................48
Setting up Perfmon.............................................................................................................49
Using Perfmon counters to log..............................................................................................51
Troubleshooting Perfmon.....................................................................................................51
Monitoring access to the VSM setup volume...............................................................................52
Description of the VSM setup volume....................................................................................52
Using Performance Monitor to review setup volume access times..............................................52
Recommendations..............................................................................................................55
Monitoring DPM performance..................................................................................................55
Monitoring license use............................................................................................................56
Monitoring capacity utilization.................................................................................................56
Monitoring event logs..............................................................................................................56
Monitoring the SAN................................................................................................................56
Pool monitoring......................................................................................................................56
Global mechanisms...........................................................................................................56
Individual mechanisms........................................................................................................57
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