HP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.4.0-00 Administrator Guide (web) (TB581-96325, December 2012)

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Administrator Guide (Web Version)
Table of Contents
Preface
1 System configuration and requirements
- System configuration
  - Hardware configuration
  - Software configuration
- Network security configuration
- Management server requirements
- Host requirements
- Related products
- System requirements for managing copy pairs
2 Network configuration
- Port settings
- Network settings for management servers with multiple NICs
- Device Manager settings in IPv6 environments
- Changing the IP address or host name of the management server
- Changing the URL for accessing P9000 Command View AE Suite products
3 User account management
- Password conditions for user accounts
- Locking user accounts
  - Settings for automatically locking user accounts
  - Settings for automatically locking the System account
- User management on an external authentication server
4 Security
- Login warning banner
- Communication security mode
- Controlling management client access to the management server
- Changing the password-encoding level in the Device Manager CLI and the Tiered Storage Manager CLI
5 Configuring Device Manager for use with related products
- Linking with PA
  - Prerequisites for displaying performance information
  - Prerequisites for launching the PA GUI
- Using Storage Essentials
6 Setting up logs and alerts
- Setting up integrated log files
- Generating audit log files
  - Information included in audit logs
  - Editing the audit log environment settings file
- Referencing alerts
- Sending SNMP traps to log files
- Using event notification
7 Configuring Device Manager for CIM/WBEM
- Device Manager and CIM/WBEM
- CIM/WBEM functions in Device Manager
- Enabling CIM/WBEM functions
- Properties related to CIM/WBEM functions
- Configuring service discovery
- Configuring performance information acquisition
  - Required system configuration for acquiring performance information
  - Settings required to acquire performance information of enterprise-class storage systems
- User account settings for using the CIM/WBEM functions
8 Setting up a cluster environment
- Verifying the management server environment
- Setting up a cluster environment
9 Starting and stopping services
- Resident processes of P9000 Command View AE Suite
- Starting services
- Stopping services
- Checking the operating status of services
10 Managing the database
- Managing databases
- Backing up databases
  - Backing up a database in non-cluster configuration
  - Backing up a database in a cluster configuration
- Restoring databases
  - Restoring a database when a data inconsistency occurs
    - Restoring a database when a data inconsistency occurs (in a non-cluster configuration)
    - Restoring a database when a data inconsistency occurs (in a cluster configuration)
  - Restoring a database when a database is corrupted
    - Restoring a database when it is corrupted (in a non-cluster configuration)
    - Restoring a database when it is corrupted (in a cluster configuration)
- Migrating databases
11 Using and maintaining the Device Manager agent
- Before using the Device Manager agent
- Setting up the Device Manager agent
- Device Manager agent operations
- Configuration definition file for managing copy pairs
- Device Manager agent commands
12 Setting up Host Data Collector
- Installing Host Data Collector
- Specifying the Host Data Collector environment settings
- Removing Host Data Collector
  - Removing Host Data Collector (Windows)
  - Removing Host Data Collector (Solaris or Linux)
13 Troubleshooting
- Common problems and solutions
  - Problems and solutions in the management server
    - Problems and solutions in Device Manager
    - Problems and solutions in Tiered Storage Manager
  - Problems and solutions in the host
- Maintenance information that must be collected if a failure occurs
- Checking audit log data
14 Support and other resources
- Contacting HP
- Related information
- Conventions
A Device Manager server properties
- Device Manager server property files
  - Changing Device Manager server properties
  - Syntax rules for Device Manager server property files
- Device Manager server configuration properties (server.properties file)
- Device Manager database properties (database.properties file)
- Device Manager log output properties (logger.properties file)
- Device Manager dispatcher properties (dispatcher.properties file)
- Device Manager MIME type properties (mime.properties file)
- Device Manager client properties (client.properties file)
- Device Manager security properties
- Device Manager SNMP trap log output properties (customizedsnmptrap.properties file)
  - customizedsnmptrap.customizedSNMPTrapEnable
  - customizedsnmptrap.customizelist
- Properties for communicating with the host (host.properties file)
  - host.mf.agent.connection.timeout
  - host.agent.access.timeoutForRpm
- Properties for connecting to Host Data Collector (hostdatacollectors.properties file)
- Properties for migrations (migration.properties file)
- Properties for connecting to PA (hppa.properties file)
- Properties for the CIM/WBEM functions (jserver.properties file)
  - com.wbemsolutions.jserver.bindto
B Tiered Storage Manager server properties
- Tiered Storage Manager server property files
  - Changing Tiered Storage Manager server properties
  - Syntax rules for Tiered Storage Manager server property files
- Tiered Storage Manager server operations properties (server.properties file)
- Tiered Storage Manager GUI properties (client.properties file)
- Tiered Storage Manager database properties (database.properties file)
  - dbm.traceSQL
- Tiered Storage Manager properties for accessing Device Manager server (devicemanager.properties file)
- Tiered Storage Manager log output properties (logger.properties file)
- Tiered Storage Manager security properties
C Host Data Collector properties
- Host Data Collector property files
  - Changing Host Data Collector properties (for hdcbase.properties file, logger.properties file, and javaconfig.properties file)
  - Changing Host Data Collector properties (for alps.properties file, about.properties file, and log4jconfig.properties file)
- Properties related to Host Data Collector operation (hdcbase.properties file)
- Host Data Collector logger properties (logger.properties file)
- Properties related to the Host Data Collector's Java environment (javaconfig.properties file )
  - javapathlocation
- Host Data Collector configuration properties (alps.properties file)
  - process.timeout.limit.sec
- Host Data Collector product properties (about.properties file)
  - version
- Host Data Collector logger properties (log4jconfig.properties file)
D Device Manager agent properties
- Device Manager agent property files
  - Changing Device Manager agent properties
- Device Manager agent properties for connecting to the Replication Manager server (agent.properties file)
- Device Manager agent properties for hldutil command operations (hldutil.properties file)
  - agent.util.hpux.displayDsf
- Device Manager agent log output properties (logger.properties file)
- Device Manager agent properties for program information (programproductinfo.properties file)
  - veritas.volume.manager.version
- Device Manager agent operations properties (server.properties file)
E Commands executed by Host Data Collector
- Commands executed by Host Data Collector (Solaris)
- Commands executed by Host Data Collector (AIX)
- Commands executed by Host Data Collector (Linux)
- Commands executed by Host Data Collector (HP-UX)
Acronyms and abbreviations
Index

Full name or meaningProduct reference

This abbreviation is used when it is not necessary to distinguish the

following products:

• P9000 Snapshot

• Snapshot

• Snapshot XP

• XP Snapshot

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