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Page 1: ...ctions for system administration tasks for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200 G400 G600 and G800 storage systems and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F400 F600 and F800 all flash arrays MK 94HM8016 09 October 2017 Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Gx00 and Fx00 SVOS 7 3 ...

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Page 3: ...e 20 Dashboard 21 Inventory and resource information 26 Device Manager Storage Navigator 27 Maintenance utility 28 NAS Manager 29 2 Preparing your management software 31 Installing Storage Advisor 32 Installing Storage Advisor with the application installer 32 Installing Storage Advisor with the virtual appliance 34 Installing Hitachi Storage Advisor in a DHCP environment 34 Installing Hitachi Sto...

Page 4: ... Manager Storage Navigator 58 Accessing a storage system without management software 59 3 Configuring the storage system 61 System administration tasks at a glance 62 System administration using Hitachi Storage Advisor 64 Configure block storage 64 Enabling or disabling port security 64 Adding a fabric switch 65 Creating parity groups 67 Creating a pool 77 Create and attach volumes to servers 86 M...

Page 5: ...e utility 138 Required roles for operating Maintenance Utility 138 Setting up user accounts 139 Disabling user accounts 141 Removing user accounts 145 Backing up user accounts 147 Restoring user account information 148 Managing users user groups and accounts 150 User administration overview 150 Workflow for creating and managing user accounts 150 Administrator tasks 151 User tasks 151 Managing use...

Page 6: ...security 211 Setting up TCP IP for a firewall 212 Working with certificates 212 Managing HCS certificates 212 Registering HCS certificates 212 Deleting HCS certificates 213 Managing SSL certificates 213 Flow of SSL communication settings 214 Creating a keypair 214 Obtaining a signed certificate 216 Verifying and releasing an SSL certificate passphrase 217 Converting SSL certificates to PKCS 12 for...

Page 7: ...g 252 Monitoring failure information in the Windows event log 252 Viewing the Windows event log 253 Output example of the failure information 254 7 Managing license keys 257 Overview 258 License key types 258 Using the permanent key 258 Using the term key 259 Using the temporary key 259 Using the emergency key 259 Cautions on license capacities in license related windows 260 Estimating licensed ca...

Page 8: ...ew 282 CHAP Users report 282 Disk Boards report 283 Host Groups iSCSI Targets report 284 Hosts report 285 Logical Devices report 286 LUNs report 288 MP Units report 288 MP Unit Details report 289 Parity Groups report 290 Physical Devices report 291 Ports report 293 Power Consumption report 295 Spare Drives report 296 SSD Endurance report 297 Storage System Summary report 298 Reports in graphical v...

Page 9: ...ition csv 335 LunInfo csv 336 LunPortInfo csv 337 MicroVersion csv 338 MlcEnduranceInfo csv 339 ModePerLpr csv 340 MpPathStatus csv 340 MpPcbStatus csv 341 PcbRevInfo csv 341 PdevCapaInfo csv 342 PdevInfo csv 342 PdevStatus csv 344 PECBInfo csv 344 PkInfo csv 344 PpInfo csv 346 SMfundat csv 346 SsdDriveInfo csv 347 SsidInfo csv 347 SysoptInfo csv 348 WwnInfo csv 348 B System option modes 351 Syste...

Page 10: ...10 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 11: ...ains the GUI features and provides basic navigation information Please read this document carefully to understand how to use the software described in this manual and keep a copy for reference Intended audience Product version Release notes Changes in this revision Referenced documents Document conventions Conventions for storage capacity values Accessing product documentation Getting help Comment...

Page 12: ...r Product version This document revision applies to the following product versions VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models Firmware 83 04 4x or later SVOS 7 3 or later Release notes Read the release notes before installing and using this product They may contain requirements or restrictions that are not fully described in this document or updates or corrections to this document Release notes are avail...

Page 13: ... words in text Indicates a variable which is a placeholder for actual text provided by the user or for output by the system Example pairdisplay g group For exceptions to this convention for variables see the entry for angle brackets Monospace Indicates text that is displayed on screen or entered by the user Example pairdisplay g oradb angle brackets Indicates variables in the following scenarios V...

Page 14: ...sk drive capacity are calculated based on the following values Physical capacity unit Value 1 kilobyte KB 1 000 10 3 bytes 1 megabyte MB 1 000 KB or 1 0002 bytes 1 gigabyte GB 1 000 MB or 1 0003 bytes 1 terabyte TB 1 000 GB or 1 0004 bytes 1 petabyte PB 1 000 TB or 1 0005 bytes 1 exabyte EB 1 000 PB or 1 0006 bytes Logical capacity values for example logical device capacity cache memory capacity a...

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Page 16: ...16 Preface System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 17: ...d access to system administration tools from management software Hitachi Storage Advisor and Hitachi Command Suite System administration tasks for the VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models storage systems including some with NAS modules installed to provide native file functionality VSP G400 G600 G800 System management architecture Ways to administer the storage system System administration overview...

Page 18: ...tachi Virtual Storage Platform F400 F600 F800 storage systems including those with NAS modules Users with storage systems that do not have NAS modules use Hitachi Storage Advisor HSA Device Manager Storage Navigator and the maintenance utility to administer block operations If your storage system includes NAS modules use NAS Manager to administer file operations and then use the maintenance utilit...

Page 19: ...ent complexities and enables a new simplified approach to managing storage infrastructures It provides intuitive graphical user interfaces and recommended configuration practices to streamline system configurations and storage management operations You can leverage Storage Advisor to easily provision new storage capacity for business applications without requiring in depth knowledge of the underly...

Page 20: ...rage Advisor supports unified onboarding and configuration of file storage in the form of NAS modules If a supported storage system includes NAS modules the file storage is automatically added with the block storage Then file pools and other file resources can be created in the Storage Advisor interface or by using the API Adding block and file storage together Storage Advisor enables you to add b...

Page 21: ... provided templates and configurations make it possible to quickly and easily provision a storage system without knowing the details of the underlying hardware and software The top navigation menu provides access to Jobs and Monitoring pages Links to the following settings are available based on the user role Tier Management Security Settings SNMP Settings Change Local Password The dashboard has t...

Page 22: ...lerts for that part of the storage system and everything is functioning normally A number in a red circle within a tile indicates one or more problems with that part of the storage system You can click a tile for Capacity Alerts Data Protection Alerts or Hardware Alerts to view the summary for the category in the Monitoring tab The Jobs Alert tile displays the number of jobs in the last 24 hours w...

Page 23: ...r to your total pool capacity that indicates that the pools may be starting to fill up Note The Thin Free and Thin Used capacities include both Thin and Snap Thin Used plus Thin Free equals Allocated to Pools Physical capacity allocated to file pools is indicated by medium blue in the File view and by light blue in the Unified view File pool utilization is indicated by light blue in the File view ...

Page 24: ...a parity group Capacity 3 logical used capacity of a pool Capacity 4 physical used capacity of a pool Capacity Efficiency The ratio of Thin Free plus Thin Used to the physical used capacity Capacity efficiency is only calculated for volumes on HDP and HDT pools If disk based compression is in use either alone or in combination with controller based compression the physical used capacity is that re...

Page 25: ... 70 and 80 and can be changed during pool creation The light grey ring that provides a sum of capacities of all pools in the systems should be closer to 100 capacity This would mean that you are using your entire parity group capacity by allocating it to pools If the Thin Used capacity ring light green nears the total capacity light grey ring then you may run out of pool capacity soon In such a ca...

Page 26: ...lumes for data protection then the overall usable capacity may be affected On the other hand if you have a large amount of unprotected data you may want to consider data protection options Note These data protection capacity numbers are based on oversubscribed allocations and as a result will correlate with the overall oversubscription percentage not the usable capacity numbers represented in the ...

Page 27: ...n these parity groups will be formatted and the parity group will eventually be in Available status When you delete a volume the pool subscription will go down Volume deletion will fail if the volume participates in data protection or is attached to a server When you delete a file pool the underlying related block pool is deleted When you delete a server the server is disassociated from Storage Ad...

Page 28: ...her HDvM SN SMU or the management software You can use the maintenance utility to configure settings such as licenses syslog alerts and network configuration As shown in the following figure these settings are available from the Administration navigation tree 28 System administration overview System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 29: ... application running on the NAS module NAS Manager provides a web based interface for managing stand alone or clustered servers and their attached storage systems This tool allows you to perform most administrative tasks from any client on the network using a network browser To access NAS Manager point your browser to the following URL https unified management IP address 20443 You can also access ...

Page 30: ...30 System administration overview System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 31: ...dminister your storage system Installing Storage Advisor Using Device Manager Storage Navigator Onboarding and configuring a storage system Using the maintenance utility Accessing a storage system without management software Preparing your management software 31 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 32: ...s for using the application installer If you use the json file logging driver set the maximum log size to 50 MB and the maximum number of files to 3 log opt max size 50m log opt max file 3 Set Delegate to yes Delegate yes Set KillMode to process KillMode process Refer to the example provided for general information about the docker service file The recommended available space on the server at the ...

Page 33: ...er containers have been removed 4 Set the SNMP IP address in virtual appliance manager tool a Open a browser and enter https ip address vam in the address bar The log in credentials are sysadmin sysadmin b In the Network tab enter the SNMP IP address for the storage system Troubleshooting the installation If the installation fails try the following If the installation fails with the 401 error code...

Page 34: ...he virtual appliance installation to install in either a static environment or in a DHCP environment Installing Hitachi Storage Advisor in a DHCP environment If your environment includes DHCP servers you can use the Virtual Appliance Manager to set up your Storage Advisor server Before you begin The initial setup of a discovered supported storage system has been completed by an authorized service ...

Page 35: ...Storage Advisor b Set the host name for the virtual machine c Set DHCP to On d Enter the IP address of the Storage Advisor server e Set Automatic DNS to On or Off If you set this to Off enter the IP address of at least one DNS server f Click Submit 7 Optional From the Virtual Appliance Manager menu click Time and add Network Time Protocol NTP servers to the virtual machine Adding NTP servers verif...

Page 36: ...e Advisor Installing Hitachi Storage Advisor in a static environment If you do not have a DHCP server use the command line interface to indicate the static IP address of the Storage Advisor server Procedure 1 From the installation media deploy the Storage Advisor OVF to the ESXi host 2 Start the Storage Advisor virtual machine 3 In the vSphere client wait for the System status to change to Online ...

Page 37: ... data center is using the IP address scheme 172 17 make sure you provide another IP range that is not currently used in your environment This is the specified range used by Storage Advisor b Set the host name for the virtual machine c Set DHCP to Off d Enter the IP address of the Storage Advisor server e Set Automatic DNS to On or Off If you set this to Off enter the IP address of at least one DNS...

Page 38: ...mes with a self signed certificate that you can use to initially log in to Changing the root password immediately after installation Change the root password immediately after installing Storage Advisor Procedure 1 Either open an SSH connection to the VM or open the VMware console and press Alt F2 to reach the console 2 Log in as root account using the default password 3kO Pe9dJyjy29HAi2mS 3 Run t...

Page 39: ...Gx00 models VSP G1000 VSP G1500 or VSP F1500 storage systems You must have an administrator login account with the required permissions For information about creating user accounts in Hitachi Device Manager Storage Navigator see the System Administrator Guide for your storage system Procedure 1 Start a web browser 2 Enter the URL For VSP G1000 VSP G1500 or VSP F1500 storage systems enter https IP ...

Page 40: ...dow The cache function of Flash Player optimizes the process of Device Manager Storage Navigator Denying the request might reduce processing speed Result You are successfully logged in to Device Manager Storage Navigator Note If the login process fails three times by using the same user ID Device Manager Storage Navigator will stop responding for one minute This is for security purposes and is not...

Page 41: ...ps ip address vam 6 Click Advanced 7 Click the Certificate Settings tab 8 Import the certificate into the server a Open the signed certificate received from the certificate authority in a text editor b Open the private key file generated in step 2 in a text editor c Copy the certificate file contents into the Certificate text box d Copy the private key file contents into the Private Key text box e...

Page 42: ...h storage system A maximum of 32 management clients Device Manager Storage Navigator can access the same SVP concurrently Use thinnet coaxial cable for twisted pair LAN connections Maximum cable length is 607 feet 185 meters For assistance contact the customer support Requirements for Windows based computers Note The combinations of operating system architecture browser Java Runtime Environment an...

Page 43: ...JRE 7 0 Update 67 14 0 Windows Server 2012 SP1 64 bit Internet Explorer 10 0 JRE 7 0 Update 67 14 0 Windows Server 2012 R2 SP1 64 bit Internet Explorer 11 0 JRE 7 0 Update 67 14 0 Windows Server 2016 64 bit Internet Explorer 11 0 JRE 8 0 Update 111 24 0 Notes If the SVP supports Internet Protocol Version 6 IPv6 you can specify IPv6 addresses Use Adobe Flash Player with the same architecture 32 bit...

Page 44: ...10 3 Firefox 31 JRE 7 0 Update 67 11 2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 6 2 64 bit Firefox 3 6 28 JRE 6 0 Update 20 10 3 Firefox 35 JRE 7 0 Update 67 11 2 Notes IPv6 HTTPS connections from Firefox are not supported Use Adobe Flash Player with the same architecture 32 bit or 64 bit as the browser Device Manager Storage Navigator supports Firefox 3 6 28 but the maintenance utility does not Note T...

Page 45: ...igator secondary window you must enable it in advance For details about enabling the secondary window see Enabling the Device Manager Storage Navigator secondary window on page 46 By default this setting is disabled When disabled these functions and software applications do not appear in the menu on the Device Manager Storage Navigator main window Google Chrome shows the message This type of file ...

Page 46: ...ed correctly Configuring JRE On the JRE of each Device Manager Storage Navigator management client Java log file trace and logging must be enabled and caching must be disabled The Java log file can help you troubleshoot a problem when an application error occurs in the Device Manager Storage Navigator web client Disabling the caching feature can help prevent complications when the software is upda...

Page 47: ...he superuser ID and default password 2 In your web browser specify the URL for your SVP https IP address or host name of SVP sanproject To change the port number of the protocol from the initial value 443 specify the following URL https IP address or host name of SVP port number of the protocol 3 Log in with the superuser ID and password 4 To prevent unauthorized use of the superuser account chang...

Page 48: ...client select In the future do not show this message and click OK If the SVP is set to support SSL encrypted communication and security messages appear make sure the certificate is correct and follow the instructions in the dialog box If a message indicates that certain web sites are blocked follow instructions in Adding your SVP to the trusted sites zone for Windows Server computers on page 50 If...

Page 49: ...purposes and is not a system failure Wait then try again The roles and resource groups for each user are set up ahead of time and will be available to you when you log in to Device Manager Storage Navigator If the roles or resource allocations for your username are changed after you log in the changes will not be effective until you log out and log back in again When you use a web browser for a lo...

Page 50: ...ing Procedure 1 Click Add in the message dialog box The Trusted Sites dialog box opens 2 In Add this web site to the zone enter the URL of the SVP that you want to log in to For example if the host name is host01 the URL is http host01 If the IP address is 127 0 0 1 the URL is http 127 0 0 1 3 Click Add to add the URL of the SVP to the web sites list 4 Click Close to close the dialog box Onboardin...

Page 51: ...in Storage Advisor is more than adding a storage system to a list At least one fabric switch and server must be added for the storage system to be able to provision volumes to the server In the following workflow the recommended path is marked by the solid arrows The dashed arrows indicate the optional paths Before a storage system is available for use in the network all of the tasks in the workfl...

Page 52: ...f the external service processor for the storage system you want to discover User name and password Log in as a user that has administrator privileges on this storage system For example you can log in as the user maintenance 3 Click Submit 4 Optional Onboard other storage systems Result The Jobs tab is updated with the job called Create Storage System If multiple storage systems are being added th...

Page 53: ...ons Verify that there is an active zone set with at least one dummy zone available The Storage Advisor server is connected to the same IP network and has access to SNMP broadcast of Fibre Channel switches Verify the required information about the fabric switch Virtual Fabric ID required only for Cisco switches Fabric Switch Type Fabric Switch IP Address Port Number Username and Password Verify tha...

Page 54: ...ver at a time There are two methods of adding servers Manually add information for one server at a time Import a CSV comma separated values file with information for one server in each row The CSV file must have the following headings in the order specified Name Description IPAddress OSType WWNs comma separated list of WWNs All fields are required except Description and IPAddress Valid OSType valu...

Page 55: ...ervers Next steps Create volumes and attach them to the server Creating parity groups Note Parity groups for VSP G1000 VSP G1500 and VSP F1500 storage systems are created outside Storage Advisor by an authorized service representative Before you begin Complete the initial setup of any discovered supported storage system Register the storage system for which you will create a parity group Verify th...

Page 56: ...he total usable capacity that is available based on the number of parity groups and the RAID configuration 5 Choose one of the following options Accept the recommended RAID configuration which uses the full capacity of the installed drives Change the RAID configuration or create fewer parity groups If you make changes you might not use the full capacity of the installed drives 6 Optional Click Enc...

Page 57: ...oups for the entire array it may take several hours before the storage system is configured Next steps Create a pool Create and attach volumes Note For further information access Help from within the Storage Advisor web interface Using the maintenance utility To configure the storage system using the maintenance utility start the maintenance utility from Hitachi Device Manager Storage Navigator No...

Page 58: ...nce utility Starting from Hitachi Device Manager Storage Navigator Procedure 1 Launch a web browser from the console PC connected to the SVP and then start Device Manager Storage Navigator 2 Enter the following URL in the address field of your browser and then press Enter http IP address of SVP module sn2 0 index do 3 In the Storage Device List window click the picture of the registered storage sy...

Page 59: ...to or higher than Administrator User Group has For information about creating user accounts see Creating user accounts on page 152 in this manual and the Hardware Reference Guide for your system model Adobe Flash Player must be configured on the client to use HDvM SN Note To obtain the administrator login information contact customer support Procedure 1 Start a web browser 2 Enter the following UR...

Page 60: ... web sites are blocked make sure you have added the SVP to the trusted sites zone 4 Enter a user ID and password for the account 5 Click Log In 6 If the Security Information dialog box appears click Yes 7 If an Adobe Flash Player local storage area pop up dialog box appears click Allow to open the Device Manager Storage Navigator main window The cache function of Adobe Flash Player optimizes the p...

Page 61: ...sing Hitachi Storage Advisor System administration using Device Manager Storage Navigator System administration using the maintenance utility Changing the administrator password System administration using NAS Manager Miscellaneous system administration considerations Configuring the storage system 61 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 62: ...the File Services Administration Guide MK 92HNAS006 and the Server and Cluster Administration Guide MK 92HNAS010 Configure alert notifications Maintenance utility See Alert notifications on page 245 NAS Manager See the Server and Cluster Administration Guide MK 92HNAS010 Changing link aggregation N A NAS Manager See the Network Administration Guide MK 92HNAS008 Change administrator password Mainte...

Page 63: ...nager Storage Navigator to register the service processor host name See Registering the primary SVP host name on page 124 NAS Manager to register the service See the Server and Cluster Administration Guide MK 92HNAS010 Change storage system information Device Manager Storage Navigator See Setting storage system information on page 118 N A Manage SSL certificates create keypairs obtain update and r...

Page 64: ...r See Managing license keys on page 257 System administration using Hitachi Storage Advisor Configure block storage Use Storage Advisor to configure the block storage Enabling or disabling port security Before a host storage domain HSD can be created on a port port security must be enabled By default security is disabled on supported storage systems If port security is disabled Storage Advisor wil...

Page 65: ...c switch You can add a fabric switch after onboarding a storage system Add update and delete fabric switches in the Storage Advisor interface After a fabric switch is added you can choose to auto create zones during volume provisioning A fabric switch is required for any operations that use auto select such as host group creation and auto selection of ports while attaching volumes to servers Befor...

Page 66: ... applicable to Brocade switches Fabric Switch Type Select Brocade or Cisco Fabric Switch IP Address To add or update a core switch use the Management IP address of the switch or the Active CP IP address Port Number Username Password 4 Click Submit Result A job is created to add the fabric switch Supported fabric switch models Storage Advisor supports a variety of Brocade and Cisco fabric switches ...

Page 67: ... firmware v6 4 7 0 7 1 7 2 7 3 120 System requirements for Cisco switches Storage Advisor supports the Cisco MDS 9000 Series of switches Cisco MDS NX OS Release 6 2 9 or later is required Creating parity groups Parity groups are the basic units of storage capacity Creating parity groups converts the raw disk capacity in your storage system into usable capacity Configuring the storage system 67 Sys...

Page 68: ...ions to this practice for example If the entire capacity of the storage system is not needed If there is a need to create fewer parity groups in order to reserve more disks as spares Viewing parity groups Access the Parity Groups page by clicking Storage Systems on the dashboard and then clicking a storage system tile Click the Parity Groups tile A summary of parity groups includes disk type numbe...

Page 69: ...y the target storage system name Identify the total capacity that you expect to use Plan to use all of the available disks in the system when you create parity groups Procedure 1 On the Storage Advisor dashboard select Storage Systems in the resource side panel to see the inventory of registered storage systems 2 Click a storage system to create and configure the parity groups for it 3 Click Parit...

Page 70: ... be created for the new RAID configuration and the corresponding usable capacity 6 Optional Click Encryption ON if you want to use encryption Prerequisites for enabling encryption The storage system must have an Encryption Disk Board Encryption License Key must be installed The Key Management Server must be configured on the SVP Note Encryption cannot be disabled in Storage Advisor 7 Click Submit ...

Page 71: ...on the provided best practices The advanced option allows you to fully configure the RAID layout of the parity group by selecting the specific disks and hot spares to assign for parity group creation Note Parity groups on VSP G1000 VSP G1500 and VSP F1500 storage systems cannot be created in Storage Advisor They are created by an authorized service representative They can be initialized in Storage...

Page 72: ... Key must be installed The Key Management Server must be configured on the SVP Note Encryption cannot be disabled in Storage Advisor 6 Choose available disks Select enough disks to match the RAID Layout 7 Click Submit Result A job is started to create the parity group for the storage system Next steps Check the status of the job by clicking Jobs Note Parity group creation may take time Create a po...

Page 73: ...3 Click Manage Spare Disk to open the Disk Management page and view disks not being used in any parity group 4 Click Disks to Set to Free or Disks to Set to Spare and select one or more disks Selecting Disks to Set to Spare will reserve the disks as a spare disks and they cannot be used for parity group creation Selecting Disks to Set to Free will unallocate the spare disks and return then to the ...

Page 74: ...t are in blocked state You can initialize parity groups in the following conditions When the parity group either does not have any pool volumes or at least one of the pool volumes is in Blocked state In this case you will notice that the parity group status is UNINITIALIZED When the pool volumes on the parity group do not account for the entire parity group capacity and there are unused partitions...

Page 75: ...o create a new parity group Note Parity groups on a VSP G1000 VSP G1500 or VSP F1500 storage systems are created outside Storage Advisor by an authorized service representative Use the filters to view the status of parity groups Click a filter to apply it and click it again to remove it AVAILABLE Parity group is not being used for any storage pools It is available for pool creation AVAILABLE_PHYSI...

Page 76: ...initialization or compression If external parity groups have been used to create a pool outsideStorage Advisor you can use their capacity to create volumes in Storage Advisor Enabling accelerated compression in Storage Advisor Accelerated compression can be enabled for parity groups on FMD DC2 drives that are part of VSP Gx00 models VSP Fx00 models and VSP G1000 VSP G1500 or VSP F1500 storage syst...

Page 77: ...t and uses the physical capacity that is necessary according to the data write request Tiered HDT Dynamic Tiering which is used with Dynamic Provisioning and places data in a hardware tier according to the I O load For example a data area that has a high I O load is placed in a high speed hardware tier and a data area that has a low I O load is placed in a low speed hardware tier Snap HTI Thin Ima...

Page 78: ...bar Green Below 70 Orange From 70 to 80 Red Over 80 A key in a tile or row indicates that the pool is encrypted You can filter the volumes as follows Pool Type Filter by the pool type Thin Tiered or Snap 78 Configuring the storage system System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 79: ...ory page in Storage Navigator Click Open the Pools page in Storage Navigator to Shrink or restore a HDP HDT pool View the Tier properties of the HDT Pool Update the Monitoring Mode of the HDT pool if Tier management is set to Manual Start or stop the monitoring of the HDT pool if Tier management is set to Manual Start or stop tier relocation on the HDT pool if Tier management is set to Manual For ...

Page 80: ...n only alphanumeric characters hyphens and underscores Initial hyphens are not allowed 6 In the Select capacity from Tiers to Allocate to Pool pane you can choose storage from 1 2 or a maximum of 3 tiers Platinum Gold Silver or Bronze If you select only one tier you can use the Intend to use for Snap toggle to decide whether to use Snap pools Click Yes to create Snap pools Note Use this option if ...

Page 81: ...g Jobs Create a volume How Storage Advisor calculates pool sizes for the basic method of pool creation Storage Advisor incorporates best practices to calculate the best pool sizes based on the media available in the storage system When the basic pool creation option is used pool size is determined as follows Storage Advisor identifies all the parity groups of the same disk type disk capacity disk ...

Page 82: ... Note Mixing different disk types in a Thin pool is not recommended If you choose to create such a pool Storage Advisor identifies the tier in this pool as mixed Before you begin Create and configure parity groups on the storage system License requirements For a Tiered pool Dynamic Tiering For a Thin pool Dynamic Provisioning For a Snap pool Thin image For active flash active flash Procedure 1 On ...

Page 83: ...and filter functions For a Snap pool select one or more parity groups with identical disk types For a Thin pool select one or more parity groups with identical disk types For a Tiered pool select one or more parity groups with two or three disk types Storage Advisor shows the total size of the pool using the selected parity groups 10 Set the utilization thresholds or use the default threshold sett...

Page 84: ... resources Click Pools and then click a pool tile Note A External pool cannot be edited or deleted On the pool details page you can do the following View the attributes of the pool If the pool contains capacity which has had compression technology applied you can view the following 84 Configuring the storage system System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 85: ...tion and thresholds If the pool is based on a parity group using accelerated compression FMD DC2 Compression you can also view compression details including expansion ratio and compression ratio View tier information for the pool You can view Tier management status This is set to Automatic when the pool is created in Storage Advisor To change this mode to Manual you must edit the pool using the SV...

Page 86: ... a new tier to the pool If you add a tier to a thin pool it will be expanded and converted into a tiered pool Using the advanced option enables you to add more parity groups to the pool and increase capacity Note To expand a Thin pool you must add a parity group of the same RAID layout the same disk type the same RAID level and the same disk speed Click Submit to update the window and start a job ...

Page 87: ...nd select Create and Attach Volumes 3 Configure volumes for the specified storage system You can switch to another storage system by using the drop down Storage System list a Select the number of volumes b Enter the volume label and select a suffix for it c Select the size d Select the volume unit GB TB or PB e Select the pool type Thin or Tiered f For a Thin pool select the tier Platinum Gold Sil...

Page 88: ...rage Advisor provides options as part of the attachment of the new volumes to a single server or multiple servers Procedure 1 The Host Mode is set by default to the server operating system You can make a selection if needed The server OS Type is provided when the server is added to Storage Advisor 2 The prepopulated Host Mode Option will depend on the Host Mode selection The default Host Mode Opti...

Page 89: ...ups on the storage array and attempt to reuse them by default The following options are available for managing LUN paths Existing paths are populated as follows all existing host groups with one or more server WWN and the exact same host mode and host mode options selected on the Attach Settings panel are populated as paths To prevent the volume from being added to an existing path click the path ...

Page 90: ... the service processor with Device Manager Storage Navigator Storage system inventory From the dashboard click Storage Systems to access the Storage Systems page for an overview of registered storage systems The Storage Systems page includes a summary section identical to the summary on the dashboard This includes monitoring tiles capacity summary and data protection summary You can search for a s...

Page 91: ...edit the user name and password for a storage system select it and click Edit to open the Update Storage System serial number page Storage system details View details about a storage system and access resources On the dashboard click Storage Systems and then click a Storage System serial number tile On a storage system detail page you can do the following Click Delete to delete the storage system ...

Page 92: ... storage system S N Storage system serial number SVP Version SVP firmware version HORCM Version 01 33 03 06 A data replication component residing on the server Cache Capacity Total cache capacity configured on the storage system Unused Disks Disks that are not assigned as hot spares or used to create parity groups Unused Disk Capacity Total unused capacity of all disks SVP IP Address Address of th...

Page 93: ... for advanced storage configuration Device Manager Storage Navigator is the element manager for a supported storage system block module It is a factory installed application running on the SVP which is directly connected to the storage system You can access Device Manager Storage Navigator from the Storage System details page for advanced configuration options while performing management operation...

Page 94: ...keys on the management client Connection to the external server Backing up and restoring connection configuration to the external server Configuring the certificate used for the SSL communication Configuring the fibre channel authentication FC SP Configuring resource groups Editing virtual management settings Setting reserved attributes for global active device Audit Log Administrator View Only Vi...

Page 95: ...ice representatives Support Personnel User Viewing storage system status Installing OS security patches Updating operating systems Performing basic maintenance Using NAS Manager for advanced file storage configuration NAS Manager is the element manager for NAS modules It is a factory installed application running on the NAS modules You can access NAS Manager from the Storage System details page fo...

Page 96: ... can manage file system related features and functions such as snapshots quotas and migration policies and schedules Server Storage Administrators manage servers clusters and storage devices as specified in the administrator profile created by the Global Administrator Server Storage administrators can manage everything Server Administrators and Storage Administrators can manage file systems file s...

Page 97: ...rts provisioning storage to a group of server WWNs by allowing logical servers to be managed by Storage Advisor Once servers are onboarded in Storage Advisor storage volumes can be provisioned to the servers by creating Host Storage Domains and optionally creating zones to provide a path between the storage volume and server Adding servers Add servers so you can attach volumes You can add multiple...

Page 98: ...6 f7 36 ESXi_Cisco_1 ESXi HOST connected to Cisco Fabric VMWARE_EX 10 00 00 05 33 26 e0 fc 10 00 00 05 33 26 e0 fd ESXi_Cisco_2 ESXi HOST connected to Cisco Fabric VMWARE_EX 100000053326df1a 100000053326df1b Click the plus sign in the table to add a row and enter a Name Description optional IP Address optional OS Type and WWN You can add more servers by clicking the plus sign 3 Click Submit to add...

Page 99: ...server and optionally protect the volumes Click Attach Existing Volumes to attach existing volumes to the server Server details The Server details page provides you all the details about the server as well as a list of volumes if any attached to the server This page also shows path details for every volume attached to the server including the storage ports and server WWNs used to create HSDs as we...

Page 100: ...ate LUN paths Click Detach Volumes to detach volumes from the server Before confirming you can choose whether to remove SAN zones Click Protect Volumes to protect volumes using Storage Advisor data protection technologies Click Unprotect Volumes to remove data protection applied to volumes Click Restore Volumes to restore from a backup Updating a server You can change the parameters for an existin...

Page 101: ...use capacity saving when you create or update a volume A capacity saving volume is a dynamically provisioned volume DP Vol that is capable of compression or both deduplication and compression Storage Advisor offers the following capacity saving options Compression Compression allows you to reduce the used capacity of your volume Deduplication and compression Deduplication identifies duplicate data...

Page 102: ...t the Tier If the storage system has available capacity from external storage you can also select the External tier g If you select Thin pools you can select Compression Deduplication and Compression or No from the Capacity Saving drop down list h Optional Select the pool from the list of available pools The default selection is Auto Selected which means that Storage Advisor selects the best pool ...

Page 103: ...re servers and click Attach Volumes to select volumes on the Attach Volumes page On the detail page for a pool select one or more volumes and click Attach Volumes to select servers on the Attach Volumes page 2 Click Next to view options for attaching existing volumes 3 The Host Mode is set by default to the server operating system You can make a selection if needed The server OS Type is provided w...

Page 104: ... paths 8 In the Create Paths panel you can view servers and their WWNs along with ports on the storage system The following options are available for managing LUN paths Storage Advisor will scan for existing host groups on the storage array and attempt to reuse them by default The following options are available for managing LUN paths Existing paths are populated as follows all existing host group...

Page 105: ...er tile to view its volumes Click a volume tile for the volume you want to expand 2 On the Volume ID page click Edit to open the Update Volume page Note To reset a volume to the default settings click Reset 3 You can rename the volume and if it is unprotected you can change the size by clicking the up and down arrows next to the volume size 4 Under Change Compression Type select Compression or Ded...

Page 106: ...ated and no operations can be performed on them in Storage Advisor The following actions are available on this page If there are Data Protection Alerts click the tile to view the alerts in the Monitoring tab Click the plus sign to add volumes on the Create Volumes page Click a volume to view details and attach update or delete the volume 106 Configuring the storage system System Administrator Guid...

Page 107: ...lect it and click Unprotect Note A volume in an External replication group cannot be unprotected To restore a secondary volume to the primary volume click Restore to open the Restore Volume page Opening the Volumes inventory page in Storage Navigator Click Open the Logical Devices page in Storage Navigator to open the Volumes inventory page and Create a Command Device from a volume Restore a block...

Page 108: ...ted tier either one or two Minimum disk requirements for file pool creation 24 disks for SAS 10K 15K 48 disks for SAS 7 2K 8 disks for FMD FMD DC2 SSD When a user creates a file pool in Storage Advisor the system automatically performs the following operations 1 Identifies parity groups 2 Creates a block pool 3 Creates volumes and attaches them to NAS modules 4 Configures volumes as system drives ...

Page 109: ... file pool by clicking a File Pool Label Click a HDP Pool ID link in a tile to open the detail page for the underlying block storage pool Creating file pools Create file pools to create file systems Before you begin The minimum disk requirements are 24 disks for SAS 10K 15K 48 disks for SAS 7 2K 8 disks for FMD FMD DC2 SSD Onboard a storage system and create parity groups Note Parity groups are cr...

Page 110: ...abel in the search box You can also use the Free Space and File Systems Size filters to find specific file systems or filter by virtual file server View file system information in either a tile view or a list view including capacity utilization and whether or not the file system is mounted Capacity utilization is represented by a color bar in each tile The following actions are available Delete th...

Page 111: ...s page from the dashboard or from the detail page for a storage system Use this page to view information about virtual file servers in a tile or list view Use the filters to show only offline or online virtual file servers or filter by blade number The following actions are available Open the Create Virtual File Server page by clicking the plus sign Open the Virtual File Server detail page where y...

Page 112: ...e from the Virtual File Servers page Use this page to manage a virtual file server s file systems The following actions are available Open the storage system detail page by clicking a Storage System ID Select a file system in either the list or tile view and do one of the following Delete the file system by clicking Delete Expand a file system or change the label on the Update File System page by ...

Page 113: ...a file system and Mount or Unmount it View details of the underlying pool by clicking a File Pool label in a tile View details of the related virtual file server by clicking the VFS label in a tile Creating file systems Create file systems so that you can create shares on Windows and exports on Linux Before you begin Create file pools and virtual file servers Procedure 1 Click the plus sign on the...

Page 114: ... or export by selecting it and clicking Delete Update a share or export by selecting it and clicking Edit to open the Update Share or Update Export page Updating a file system Update a file system to re label or expand it Procedure 1 On the File Systems page select a file system and click Edit to open the Update File System page 2 You can change the file system label the capacity or both To edit t...

Page 115: ...Create Shares Exports page by clicking the plus sign on the Shares Exports page 2 Enter a File System Path and a Share Export Label 3 Select a File System 4 Create a share by selecting Windows or create an export by selecting Linux 5 Click Submit A job to create the share or export is added to the Jobs page Export details Access the detail page for an export to review internal and external paths a...

Page 116: ...Kerberos authentication with per message privacy For example 10 1 sec sys krb5 krb5i See the mount point access configuration man page for further information 4 Click Submit to save any changes A job is added to the Jobs page to update the export Share details Access the detail page for an share to review internal and external paths and to edit the export The following controls are available Delet...

Page 117: ... In the Access Configuration field enter IP addresses of the clients who can access the share up to 5 957 characters allowed in this field What to type Means Example Blank or Partial addresses using wildcards All clients can access the share 10 168 Clients with matching addresses can access the share Specific addresses Only clients with the specified IP address can access the share 10 168 20 2 Spe...

Page 118: ...obs page to update the share System administration using Device Manager Storage Navigator Setting storage system information You can set the name contact information and location of the storage system Caution When changing a setting more than once ensure that the current setting is complete before changing it again Otherwise only the new change will be applied and the result might be different fro...

Page 119: ...encryption key Display settings table width for each Device Manager Storage Navigator user Device Manager Storage Navigator login warning messages Device Manager Storage Navigator task information SMI S application settings SSL certification for HTTPS SMI S RMI Before you begin You must have the Storage Administrator Initial Configuration role to perform this task You must be logged into the SVP P...

Page 120: ... necessary or to configure a replacement SVP if one fails Before you begin The storage systems registered in the SVP you backed up are registered in a new SVP The services on the storage system are stopped The SVP is configured so that the service does not start automatically when starting the system See the Hardware Reference Guide for your storage system model for information about the SVP confi...

Page 121: ...t have the Storage Administrator View Modify role to perform this task Procedure 1 In the maintenance utility Administration tree select Date Time The current settings are displayed 2 Click Set Up 3 Change the settings as needed and either click Apply to save them or click Cancel to close the window without saving the changes Changing the SVP clock settings Complete the following steps to change t...

Page 122: ...se IPv6 for communication Consult your operating system s documentation for instructions Changing network communication settings This procedure explains how to configure a management client to use IPv6 for communication with an SVP Procedure 1 In the maintenance utility click Administration to expand the Administration navigation pane 2 Click Network Settings The Network Settings window displays t...

Page 123: ...ree click System Management 2 Click Edit Login Message 3 Enter a message to be displayed at the time of login The message can contain up to 2 048 characters A line break is counted as one character 4 Click Apply to save the message and close the dialog box Forcing the system lock to release When a user locks the system other users cannot log in or access the system This feature can be used to ensu...

Page 124: ...ation tree click System Management 2 Click Force Release System Lock 3 A warning message is displayed Verify that releasing the lock will not cause data loss or other problems To release the system lock click OK Click Cancel to close the dialog box without releasing the system lock Registering the primary SVP host name You must register the primary SVP host name before completing any of the follow...

Page 125: ... manages the network to which the SVP is connected Hosts file setting You must enter the IP address and host name of the SVP to the hosts file of the management client The general directory of the hosts file is Windows 7 C Windows System32 drivers etc hosts UNIX etc hosts Changing the administrator password Before you begin You must have the Storage Administrator View Modify role to complete this ...

Page 126: ...of the storage system Tip See the Hitachi NAS Platform Server and Cluster Administration Guide for more details about changing the system date and time of the NAS modules Procedure 1 Log on to NAS Manager 2 Click Server Settings 3 In the Server Settings window click Date and Time 4 In the Date and Time window set the time and date Setting the date and time with the NTP server a Select a time zone ...

Page 127: ...t numbers You can change the automatically assigned port numbers To check automatically assigned port numbers see Viewing the port number used in SVP on page 128 To change an automatically assigned port number see Reassigning an automatically assigned port number on page 132 To return a port to its automatically assigned port number see Initializing and reassigning an automatically assigned port n...

Page 128: ...Automatically assigned 83 03 01 XX 00 or later CommonJettyStart HTTP 8080 83 01 24 XX 00 or later CommonJettyStop HTTP 8210 83 01 24 XX 00 or later RestAPIServerStop HTTP 9210 83 01 24 XX 00 or later DeviceJettyStart HTTP 8081 83 01 24 XX 00 or later Automatically assigned 83 03 01 XX 00 or later DeviceJettyStop HTTP 8211 83 01 24 XX 00 or later Automatically assigned 83 03 01 XX 00 or later Viewi...

Page 129: ...e the HCS port number to be the same number Hitachi Command Suite Installation and Configuration Guide RMIClassLoader When you execute the Export Tool command you must specify a port number The port number should be the one you have specified for the el dlport operand of the java command which was used for downloading the Export Tool Performance Guide RMIClassLoaderHttps Report configuration tool ...

Page 130: ...SVP port number to any arbitrary number After changing the port number the SVP will be restarted Before you begin Remote desktop connection from the management client to SVP has been performed The range of the available port number is from 1 to 65535 Make sure the new port number is not duplicated with the number used in another application You can enter multiple instances of port number key name ...

Page 131: ...red between MappSetPortEdit bat and port number key name A space is required between port number key name and port number 4 A service restart message box displays followed by a completion message box Press any key to acknowledge the message and close the message box 5 Close the Windows command prompt Initializing the SVP port number You can initialize the SVP port settings and restore to the origi...

Page 132: ...number that is already assigned Caution Stop the storage system service before reassigning If you did not stop before reassigning stop the storage system service in Storage Device List window then start the service The port for DeviceJettyStart and DeviceJettyStop that is assigned when starting the storage system service cannot be reassigned If you disable the function which is using the port this...

Page 133: ...vice Manager Storage Navigator 2 Stop the service of all the storage systems which have the status Ready in the Storage Device List window 3 Open the Windows command prompt as administrator on the SVP 4 In the folder where the bat file is located execute the following command C MAPP wk Supervisor MappIniSet MappPortManageInit bat 5 A confirmation message box displays If you want to continue enter ...

Page 134: ...er key name A space is required between port number key name and port number range The following table shows the port number key name and initial value of the port number range which can be changed Port 0 is not assigned Port number key name Initial value of port number range Remark PreRMIServer 51100 to 51355 None SMIS_CIMOM 5989 to 6244 None DeviceJettyStart 48081 to 48336 None DeviceJettyStop 4...

Page 135: ...ed to the storage system Procedure 1 Open the Windows command prompt as administrator on the SVP 2 In the folder where the bat file is located execute the following command C MAPP wk Supervisor MappIniSet MappPortRangeInit bat 3 A confirmation message box displays If you want to continue enter Y and then press the Enter key If you want to cancel the task enter N and then press the Enter key 4 Pres...

Page 136: ...136 Configuring the storage system System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 137: ...issions and groups available to manage your storage system User administration for maintenance utility Managing users user groups and accounts User Administration for NAS Manager User administration 137 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 138: ...Administrator Initial Configuration Set Up Network Settings Storage Administrator Initial Configuration Licenses Storage Administrator Initial Configuration Audit Log Settings Audit Log Administrator View Modify Turn on off Locate LEDs Support Personnel or User Maintenance1 Power on Storage System Support Personnel or User Maintenance1 Power off Storage System Support Personnel or User Maintenance...

Page 139: ...operations performed by the user Setting up user accounts You can create up to 20 users including the built in user Procedure 1 In the Maintenance Utility window click Administration User Administration 2 In the User Groups tab click Create User 3 Create a new user account Specify the User Name Account Status Authentication and User Group Click Finish User administration 139 System Administrator G...

Page 140: ...to the storage management software Authentication The following methods are available Local Does not use authentication server Uses a dedicated password for storage management software External Uses an authentication server 4 Confirm the settings and then click Apply 140 User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 141: ...user account specified by the registered storage system in the Storage Device List window click Stop Service for the registered storage system After disabling the user account click Edit to enable the user account Procedure 1 In the Maintenance Utility window click Administration User Administration 2 In the User Groups tab click the user group belonging to the user User administration 141 System ...

Page 142: ...Users tab and then select the user account to disable 4 Click Edit 5 For Account Status click Disable and then click Finish 142 User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 143: ...6 Confirm the settings and then click Apply User administration 143 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 144: ...7 When a completion message appears click Close 144 User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 145: ...g out Note To delete the user account specified by the registered storage system in the Storage Device List window click Stop Service of the registered storage system After deletion click Edit to enable the user account Procedure 1 In the Maintenance Utility window click Administration User Administration 2 In the User Groups tab select the user group belonging to the user User administration 145 ...

Page 146: ...then select the user to remove 4 Click Remove The Confirm window opens 5 In the Confirm window confirm the settings and then click Apply 146 User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 147: ...6 At the completion message click Close Backing up user accounts User administration 147 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 148: ...oad the file 3 When the following message appears click Close Restoring user account information Procedure 1 Click User Account Information Restore The Restore User Account window opens 2 Specify file names to be restored and then click Apply 148 User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 149: ...3 When a completion message appears click Close User administration 149 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 150: ...For user groups whose roles are other than Storage Administrator All Resource Groups Assigned is automatically set to Yes If you delete all the roles except Storage Administrator reassign resource groups to the user group because All Resource Groups Assigned is automatically set to No Related tasks Changing assigned resource groups on page 166 Workflow for creating and managing user accounts Admin...

Page 151: ...ave the user account information and environment parameter file 7 Notify the user of the new user name and the password User tasks Procedure 1 Use the user name and password provided by the administrator to log in to Device Manager Storage Navigator 2 Click Settings User Management Change Password to change the password to your own password Managing user accounts You will need to use the local adm...

Page 152: ... Device Manager Storage Navigator Support representatives must have the Support Personnel Vendor Only role to log in The system can support a maximum of 20 user accounts including the built in user accounts Table 5 User name and password for Device Manager Storage Navigator Item Length in characters Characters that can be used User name 1 256 Alphanumeric characters The following symbols _ Passwor...

Page 153: ...avigator or to log in to NAS Manager select Local 8 If you select Local enter the password for this user account in two places For a password all alphanumeric characters and symbols can be used The length must be between 6 and 256 9 Click Finish 10 In the Confirm window check the settings 11 Click Apply The task is now registered If the Go to tasks window for status check box is checked the Task w...

Page 154: ...r name contains more than 20 characters the user cannot log in to NAS Manager User name and password for Device Manager Storage Navigator Item Length in characters Characters that can be used User name 1 256 Alphanumeric ASCII code characters The following symbols _ You cannot use the symbol when you enter a user name in a screen from the Tool Panel dialog box Password 6 256 Alphanumeric ASCII cod...

Page 155: ...g symbols _ Password 6 256 Alphanumeric ASCII code characters All symbols _ Do not specify a user name consisting of periods only or specify a user name beginning with a hyphen If you specify such names you cannot log in to NAS Manager Changing user passwords You can change or reissue passwords for other users by using Device Manager Storage Navigator Caution When using Hitachi Command Suite you n...

Page 156: ...ox specify a new password for the user in the two password fields 6 Click Finish 7 In the Confirm window check the settings and enter a task name in Task Name 8 Click Apply The task is now registered If the Go to tasks window for status check box is checked the Task window opens to show the status of the task Changing user permissions You can change user permissions by changing membership in the u...

Page 157: ...m logging in to Device Manager Storage Navigator and NAS Manager follow the steps below Caution Do not select any user account used to connect to a storage system that is registered in the Storage Device List window For details see the Hardware Reference Guide for your storage system Before you begin Log into an account that is different from the user whose account that you want to enable or disab...

Page 158: ...ser Groups tab click a user group to which a user belongs 3 On the Users tab select the user whose account you want to delete 4 Click More Actions Delete Users 5 In the Delete Users window select the user to be deleted then click Finish 6 In the Confirm window check the settings 7 Click Apply The task is now registered If the Go to tasks window for status check box is checked the Task window opens...

Page 159: ...ng care of some resources have all resource groups assigned and has roles of Security Administrator View Modify and Storage Administrator View Modify the user can edit the storage for all the resources If this is a problem the recommended solution is to register the following two user accounts in the storage system and use these different accounts for different purposes A security administrator us...

Page 160: ...ing and switching where encryption keys are generated Backing up and restoring encryption keys Deleting encryption keys backed up in the key SVP Viewing and changing the password policy for backing up encryption keys on the management client Connection to the external server Backing up and restoring connection configuration to the external server Configuring the certificate used for the SSL commun...

Page 161: ...iguring environmental settings for local copy Splitting Volume Migration pairs when using CCI Storage Administrator Remote Copy Remote copy operations in general Operating global active device pairs except for creation and deletion Support Personnel Vendor Only Configuring the SVP Normally this role is for service representatives Support Personnel User Viewing storage system status Installing OS s...

Page 162: ...View Modify Storage Administrator View Only All Resource Groups Assigned Audit Log Administrator View Only Audit Log Administrator View Only Storage Administrator View Only All Resource Groups Assigned Audit Log Administrator View Modify Audit Log Administrator View Modify Storage Administrator View Only All Resource Groups Assigned Storage Administrator View Only Storage Administrator View Only m...

Page 163: ...up is displayed 4 To return to the User Administration window click User Administration Checking if a role is available to a user group You can use Device Manager Storage Navigator to verify the roles that are available to use with any user group You can assign users to one or more built in user groups and custom user groups You cannot change roles or resource groups set to the built in groups but...

Page 164: ...ndow 3 Enter a user group name 4 If you use an authorization server click Check and verify that the entered user group name is registered in the authorization server 5 Click Next to open the Assign Roles window 6 Select the roles to assign to the user group and click Add 7 Click Next to open the Assign Resource Groups window 8 Select the resource groups to assign to the user group and click Add If...

Page 165: ... now registered If the Go to tasks window for status check box is checked the Task window opens to display the status of the task Changing user group permissions You can change the permissions that are assigned to user groups by using Hitachi Device Manager Storage Navigator Before you begin You must have the Security Administrator View Modify role to perform this task The permissions of a built i...

Page 166: ... Resource Groups tab 4 Click Edit Resource Group Assignment to open the Edit Resource Group Assignment window 5 In the Edit Resource Group Assignment window change resource groups to be assigned to the user group Select the resource group to add and click Add Select the resource group to remove and click Remove 6 Click Finish 7 In the Confirm window check the settings and enter a task name in Task...

Page 167: ...ganization To avoid such problems use Hitachi Resource Partition Manager software to set up resource groups that allow you to manage one storage system as multiple virtual private storage systems The storage administrator in each resource group can access only their assigned resources Resource groups prevent the risk of data leakage or data destruction by another storage administrator in another r...

Page 168: ...ears on the Device Manager Storage Navigator status bar To view information about the locked resource click Resource Locked Note Opening a Device Manager Storage Navigator secondary window such as Basic Information Display or performing an operation from the service processor SVP locks all of the resource groups in the storage system Resource group examples The following examples illustrate how yo...

Page 169: ...trator creates a resource group for managing the common resources and the Storage Administrator in the system division manages the port that is shared between Divisions A and B The Storage Administrators in Divisions A and B cannot manage the shared port belonging to the resource group for common resources management Configuration workflow for resource groups sharing a port 1 The system division f...

Page 170: ...ource groups assigned to their own division Example of resource groups not sharing ports If you assign ports to each resource group without sharing performance can be maintained on a different port even if the bulk of I O is issued from one side port The following shows a system configuration example of an in house system division providing the virtual private storage system for two divisions Divi...

Page 171: ...edures the Storage Administrators in Divisions A and B can access the resource groups allocated to their own division Meta_resource The meta_resource is a resource group comprised of additional resources other than external volumes and the resources that exist on the storage system before the Resource Partition Manager is installed By default existing resources initially belong to the meta_resourc...

Page 172: ...torage for all the resources If allowing this access becomes a problem with security on the storage system then register the following two user accounts and use these different accounts for different purposes A user account for a Security Administrator where All Resource Groups Assigned is set to Yes A user account for a Storage Administrator who does not have all resource groups assigned and has ...

Page 173: ...rnal volumes or pools are shared between multiple users and if one user uses too much capacity of the shared resource the other users might not be able to create an LDEV Managing resource groups Managing resource groups includes creating editing and deleting resource groups Creating resource groups When you create a resource group you enter a name and assign the desired resources parity groups LDE...

Page 174: ...to meta_resource can be added to resource groups Resources removed from a resource group are returned to meta_resource No resource can be added to or removed from meta_resource The name of the meta_resource group cannot be changed or used for any resource group other than the meta_resource group Duplicate occurrences of the same name are not allowed Resource group names can include alphanumeric ch...

Page 175: ...t Groups iSCSI Targets tab select the resources to be removed and then click Remove Resources 3 Enter a task name or accept the default and then click Submit If you select View task status the Tasks Alerts tab opens Deleting resource groups You can delete a resource group only when the resource group does not contain any resources and is not assigned to any user groups The following resource group...

Page 176: ... Condition Create LDEVs If DP VOLs are created the following must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group that is permitted to manage them LDEV ID Pool VOL of the pool Delete LDEVs If DP VOLs are deleted the following must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group that is permitted to manage them LDEV ID Pool VOL of the pool Create pools Expand pools Volumes to be specified as pool VOL...

Page 177: ...istrator group permitted to manage them When you specify LDEVs and open the Delete LUN Paths window the specified LDEVs must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them When selecting the Delete all defined LUN paths to above LDEVs check box the host groups of all the alternate paths in the LDEV displayed on the Selected LUNs table must be assigned to the Storage Admini...

Page 178: ...o the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them Release Host Reserved LUNs LDEVs where the specified paths are set must be assigned to you For iSCSI Operation name Condition Add LUN paths When you specify host groups and open the Add LUN Paths window the specified iSCSI target must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them When you specify LDEVs and open th...

Page 179: ...nage them Delete UUIDs The specified LDEV must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them Release Host Reserved LUNs LDEVs where the specified paths are set must be assigned to you Create iSCSI targets When you open the Create iSCSI targets window by specifying iSCSI targets the specified iSCSI targets must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to ma...

Page 180: ...ted to manage them LDEV ID Pool VOL of the pool Create pools Expand Pool Volumes that are specified when creating or expanding pools must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group that is permitted to manage them All the volumes that are specified when creating pools must belong to the same resource group Edit Pools Delete Pools Pool VOLs of the specified pools must be assigned to the Storage...

Page 181: ...ection Options Initiator ports of remote paths that are connected to a specified remote storage must be assigned to the user Remove Remote Connections Initiator ports of remote paths that are connected to a specified remote storage must be assigned to the user Force Delete Pairs Specified primary volumes or secondary volumes must be assigned to the user Access requirements for global active device...

Page 182: ...e Connection Specified initiator ports must be assigned to the user Add Remote Paths Specified initiator ports must be assigned to the user Create Journals All LDEVs that are specified when creating a journal must belong to the same resource group Volumes to be assigned to a journal must be assigned to the user Assign Journal Volumes Volumes to be assigned to a journal must be assigned to the user...

Page 183: ...he user Specified remote command devices must be assigned to the user Release Remote Command Devices Journal volumes must be assigned to the user Specified remote command devices must be assigned to the user Access requirements for Universal Volume Manager The following table specifies the resource access requirements for Universal Volume Manager operations Operation name Condition Add external vo...

Page 184: ...nal WWN and all the external volumes connecting with those external paths must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them Reconnect external paths Ports of the specified external paths and all the external volumes connecting with those external paths must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them When you specify By Ports all the external ...

Page 185: ...en the Block LDEVs window the specified LDEVs must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them When you specify a parity group and open the Block LDEVs window the specified parity group and all the LDEVs in the parity group must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them Format LDEVs When you specify LDEV and open the Format LDEVs window the...

Page 186: ...Vs window the specified parity group and all the LDEVs in the parity group must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them Access requirements for Server Priority Manager The following table specifies the resource access requirements for Server Priority Manager operations Operation name Conditions Set priority of ports attribute threshold upper limit The specified port...

Page 187: ... No BOM then save auth server type ldap auth server name server_name auth group mapping value auth ldap server_name attribute value A full example is shown here auth server type ldap auth server name PrimaryServer auth group mapping true auth ldap PrimaryServer protocol ldaps auth ldap PrimaryServer host ldaphost domain local auth ldap PrimaryServer port 636 auth ldap PrimaryServer timeout 3 auth ...

Page 188: ...es StartTLS When you specify true to auth ldap server_name dns_look up specify ldaps Rquired None auth ldap server_na me host A host name an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address of the LDAP server An IPv6 address must be enclosed in square brackets To use StartTLS as a protocol specify a host name If this value is specified auth ldap server_name dns_look up will be ignored Optional1 None auth ldap serv...

Page 189: ...onnection to the LDAP server fails Must be between 1 and 5 2 Optional 1 auth ldap server_na me retry times Retry times when the connection to the LDAP server fails Must be between 0 and 3 Zero means no retry 2 Optional 3 auth ldap server_na me domain name A domain name that the LDAP server manages Required None auth ldap server_na me dns_lookup Information about whether to search the LDAP server w...

Page 190: ... YTF 8 BOM setting specify No BOM then save auth server type radius auth server name server name auth group mapping value auth radius server name attribute value auth group domain name attribute value A full example is shown below auth server type radius auth server name PrimaryServer auth group mapping true auth radius PrimaryServer protocol pap auth radius PrimaryServer host xxx xxx xxx xxx auth...

Page 191: ... auth radius server name protocol RADIUS protocol to use PAP Password authentication protocol that transmits plaintext user ID and password CHAP Challenge handshake authentication protocol that transmits encrypted password Required None auth radius server name host A host name an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address of the RADIUS server An IPv6 address must be enclosed in square brackets Required None ...

Page 192: ...used 2 When NAS modules are installed set NAS Identifier NAS IP Address or NAS IPv6 Address Table 8 RADIUS definition for authorization server Attribute Description Required Optional Default value auth radius server name domain name A domain name that the LDAP server manages In this manual the value specified here is called domain name hereafter Required None auth radius server name dns_lookup Inf...

Page 193: ...Retry interval in seconds when the connection to the LDAP server fails Must be between 1 and 5 2 Optional 1 auth radius domain name retry times Retry times when the connection to the LDAP server fails Must be between 0 and 3 0 means no retry 2 Optional 3 Notes 1 The item can be omitted if true is specified for auth ldap server name dns_lookup 2 If the specified value is not valid the default value...

Page 194: ...es are defined in the following table Table 9 Kerberos definition for authentication server Attribute Description Required Optional Default value auth server type Type of an authentication server Specify kerberos Required None auth group mapping Information about whether to work together with an authorization server true Works together false Does not work together Optional false auth kerberos defa...

Page 195: ...lm The realm name set to the Kerberos server Optional2 None auth kerberos realm_ name kdc The host name the IPv4 address and the port number of the Kerberos server Specify these in the format of Host name or IP address Port number Optional2 None Notes 1 The item can be omitted if true is specified for auth ldap server_name dns_lookup 2 If the specified value is not valid the default value will be ...

Page 196: ...rgeted user for the search is in a lower hierarchy than the specified DN 2 Optional abbr auth group realm_na me timeout Number of seconds before the connection to the LDAP server times out Must be between 1 and 30 seconds When 0 is specified the connection does not time out until a communication error occurs 1 Optional 10 auth group realm_na me retry interval Retry interval in seconds when the con...

Page 197: ... Global Administrators can manage everything in the system file systems file services or file system related features and functions storage devices and their components Also the Global Administrator creates and manages SMU user profiles Server Administrators Storage Administrators Server Storage Administrators and other Global Administrators Global Administrators also control what servers and stor...

Page 198: ...ailable on an embedded SMU or a NAS module SMU Read only users The above roles when defined for local users or Active Directory groups can be modified by making them read only A read only user has permission to view most pages of the NAS Manager however they are not generally allowed to perform any actions on the NAS Manager that would trigger a system or configuration change Note Server Administr...

Page 199: ...r name may consist of alphanumeric characters and or the underscore _ the hyphen the equal sign parentheses or brackets or the pound sign and the exclamation point Supervisor is a reserved system user name It is not available as a new user name Note If you are using RADIUS realms and the global administrator will access the SMU using both NAS Manager and the CLI use the underscore _ to combine the...

Page 200: ...not manage file systems file services or file system related features and functions and they cannot manage users Server Administrators manage servers and clusters as specified in the administrator profile created by the Global Administrator Server Administrators cannot manage storage devices Server Administrators can manage file systems and file services such as CIFS Shares NFS Exports and they ca...

Page 201: ...administrators lists servers that have attached storage that the administrator can manage Note that a Storage administrator cannot manage these servers only the storage attached to these servers For Server Storage administrators lists servers that the administrator can manage The Server Storage administrator can also manage the storage attached to these servers 3 Enter the user name for the new ad...

Page 202: ...profile and then return to return to the SMU Users page To return to the SMU Users page without saving the profile click back Changing user passwords Any logged in user can change their own password A global administrator can also change the password of any user whether the user is currently logged in or not Note If the user is authenticated through a RADIUS server you cannot change the password u...

Page 203: ...ds are stored in an encrypted form and are not retrievable or visible by anyone If a user forgets their password they must be given a new password which they can then change 3 Enter your new password in the New Password field 4 Enter the new password again in the Confirm New Password field 5 When finished click apply to save the new password Changing another user s password A global administrator ...

Page 204: ... user level or type of administrative role Global Administrators can manage everything in the system file systems file services or file system related features and functions storage devices and their components Also the Global Administrator creates and manages SMU user profiles Server Administrators Storage Administrators Server Storage Administrators and other Global Administrators Global Adminis...

Page 205: ...r s scope of management Global users implicitly have access to manage all servers and storage Non global users cannot be given CLI access You cannot change the User Type or User Level of a user If such a change is needed delete the old user and create a new user Read Only Access Indicates if a user is defined as read only or not When displaying the details of an existing user the read only attribu...

Page 206: ...cel Returns to the SMU Users page without saving the profile 3 Enter the new password in the Password field 4 Enter the new password again in the Confirm Password field 5 When finished click OK to save the new password Changing an SMU user profile Use NAS Manager to manage SMU user accounts for HNAS servers For systems with NAS modules use the maintenance utility or an external NAS Manager to mana...

Page 207: ... file services or file system related features and functions and they cannot manage users Server Administrators manage servers and clusters as specified in the administrator profile created by the Global Administrator Server Administrators cannot manage storage devices Server Administrators can manage file systems and file services such as CIFS Shares NFS Exports and they can manage file system re...

Page 208: ...d to manage all storage and all servers For server administrators lists the HNAS servers that the administrator can manage Note that a Server administrator cannot manage the storage attached to these servers For storage administrators lists HNAS servers that have attached storage that the administrator can manage Note that a storage administrator cannot manage these servers only the storage attach...

Page 209: ... the storage attached to a server move the server from the Selected Servers list to the Available Servers list To move the server between the Available Servers and the Selected Servers lists select the server and use the arrow buttons between the lists 6 Click OK to save the profile and return to the SMU Users page User administration 209 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00...

Page 210: ...210 User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 211: ...et up security on your storage system Setting up TCP IP for a firewall Working with certificates Setting up authentication and authorization SMU user authentication Setting up security 211 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 212: ...CS certificate or both to create a secure encrypted connection between the SVP and the storage system Managing HCS certificates This topic explains how to set or delete certificates for Hitachi Command Suite HCS that are used to check the server s reliability when SSL communication for HCS external authentication is performed Registering HCS certificates To check the server reliability during SSL ...

Page 213: ...u begin You must be logged into the SVP The private HCS server key must be updated The certificate file must have a crt extension Rename the file if necessary The certificate must be in X509 PEM format or X509 DER format Procedure 1 Close all Device Manager Storage Navigator sessions on the SVP 2 Open a command prompt window with administrator permissions 3 In the folder where the certificate upda...

Page 214: ... settings Before you enable SSL encryption you must create a private key and a public key to establish a secure communication session The following figure shows the procedure to set up SSL communication Unless otherwise noted all steps are required Note that creation of private and public keys requires a dedicated program Download one from the OpenSSL website http www openssl org Creating a keypai...

Page 215: ...rating system Before you begin Download openssl exe from the OpenSSL website Procedure 1 Open a command prompt with administrator permissions 2 Move the current directory to the folder to which the key file is output such as c key Execute the following command c key c openssl req sha256 new key server key config c openssl bin openssl cfg out server csr 3 Enter the following information in the prom...

Page 216: ... ITPD Common Name eg YOUR name 192 168 0 1 Email Address Please enter the following extra attributes to be sent with your certificate request A challenge password Obtaining a signed certificate After creating a private key and public key obtain a signed public key certificate file You can use any of these methods to obtain a signed certificate file Create a certificate by self signing See Obtainin...

Page 217: ...ost and requirements The signed and trusted certificate is the signed public key Verifying and releasing an SSL certificate passphrase An SSL certificate cannot be applied for the SVP if the passphrase is set If the passphrase is set release the passphrase for the SSL certificate before applying the SSL certificate to the SVP The following procedure explains how to verify and release the passphras...

Page 218: ...ate conversion is not required Before you begin You must store a private key and SSL certificate in the same folder In the following procedure The private key file name is client key The SSL certificate file name is client crt The SSL certificate in PKCS 12 format is output to c key Procedure 1 Open a command prompt with administrator permissions 2 Enter the following command C key c openssl bin o...

Page 219: ...sessions on the SVP 2 Open a command prompt window with administrator permissions 3 In the folder where the bat file is located execute the following command C MAPP wk Supervisor MappIniSet MappApacheCrtUpdate bat absolute path of signed public key certification file absolute path of private key file Note A space is required between MappApacheCrtUpdate bat and the signed public key certification f...

Page 220: ...been created Make sure that the file name is server key See Creating a private key on page 215 The passphrase for the private key server key file is released A signed public key certificate crt file has been acquired Make sure that the file name is server crt See Creating a public key on page 215 The private key key file must be in PEM format You cannot use DER format The signed public key certifi...

Page 221: ...his selection provides higher communication speed and lower security TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256 Prioritize Security This selection provides higher security and lower communication speed 4 Click Apply to save the setting and close the dialog box Problems with website security certificates When the message There is a problem with this website s security certificate is displayed click Continue t...

Page 222: ...n You must have the Storage Administrator View Modify role to complete this procedure Procedure 1 In the maintenance utility Menu navigation tree click System Management 2 Click Update Certificate Files 3 Select a Web Server certificate file to update Click the Web Server checkbox then click Browse 222 Setting up security System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 223: ...In the Connect to SVP Password field enter the certificate password 10 Enter the password again in the Connect to SVP Re enter Password field 11 Click Apply to update the certificates Releasing HTTP communication blocking If the web server supports SSL HTTPS you can use the HTTP setting tool to release a block to the HTTP communication port as needed Before you begin You must have the Storage Admi...

Page 224: ...e Manager Storage Navigator sessions on the SVP 2 Open a command prompt window with administrator permissions 3 In the folder where the HTTP setting tool is located execute the following command C MAPP wk Supervisor MappIniSet MappHttpBlock bat 4 A completion message box displays Press any key to acknowledge the message and close the message box 5 Close the command prompt window Setting up authent...

Page 225: ...t numbers if you register the information of the authentication server as an SRV record in the DNS server If you register multiple numbers of authentication servers to the SRV record you can determine the authentication server to be used based on the priority that has been set in advance Authentication server protocols Authentication servers support the following protocols LDAPv3 simple bind authe...

Page 226: ...for user for searching LDAP v3 simple bind Note When using an LDAP server or a Kerberos server as an authentication server and combining it with an authorization server use the same host for the authentication and authorization servers When a RADIUS server is used as an authentication server two authentication servers one primary and one secondary can be specified but only one authorization server...

Page 227: ...equired such as IPsec Connecting authentication and authorization servers To use an authentication server and an authorization server you must create configuration files and configure your network Detailed setting information is required for the authentication server and the authorization server especially for creating a configuration file Before you begin Contact your server administrator for inf...

Page 228: ...server Note The domain name DN of the user group to be set to Active Directory must be between 1 and 250 characters The number of user groups that can be registered at one time is 20 at maximum Caution If a user needs to use different user groups for different purposes create local user accounts on Device Manager Storage Navigator Do not use the authorization server SMU user authentication When an...

Page 229: ...sers The administrator does not need to maintain a separate set of user details because the SMU can just make use of the Active Directory enterprise user database Users can login using their usual name and password instead of having to remember a separate set of credentials for the SMU And instead of configuring access for individual users the SMU administrator just has to specify the Active Direc...

Page 230: ...ectory users and groups that will access the SMU are located The LDAP distinguished name and password of an Active Directory user that has read access to users and groups on the Active Directory servers This is referred to as the Search User The user can search for users or groups under the supplied base distinguished name The addresses of one or more Active Directory servers that maintain the use...

Page 231: ... pairs separated by comma or semi colon The Base Distinguished Name should contain the domain component dc attributes for the organization s domain So for the domain example com it would be dc example dc com The name may also contain organization unit ou attributes The following table describes the fields on this page Field Item Description Connection settings Base Distinguished Name The LDAP root...

Page 232: ...U Shows groups with access to the SMU Active Directory users who belong to these groups can access the SMU Modify groups Click to go to the Active Directory Groups page where you can add groups Actions remove all settings Removes all Active Directory server settings including server list connection settings search user credentials and groups After this action Active Directory users can no longer l...

Page 233: ...vers with the supplied details and display a warning if the SMU cannot giving the user the opportunity to modify the settings or to save them as they are Any information warnings and errors related to Active Directory configuration or authentication are logged to var opt smu log mgr mgr log and var opt smu log mgr security log Configuring Active Directory groups Before Active Directory users can l...

Page 234: ...s to the SMU The following table describes the fields on this page Field Item Description Group Name Group name is the user friendly name of an Active Directory group existing on the Active Directory server The full distinguished name for a group can be viewed by hovering the mouse over the group name The sort order of the table can be changed by clicking over a column heading Group Access Level S...

Page 235: ...ntain just the domain components Group Distinguished Name The LDAP root location for users and groups The name is recommended to contain just the domain components Groups can be added manually by entering their distinguished name and then pressing the OK button A maximum of 100 groups can be added Alternatively groups can be added by using the find group button find group Queries the Active Direct...

Page 236: ... access any AD server the user is asked for confirmation that they still wish to save it After saving the group the updated group list page is displayed cancel Cancels input 3 There are two ways to add groups Enter the full Distinguished Name for the group for example CN Mygroup CN users DC example DC com and click the add button Click the find group button Groups that exist under this Base DN are...

Page 237: ...he SMU checks that the group exists in Active Directory and displays a warning if it does not exist or if it could not access an Active Directory server The user level cannot be modified once the group has been added In order to modify the user level the group would have to be deleted then added again Click the cancel button to return to the Active Directory Groups page The following table describ...

Page 238: ...k services Accounts for usage of those services The RADIUS server compatibility is as follows For IPv4 only works with FreeRADIUS 2 1 or Windows 2003 Internet Authentication Service IAS For IPv6 requires FreeRADIUS 2 2 or Windows 2008 Network Policy Server NPS Configuring user authentication through a RADIUS server requires the following The RADIUS server must be set up and operational The SMU mus...

Page 239: ...vers Procedure 1 Navigate to Home SMU Administration RADIUS Servers Adding a RADIUS server Procedure 1 Navigate to Home SMU Administration RADIUS Servers to display the RADIUS Servers page 2 Click add to display the Add RADIUS Server page Setting up security 239 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 240: ... allows you to generate a shared secret when adding the RADIUS client The SMU will support a shared secret from 1 up to 128 characters Use a different shared secret for each RADIUS server RADIUS client pair Port Specify the RADIUS server authentication port The default RADIUS server authentication port is 1812 but you should check with the RADIUS server administrator to make sure that 1812 is the ...

Page 241: ...e same RADIUS server If the timeout is reached and there is no response from the first RADIUS server in the list the SMU attempts another retry Retry Count When the retry limit is reached the SMU sends the request to the next RADIUS server in the list When the retry limit for the second server is reached the SMU attempts to reach the next server in the list until there are no more servers to try I...

Page 242: ...checked Uncheck the check box next to a protocol to change its state to disabled Leave at least one protocol enabled that your browser supports Enabled Cipher Suites By default all cipher suites are enabled and are shown in the Enabled Cipher Suites list box Disabled Cipher Suites To disable cipher suites use the arrow to move selected cipher suites to the Disabled Cipher Suites list box Leave at ...

Page 243: ...eck box next to a protocol to change its state to disabled It is necessary to have at least one protocol remain enabled Note Take care before disabling HTTPS protocols because not all HTTPS protocols are supported by all browsers 4 Click apply to save the currently defined security options Setting up security 243 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 244: ...244 Setting up security System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 245: ...the storage system for changes in configuration or status Viewing alert notifications Configuring alert notifications Sending test messages Using the Windows event log Alert notifications 245 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 246: ...to display it 2 In SNMP Agent click Enable to use the agent or Disable not to use it 3 Select the Email tab The Email window displays the current settings for the Mail Server SMTP Authentication an Email Address 4 To send a test email message click Send Test Email A completion notice displays 5 Click OK to acknowledge the notice and close the message 6 Click the Syslog tab The Syslog window displa...

Page 247: ...ert Notifications window displays the Email tab by default 3 Select the type of report to send Host Report Sends alerts only to the hosts for which a SIM report setting is made All Sends alerts to all hosts The alert notification destination is common to Syslog SNMP and email Alert notifications 247 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 248: ... the dialog box 5 Enter an email address in Email Address From 6 Enter an email address in Email Address Reply To 7 In Mail Server Settings select the mail server type Identifier IPv4 or IPv6 8 To use SMTP authentication click Enable 9 In Account enter an SMTP account name 10 In Password enter the SMTP account password 11 Click Apply to save the changes and close the Set Up Alert Notifications win...

Page 249: ...e of IP address to use for the server IPv4 or IPv6 c In Client Certificate File Name click Browse to select a client certificate file 5 In Location Identification Name enter a name to use to identify the server 6 To set up an automatic attempt to reconnect to the server in case of communication failure in Retry click Enable Click Disable to not use this feature 7 If you enabled retry in Retry Inte...

Page 250: ...y create a new community name or select an existing one 6 In Send Trap to enter a new IP address or select an existing one 7 Click OK to save the information and close the dialog box Sending test messages The lower section of the Alert Notifications window contains three tabs Email Syslog and SNMP Select the desired tab to send a test message of the type specified in the tab name 250 Alert notific...

Page 251: ...il title name of the storage system report DATE Date when a system failure occurred TIME Time when a system failure occurred Machine Name and serial number of the storage system RefCode Reference code The same code as the one reported by SNMP traps Detail Failure details The same information as the one reported by SNMP traps See the Hitachi SNMP Agent User Guide for reference codes and failure det...

Page 252: ...st be READY Procedure 1 Open a Windows command prompt with administrator permissions in SVP 2 Execute the following command to move the current directory cd d C Mapp wk model identification number DKC200 mp pc The default installation directory is C Mapp installation directory of SVP Note C Mapp indicates the installation directory of Device Manager Storage Navigator If you specified another direc...

Page 253: ...cified 1 for action specify the monitoring period from 5 to 720 minutes A space is required between eventlog bat and action A space is required between action and monitoring period The command prompt is displayed if the command finishes without any errors 4 Close the command prompt Viewing the Windows event log You can view the Windows event log which is output to the SVP Procedure 1 From the Wind...

Page 254: ...cription 1 Overview of the event info Displays the overview of the event information 2 Detail of the event info Displays the selected information Date Date of the event occurrence Time Time of the event occurrence Machine Model name and serial number of the storage system Refcode Reference code Detail Detailed failure information 254 Alert notifications System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 mode...

Page 255: ...the event alert level Error Acute or Serious Warning Moderate Information Service 7 User This is always displayed as N A 8 OpCode This is always displayed as blank 9 Logged Displays the date and time when the event log was registered 10 Task category This is always displayed as None 11 Keywords This is always displayed as Classic 12 Computer Displays the computer name on which the event occurred F...

Page 256: ...256 Alert notifications System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 257: ... installing license keys This chapter describes the types of available licenses license capacity calculation and instructions for installing enabling disabling and uninstalling license keys Overview License key types Cautions on license capacities in license related windows Estimating licensed capacity Managing licenses License key expiration Managing license keys 257 System Administrator Guide fo...

Page 258: ... output on the Alerts tab in the Storage Systems window The following table describes the four types of license keys Type Description Effective term1 Estimating licensed capacity Permanent For purchase No limit Required Term For purchase 365 days Required Temporary For trial use before purchase try and buy 120 days Not required Emergency For emergency use 30 days Not required Notes 1 When you log ...

Page 259: ...e days of the term key is 215 days This is determined by subtracting 150 days from 365 days By disabling the term key on the days when the software application is not used you can prevent the unnecessary shortening of the period in which the term key can be used If the term key is expired Not Installed displays in the status field of the License Keys window and the software application is disabled...

Page 260: ...mporary key or an emergency key for an installed software application the license capacity before the overwrite installation is displayed as Permitted TB in license related windows However Unlimited license capacity for the temporary key or emergency key is displayed as Licensed Capacity in the Pools window and the Replication window For example You install a term key that has a license capacity o...

Page 261: ...celerated compression enabled parity groups the physical capacity of the parity group is the maximum of the estimated capacity even if you created an internal volume which exceeds the physical capacity of the accelerated compression enabled parity group See the Provisioning Guide for an explanation of accelerated compression Unlimited capacity You can use the software regardless of the volume capa...

Page 262: ...pends on the volume emulation type Use the formula in the following table to estimate capacity for purchase When you calculate the volume capacity round the value up to the second decimal place Table 14 Formulas for calculating capacity of a normal volume Volume emulation type Formula for calculating capacity of a normal volume 3390 x1 870 KB number of user cylinders OPEN x1 Same as the capacity s...

Page 263: ... global active device is calculated by using the page capacity allocated to the Dynamic Provisioning V VOLs that is used pool capacity For more information on calculating pool capacity see the Provisioning Guide Accelerated compression enabled parity group capacity For the actual capacity of accelerated compression enabled parity groups the total capacity of LDEVs created in the parity group and t...

Page 264: ... add any volumes If this occurs you must purchase an additional license within 30 days to cover the capacity shortage For details on how to calculate pool capacity see the Provisioning Guide Caution When you remove Data Retention Utility an error might occur even if the Permitted Volumes column of the License Keys window indicates that the licensed capacity is 0 TB Related tasks Enabling a license...

Page 265: ...1 Navigate to Home Server Settings License Keys 2 Click add The following table describes the fields on this page Field Item Description Add a File License Key File License Key Enables the user to manually enter the license key Import File License Keys From a File File License Key File Name Enables the user to import a license key from a file Import Block License Keys From a File NAS module only B...

Page 266: ...Note If you do not install the prerequisite software before you install the license key software the software will install correctly but will be disabled To enable a license key install the prerequisite software and then enable the key Procedure 1 In the maintenance utility Administration tree select Licenses 2 Select whether to enter a key code or specify a license key file Key Code Enter a key c...

Page 267: ...sable to display the License Keys window 4 Click Finish 5 Check the settings and click Apply Removing a software license You can remove a software license that is in disabled status Before you begin You must have the Storage Administrator Initial Configuration role to perform this task Procedure 1 In the maintenance utility Administration tree click License Keys 2 In the License Keys window select...

Page 268: ...s of license information The following table provides examples of license information displayed in the License Keys table of the maintenance utility License key status example Status Key type Licensed capacity Term Days Not installed Not installed blank Blank Blank Installed with the permanent key Installed permanent Permitted Installed with the term key and set to Enabled Installed term Permitted...

Page 269: ...h the emergency key Installed emergency Permitted and Used Number of remaining days before expiration License key expiration If the license key for software A expires the license key for software B is also disabled if software B requires an enabled software A In this scenario Installed Disabled is shown for software B in the Status column of the License Keys table After that when you re enable sof...

Page 270: ...270 Managing license keys System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 271: ...ng audit logs This chapter describes how to change the audit log settings in the maintenance utility Audit log settings Configuring audit logs 271 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 272: ...er Before you begin You must have the Audit Log Administrator View Modify role to perform this task Procedure 1 In the maintenance utility Administration tree select Audit Log Settings 2 Click Set Up Syslog Server 3 Select the desired Transfer Protocol 4 Enable or disable the Primary Server 5 Enable or disable the Secondary Server 6 Enable or disable the Output Detailed Information 7 Click Apply t...

Page 273: ... use to open the file 4 Click OK The auditlog txt file is displayed 5 To save the file click Save File 6 To use one of the two settings in steps 3 through 5 when you export an another auditlog txt file click Do this automatically for files like this from now on 7 Click OK 8 Browse to the directory where you want to save the file Use the default file name auditlog txt or change the file name as des...

Page 274: ...r View Only role to perform this task Procedure 1 In the maintenance usage Administration tree select Audit Log Settings 2 Click Send Test Message to Syslog Server The following message box opens 3 Click OK to close the message box Check the syslog server messages and verify that the test message was received and is on the server 274 Configuring audit logs System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 m...

Page 275: ...u can save reports in CSV files or HTML files Tables in the HTML version of the configuration reports are sortable Before making changes to a storage system create reports of your storage system s physical configurations and logical settings Make a similar report after the changes and then compare the reports to verify that new settings were made as intended About storage system reports Viewing co...

Page 276: ... in three ways in table view in graphical view and as comma separated value CSV formatted files Before you begin Adobe Flash Player must be installed Users can view the reports that they created Users that have the Storage Administrator Initial Configuration role can view all reports Note The window used to specify the location where the folder will be saved might not appear when downloading the r...

Page 277: ...fresh All to update the configuration information before creating a configuration report Before you begin You must have Storage View permission to perform this task Procedure 1 Open the Create Configuration Report window From General Tasks click Create Configuration Report 2 Specify a task name and click Apply This task name is used as the report name in the Reports window This process takes appro...

Page 278: ... storage system Select this when Device Manager Storage Navigator has a serious problem for example Device Manager Storage Navigator does not start or when you need to determine if the storage system has a problem Before you begin You must be logged into the SVP Device Manager Storage Navigator must be running The configuration information must be refreshed by selecting File Refresh All in Device ...

Page 279: ...0001 the folder name should be C Result_832000400001 When the tool is being executed is displayed in the command prompt When the execution is completed is displayed Executing zSv_AutoDump exe is completed 5 A completion message box displays Press any key to acknowledge the message and close the message box hdcp tgz This is the dump file Give this file to the maintenance personnel If you save too m...

Page 280: ...280 Managing storage system reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 281: ...ng examples show various storage configuration reports in table graph and CSV formats Reports in table view Reports in graphical view CSV files Examples of storage configuration reports 281 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 282: ...To sort data in table reports click any column header While a table is reading a large amount of data the table columns cannot be manipulated sorted or resized However you can view previously displayed items select rows and scroll CHAP Users report The following figure shows an example of a CHAP Users report The table following the figure describes the items in the report 282 Examples of storage c...

Page 283: ...system has an external storage system External FICON DM is displayed when the storage system has volumes for FICON DM Number of PGs The number of the parity groups that the disk board controls If DKB is External this item indicates the number of parity groups mapped to external volumes If DKB is External FICON DM this item indicates the number of parity groups mapped to volumes for FICON DM Number...

Page 284: ...e host group Host Group Name iSCSI Target Alias Name of the host group alias of the iSCSI target Host Group ID iSCSI Target ID Number of the host group ID of the iSCSI target iSCSI Target Name Name of the iSCSI target Resource Group Name Resource Group Name where the host group belongs Resource Group ID Resource Group ID where the host group belongs Number of LUNs The number of LU paths defined to...

Page 285: ... registered in the iSCSI target Host Mode Host mode of the host group Host Mode Option Host mode option of the host group Host mode options are separated by semicolons when more than one option is specified Number of Hosts The number of the hosts in the host group Hosts report The following figure shows an example of a hosts report The table following the figure describes the items in the report W...

Page 286: ...The logical volume number LDEV Name The logical volume name Capacity MB Capacity of the logical volume Emulation Type Emulation type of the logical volume Resource Group Name Resource group name where LDEV belongs Resource Group ID Resource group ID where LDEV belongs PG The parity group number If the number starts with E for example E1 1 the parity group contains external volumes If the number st...

Page 287: ...displays for volumes other than pool VOLs or V VOLs Current MPU The number of the MP unit that currently controls the logical volume Setting MPU The number of the MP unit that you specified to control the logical volume Command Device Security Indicates whether Security is specified as the attribute for the command device A hyphen displays when Attribute is not CMDDEV Command Device User Authentic...

Page 288: ...e iSCSI target iSCSI Target Name Name of the iSCSI target Host Mode Host mode of the host group Host Mode Option Host mode option of the host group Host mode options are separated by semicolons when more than one option is specified LUN Logical unit number LDEV ID Logical volume number Emulation Type Emulation type of the logical volume Capacity MB Capacity of the logical volume MP Units report Th...

Page 289: ... MP unit controls includes volumes for FICON DM Number of Resources Total The total number of resources that the MP unit controls It is the total of Number of Resources LDEV Number of Resources Journal and Number of Resources External Volume MP Unit Details report The following figure shows an example of an MP unit details report The table following the figure describes the items in the report Exa...

Page 290: ...er User Guide If the number starts with M for example M1 1 the parity group contains volumes for FICON DM DKB Name of the disk board that controls the parity group1 RAID Level RAID level of the parity group1 Resource Group Name Name of the resource group in which the parity group belongs Resource Group ID ID for the resource group in which the parity group belongs Emulation Type Emulation type of ...

Page 291: ...s parity group1 2 Encryption Indicates whether the parity group is encrypted For internal volumes Enabled encrypted or Disabled not encrypted For external volumes A hyphen is displayed Accelerated Compression Accelerated compression of the parity group If accelerated compression is supported Enabled or Disabled is displayed If accelerated compression is not supported a hyphen is displayed Notes 1 ...

Page 292: ...al product number of the physical devices yy year last 2 digits mm month 2 digits xxxxxxxx product number of the physical devices RAID Level RAID level of the physical devices RAID1 2D 2D RAID5 7D 1P RAID6 6D 2P RAID6 14D 2P RAID Concatenation 0 Number indicating a parity group 0 connected to this parity group Output example 2 1 3 1 4 1 RAID Concatenation 1 Number indicating a parity group 1 conne...

Page 293: ...gy settings indicating the setting status of the Fabric switch Connection Type One of the Fibre topology settings Point to Point FC AL IPv4 IP Address IPv4 address of the port Output example 192 168 0 100 IPv4 Subnet Mask IPv4 subnet mask of the port Output example 255 255 255 0 IPv4 Default Gateway IPv4 default gateway of the port Output example 255 255 255 0 IPv6 Mode IPv6 settings of the port E...

Page 294: ... ID of the port Port Security Security of the port Enabled Disabled Speed Data transfer speed of the port SFP Data Transfer Rate Maximum transfer rate of SFP which the mounted package supports 8G 10G 16G 32G A hyphen is displayed if Type is 10iSCSI2c CHB or NAS module CHB T10 PI Mode Indicates whether the T10 PI mode can be applied to the port Enabled Disabled Blank if the port type is a Fibre por...

Page 295: ...re or if the breakers are turned off If the system is in maintenance mode or the SVP is rebooted up to two hours of records could be lost If a failure occurs in the storage system the correct information might not be output Item Description Date and Time Date and time when power consumption and temperature were recorded for the two hour period Power Consumption Average W Average of the power consu...

Page 296: ...es C TEMP DB00 DBPS00 2 Average Temperature in degrees C TEMP DB00 DBPS00 2 Maximum Temperature in degrees C TEMP DB00 DBPS00 2 Minimum Temperature in degrees C Average temperature maximum temperature and minimum temperature of the DB for the two hour period Outputs in the following format TEMP DB XX DBPS XX CL Average Maximum or Minimum Temperature in degrees Celsius XX DB number 00 to 07 VSP G20...

Page 297: ...ve Location Location of the spare drive SSD Endurance report The following figure shows an example of an SSD endurance report The table following the figure describes the items in the report Examples of storage configuration reports 297 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 298: ...of the SSD Storage System Summary report The following figure shows an example of part of a Storage System Summary report The actual report includes several more rows of information The table following the figure describes the items in the report 298 Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 299: ...ure 1 Storage System Summary report VSP G200 Figure 2 Storage System Summary report VSP G200 Examples of storage configuration reports 299 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 300: ...rage System Summary report VSP G400 VSP G600 Figure 4 Storage System Summary report VSP G400 VSP G600 300 Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 301: ...ure 5 Storage System Summary report VSP G800 Figure 6 Storage System Summary report VSP G800 Examples of storage configuration reports 301 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 302: ...ons specified for the storage system Drive Capacity TB Total capacity of drives in the storage system except for external volumes Spare Drive Capacity TB Total capacity of the spare drives in the storage system Free Drive Capacity GB Total capacity of the free drives in the storage system Volume Capacity GB 1 List of the capacity of the open volumes Number of LDEVs1 List of the numbers of the volu...

Page 303: ... including shared memory main board and DIMM capacity The total cache memory is displayed for each module Figure 7 Cache Memories report VSP G200 Examples of storage configuration reports 303 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 304: ...Figure 8 Cache Memories report VSP G400 G600 VSP F400 F600 304 Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 305: ...channel board The keys show which channel boards are installed green keys and which channel boards are not installed gray keys If a PCIe channel board installed in the DKC is connected to a channel board box the status of the channel board box is displayed If a NAS module is mounted on a channel board the status of the module is displayed Examples of storage configuration reports 305 System Admini...

Page 306: ...gure 10 Channel Boards VSP G200 Figure 11 Channel Boards report VSP G400 G600 VSP F400 F600 306 Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 307: ...hannel Boards Report when a NAS module is mounted Figure 13 Channel Boards report VSP G800 VSP F800 Examples of storage configuration reports 307 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 308: ...rds report when a channel board box is connected Figure 15 Channel Boards report when a NAS module is mounted 308 Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 309: ...torage system type serial number and software version You can check the legend for disk units such as SAS SSD Spare Free or Not Installed If a PCIe channel board installed in the DKC is connected to a channel board box the status of the channel board box is displayed Examples of storage configuration reports 309 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 310: ...Figure 16 Physical View report VSP G200 310 Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 311: ...Figure 17 Physical View report VSP G400 G600 VSP F400 F600 Examples of storage configuration reports 311 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 312: ...Figure 18 Physical View report when a NAS module is mounted 312 Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 313: ...Figure 19 Physical View report VSP G800 VSP F800 Examples of storage configuration reports 313 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 314: ...Figure 20 Physical View report when a channel board box is connected 314 Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 315: ... mounted CSV files This topic describes reports that are saved in CSV format AllConf csv This is the concatenated file of all the csv files Examples of storage configuration reports 315 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 316: ...cache memory capacity that is used for controlling the storage system with the controller board VSP G200 0 to 18944 VSP G400 G600 or VSP F400 F600 0 to 37888 VSP G800 or VSP F800 0 to 47744 CFM 0 Type CFM 1 Type Type of CFM in the cluster BM 10 BM 20 BM 30 blank The number of CFM differs by model and the number of the displayed items are different VSP G200 CFM 0 type only VSP G400 G600 G800 or VSP...

Page 317: ... of this CHB1 Blank if CHB location is CHB 1A 1B 1C 1D or CHB 2A 2B 2C 2D in NAS module Port 00 01 03 Status of ports on this CHB Blank if CHB location is CHB 1A 1B 1C 1D or CHB 2A 2B 2C 2D in NAS module Notes 1 1 Normal 0 Abnormal DeviceEquipInfo csv This CSV file contains information about equipment and devices that are part of the storage system including power supplies and batteries for DKC DB...

Page 318: ... Item Content DKB Location DKB name PCB Status Status of this DKB1 BECON 00 Status of BECON1 BEPORT 0000 to 0001 Status of BEPORT on this DKB1 Items are output in the format BEPORT XXYY where XX BE controller number 2 digit hexadecimal YY BE port number 2 digit hexadecimal Notes 1 1 Normal 0 Abnormal DkcInfo csv This CSV file contains information about the DKC A record is created for each module W...

Page 319: ...Install is Disabled for Model upgrade license and Install is Enabled for All Flash Array VSP G600 Install is Enabled for Model upgrade license and Install is Disabled for All Flash Array VSP F600 Install is Enabled for both Model upgrade license and All Flash Array To determine whether the model type is VSP G800 or VSP F800 see PpInfo csv on page 346 VSP G800 Install is Disabled for All Flash Arra...

Page 320: ...and values for DBxx and DBPSxxy DkuTempInfo csv This CSV file contains information about DB temperature for every two hours A record is DB temperature information obtained from the environment monitor A record output to the first line shows the latest temperature information Because DB temperature information is measured by DBPS items are displayed in this unit DkuTempInfo csv shows the average te...

Page 321: ...imum value Maximum temperature C for the two hour period of DB47 DBPS472 For VSP G200 item shows up to DB07 DBPS072 For VSP G400 VSP G600 VSP F400 VSP F600 item shows up to DB23 DBPS232 DB47 DBPS472 Temperature minimum value Minimum temperature C for the two hour period of DB47 DBPS472 For VSP G200 item shows up to DB07 DBPS072 For VSP G400 VSP G600 VSP F400 VSP F600 item shows up to DB23 DBPS232 ...

Page 322: ... G400 VSP G600 VSP F400 VSP F600 49 VSP G800 VSP F800 97 The DB temperature data displayed in DkuTempAveInfo csv average temperature only DkuTempMaxInfo csv maximum temperature only and DkuTempMinInfo csv minimum temperature only is the same value as the DB temperature data for DkuTempInfo csv If the system is in maintenance mode or the SVP is rebooted the data that is output every two hours might...

Page 323: ...P G200 17 VSP G400 VSP G600 VSP F400 VSP F600 49 VSP G800 VSP F800 97 The DB temperature data displayed in DkuTempAveInfo csv average temperature only DkuTempMaxInfo csv maximum temperature only and DkuTempMinInfo csv minimum temperature only is the same value as the DB temperature data for DkuTempInfo csv If the system is in maintenance mode or the SVP is rebooted the data that is output every tw...

Page 324: ... in blocks Cache Mode Indicates whether the write data from the host to the external storage system is reflected synchronously or asynchronously Enabled Asynchronously Disabled Synchronously ECC Group Number of parity group to which the external volume is mapped If the number starts with E for example E1 1 the parity group contains external volumes Range of values E1 1 to E16384 4096 Current MPU N...

Page 325: ...y group that is mapping external volumes Load Balance Mode I O load balance distribution logic specified for external volume Normal Round robin Extended Round robin Disabled A hyphen is displayed if Single is specified in Path Mode Path Mode on Profile Path mode on profile information of the external storage system Multi Single ALUA Settable Indicates whether ALUA mode can be set as path mode on t...

Page 326: ...f the breakers are turned off If the system is in maintenance mode or the SVP is rebooted up to two hours of records could be lost If a failure occurs in the storage system the correct information might not be output Table 30 EnvMonInfo csv file Title Electric power and temperature Information Item Description Date Year month and date when record data was acquired for the two hour period in the fo...

Page 327: ...nt Port Port name Host Group Host group name Target Username WWN information about the storage system required for authentication 16 digit hexadecimal number Authentication of Group Information about whether to perform authentication or not Enabled Disabled Initiator Username WWN information about the host required for authentication 16 digit hexadecimal number Protocol Protocol used for authentic...

Page 328: ...h identified by Switch Port Username Enabled Disabled HduInfo csv This CSV file contains information about hard drive boxes DB A record is created for each drive box Table 33 DBInfo csv file Title DB Information Item Description DB Location DB location name DB Status Information about whether this DB is installed Installed Not installed Slot Size Slot size inches 2 5 3 5 Blank for DBF FMC and FMD ...

Page 329: ...xxx xxx decimal IPv4 Default Gateway Port IPv4 default gateway Output example xxx xxx xxx xxx decimal IPv6 Mode Port IPv6 settings Enabled Disabled IPv6 Link Local Address Port IPv6 link local address Output example xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx hexadecimal Output example Auto Auto is displayed if the link local address is automatically set Blank if IPv6 Mode is Disabled IPv6 Global Addr...

Page 330: ...Server TCP Port Number Port number of TCP used for iSNS 1 to 65535 Blank if iSNS Server Mode is Off VLAN Tagging Mode VLAN tagging mode set to the port On Off VLAN ID VLAN number set to the port 1 to 4094 Blank if VLAN Tagging Mode is set to Off Resource Group ID Port Resource group ID of the port 0 to 1023 in decimal Resource Group Name Port Resource group name of the port iSCSI Name iSCSI name o...

Page 331: ...cation Method Authentication method settings of the iSCSI target CHAP None Comply with Host Setting Authentication Mutual CHAP Mutual CHAP authentication function settings of the iSCSI target Enabled Disabled Authentication User Name User name set when iSCSI target was authenticated Resource Group ID iSCSI Target Resource group ID of the iSCSI target 0 to 1023 Resource Group Name iSCSI Target Reso...

Page 332: ...of Total Volume Capacity and Free Space LdevCountInfo csv This CSV file contains information about the number of logical devices LDEVs A record is created for each of the classifications shown in Volume Kind Table 39 LdevCountInfo csv file Title LDEV Count Information Item Content Volume Kind The following classifications are output Internal Volumes External Volumes Total Volumes Allocated OPEN LD...

Page 333: ...e Pool Pool volume Quorum disk used with global active device ALU SLU Deduplication system data volume Regular Others Volume Size Cyl LDEV capacity in cylinders Volume Size MB LDEV capacity in MB Volume Size Blocks LDEV capacity in blocks CVS Information about whether the LDEV is a custom sized volume On Custom sized volume Off Others Pool ID Pool number This is blank except for the following case...

Page 334: ... is not CMDDEV CmdDevUserAuth Indicates whether User Authentication is specified as the attribute for the command device Enabled User authentication setting is set Disabled User authentication setting is not set Blank LDEV Attribute is not CMDDEV CmdDevDevGrpDef Indicates whether Device Group Definition is specified as the attribute for the command device Enabled Device group definition setting is...

Page 335: ...Group Number of the parity group where the LDEV belongs If the number starts with E for example E1 1 the parity group contains external volumes If the type of the LDEV is a Dynamic Provisioning or Thin Image virtual volume a hyphen is output Refer to LdevInfo csv for information about the LDEV type LPartition csv This CSV file contains information about the cache logical partitioning function A re...

Page 336: ...ckage Type is iSCSI the iSCSI target alias is output Host Mode Host mode specified for this host group hexadecimal Host Mode Option Host mode option set for this host group 0 to 127 hexadecimal If more than one option is specified the options are separated by semicolons LUN LUN number for this LU path definition hexadecimal LDEV LDEV number for this LU path definition Command Device Information ab...

Page 337: ...asymmetric access status Active Optimized Prioritized Active Non Optimized Lower priority Blank if Package Type is iSCSI LunPortInfo csv This CSV file contains information about LU path definition A record is created for each port For details of LU path definition see the Provisioning Guide Table 44 LunPortInfo csv file Title LUN Port Information Item Content Port Port name Security Switch The set...

Page 338: ...FC2 CHB 32FC4R CHB iSCSI 10iSCSI2o CHB 10iSCSI2c CHB NAS module NAS Module CHB T10 PI Mode Indicates whether the T10 PI mode can be applied to the port Enabled Disabled Blank if Package Type is not 16FC2 CHB or 32FC4R CHB MicroVersion csv This CSV file contains information about software versions Table 45 MicroVersion csv file Title Software Version Item Content DKCMAIN The version of the firmware...

Page 339: ...ch CL1 CL2 This item is not displayed in VSP G200 MlcEnduranceInfo csv This CSV file contains information about endurance information of MLC A record is created for each MLC endurance information If you change the SVP time 1 month or more the history acquisition months will not be in order Table 46 MlcEnduranceInfo csv file Title MLC Endurance Information Item Content ECC Group Number of parity gr...

Page 340: ...on mode for LPR 0 to LPR 31 If the system option mode is on On If the system option mode is not on Blank MpPathStatus csv This CSV file contains information about the status of logical paths A record is created for each MP blade or LR Table 48 MpPathStatus csv file Title MP Path Status Item Content MPU CTL MP unit number or CTL number 2 digit hexadecimal number For MP unit number MPU 00 to MPU 03 ...

Page 341: ...9 MpPcbStatus csv file Title MP PCB Status Item Content MPU ID MP unit ID MPU 10 MPU 11 MPU 20 MPU 21 MPU 10 and MPU 20 are displayed if Unified Mode of DkcInfo csv is On Auto Assignment Information about whether this MP unit is set to be automatically assigned to each resource Enabled Set to be automatically assigned Disabled Not set to be automatically assigned PCB Status MP unit status1 MP 00 0...

Page 342: ...classifications are output OPEN System TB Total Capacity TB Number of PDEVs SAS Drive SAS drive capacity TB Spare Drive Spare drive capacity TB SSD Drive SSD capacity TB Free Drive Free drive capacity TB PdevInfo csv This CSV file contains information about physical devices PDEVs A record is created for each PDEV Table 52 PdevInfo csv file Title PDEV Item Content ECC Group Number of parity group o...

Page 343: ...ation 0 Number of parity group to be concatenated to parity group 0 identified by ECC Group 1 RAID Concatenation 1 Number of parity group to be concatenated to parity group 1 identified by ECC Group 1 RAID Concatenation 2 Number of parity group to be concatenated to parity group 2 identified by ECC Group 1 Resource Group ID ECC Group Resource group ID of parity group 0 to 1023 decimal number Resou...

Page 344: ...PDEV Notes 1 1 Normal 0 Abnormal PECBInfo csv This CSV file contains information about the PECB PCIe channel board and connecting destination for VSP G800 or VSP F800 For all other VSP Gx00 models or VSP Fx00 models hyphens are displayed for all contents Table 54 PECBInfo csv file Title PECB Information Item Content Location PECB location name Status Whether the PECB is installed Installed Not Ins...

Page 345: ...ic switch On Off Blank if Package Type is iSCSI or NAS module Connection One of the Fibre topology settings Point to Point FC AL Blank if Package Type is iSCSI or NAS module Port Address Port address 00 to ff 2 digit hexadecimal number Blank if Package Type is iSCSI or NAS module Resource Group ID Port Resource group ID of port 0 to 1023 decimal number Resource Group Name Port Resource group name ...

Page 346: ...software in TB If no upper limit value is set for the capacity Unlimited is output Expiration Date Expiration date of the software The format is mm dd yyyy Month Day Year Status License key status of the software Installed Not Enough License Grace Period Expired Not Installed Installed Disabled SMfundat csv This CSV file contains information about SM functions A record is created for each of the c...

Page 347: ...ive type code of the PDEV location name for this drive Device Type Code Drive type code Output example SLR5A M800SS Device Capacity Drive capacity in GB or TB SSD Device Type SSD drive type MLC FMC FMD Used Endurance Indicator SSD life 0 to 100 Used Endurance Indicator Threshold SSD life threshold 0 to 100 Used Endurance Indicator Warning SIM Warning SIM threshold 0 to 100 FMD Battery Life Indicat...

Page 348: ...whether to perform correction copy to a spare drive if a drive is blocked On Off Disk Copy pace Speed of copying the spare drive in the Interleave mode Faster Medium Slower System Option On System options that are set to ON Output example modeXXXX 0 to 2047 decimal number Link Failure Threshold Threshold to notify the link failure 0 to 255 decimal WwnInfo csv This CSV file contains information abo...

Page 349: ...Host Group Host group number 00 to ff hexadecimal iSCSI target ID will be output if the Package Type is iSCSI CHB Location Name of port installed on the CHB CHB 1A 1B 1C 1D or CHB 2A 2B 2C 2D if Package Type is NAS module Package Type CHB type indicated on the CHB Location Fibre 8FC4 CHB 16FC2 CHB 32FC4R CHB iSCSI 10iSCSI2o CHB 10iSCSI2c CHB NAS module NAS module CHB T10 PI Mode Indicates whether ...

Page 350: ...350 Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 351: ...des System option modes allow the storage system to be configured to specific customer operating requirements System option modes System option modes 351 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 352: ...s 2 When Dynamic Sparing or Auto Correction Mode is used because host I Os conflict with copy processing the I O watching time is 30 seconds even when this SOM is set to ON 3 Even though SOM 15 is set to ON the function does not apply to SATA or NL SAS drives 4 When SOM 771 or SOM 797 is set to ON the setting of SOM 771 797 is prioritized for the read I O watching time 5 When this SOM is applied S...

Page 353: ...ame host and Storage Navigator Mode 122 ON By specifying Split or Resync Steady Quick Split or Normal Quick Resync is respectively executed in accordance with Normal Quick setting Mode 122 OFF default By specifying Split or Resync Steady Quick Split or Normal Quick Resync is respectively executed in accordance with Normal Quick setting For details about pairsplit pairresync command behavior contac...

Page 354: ... overloaded so that the storage system performance is degraded Mode 144 ON default Check if there is a permanently delayed drive for each port and block the corresponding port at the first time when all of the following conditions are met 1 The total time for the drive to respond to 200 commands is 20 seconds or more 2 The response time of the drive is two times or more longer than the average res...

Page 355: ...cking read journal disruption from RCU is disabled and monitoring read journal failures is disabled on the RCU side Mode 449 OFF Detecting communication failures between the MCU and RCU is enabled Notes 1 This SOM applies when disabling the detection of communication failures between the MCU and RCU in UR configuration is required 2 When this SOM is set to ON SOM 448 does not work 3 This SOM setti...

Page 356: ...en the workload in a specific CLPR increases the risk of host I O halt would be increased Therefore set SOM 454 to ON only when a CLPR has constant high workload and the I O performance in a CLPR with low workload has higher priority than host I O halt in the CLPR with high workload Notes 1 When this SOM is set to ON even if there is an overloaded CLPR CLPR with large Write Pending capacity the am...

Page 357: ...nal storage completes and the data is fixed the pair status will change to SPLIT Mode 459 OFF default When suspending an SI pair Once the copy data has been created in cache memory the pair status will change to SPLIT The external storage data is not fixed current spec OFF 466 Universal Replicator It is strongly recommended that the path between the primary and secondary storage systems have a min...

Page 358: ...t supported 3 Check the write pending rate of each CLPR per MP blade Even though there is some free cache capacity in the entire system if the write pending rate of an MP blade to which pairs belong exceeds the threshold the copy operation is stopped Applies to pairs of SI SIz FCv2 FCSE Snapshot and Volume Migration 471 Thin Image Since the SIM RCs generated when the Thin Image pool usage rate exc...

Page 359: ...and version downgrade is disabled and Take Over is not available 4 If this SOM is not set to ON for both sides the behavior is as follows OFF in primary and secondary storage systems Normal UR initial copy performance ON in the primary storage system OFF in the secondary storage system TC Sync pair creation fails OFF in the primary storage system ON in the secondary storage system The update data ...

Page 360: ... Mode 589 OFF default Progress is updated when the progress rate exceeds the previous level Notes 1 Set this SOM to ON when disconnecting an external volume while the specific host IO operation is online and its performance requirement is severe 2 Whether the disconnecting status for each external volume is progressed or not cannot be confirmed on Device Manager Storage Navigator It indicates unti...

Page 361: ...JNL is prevented When CLPR of Data secondary Volume exceeds 60 JNL Restore is prevented Mode 690 ON Read JNL or JNL Restore is prevented when the Write Pending rate on RCU exceeds 60 Mode 690 OFF default Read JNL or JNL Restore is not prevented when the Write Pending rate on RCU exceeds 60 the same as before Notes 1 This SOM can be set online 2 This SOM should be set per customer s requests 3 If t...

Page 362: ... reserved by the host 6 Set this SOM to OFF when the following conditions are met An external volume to which Nondisruptive migration NDM attribute is set exists OFF 704 ShadowImage Volume Migration To reduce the chance of MIH this SOM can reduce the priority of ShadowImage Volume Migration or Resync copy internal IO requests so that host IO has a higher priority This SOM creates new work queues w...

Page 363: ...n be automatically recovered Not Ready blockade Note that the two behaviors automatic recovery and block may be repeated When the status of a device is Not Ready blockade Device Health Check is executed after 30 seconds Mode 725 OFF default When Not Ready is returned three times in three minutes the path is blocked and the path status cannot be automatically recovered Response error blockade Notes...

Page 364: ...Retention Utility is not installed the desired effect is not achieved 4 Protect attribute can be released from the Data Retention window of Device Manager Storage Navigator after releasing the full status of the pool by adding a Pool VOL 5 With 83 01 21 x0 00 and later the Virtual Volume Protection VVP function is supported VVP can be enabled disabled for each pool With SOM 729 disabled VVP is als...

Page 365: ...the pool usage rate falls below the depletion threshold Mode 734 OFF default A SIM is reported at the time when the pool usage rate exceeds the pool threshold warning system or depletion Once the pool usage rate falls below the pool threshold and then exceeds again the SIM is reported again The SIM is not reported while the pool usage rate continues to exceed the warning threshold and the depletio...

Page 366: ...C SYMMETRIX is connected using UVM 2 Enable the setting of EMC SCSI Flag SC3 for the port of the EMC SYMMETRIX storage connected with the storage system and disable the setting of Flag SPC2 If the setting of EMC SCSI Flag SC3 is not enabled or the setting of Flag SPC2 is enabled the effect of this SOM may not be achieved 3 If you want to enable this SOM immediately after setting perform Check Path...

Page 367: ...itial pair creation or Resync operation for TC or GAD Not effective by just setting this SOM to ON This SOM is applied to TC and GAD This SOM supports Fibre remote copy paths but not iSCSI Mode 784 ON The MIH time of RIO is internally reduced so that even though a path failure occurs between storage systems in the environment where host MIH time is set to 15 seconds update I Os can be processed by...

Page 368: ...C and GAD pairs are suspended or deleted 13 For operational specifications in each combination of MCU and RCU of TC contact customer support see SOM784 sheet 14 For GAD pairs this SOM is effective if the microcode version supports GAD 15 This SOM does not support iSCSI paths between storage systems When iSCSI is used for paths between storage systems the time to switch to an alternate path cannot ...

Page 369: ...s used with SOM 467 set to ON copy processing is continued or stopped as follows Mode 855 ON When the amount of dirty data is within the range from 58 to 63 the next copy processing is continued after the dirty data created in the previous copy is cleared to prevent the amount of dirty data from increasing copy after destaging If the amount of dirty data exceeds 63 the copy processing is stopped M...

Page 370: ... of the DP VOL is performed with 0 data writing The default is OFF for VSP HUS VM and VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models with firmware 83 03 xx and earlier Notes 1 This SOM is applied from factory shipment 2 Do not change the setting of this SOM during DP VOL format 3 If the setting of this SOM is changed during DP VOL format the change is not reflected to the format of the DP VOL being executed ...

Page 371: ...iering By the combination of SOM 897 and 898 setting the expansion width of Tier Range upper I O value IOPH can be changed as follows Mode 897 ON SOM 898 is OFF 110 0IO SOM 898 is ON 110 2IO Mode 897 OFF default SOM 898 is OFF 110 5IO default SOM 898 is ON 110 1IO By setting the SOMs to ON to lower the upper limit for each tier the gray zone between other tiers becomes narrow and the frequency of ...

Page 372: ...901 sheet 899 Volume Migration In combination with the SOM 900 setting this SOM determines whether to execute and when to start the I O synchronous copy change as follows Mode 899 ON SOM 900 is ON I O synchronous copy starts without retrying Volume Migration SOM 900 is OFF I O synchronous copy starts when the threshold of Volume Migration retry is exceeded Recommended Mode 899 OFF default SOM 900 ...

Page 373: ...hen the capacity of tier1 reaches the threshold value the minimum value of the tier range is set to the starting value of the lower IOPH zone and the maximum value of the lower tier range is set to the boundary value Mode 901 OFF default For tier1 drive type is SSD page allocation is performed based on performance potential limitation With consideration of exceeding performance limitation allocati...

Page 374: ... with different workload is large Mode 908 OFF default The difference in CM allocation capacity among MPBs with different workload is small existing operation Notes 1 If a CLPR is used by only some MPBs among all the installed MPBs set this SOM to ON for the CLPR to increase CM capacity allocated to the MPBs that use the CLPR Example a A CLPR only for UR JNLG b A configuration where MPBs and CLPRs...

Page 375: ...ON 4 This SOM is related to SOM 755 937 Dynamic Provisioning Dynamic Tiering By setting this SOM to ON HDT monitoring data is collected even if the pool is a DP pool Mode 937 ON HDT monitoring data is collected even if the pool is a DP pool Only Manual execution mode and Period mode are supported Mode 937 OFF default HDT monitoring data is not collected if the pool is a DP pool Notes 1 This SOM is...

Page 376: ...o reclamation processing occurs in a customer environment 2 When this SOM is set to ON reclamation processing is delayed 3 This SOM is to prioritize host I O response over reclamation processing in VxVM environment so that the time required for reclamation processing may increase when this SOM is set to ON For details about the interaction between this SOM and SOM 1069 contact customer support see...

Page 377: ...to COPY Pending Therefore if an operation depends on the pair status changing to COPY Pending such as running the CCI pairevtwait command set this SOM to ON 7 When this SOM setting is default OFF pair status changes directly to PAIR Duplex SIMs and SSBs that are reported due to a pair status change to COPY Pending are not reported 8 If this SOM is set to ON or OFF during delta resync the setting i...

Page 378: ...wing conditions 1 and 2 or 1 and 3 are met 1 4 096 or more journals are accumulated at the secondary site 2 The CLPR write pending rate for journal volumes of MP blade unit for which journal ownership at the RCU is defined is 25 or higher including the write pending rate for other than journal volumes 3 It takes 15 seconds or longer to start restore after journal copy at the RCU Note Even though t...

Page 379: ...ing delta is not allowed Notes 1 This SOM is applied to enable microcode downgrade to a version that does not support URxUR including delta if the configuration where any UR pair has been registered is not URxUR including delta 2 Setting this SOM to ON allows microcode downgrade at sites where only 1 mirror is used in URxUR multi target configuration without delta resync and cascade configuration ...

Page 380: ...reases during status change of all pairs in a consistency group For details about approximate percentage increase in MP usage rate contact customer support see SOM1070 sheet OFF Both 1079 Dynamic Provisioning Dynamic Tiering This SOM is set not to run the Proprietary ANCHOR command during microcode downgrade from a version that supports the Proprietary ANCHOR command to a version that does not sup...

Page 381: ...applied if avoiding impacts on commands for other external devices sharing a Target port on an external system side with a quorum disk is prioritized over preventing quorum disk blockage when a response to ABTS is delayed The delay is caused due to path performance degradation in a configuration where the Target port is shared between external devices and the quorum disk 2 When connection performa...

Page 382: ...hat supports pool reduction rate correction to a version that does not support the function Mode 1093 ON Background unmap cannot work Mode 1093 OFF default Background unmap can work Note This SOM is applied when downgrading microcode from a version that supports pool reduction rate correction to a version that does not support the function is disabled OFF 1097 Common This SOM disables the warning ...

Page 383: ...ifference in the rate between the parity group and the average is 0 The average parity group usage rate of Tier2 is 40 30 2 35 and the difference in the rate between the parity group and the average is 5 at the maximum Note This SOM is applied when balancing the usage rate is required at a customer site where the usage rate is not even 1115 Deduplication and Compression When this SOM is set to ON ...

Page 384: ...curs in the Expander chip mounted on a controller board CTLS CTLSE or an ENC board the reuse function does not work but SIM CF12XX is reported and the ENC is blocked Mode 1118 OFF default When a failure occurs in the Expander chip mounted on a controller board CTLS CTLSE or an ENC board the reuse function works If the ENC is reusable SIM CF12XX and then CF14XX are reported and the ENC is reused If...

Page 385: ...ools and releases cache management devices to enable the microcode downgrade from 80 05 44 or later to earlier than 80 05 44 or from 83 04 44 or later to earlier than 83 04 44 Mode 1120 ON TI pair creation with DP pool specified is disabled Also if any cache management devices are reserved while there is no TI pool in the storage system all cache management devices are released Mode 1120 OFF defau...

Page 386: ...386 System option modes System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 387: ... a data center 3DC three data center Refers to the local intermediate and remote sites or data centers in which TrueCopy and Universal Replicator combine to form a remote replication configuration In a 3DC configuration data is copied from a local site to an intermediate site and then to a remote site 3DC cascade configuration or from a local site to two separate remote sites 3DC multi target conf...

Page 388: ...s For bind mode all targeted read and write data is transferred at host data transfer speed blade A computer module generally a single circuit board used mostly in servers C cache logical partition CLPR Consists of virtual cache memory that is set up to be allocated to different hosts in contention for cache memory capacity The amount of data storage space available on a physical storage device us...

Page 389: ...ins the copy of the original Copy operations can be synchronous or asynchronous and the volumes of the copy pair can be located in the same storage system local copy or in different storage systems remote copy A copy pair can also be called a volume pair or just pair A pair created by Compatible FlashCopy is called a relationship copy on write COW Point in time snapshot copy of any data volume wit...

Page 390: ...nit with a specific function device emulation Indicates the type of logical volume Mainframe device emulation types provide logical volumes of fixed size called logical volume images LVIs which contain EBCDIC data in CKD format Typical mainframe device emulation types include 3390 9 and 3390 M Open systems device emulation types provide logical volumes of variable size called logical units LUs tha...

Page 391: ...crash occurs The data is used by support personnel to determine the cause of the error or crash Dump tool Downloads Device Manager Storage Navigator configuration information onto recording media for backup and troubleshooting purposes E emulation The operation of a storage system to emulate the characteristics of a different storage system For device emulation the mainframe host recognizes the lo...

Page 392: ... channel arbitrated loop FCP fibre channel protocol FCSP fibre channel security protocol FICON Fibre Connectivity flash drive A data drive that uses a solid state memory device instead of a rotating hard disk flash module A high speed data storage device that includes a custom flash controller and several flash memory sub modules on a single PCB FMD See flash module H HBA host bus adapter 392 Glos...

Page 393: ...7 Command View Advanced Edition a set of software applications included in the system firmware Via the GUI they are used to configure control and monitor the storage system I in system replication The original data volume and its copy are located in the same storage system ShadowImage in system replication provides duplication of logical volumes Thin Image in system replication provides snapshots ...

Page 394: ...erential data is held in journal volumes on until it is copied to the S VOL JRE Java Runtime Environment K key management server A server that manages encryption keys Encryption keys can be backed up to and restored from a key management server that complies with the Key Management Interoperability Protocol KMIP keypair Two mathematically related cryptographic keys a private key and its associated...

Page 395: ... in a RAID configuration in the storage system An LDEV may or may not contain any data and may or may not be defined to any hosts Each LDEV has a unique identifier or address within the storage system composed of the logical disk controller LDKC number control unit CU number and LDEV number The LDEV IDs within a storage system do not change An LDEV formatted for use by mainframe hosts is called a ...

Page 396: ...t is configured for use by open systems hosts for example OPEN V logical unit LU path The path between an open systems host and a logical unit logical volume LV See volume logical volume image LVI A logical volume that is configured for use by mainframe hosts for example 3390 9 LU See logical unit LU LUN See logical unit number LUN volume A custom size volume whose size is defined by the user usin...

Page 397: ... P VOL This term is used only in the earlier version of the Device Manager Storage Navigator GUI still in use for the primary volume See primary volume pair Two logical volumes in a replication relationship in which one volume contains original data to be copied and the other volume contains the copy of the original data The copy operations can be synchronous or asynchronous and the pair volumes c...

Page 398: ...flash port attribute Indicates the type of fibre channel port target RCU target or initiator primary volume P VOL The volume in a copy pair that contains the original data to be replicated The data on the P VOL is duplicated synchronously or asynchronously on the secondary volume S VOL The following Hitachi products use the term P VOL Thin Image Copy on Write Snapshot ShadowImage TrueCopy Universa...

Page 399: ... group contains both user data and parity information This allows user data to be accessed in the event that one or more of the drives within the RAID group are not available The RAID level of a RAID group determines the number of data drives and parity drives and how the data is striped across the drives For RAID1 user data is duplicated within the RAID group so there is no parity data for RAID1 ...

Page 400: ...opy of the original data on the primary volume P VOL The following Hitachi products use the term secondary volume Thin Image Copy on Write Snapshot ShadowImage TrueCopy Universal Replicator Universal Replicator for Mainframe and High Availability Manager See also primary volume service information message SIM Messages generated by a RAID storage system when it detects an error or service requireme...

Page 401: ...er failure the shared memory is kept alive by the cache memory batteries while the data is copied to the cache flash memory SSDs shredding See volume shredding SIM See service information message size Generally refers to the storage capacity of a memory module or cache Not usually used for storage of data on disk or flash drives SM shared memory SMTP simple mail transfer protocol snapshot A point ...

Page 402: ...and Compatible FlashCopy In the current version of the GUI target volume and T VOL are replaced with primary volume See also source volume space Generally refers to the data storage capacity of a disk drive or flash drive SRM Storage Replication Manager SSD solid state drive Also called flash drive SSID See storage subsystem identifier SSL secure socket layer storage cluster See cluster storage ti...

Page 403: ...t volume target An attribute of the port that is connected to the host target port A fibre channel port that is configured to receive and process host I Os target volume T VOL The volume in a mainframe copy pair that is the copy of the original data on the source volume S VOL The term is used only in the earlier version of the Device Manager Storage Navigator GUI still in use for the following Hit...

Page 404: ...idered legacy systems unlikely to see broad future use Tier 4 systems are not supported total capacity The aggregate amount of storage space in a data storage system TPF Transaction Processing Facility V V VOL virtual volume VDEV See virtual device view mode The mode of operation of Device Manager Storage Navigator that allows viewing only of the storage system configuration The two Device Manager...

Page 405: ...ion volume manager volume VOL or vol A logical device LDEV or a set of concatenated LDEVs in the case of LUSE that has been defined to one or more hosts as a single data storage unit An open systems volume is called a logical unit LU and a mainframe volume is called a logical volume image LVI volume shredding Deleting the user data on a volume by overwriting all data in the volume with dummy data ...

Page 406: ...406 Glossary System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 407: ... in groups 161 built in user 47 C Cache Memories report 303 capacity calculating 262 capacity estimating for license 260 certificate files 222 certificates 212 obtaining 217 certificates obtaining 217 changing 118 126 changing a user s password 155 Changing assigned resource groups 166 changing permissions 156 changing the date and time 121 controller settings 121 SVP clock 121 Channel Boards repo...

Page 408: ...creating 109 expanding 111 inventory 108 managing 107 file storage configuring 107 file system inventory 112 file systems creating 113 deleting 113 expanding 114 managing 112 mounting unmounting 113 updating 114 viewing details 113 firewall setup 44 212 force release system lock 123 G general 247 global active device 181 H HCS 212 HCS certificates 212 deleting 213 registering 212 HduInfo csv 328 H...

Page 409: ...22 O obtain certificate 216 onboard workflow 51 overview 19 P parity group 263 parity groups creating 55 67 initializing 73 inventory 73 reserved for NAS firmware 73 status 73 Parity Groups report 290 297 parity groups creating advanced method 71 basic method 69 password allowable characters and symbols 152 changing a user s 155 local changing 21 passwords changing 202 permissions changing 156 Phy...

Page 410: ...curity certificates 221 self signed certificate 217 servers adding 54 97 attach existing volumes 98 create and attach volumes 98 delete 98 details 99 edit 98 inventory 98 Servers connecting authentication and authorization servers 227 session timeout 159 setting up management client 41 setting up user accounts 139 Settings menu 21 shares adding AD groups to 116 creating 115 details 116 updating 11...

Page 411: ...naging 96 time 126 U unified management overview 20 UNIX 43 UNIX requirements 43 user accounts 150 creating 152 164 deleting 158 disabling 157 managing 151 user administration 137 138 150 overview 150 User Administration 197 user groups 159 deleting 166 names 164 roles 94 160 161 163 User groups permissions 165 V viewing a report 276 Virtual Appliance Manager 37 virtual file server deleting 111 de...

Page 412: ...412 Index System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

Page 413: ...System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models ...

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