HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.6.1-00 Administrator Guide (Web Version)

Contents
Preface .............................................................................................. 23
1 System configuration and requirements ............................................... 25
System configuration ................................................................................................................. 25
Hardware configuration ...................................................................................................... 25
Software configuration ........................................................................................................ 26
Network security configuration ................................................................................................... 27
Common security risks ........................................................................................................ 28
Level 1 security: Setting up a firewall and creating a separate management LAN ........................ 28
Level 2 security: Placing managed devices behind the firewall and creating a separate management
LAN ................................................................................................................................ 29
Level 3 security: Dual-homed management servers and creating a separate management LAN ..... 30
Level 4 security: A flat network ............................................................................................. 31
Management server requirements ............................................................................................... 32
Maximum number of resources that can be managed ............................................................. 32
Changing the memory heap size of Common Component ....................................................... 33
Changing the memory heap size of the Device Manager server ............................................... 34
Changing the JDK .............................................................................................................. 35
Host requirements .................................................................................................................... 37
Hosts that can be managed by Device Manager .................................................................... 37
Host management software supported by Device Manager ...................................................... 37
Prerequisites for normal hosts ............................................................................................... 39
Prerequisites for normal hosts managed by Host Data Collector ........................................ 39
Prerequisites for normal hosts managed by Device Manager agent ..................................... 40
Prerequisites for virtual machines .......................................................................................... 41
Prerequisites for virtual machines managed by Host Data Collector .................................... 41
Prerequisites for virtual machines managed by Device Manager agent ............................... 44
Operation workflow for allocating volumes to virtual machines .......................................... 45
Registering virtual WWNs in Device Manager (createnpivinfo command) ........................... 48
Tasks required to change the virtual machine configuration ............................................... 48
Prerequisites for virtualization servers .................................................................................... 49
Prerequisites for virtualization servers managed by Host Data Collector ............................... 49
Prerequisites for virtualization servers managed by vMA ................................................... 50
System configurations in which vMA can monitor virtualization servers ................................ 51
Operation workflow for managing virtualization servers .................................................... 54
Notes on operating virtualization servers ........................................................................ 54
Prerequisites for mainframe hosts .......................................................................................... 55
Operation workflow of managing a mainframe host ......................................................... 55
Related products ....................................................................................................................... 56
System requirements for managing copy pairs .............................................................................. 56
Storage systems that can use Device Manager to manage copy pairs ...................................... 56
System configuration for managing copy pairs ....................................................................... 57
System configuration for using the local management method to manage copy pairs ............ 58
System configuration for using the central management method to manage copy pairs ......... 61
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