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Description

Pool type

Status message

A mirror preprocess job is awaiting resources in order to run.

Echo Copy

Mirror Preprocess Pending*

Expanding deduplication instructions to update the target cartridge.

Echo Copy

Mirror Postprocessing*

Cleaning up replication data on the source.

Echo Copy

Cleanup*

A problem occurred when attempting to eject a physical cartridge.

Echo Copy

Eject Broken

A problem occurred during source cartridge creation process.

Echo Copy

Header Broken

A problem occurred while restoring a cartridge.

Echo Copy

Restore Broken

A restore job is awaiting resources in order to run.

Echo Copy

Restore Pending

A mirror job was paused.

Echo Copy

Paused

Inactive.

Smart Copy

Managed

Reserved by the backup application for I/O commands.

Smart Copy

Acquired

The backup application is adjusting the read/write position.

Smart Copy

Positioning

The backup application is copying data to/from the cartridge.

Smart Copy

Copying

The backup application is reading metadata from the cartridge.

Smart Copy

Readmeta

The backup application is writing metadata to the cartridge.

Smart Copy

Writemeta

The backup application is rewinding the cartridge.

Smart Copy

Rewind

The physical tape has not yet been used yet.

Tape Export

Empty Tape

Copying a source virtual cartridge onto this physical tape.

Tape Export

Copying

Tape contains export data.

Tape Export

Used Tape

Tape contains export data and is ready to be ejected. Signal to tape
operator to unload this tape from the physical library.

Tape Export

Full Tape

Tape contains export data and has been ejected. This tape should be
included in the collection to be sent to the target site.

Tape Export

Unloaded Full Tape

Tape that contains data that will be imported when the tape operator
moves it into an Import pool slot. Signal to tape operator to load this
tape into the physical library.

Tape Export

Waiting for Load

Tape in an Import pool slot that is in the catalog, but not needed yet.
Signal to tape operator to remove the tape from the physical library.

Tape Export

Tape Currently Not Needed

Unable to write tape. It does not contain any export data and is ready
to be ejected. This tape should NOT be sent to the target site.

Tape Export

Bad Tape

Tape that contains data that will be imported later.

Tape Import

Unloaded Tape

Tape that contains data that will be imported when the tape operator
moves it into an Import pool slot. Signal to tape operator to load this
tape into the physical library.

Tape Import

Waiting for Load

Tape in an Import pool slot that is in the catalog, but not needed yet.
Signal to tape operator to remove the tape from the physical library.

Tape Import

Tape Currently Not Needed

Tape in an Import pool slot that is in the catalog.

Tape Import

Ready For Import

Actively copying data from the physical tape to the target virtual
cartridge.

Tape Import

Importing

All data has been copied from the physical tape to the target virtual
cartridges. Signal to tape operator to remove the tape from the physical
library.

Tape Import

Import Complete

All data has been copied and the tape has been ejected.

Tape Import

Unloaded Completed Tape

SAN Destination Library Operations

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Summary of Contents for 12200

Page 1: ...StorageWorks VLS12200 Gateway systems to facilitate their installation operation and maintenance This document is intended for system administrators who are experienced with setting up and managing large storage systems BW403 10001 HP Part Number BW403 10001 Published June 201 1 Edition First ...

Page 2: ...anying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Acknowledgments Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Warranty WARRANTY STATEMENT To obtain a copy of the warranty for this product see the warranty information websi...

Page 3: ...into the Rack 21 Cabling Ethernet Switches 6600 24G 22 3 Multi node Setup 23 Configuring Primary Node 0 23 Configuring the Secondary Nodes 1 through 3 23 4 Storage Configuration 24 Establishing Communication Between the VLS12200 Gateway and the EVA 24 Verifying Array Zoning 24 Presenting the LUNs 24 Managing VLS12200 Gateway Capacity 26 Discovering Array LUNs 27 Deleting Array LUNs 28 Configuring ...

Page 4: ...ilslot Details 54 Copy Pool Details 54 Import Export Pool Details 54 Tape Drive Details 54 Forcing a Replication Job 54 Placing a Library Offline or Online 55 Moving Media from One Slot to Another 55 Ejecting Media from a Slot into an Empty Mailslot 56 Ejecting Media from a Drive into an Empty Mailslot 56 Restarting Automigration Replication Services 56 Scanning a SAN Destination Library 57 Editin...

Page 5: ...tion Summary 73 Deduplication Backup Report 73 7 Operation 75 Powering on the VLS12200 System 75 Rebooting the System 75 Powering Off the System 76 8 User Interfaces 78 User Interface Requirements 78 Command View VLS 78 Window Regions 79 Opening a Command View VLS Session from a Web Browser 79 Installing the SSL Certificate into your Web Browser 80 Restarting Command View VLS 81 Closing a Command ...

Page 6: ...rs Window 105 Changing Cartridge Capacity 106 Changing Cartridge Read and Write Access 106 Moving Cartridges 106 Deleting Cartridges 107 Unloading a Cartridge from a Drive 108 Adding and Removing Barcode Templates 108 Freeing up Storage Space 109 Restarting VLS Device Emulations 109 Updating the Firmware 110 Saving Configuration Settings 111 1 1 Monitoring 112 Status Information in the Status Pane...

Page 7: ...ports 131 Clearing the Hardware Compression Faults 133 Trace Log Files 133 Viewing Trace Log Files 133 Saving a Trace Log File 133 Creating a Support Ticket 133 12 CLI Command Set 135 Commands 135 Conventions 135 CLI only Commands 135 Connection Commands 135 Output Commands 136 VLS Commands 136 Network Settings Configuration Commands 136 Configuration Commands 137 Management Commands 142 Monitorin...

Page 8: ...ually Rebuilding the Virtual Library Configuration 167 Manually Recreating VLS12200 Gateway Storage Pools 167 Recovering from a Node RAID Volume Failure 167 16 Support and Other Resources 168 Related Information 168 Documents 168 Websites 168 Document Conventions and Symbols 168 Rack Stability 170 Contacting HP 170 Before you Contact HP 170 HP Contact Information 171 Subscription Service 171 Custo...

Page 9: ...ce Notices 184 English Laser Notice 184 Dutch Laser Notice 184 French Laser Notice 184 German Laser Notice 185 Italian Laser Notice 185 Japanese Laser Notice 185 Spanish Laser Notice 186 Recycling Notices 186 English Notice 186 Bulgarian Notice 186 Czech Notice 186 Danish Notice 187 Dutch Notice 187 Estonian Notice 187 Finnish Notice 187 French Notice 187 German Notice 188 Greek Notice 188 Hungari...

Page 10: ...Japanese Battery Notice 192 Spanish Battery Notice 193 Glossary 194 Index 199 10 Contents ...

Page 11: ... is removed thereby reducing the amount of storage used by a given data block The VLS accommodates mixed IT platform and backup application environments allowing all your servers and backup applications to access the virtual media simultaneously You can specify which servers are allowed to access each virtual library and tape drive you configure You can change the default LUNs assigned to the virt...

Page 12: ...nodes and licenses increases the gateway storage capacity as shown in Table 1 page 12 Adding nodes also increases the performance See the HP StorageWorks VLS12200 Virtual Library System Quickspec on the HP web site http h18006 www1 hp com storage disk_storage disk_to_disk vls vls_gateway index html for performance data Table 1 VLS12200 Gateway Capacity Maximum capacity without expansion LTUs Nodes...

Page 13: ...s NOTE Minimum capacity for EVA LUNs is 100 GB Ensure all EVA LUNs attached to the Gateway meet this requirement If this has not been done refer to the solutions guide for instructions Tools for Installation Two people 1 and 2 Phillips screwdriver Box cutting knife CAUTION Do not use any power tools They could strip or damage connections Taking ESD Precautions To prevent damaging the system be awa...

Page 14: ...mage that may have occurred during shipment If you detect any damage notify the carrier and HP before unpacking the unit Removing the Packing Materials To unpack the VLS 1 Open the top of the shipping cartons 2 Carefully lift the units out of the boxes and remove the packing materials 3 Place the units on a stable work surface NOTE Inspect the units for any damage that may have occurred during shi...

Page 15: ...installations Only one component is extended at a time A rack may become unstable if more than one component is extended for any reason WARNING To reduce the risk of personal injury or equipment damage when unloading a rack At least two people are needed to safely unload a rack from a pallet An empty 42U rack can weigh as much as 1 15 kg 253 lb can stand more than 2 1 m 7 ft tall and may become un...

Page 16: ...er cords 8 5 VLS Quick Restore DVDs 2 6 Printed VLS node installation poster 1 7 Air plenums for Ethernet switches 2 not shown Ethernet cables 5 not shown shipped separately VLS12200 Expansion Kit Shipping Carton Description Item VLS12200 node 1 1 1U rack mounting hardware kit 1 and documentation 2 Loopback plugs for FC ports 2 3 Power cords 2 4 Quick Restore CD 1 5 16 Hardware Installation ...

Page 17: ...l the two outer slide rails to the rack The outer rails are marked FRONT and REAR On both sides of the rack align the rail holes with the holes in the rack and secure with thumbscrews 3 Attach the inner rails to the sides of the node Align the holes in the rail with the round tabs on the side of the node and secure with thumbscrews NOTE The inner rails are identical The word FRONT should face away...

Page 18: ...hrough 8 in sequential order Primary node connects to port 1 of Ethernet switch 1 SW1 via Ethernet cable NIC 3 6 Secondary nodes connects to the next available port on Ethernet switch 1 SW1 via Ethernet cable Cable secondary nodes to the switch ports 2 through 8 in sequential order Primary node connects to your system s external network via Ethernet cable NIC 1 7 Secondary nodes connects to your s...

Page 19: ...e rack leave the pre installed square hole pin in each rail Unscrew and re install the 10 32 screw on each rail to secure it to the rack For a round hole rack install the alternate round hole pins that are shipped with the kit to set the rails in the rack Install the alternate roundhole screws to secure the rails The round hole screws have a different shoulder than the square hole screws 4 Place a...

Page 20: ...ve them loose and towards the open edge of the post Attaching Rails to the Ethernet Switch 6600 24G 1 Align the rail with the switch The two holes at the front of the rail must align with the two holes at the front of the switch The bracket end of the rail is towards the front of the switch 2 Insert two of the pan head screws through the rail and into the switch at the front of the switch Tighten ...

Page 21: ...des of the rack to secure the switch rails to the mounting flanges 4 From the back of the rack on each side of the switch insert an M5 screw through the holes in the rail and into the holes in the rack 5 Tighten the M5 screws to secure the switch to the rack 6 Attach a power cable to the switch s power supply 7 Plug the power cable into an AC power source 8 Route the power cable through the left s...

Page 22: ...t cable from port 24 on switch 1 to port 24 of switch 2 2 Using Velcro secure the excess cable to the right side of the rack WARNING Do not connect cables to unused ports on Ethernet switch 1 or 2 Doing so could result in data loss 22 Hardware Installation ...

Page 23: ...secondary nodes nodes 1 through 3 1 On the secondary node connect to the serial port or use the keyboard and mouse ports to connect to a console 2 Power on the primary node and all previously installed secondary nodes of the VLS 3 Power on the secondary node being added to the VLS The node will then run cable checks and configuration checks and display the world wide part number WWPN After several...

Page 24: ...e HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide to do so now Presenting the LUNs NOTE If you have noted the list of WWPNs while performing the multi node setup see Configuring the Secondary Nodes 1 through 3 page 23 go directly to step 2 of the procedure below 1 Gather the device WWPNs a From Command View VLS select the System tab b From the Navigation Tree select Nodes then a specific node then Fib...

Page 25: ...E If a WWPN is not in the Port WW Name box there may be a zoning error After creating the host entries verify that your zoning is correctly configured Figure 3 Add a Host window e Click on Add Host f From the Storage tab navigation tree select the host you just added g Click on the Ports tab in the status pane h Click on Add port select one of the VLS Gateway WWPNs noted in the previous step from ...

Page 26: ... the other half of the disks This balances the data traffic across both A and B controllers For more information on data traffic balancing see Array Dual Pathing page 103 Figure 5 Vdisk Active Member Properties window e Click on Present then select the VLS Gateway host just created on the Present Vdisk screen on the status pane f Click on Present Vdisk g The Operation Succeeded message displays on...

Page 27: ... are properly assigned and that there are two data paths for each LUN a Open a Command View VLS session and log in as the administrator See Opening a Command View VLS Session from a Web Browser page 79 b In the Storage tab navigation tree select Storage LUNs c Under All select All Nodes in the Nodes dialog box then click View to display Storage LUN Details and Storage LUN Details Per Node Figure 6...

Page 28: ... configuration To unpresent a LUN 1 In Command View EVA Storage tab navigation tree select the EVA for the VLS Gateway storage system Virtual Disks the disk name that you want to present then ACTIVE under that disk 2 Select the Presentation tab for the ACTIVE Vdisk 3 Click on the Unpresent button 4 Select the disk to remove from the host Figure 7 page 28 Figure 7 Unpresent Host s window 5 Click on...

Page 29: ...w VLS Session from a Web Browser page 79 b In the Storage tab navigation tree select Storage Pools c From the task bar select Create Storage Pool The Create Storage Pool Wizard is displayed d Click Finish CREATE STORAGE POOL COMPLETED is displayed e Click Return f If you are creating a separate storage pool for each array repeat this process for each storage pool 2 Add the array LUNs to the storag...

Page 30: ...en select View for the All listing Destroying Storage Pools Command View VLS allows you to destroy a specific storage pool or all storage pools Systems with deduplication enabled must enter Maintenance Mode using Restart Emulations in Maintenance Mode from the task bar before destroying any storage pools Maintenance Mode reboots the system with deduplication disabled and the front fibre ports down...

Page 31: ...e select Storage Pools 3 If you wish to destroy all storage pools from the task bar select Destroy All Storage Pools The Confirm Destroy All Storage Pools screen is displayed 4 Select Next to destroy the pools Either recreate storage pools using the LUNs previously assigned to the destroyed pool s or delete them Installing Additional Licenses Your VLS system may require any of the following licens...

Page 32: ...mmand View VLS to obtain the VLS system serial number from the Identity tab 2 Locate the paper or email entitlement certificate for the licenses you purchased You selected the delivery method during the ordering process HP recommends purchasing electronic certificates over physical certificates for faster delivery and the convenience of not having to manage either file away or throw away confident...

Page 33: ... through the LAN WAN and uses the replication feature NOTE When a list of slots is displayed the message items found displaying 1 to 20 appears If there are more than 20 items found scroll through them using the arrows pointing right and left at the far right hand side at the top of the list Also in some cases only available slots or only slots containing tapes appear in the list NOTE For each pro...

Page 34: ...This ensures the device does not fill up its disk space with older cartridges See Creating an Echo Copy Pool page 40 to create a policy If virtual tapes are ejected by a backup application the matching destination tapes are also automatically ejected into the destination library mailslot when the copy operation is complete When an echo copy is ejected mailslot eject box is checked the echo copy is...

Page 35: ... is on the source During the user defined availability window this replication library migrates data to the destination library known as the LAN WAN replication target The following are two of many possible replication configurations Data center to data center Designate one VLS as the source and a second VLS as the destination Configure the destination VLS to present a LAN WAN replication target t...

Page 36: ... tapes rather than the network This tape initialization process is optional and must be enabled by the administrator when creating the echo copy pool The tape initialization process works very generally like this 1 Set up the LAN WAN replication target on the remote site 2 Set up an echo copy pool on the source site 3 Run a standard deduplication backup on the source site 4 Export the full backup ...

Page 37: ...SAN libraries than for LAN WAN libraries See Managing a SAN Library page 37 or Managing a LAN WAN Replication Library page 37 An unmanaged library is a library that is not recognized by and using automigration or replication The process for unmanaging destination libraries is the same for both SAN and LAN WAN libraries See Unmanaging a SAN or LAN WAN Library page 38 Managing a SAN Library To manag...

Page 38: ...ation target is now re managed with the source using the new password You can now create pools for the library and manage your data on the library using replication You can also unmanage the library at any time See Unmanaging a SAN or LAN WAN Library page 38 for instructions Unmanaging a SAN or LAN WAN Library Use one of the following two ways to unmanage a library Unmanage a library from the Dest...

Page 39: ...rary you will associate with this managed library 2 Create an echo copy pool between the virtual library and this managed library Any cartridges loaded or already present in the managed library will be automatically detected and matching virtual cartridges will be automatically created in the associated virtual library NOTE The automatic scanning of new cartridges can take a long time if all the t...

Page 40: ...ange shown 6 Select the local library where your echoed virtual cartridges will be placed from the Local Library list 7 Select the storage pool where your echoed virtual cartridges will be stored from the Storage Pool list 8 For LAN WAN echo copy pools select whether your replication is for deduplicated or non deduplicated backups 9 For LAN WAN echo copy pools select Initialize via Tape Transport ...

Page 41: ...e cartridge The system will size the source cartridge using the Source cartridge size limit or the sizing factor whichever value is the smallest Echo Copy on Source Cartridge Eject When the backup application ejects an out of sync virtual cartridge the matching destination cartridge will not be ejected until the copy is complete When the copy on eject option is not checked then the time to complet...

Page 42: ...tivities For LAN WAN destinations HP recommends that you allow mirror copies to run 24 hours a day unless there is a need to restrict the use of LAN WAN bandwidth during certain periods of the day 14 Select Add The window refreshes and the availability window you just added is moved to the Current Availability Windows section of the screen Repeat steps 12 through 14 for as many availability window...

Page 43: ...pplication To perform Load Media for Restore 1 Select the Automigration Replication tab 2 In the navigation tree expand Destination Libraries and then the library of interest 3 Select Mailslot to display the list of mailslots on that library 4 From the task bar select Load Media for Restore to open the Load Media for Restore screen 5 From the drop down box select the copy pool you want to load the...

Page 44: ...ep 10 To assign the destination slots manually continue to the next step If the Destination Slot Number for each mailslot displays None the copy pool you selected is full Select another copy pool and the Destination Slot Number column will show the automatic assignment 7 Click Clear All to clear the automatic assignments 8 Hover over the first Select Slot link to display a list of the available de...

Page 45: ...d tape when a drive becomes available The amount of time this takes varies depending on how busy the destination library is After scanning the tape header it will automatically create a matching virtual cartridge if one does not already exist in the source virtual library defined for this echo copy pool that is blank except for the header written at the beginning of the tape NOTE Because no data h...

Page 46: ...herefore if you have modified the physical tape while it was outside of the library then it is now out of sync with the virtual tape in the firesafe If you want to keep these modifications to the physical tape you will need to ensure that the data is copied to the virtual tape Either manually delete the virtual tape from the firesafe or perform a Load Media for Restore This forces the system to re...

Page 47: ...ocedure and select slots within an available range Changing the Number of Drives in a Smart Copy Pool When there are not enough drives in a smart copy pool add more To change the number of drives in a smart copy pool 1 Select the Automigration Replication tab and expand the task bar of the navigation tree 2 Under Destination Libraries select Copy Pools 3 From the SMART COPY POOLS table select the ...

Page 48: ...select Copy Pools 3 From the Name column in the copy pools lists select the copy pool to be moved 4 From the Copy Pool Details window task bar select Change Local Library 5 From the CHANGE LOCAL LIBRARY window verify the current local library on which the pool resides 6 Select the new local library then select Submit The Echo Copy Pool Details window displays along with the message The local libra...

Page 49: ...rt and End slots 5 Select Submit If the change is successful the copy pool details window displays including the message The slot map was successfully changed If the start and or end slot is outside the available range the EDIT SLOT MAP window refreshes and displays The start and end slot define an invalid range 6 If the slot map is not changed due to a slot range error repeat this procedure and s...

Page 50: ...the appropriate fields 5 Select Submit If the change is successful the copy pool details window displays including the message The slot map was successfully changed Editing the SAN or LAN WAN Policy 1 Select Copy Pools in the appropriate library from the navigation tree 2 Select the appropriate copy pool to open the Echo Copy Details screen 3 In the task bar select Edit Policy 4 Make the appropria...

Page 51: ...ppropriate on some screens under the Automigration Replication tab To monitor the automigration status of a destination library 1 Select the Automigration Replication tab 2 In the navigation tree select the destination library to view This opens the Destination Library Details screen This screen displays the state of the destination library For SAN automigration libraries the options are Good Degr...

Page 52: ...cheduled Mirroring from the target cartridge to the source cartridge Echo Copy Mirroring A problem was encountered mirroring the cartridge Echo Copy Mirror Broken Mirroring from the source cartridge to the target cartridge Echo Copy Restoring Ejecting the target cartridge and about to put the source cartridge into the firesafe Echo Copy Eject Pending About to eject the target cartridge and then pu...

Page 53: ...cal library Tape Export Full Tape Tape contains export data and has been ejected This tape should be included in the collection to be sent to the target site Tape Export Unloaded Full Tape Tape that contains data that will be imported when the tape operator moves it into an Import pool slot Signal to tape operator to load this tape into the physical library Tape Export Waiting for Load Tape in an ...

Page 54: ...ble for SAN automigration libraries Copy Pool Details Select Copy Pools from the expanded destination library list to view both Echo Copy and Smart Copy pools The screen displays the priority local library storage pools slot maps and policy windows for each copy pool Select a copy pool from the list to see more details and to access further actions Import Export Pool Details Select Import Export P...

Page 55: ...ine for automigration or replication jobs only Place the library online to resume scheduled automigration or replication 1 From the navigation tree under Destination Libraries select the library to place online 2 From the task bar select Online A dialog box opens to confirm the selection and warn that placing the library online will allow jobs to resume 3 Select OK from the dialog box The Destinat...

Page 56: ... queue and the system will wait to eject the media until after the copy is complete Scheduling the copy requires that you wait for the copy to complete before moving another tape into the slot Although a status message may display indicating that the copy has begun it may still be in the queue 8 Click Eject The Move Media History screen displays the current status of the eject The possible status ...

Page 57: ...he management URL is accepted the Destination Library Details screen refreshes and displays the message The management URL was successfully changed If not the Edit Management URL screen refreshes and displays the error message Please enter a valid management URL 4 If the URL is not changed repeat this procedure using a valid URL After the Management URL has been successfully added it creates a lin...

Page 58: ... the appropriate library offline see Placing a Library Offline or Online page 55 2 Select the appropriate drive from the navigation tree under Destination Libraries and the library containing the drive 3 From the task bar in the TAPE DRIVE DETAILS window select Support Ticket A dialog box displays to confirm the selection 4 From the dialog box select OK The screen refreshes and displays the messag...

Page 59: ... for Tape Initialization NOTE Before beginning the export process verify that the physical tape library exporting the data uses the same number of barcode characters as the physical tape library that will import the data If the barcodes do not match exactly the import process will not work See your tape library user manuals for information on checking and configuring the number of barcode characte...

Page 60: ... Exporting Data to Physical tapes for Tape Initialization page 59 2 On the target site open the Automigration Replication tab and select Import Tapes from the navigation tree 3 Select the export pool you want to import 4 From the Local Library list select the physical library from which to copy the tapes 5 Enter the start and end slots from the available slot range 6 Select Submit 7 Select Import ...

Page 61: ...ick the Pause Job icon in the Action column The job pauses and the Pause Job icon is replaced by the Resume Job icon When you are ready click the Resume Job icon and the job will continue where it left off You can cancel all job types at any point by clicking the Cancel Job icon in the Action column NOTE When a replication library goes offline all active mirror jobs pause When the replication libr...

Page 62: ... your network supports In this case the behavior is the same as if the Maximum TCP IP Bandwidth is set to Unlimited 10 Select a Compress option from the pull down field The options are Global Setting Yes compression is on and No compression is off See Setting the Global LAN WAN Replication Target Configuration page 63 to set the global default 1 1 Enter a registration password and then retype it i...

Page 63: ...lication targets is on Yes or off No by default If your network has a WAN accelerator that performs compression installed between the source VLS and the target VLS setting this to No will usually speed up data transfers during replication 5 Enter a new port number for unencrypted data transfer only if you need to change it from the default Your firewall may require that the data transfer use a dif...

Page 64: ... LAN WAN Library screen Enter the same password you just created for the target Clearing the Source VLS from the LAN WAN Replication Target You may want to clear the connection between a source library and its LAN WAN replication target in order to use the target with a different source library The target library maintains all of its default settings in the change On the destination library 1 Sele...

Page 65: ...ges that are ready for copy but have not started for example because the system does not have enough resources available or because they are waiting for the dependent cartridges to replicate Paused contains cartridges that have been paused Waiting for policy window contains cartridges that are waiting for the policy window to open for replication to begin Mirror Active contains cartridges that are...

Page 66: ...of the cartridge which lists the important events operations and state transitions by selecting View Log in the task bar The list displays the most recent activity first To download the entire log file select Export Log File from the task bar Configuring the Cartridge Status To configure the cartridge status Summary of all Cartridges Managed by Automigration Replication screen 1 Select the Automig...

Page 67: ...rmat export file You can also create a pre defined custom view based on the locations you choose 1 Select a location category 2 Select the specific locations of interest from the Available Locations box You can select multiple devices by using Ctrl click 3 Using the button or by double clicking move the locations of interest into the Selected Locations box These are the locations that will display...

Page 68: ...here does not affect the default number set on the Configuration screen 5 Select a new location type the default is Both You can change the report to include only the jobs where the selected devices acted as Target the selected device receives the data Source the selected device sends the data 6 Select Update The job history table and performance graph update to include jobs based on the new crite...

Page 69: ...figuration Summary 3 Select GUI Configuration from the expanded list 4 In the Default Number of Rows in Slot Cartridge Table box enter the number of table rows you want to display on the slot and cartridge summary screens Changing the number of rows to display from the actual display screens does not change the default value added here 5 In the Default Number of Rows in Job box enter the number of...

Page 70: ...e is performed on the fly Using meta data attached by the backup application data grooming maps the content or objects of the backup and assembles a content database This process has minimal performance impact 2 After the scheduled backups have completed the content database is used to delta difference compare objects in current and previous backups from the same hosts There are different levels o...

Page 71: ... deduplication licenses the VLS automatically reboots When the system is back up it first checks the standard capacity licenses and then the deduplication licenses Once the deduplication licenses are verified the deduplication feature is automatically enabled for all supported backup types No further setup is required When the next backup begins the deduplication process begins mapping the content...

Page 72: ...iting the Data Protector Configuration Data Protector adds one suffix to the backup job names of full backups and a different suffix to the backup job names of incremental backups Because the job names are not identical full backups will not deduplicate against incremental backups However you can set up deduplication to strip off the suffixes so the two types of jobs will deduplicate From Command ...

Page 73: ...d and display in the report 3 Select View Backups The screen displays a list of backup jobs meeting the set criteria and includes the following information State the state of the backup job see below Backup Name Policy Backup Time Type Dedupe Ratio Estimate the estimated deduplication ratio based on the Logical Size divided by Physical Size Estimate 4 From the results list select a backup name to ...

Page 74: ...e to large scale modification In the detailed Backup and Cartridge reports the Dedupe Ratio Estimate represents the overall compression ratio including both deduplication and compression of that backup cartridge based on the amount of logical backup data stored versus the amount of physical disk space used If the backup job status is Waiting for next backup Delta diff in Progress or Pending Reclam...

Page 75: ...match the status shown in the following table a component needs attention Figure 10 VLS12200 node LED status during normal operation Status Description Item LED is green Internal health LED 1 LED is green External health LED power supply 2 LED is green if primary node LED is off if secondary node NIC 1 link LED 3 LED is green NIC 2 link LED 4 LED is green Power supply LEDs 5 6 Rebooting the system...

Page 76: ...entering shutdownSystem The primary node will report when it has powered down Amber system power LEDs indicate that nodes are in standby mode 3 Press the Power On Standby button on any nodes not in standby mode Amber system power LEDs indicate that nodes are in standby mode 4 If removing the access panel from a node a Wait until the VLS has completed its shutdown operation then press the UID LED b...

Page 77: ...anel from a node a Go to the back of the rack and locate the node by identifying the illuminated rear UID LED button b Unplug the node AC power cords from the power source The node is now without power Powering Off the System 77 ...

Page 78: ...l User Interfaces page 81 10 100 1000 BaseT Ethernet port configured with Secure shell client such as PuTTY network attached to the VLS node 0 Secure shell ssh an appropriate IP address subnet mask and gateway Can login as Administrator only See Secure Shell and Serial User Interfaces page 81 Only one serial connection at a time is permissible Null modem cable attached to the VLS node 0 and Serial...

Page 79: ...d on all windows Description Item status banner 1 task bar 2 status pane 3 notifications pane 4 navigation tree 5 NOTE You can enlarge or reduce any region on the window To change the size of a region position your cursor on the border of a pane and press the left mouse button while simultaneously dragging the border Opening a Command View VLS Session from a Web Browser NOTE Before you can open a ...

Page 80: ...ge management privileges 5 Enter the appropriate password in the Password box for the username entered The default administrator password is admin The default user password is guest The password is case sensitive 6 Click Login Installing the SSL Certificate into your Web Browser The first time you open a Command View VLS session and the first time you open a Command View VLS session after changing...

Page 81: ...ion tree 2 Under Maintenance Tasks select System Maintenance 3 Click Restart Command View VLS in the task bar The Restart Command View VLS window opens 4 Click Restart to confirm Closing a Command View VLS Session To close a Command View VLS session click Logout in the status banner or simply close the web browser Secure Shell and Serial User Interfaces The secure shell user interface provides rem...

Page 82: ...e shell session to the VLS using a secure shell program such as PuTTY or by entering ssh fully qualified VLS name and then press Enter 2 At the Login as prompt enter administrator and then press Enter 3 At the Password prompt enter the administrator password and then press Enter The default administrator password is admin Closing a Secure Shell Session To close a secure shell session enter logout ...

Page 83: ...etwork settings of configured devices The utility can also be used to remove LUNs from the user interface after one or more LUNs are no longer configured or have been removed from the VLS NOTE The VLS discovery utility can only be used to change the network settings on a VLS with no IP address Once a VLS has an IP address either through the DHCP or the VLS discovery utility its network settings ca...

Page 84: ...se of the VLS the UID LED button on the VLS node illuminates 4 Select the VLS from the list of devices and click Configure The Device Configuration window opens Figure 12 page 84 Figure 12 VLS discovery utility Device Configuration window 5 Leave the default host name or enter a new host name in the Host Name box The default VLS host name is VLS VLS serial number The host name cannot contain space...

Page 85: ... the network settings using the CLI command set 1 Open a serial session and log in to the administrator account See Opening a Serial Session page 82 2 To see the current configuration settings at the prompt enter showConfig 3 Set each desired configuration value by entering setConfigValue tag value where tag can be any of the following Description Tag Host name such as vlsexamp unqualified host DN...

Page 86: ...or Fully qualified host name or host name and DNS domain name separately DNS server address IP address gateway and netmask To set the network settings using Command View VLS 1 Click the System tab 2 Select Chassis in the navigation tree 3 Select Set Network Configuration under Maintenance Tasks 4 Current network configuration NTP settings and time zone settings are displayed Modify these as needed...

Page 87: ... the Email Administrator link on the Login window Users can click this link to send an E mail to the administrator when they need help or are unable to log in to Command View VLS 10 Enter the warranty serial number in the Warranty Serial Number dialog box This is displayed on the Identity tab and is saved and restored as part of the VLS device configuration 1 1 Click Apply Settings Editing the Def...

Page 88: ... 4 4 Gb per second 8 When you are finished configuring the Fibre Channel ports click Apply Settings 9 Restart the VLS device emulations to make the changes take effect See Restarting VLS Device Emulations page 109 Managing Oversubscription Because the VLS dynamically allocates storage space as data is written to virtual media the VLS allows you to allocate more cartridge capacity than is physicall...

Page 89: ...rites from the backup application resume automatically However if you reduce the capacity consumed to less than 98 but still above the threshold you can manually resume writes by selecting Enable Writes now visible from the task bar of the Chassis status screen When the storage capacity consumed exceeds the user defined threshold the system Displays warnings on the Notifications screen Sends email...

Page 90: ... host ports if your backup solution supports this Default LUN Numbering The VLS automatically assigns a logical unit number LUN to each virtual library and tape drive created on the VLS in the order in which they are created by you starting with LUN0 and increasing incrementally by one as each new virtual library or tape drive is created on an Fibre Channel host port LUN1 LUN2 and so on The first ...

Page 91: ...only see up to eight LUNs per Fibre Channel host port the host will not be able to see the virtual devices numbered LUN8 LUN9 and up Suppose that you need the host to see LUN0 through LUN5 LUN8 and LUN9 You can enable LUN mapping thereby hiding all of the LUNs from the host Then you can map LUN0 through LUN5 LUN8 and LUN9 to the host The VLS will automatically renumber the mapped LUNs so that LUNs...

Page 92: ...ng in the navigation tree 4 Select Device View The Device View window displays all of the devices that have been mapped to a host Figure 15 page 92 Figure 15 LUN Mapping Device View window 5 Select a library from the Choose a Library list to view its mapped devices The window refreshes to show the appropriate list 6 Use the View By list to narrow the list of devices based on the node 7 Select the ...

Page 93: ...based on the node 7 Select the devices to map in the field at the bottom of the window These devices are currently not mapped to the viewed host You can select multiple devices using Ctrl click 8 Select GO next to Map devices The window refreshes and the newly mapped devices appear in the list These devices are now visible to the host To unmap LUNs by host 1 Navigate to the Host View window See th...

Page 94: ... was added successfully The new host WWPN is listed with the others To rename or newly assign a host name alias to a host WWPN 1 Open the Host Setup window 2 Select the hosts to rename 3 Enter the new hostname in the Hostname box for each selected host 4 Select Rename Hosts The window refreshes and displays a message indicating the hosts were renamed successfully The new names are visible in the b...

Page 95: ...mber for that device for a specified host applies to both device paths Follow the operating system LUN requirements see Operating System LUN Requirements and Restrictions page 90 when configuring the paths Creating a Virtual Library Before creating a virtual library you must first Determine the best way to manage VLS virtual library and tape drive LUNs for your environment see Managing Virtual Dev...

Page 96: ...derscores no blank spaces 8 Enter the maximum number of cartridge slots that may be added to the library in the Maximum Slots box The default values in the Maximum Slots box is based on the physical tape library you selected CAUTION Changing the defaults can have unpredictable results if your backup application expects a certain number of slots in a specific library type 9 Enter the maximum number...

Page 97: ...e task bar 6 On the Library Parameters screen change the values as appropriate You can change the maximum number of slots maximum number of ports and maximum number of drives 7 Select Next Step The screen displays a confirmation 8 Select Yes to continue The screen displays a success message Creating Tape Drives NOTE If you add a virtual tape drive to a library after another library has been create...

Page 98: ...host port and node on which to present the tape drives in the Port Mapping box Only one port or port pair may be selected 5 Click Next Step The next Tape Drive Parameters window opens Figure 20 page 98 Figure 20 Create Virtual Library Wizard window 6 of 12 6 Enter the number of tape drives you want to create in the library at this time in the Tape Drives box if different from the default value You...

Page 99: ...tridges and proceed to Creating Cartridges page 99 To exit the wizard click Cancel At this point the library and tape drives have been created but the library does not contain any cartridges You can add cartridges later Creating Cartridges To add cartridges to a virtual library 1 If you are already in the Create Library Wizard window select Create Cartridges The Cartridge Parameters window opens F...

Page 100: ...sical cartridge to emulate Figure 22 page 100 7 Click Next Step Figure 22 Create Virtual Library Wizard window 9 of 12 8 Enter the number of cartridges and the cartridge size in the appropriate boxes Figure 23 page 101 The default number of cartridges is based on the maximum number of slots configured for the virtual library The default cartridge size is based on the actual size of the type of car...

Page 101: ...operating systems will ignore cannot access any virtual devices with LUN numbers that follow a gap in the LUN numbering on an Fibre Channel host port NOTE You cannot destroy a library that is currently being accessed by a backup application When a virtual library is destroyed all the tape drives associated with the library are also destroyed The cartridges in the virtual library however are not de...

Page 102: ...ing systems will ignore cannot access any virtual devices with LUN numbers that follow a gap in the LUN numbering on an Fibre Channel host port NOTE You cannot destroy a tape drive that is currently being used by a backup application To destroy a tape drive from Command View VLS 1 Click the System tab 2 Select the tape drive in the navigation tree The tape drive details window opens 3 Click Destro...

Page 103: ...wed the setup recommendations in the HP StorageWorks VLS and D2D Solutions Guide and the installation instructions in this guide each node on the VLS is connected to two fabrics zones which are each connected to the arrays by two or more paths This assures that the VLS can establish two paths per LUN each path on a separate fabric zone Load Balancing For load balancing the VLS system half of the d...

Page 104: ...ct Fix Primary Paths from the task bar to display the Fix Primary Paths Wizard 6 Select Apply to set all paths back to their primary paths Failure of both paths double path failure is indicated by the red critical icon and a specific notification message The notification message differs based on whether the failure occurs while running or upon booting the system A double path failure that occurs w...

Page 105: ...ath is through the USB LAN cable and is identified as eth2 in the error notification If the LAN switch associated with the USB LAN cable fails the Notifications tab will display all eth2 failures If both paths fail the critical alert will identify bond 0 as the combined failed path If both paths from the private LAN to a secondary node fails the node is off line but if both paths to a primary node...

Page 106: ...t the number of cartridges to display from the menu beside the category of cartridges you wish to move The options are 10 50 100 default 500 or 1024 cartridges 4 Click View beside the category The cartridges parameters window opens 5 From the Cartridges Parameters window select the Select box next to each cartridge that you want to edit 6 Select the desired access from the Access box 7 Click Updat...

Page 107: ...dges at a time from the VLS The delete cartridge operation removes the specified cartridges from the VLS freeing the storage space previously consumed by those cartridges for new data For more security you can use the licensed Secure Erasure feature Secure Erasure provides guaranteed erasure of information on virtual tape cartridges You must purchase a separate license for this feature You can sch...

Page 108: ...tion is complete a success message appears 5 Click Finish to exit the wizard and return to the Cartridge Details screen When Secure Erase has completed on the cartridges an alert notification appears on the Notifications screen Unloading a Cartridge from a Drive If a tape becomes stuck in a drive and cannot be removed using the backup application unload the tape using Command View VLS 1 Select the...

Page 109: ...Add to add the new barcode template f To add another barcode template repeat these steps Freeing up Storage Space Storage space can be freed up by erasing the data on or destroying virtual media that is no longer used such as Cartridges that are no longer used by a backup application Cartridges that have been moved to the Firesafe that are no longer needed Use the backup application to erase data ...

Page 110: ...e drives back into the appropriate slots use Force Unload from the task bar visible when you select the tape drive from the navigation tree To restart the VLS device emulations from Command View VLS 1 Click the System tab 2 Select Chassis in the navigation tree 3 Select System Maintenance under Maintenance Tasks 4 Select Restart Emulations in the task bar The Restart Emulations window opens 5 Clic...

Page 111: ...ary configuration and the VLS network settings to an external configuration file so they can be restored in the event of a disaster To save your virtual library configuration and the VLS network settings to an external configuration file from Command View VLS 1 Click the System tab 2 Select Chassis in the navigation tree 3 Select Save Config under Maintenance Tasks The Save Configuration window op...

Page 112: ...lement within the component has failed red or is operating outside its normal range yellow To view the status information for a VLS hardware component or virtual device from Command View VLS 1 Click the System tab 2 Click the object in the navigation tree that represents the hardware component or virtual device that you want to view The status information for the object selected and its subobjects...

Page 113: ...nt objects of that component For example if the icon is displayed by Fibre Channel in the navigation tree it will also be displayed by its parent objects for example Node 0 Nodes and Chassis Figure 25 Navigation tree icon Notification Alerts If a VLS hardware component or an environmental condition degrades or fails the VLS generates a notification alert Notification alerts are displayed on Comman...

Page 114: ...tion about that notification alert To delete notification alerts 1 Click the Notifications tab The Notifications window displays 2 Select the boxes next to the notification alerts that you want to delete 3 Click Delete Selected The notification alerts are deleted from the Notification window and can no longer be viewed E mail Notification To receive VLS notification alerts by e mail you must edit ...

Page 115: ...ndow opens Figure 27 page 115 Figure 27 Edit Email Settings window 4 To add an email address a Enter an email address in the Email Address box b Select the chassis you want to monitor in the Chassis box c Select the type of notification alerts to send in the Alerts box All Sends all notifications Errors Sends only errors Warnings Sends only warnings None Sends no notifications d Select a notificat...

Page 116: ...the Notifications tab The Notifications window displays 2 Click Edit SNMP Setting in the task bar The Edit SNMP Settings window opens Figure 28 page 116 Figure 28 Edit SNMP Settings window 3 To add management consoles a Enter the host name of a management console that you want to receive VLS SNMP traps in the Hostname box b Enter the string name that is passed with the set to get commands from the...

Page 117: ... 1 From the Notifications tab task bar select Get SMI S users The SMI S Users screen displays listing Read Only Users and Read Write Users 2 Under the user s name select enable The SMIS Users screen refreshes and displays the message The Read Write or Read Only User was successfully enabled The enable button for that user is replaced by the disable button To change a user s password 1 From the Not...

Page 118: ...rements from a storage pool perspective Accessing the Capacity Manager To access the Capacity Manager screens with different capacity usage views 1 Log into Command View VLS 2 From the side bar Navigation Tree select Capacity to display the System Capacity screen Figure 29 System Capacity Screen 3 Expand the navigation tree to display the usage view options The Statistical Graph provides informati...

Page 119: ...ysical storage currently available for additional backup data This is the total Usable Capacity less the Used Capacity Available Capacity The ratio of Logical Data to Used Capacity Ratio Storage Pool View To navigate to the Storage Pools link On the navigation tree select System Chassis Capacity Storage Pools The Storage Allocation by Pool screen displays the statistical graph that depicts all the...

Page 120: ...Capacity The ratio of Logical Data to Used Capacity Ratio Viewing Additional Information about a Storage Pool To view additional capacity information for a particular storage pool On the Storage Allocation by Pool screen click the Storage Pool name field The Storage Pool Capacity screen displays the over all capacity information for the selected storage pool and a graphical representation showing ...

Page 121: ...pacity table lists the following capacity values Table 7 Libraries Capacity Table The name of the library or FireSafe in the storage pool n Library Total storage capacity allocated to the Library This is the product of the number and size of the cartridges in the Library This value might be oversubscribed Allocated Capacity The size of all backup data currently retained and visible to the backup a...

Page 122: ...ogical Data to Used Capacity Ratio If there are cartridges in this library a table listing the cartridge capacity information is displayed You may need to scroll down to view additional capacity information The Cartridges Capacity table lists the following capacity values Table 9 Cartridges Capacity Table The barcode of the cartridges in the library The barcode name is a link to display the capaci...

Page 123: ...ed in the cartridge Used Capacity The ratio of Logical Data to Used Capacity Ratio If there are backups on this cartridge a table listing the backup information is displayed You may need to scroll down to view additional capacity information The Cartridge Backup Capacity table lists the following capacity values Table 1 1 Cartridge Backup Capacity Table The current deduplication state of the backu...

Page 124: ...rently retained and visible to the backup application Logical Data The physical storage used for data whether or not it is deduplicated Used Capacity The physical storage currently available for additional backup data This is the total Allocated Capacity less the Used Capacity Available Capacity The ratio of Logical Data to Used Capacity Ratio See Viewing Additional Information about a Library pag...

Page 125: ...SV file format see Exporting CSV Data You can also set up automated reports that the system emails to you on a regular basis see Receiving Automated Reports page 131 To view and configure VLS performance storage use and SAN health reports 1 From the System tab select Chassis at the top of the navigation tree 2 From the Tasks displayed at the top of the main window select Reporting The reporting ta...

Page 126: ...See Current Status Tab page 125 SAN Health Tab and Notifications For the SAN Health tab you can customize The number of SRRs Sequence Retransmission Requests for an item above which a notification is generated The number of SRRs for an item below which the item does not display in the report The number of Aborts for an item above which a notification is generated The number of Aborts for an item b...

Page 127: ...y select one of the following Nodes Pre defined Views and then select a view from the list Determine the duration of the data reported in the graphs Valid entries are whole numbers between one and 15 NOTE The longer the duration you select or the more nodes or devices your system has the longer it may take to generate a report To export the CSV data enter the number of days to include in the repor...

Page 128: ...raphs For example for two days of data the graphs will show one data point for every two hours while for seven days of data the graphs will show one data point for every seven hours 2 In some cases there are more data points than the graphs can display You must select how the system chooses which data point to use for each time period displayed For example if you show four days of data the graphs ...

Page 129: ...terest into the Selected Locations box These are the locations that will display in the report You can use the button to remove locations from the Selected Locations box 4 Select another location category and repeat steps 2 and 3 5 Select Update Graph The graph updates to reflect the information you chose You can also create a pre defined custom view based on the locations you choose 1 Follow step...

Page 130: ...an edit the notification alerts for specific libraries and for the entire VLS system on this screen See Editing the Notification Alerts page 131 Running a Workload Assessment Simulation 1 Select the library of interest 2 Select Assess Workload 3 On the pop up window select OK to use a template or Cancel to enter all of the criteria values 4 If you opted to use a template select the template and th...

Page 131: ...tifications for System ratio the logical data to used capacity Deduplication ratio the logical size to physical size Logical capacity usage the total amount of data written by the backup application Replication traffic the total replication data transferring across the LAN WAN Physical capacity usage the total physical disk space used Performance of the library the overall performance of the libra...

Page 132: ...port was generated Performance History includes performance data for all the applicable devices for each day in the reporting period See Performance History page 127 for a description of the CSV fields SAN Health History includes information on the errors encountered on all the locations in the SAN including the number of service retry requests SRR and aborts Replication Data for ISV Import sends ...

Page 133: ...ou can view the current diagnostic VLS trace log files for troubleshooting purposes You can also save one or more of the trace log files to external text files or to a single zip file to create a support ticket Viewing Trace Log Files You can view the current diagnostic VLS trace log files From Command View VLS 1 Click the System tab 2 Select Chassis in the navigation tree 3 Click Log Viewer under...

Page 134: ...e versions of Internet Explorer will not download support tickets with a file size greater than 2 GB VLS systems that are large or have been running a long time may generate larger support tickets If you try to create a support ticket in Internet Explorer and it displays a blank page use another browser such as Firefox Firefox will download larger support tickets but may have a delay of several mi...

Page 135: ...g is preceded by a The argument is separated from the option tag by a space If an argument contains a space it must be enclosed by either two single quotes or two double quotes If there is no argument after an option tag the option is a switch An after an argument means the argument including its option tag can be repeated A between a compound argument means one or the other argument CLI only Comm...

Page 136: ... the CLI commands in CLI network settings configuration commands to configure the VLS network settings via a serial session See Opening a Serial Session page 82 Changing the network configuration parameters modifies four system files etc hosts etc sysconfig network etc resolv conf etc sysconfig network scrips ifcfg eth1 Table 16 CLI Network Settings Configuration Commands Description Command Lists...

Page 137: ...uration changes made using setConfigValue do not take effect until committed using the commitConfig command Configuration Commands Use the CLI commands in CLI configuration commands to Edit the Fibre Channel host port settings Enable oversubscription and view oversubscription settings View LUN mapping Create view and destroy virtual libraries tape drives or cartridges Add view or remove barcode te...

Page 138: ... optional n n Maximum number of tape drives required p s Product spaces allowed MSL6000 required pm n FC port to which this library is mapped 0 1 required pt n Maximum number of input export ports required r s Revision 0430 required sl n Maximum number of cartridge slots required t s Library type name required v s Vendor HP required y n Library type to emulate 2051 required h Displays command usag...

Page 139: ...on optional Returns the R W statistics of the specified tape drives getTapeDriveStats Returns the R W statistics of all existing tape drives getAllTapeDriveStats Deletes the specified tape drive from the VLS Where the options are a n Node number on which the tape drive resides 0 to 3 optional destroyTapeDrive f Force This parameter is ignored and is present only for backward compatibility optional...

Page 140: ...artridges for the slots available That is if your library has 100 slots createCartridge and you specify 125 total cartridges this command creates 100 cartridges Likewise if 50 cartridges were already created for this library this command would create only 50 more cartridges even though 125 are specified by the command Where the options are a s Cartridge name DLT required b s Barcode prefix require...

Page 141: ...ist of the storage LUNs on the VLS List includes the storage LUN name IP address storage pool number number in storage pool and so on for each LUN getStorageLuns Returns a list of the storage LUNs in the disk array Where the options are a s Disk array IP address required getStorageLunsByArray h Displays command usage information optional Returns a list of the storage LUNs on the storage pool Where...

Page 142: ...e for the virtual serial numbers Upgrading to VLS firmware version 3 3 0 cause the colons in serial numbers to change to periods m s Compatibility mode s e t T a p e S e r i a l C o m p a t i b i l i t y M o d e Standard default keeps change of using periods instead of colons Legacy changes periods to back to colons Returns the firmware version compatibility mode for the WWNNs getWwnnCompatibility...

Page 143: ... Write protect 0 read write or 1 read only optional y n Cartridge emulation type 2 3 required h Displays command usage information optional Restarts the VLS device emulations restartEmulations Restarts Command View VLS restartCommandViewVLS Shuts down and restarts the VLS node restartSystem Shuts down the VLS node so it can be powered off shutdownSystem Shuts down the VLS node so it can be powered...

Page 144: ... Where the options are deleteNotifications id s ID number of notification to delete required h Displays command usage information optional Specifies an E mail server with an SMTP gateway to route notification alerts from the VLS Where the options are a s E mail server address required addEmailServer c s node IP address required s s Sender email address optional h Displays command usage information...

Page 145: ...nt console to receive SNMP traps from the VLS Where the options are a s SNMP server IP address required addSnmpServer c s VLS node IP address required m s Community Public required v s Trap version required s n Severity 1 Error 2 Warning 4 Info or 8 Unknown required h Displays command usage information optional Returns the SNMP management console configuration settings for notification alerts getS...

Page 146: ...nks or flashes per second VLS Node Components LEDs and Buttons This section identifies and describes the front and rear panel components LEDs and buttons of the VLS nodes Front Panel Components Description Item Hard drive 5 1 Hard drive 6 2 DVD tray hard drives 7 and 8 3 HP Systems Insight Display 4 Front USB connector 5 Video connector 6 Hard drive 4 7 Hard drive 3 8 Hard drive 2 9 Hard drive 1 1...

Page 147: ...y the component in a critical state see HP Systems Insight Display LEDs and Internal Health LED Combinations Off System health is normal when in standby mode Green System is on Power On Standby button and system power LED 3 Amber System is in standby but power is still applied Off Power cord is not attached power supply failure has occurred no power supplies are installed facility power is not ava...

Page 148: ...rnal power Rear Panel LEDs and Buttons Status Description Item Green Activity exists 10 100 1000 NIC ctivity LED 1 Flashing green Activity exists Off No activity exists Green Link exists 10 100 1000 NIC link LED 2 Off No link exists Green Activity exists iLO 3 NIC activity LED 3 Flashing green Activity exists Off No activity exists Green Link exists iLO 3 NIC link LED 4 Off No link exists Blue Ide...

Page 149: ...TA DVD ROM drive connector 4 SAS cache module connector 5 Power button connector 6 Hard drive data connector 1 drives 1 4 7 Hard drive data connector 2 drives 5 8 8 Processor 1 DIMM slots 9 9 Fan module 4 connector 10 Processor socket 1 populated 1 1 Fan module 3 connector 12 Fan module 2 connector 13 Processor socket 2 14 Fan module 1 connector 15 Processor 2 DIMM slots 9 16 SD card slot 17 Inter...

Page 150: ...PCIe riser board connectors 2 26 Accessing the HP Systems Insight Display To eject the HP Systems Insight Display 1 Press and release the display 2 Extend the display from the chassis The display can be rotated up to 90 degrees HP Systems Insight Display and LEDs The display provides status for all internal LEDs and enables diagnosis with the access panel installed 150 Component Identification ...

Page 151: ...n Network link and activity exist Off No link to network exists If power is off the front panel LED is not active For status see Rear Panel LEDs and Buttons Green AMP mode enabled AMP status 2 Amber Failover Flashing amber Invalid configuration Off AMP mode disabled Amber Failure All other LEDs Off Normal For possible failure causes seeHP Systems Insight Display LEDs and Internal Health LED Combin...

Page 152: ...M in slot X is in a pre failure condition Green Amber The Health Driver has detected a cautionary temperature level Green Amber Overtemperature amber The server has detected a hardware critical temperature level Green Red The PCI riser board assembly is not seated properly Green Red Interlock amber One fan is failed or removed Green Amber Fan amber Two or more fans have failed or are removed Green...

Page 153: ...hooting is required Test each bank of DIMMs by removing all other DIMMs Isolate the failed DIMM by replacing each DIMM in a bank with a known working DIMM Hard Drive LEDs Description Item Fault UID LED amber blue 1 Online LED green 2 VLS Node Components LEDs and Buttons 153 ...

Page 154: ...wrist strap connected to the work surface and properly grounded earthed tools and equipment Keep work area free of non conductive materials such as ordinary plastic assembly aids and foam packing Place parts on a grounded surface before removing them from their containers Always be properly grounded when touching a static sensitive component or assembly Avoid touching pins leads or circuitry Groun...

Page 155: ...rd party rack cabinet use the locking feature of the rack rails to support the node and gain access to internal components For more information about telco rack solutions see the RackSolutions com web site http www racksolutions com hp If you must remove a non hot plug component from the node power off the system See Powering Off the System Remove the node from the rack See Removing a VLS Node fro...

Page 156: ... Electrostatic discharge can damage electronic components Properly ground yourself before beginning any installation procedure 1 Power off the node See Powering Off the System 2 Extend the node from the rack See Extending a VLS Node from the Rack 3 Lift up on the hood latch handle which slides the panel toward the rear of the unit 4 Lift up the panel to remove it Installing the VLS Node Access Pan...

Page 157: ...ent pull out the latch handle 2 out as far as it can go and slide the drive into the bay until the latch mechanism engages the chassis Then firmly push in the latch handle to lock the drive in the drive bay Figure 39 Preparing the Node Hard Drive Figure 40 Installing the Node Hard Drive VLS Node Component Replacement 157 ...

Page 158: ...tor button for the CD ROM drive is recessed to prevent accidental ejection it may be helpful to use a small flat blunt object such as a key or pen to push the ejector button 2 Press the ejector button in firmly until the DVD CD drive ejects 1 3 Pull the DVD CD drive out of the node 2 To replace the component 1 Carefully align the connector on the rear of the drive with the connector on the DVD CD ...

Page 159: ...wer supply from the node To replace the component WARNING To reduce the risk of electric shock or damage to the equipment do not connect the power cord to the power supply until the power supply is installed 1 Remove the protective cover from the connector pins on the power supply 2 Slide the power supply into the bay until it clicks 3 Use the strain relief clip to secure the power cord 4 Connect ...

Page 160: ...ating the node without the access panel results in improper airflow and improper cooling that can lead to thermal damage 1 Power off the node 2 Extend or remove the node from the rack See Extending a VLS Node from the Rack or Removing a VLS Node from the Rack 3 Remove the access panel 4 To remove fan module 1 a Remove the power supply air baffle b Remove fan module 1 160 Component Replacement ...

Page 161: ...connectors are seated properly FBDIMM 1 Power off the node 2 Extend or remove the node from the rack See Extending a VLS Node from the Rack or Removing a VLS Node from the Rack 3 Remove the access panel 4 Open the FBDIMM slot latches 5 Remove the FBDIMM CAUTION Use only Compaq branded or HP FBDIMMs FBDIMMs from other sources may adversely affect data integrity To replace the component reverse the ...

Page 162: ... the rack a Power off the system See Powering Off the System b From the back of the node make a note of all cable connections then disconnect the cables c From the front of the node loosen the captive thumbscrews until the thumbscrews are free of the rack d Pull the node out from the rack until it stops e Squeeze the release brackets see Figure 41 page 162 then pull the node free from the rails Fi...

Page 163: ...ilure 9 Reconfigure the node as described in Step 4 The warm failover feature will now automatically restore the original configuration and licenses The procedure is complete you may omit the final step 10 Restore the previously saved configuration See Manually Restoring the System Replacing a Secondary Node CAUTION Each VLS node weighs 17 9 kg 39 5 lb full At least two people are required to lift...

Page 164: ...s until the thumbscrews are free of the rack 4 Remove the switch from the rack 5 Install the new switch into the rack 6 Reconnect all cables to the new switch exactly as they were connected to the failed switch 7 Power on the new switch 164 Component Replacement ...

Page 165: ...bre Channel WWPNs virtual device configuration and licenses No reconfiguration is required See Restoring the System by Warm Failover If the warm failover process does not restore the system you can manually restore using a configuration file See Manually Restoring the System If you are restoring a primary node a Power up the secondary nodes once the primary node fully reboots b Set it as the maste...

Page 166: ...inistrative and network settings including the VLS serial number and persistent Fibre Channel port WWPNs NOTE Configuration files are not backwards compatible with earlier firmware versions For example a configuration file created on a system running firmware version 6 0 will not work on the system at firmware version 3 4 Make sure your system is at the version that created the configuration file ...

Page 167: ...s If this occurs any capacity licenses installed on the VLS will no longer work as they only work with the VLS serial number for which they were issued You can obtain new capacity licenses from HP technical support using the new VLS serial number You will also need to reconfigure your SAN to reflect the new Fibre Channel port WWPNs Manually Recreating VLS12200 Gateway Storage Pools If you are unab...

Page 168: ...ks VLS Manuals http www hp com support vls manuals HP StorageWorks Sizer http www hp com go storageworks sizer HP Enterprise Backup Solutions Overview and Features http www hp com go ebs HP Data Storage http www hp com go storage HP Drivers and Software http www hp com support downloads HP Partner Locator http www hp com service_locator Document Conventions and Symbols Table 20 Document Convention...

Page 169: ...onvention Monospace text File and directory names System output Code Commands their arguments and argument values Monospace italic text Code variables Command variables Emphasized monospace text Monospace bold text Document Conventions and Symbols 169 ...

Page 170: ...rface could result in injury WARNING To reduce the risk of injury from a hot component allow the surface to cool before touching WARNING Power supplies or systems marked with these symbols indicate the presence of multiple sources of power WARNING To reduce the risk of personal injury from electrical shock remove all power cords to completely disconnect power from the power supplies and systems WA...

Page 171: ...information about Care Packs refer to the HP website http www hp com hps In other locations see the Contact HP worldwide in English webpage http welcome hp com country us en wwcontact html Subscription Service HP strongly recommends that customers register online using the Subscriber s choice web site http www hp com go e updates Subscribing to this service provides you with e mail updates on the ...

Page 172: ...oactive notification but do not need proactive service delivery and integration with a management platform HP Insight Remote Support Advanced This software provides comprehensive remote monitoring and proactive service support for nearly all HP servers storage network and SAN environments plus selected non HP servers that have a support obligation with HP It is integrated with HP Systems Insight M...

Page 173: ...P UX hosts can see a maximum of 8 LUNs per FC host port See the HP UX documentation for more information For other operating systems See the operating system web site Use the VLS s LUN masking feature to restrict the number of virtual devices the host sees on the VLS FC host ports so it only sees the virtual devices it needs to see Then use the VLS s LUN mapping feature to assign LUNs to the virtu...

Page 174: ...7 Reconnect the Windows node to the SAN plug all FC cables back in to the original HBA Ports 8 Repeat this process on all Windows backup server nodes See the Netbackup web site to determine if the six character limit can Netbackup has a 6 character barcode limit Only 6 characters of the actual The VLS cartridge barcode numbers displayed on Veritas Netbackup do be changed If the shortening of the V...

Page 175: ... to be reread which can re enable RSM polling If tape drives are added or removed check the registry for proper configuration If necessary repeat step 2 and 3 above To disable polling in the HP SDLT driver v3 0 2 0 or later 1 Open the Device Manager on the server connected to the tape drive 2 Double click an SDLT tape drive 3 Click the DLT tab 4 Check Increase performance by disabling support for ...

Page 176: ... the overall VLS device health on other tabs the icon on the Automigration Replication tab indicates the status of the destination libraries A destination library status icon can be one of five states Error An error occurred while the system was determining the status of the destination libraries Unknown A destination library s operating condition is unknown Contact HP Technical Support Normal All...

Page 177: ...addition not all data is deduplicated For example files less than 32 KB in size and backup sets less than 1 MB are ignored If your data sets do not change significantly between backups or if they contain many small files the compression ratio may be low This is expected behavior and does not indicate a problem In time the ratio will improve as more backup sets are deduplicated After 50 versions of...

Page 178: ...mensions 4 9 lb 2 2 kg fully loaded Weight 24 RJ 45 10 100 ports IEEE 802 3 Type 10Base T IEEE 802 3u Type 100Base TX 1 RJ 45 serial console port 2 dual personality ports Ports each of which can be used as either an RJ 45 10 100 1000 port or an open mini GBIC slot for use with mini GBIC transceivers MIPS 264 MHz Processor 8 MB Flash capacity 64 MB RAM ROM capacity 384 KB Packet buffer size 4 9 µs ...

Page 179: ...idal 1 Octave min 3 axis 5 1000 5 Hz 0 25 g sinusoidal 1 Octave min 3 axis Vibration 30 g every 1 1ms 1 2 sine pulse 3 axis 25 g every 1 1ms 1 2 sine pulse 3 axis 5 g every 1 1ms 1 2 sine pulse 3 axis Shock 1 All temperature ratings shown are for sea level An altitude derating of 1 C per 300 m 1 8 F per 1 000 ft to 3048 m 10 000 ft is applicable No direct sunlight allowed 2 Storage maximum humidit...

Page 180: ...uires devices in both classes to bear a label indicating the interference potential of the device as well as additional operating instructions for the user FCC rating label The FCC rating label on the device shows the classification A or B of the equipment Class B devices have an FCC logo or ID on the label Class A devices do not have an FCC logo or ID on the label After you determine the class of...

Page 181: ...erate the equipment Cables When provided connections to this device must be made with shielded cables with metallic RFI EMI connector hoods in order to maintain compliance with FCC Rules and Regulations Canadian Notice Avis Canadien Class A Equipment This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil numérique de la class A...

Page 182: ...ce Japanese VCCI B Notice Japanese Power Cord Statement Korean Notices Class A Equipment Class B Equipment Taiwanese Notices BSMI Class A Notice Taiwan Battery Recycle Statement Recovery text Recovery mark 182 Regulatory Compliance Notices ...

Page 183: ... Please recycle waste batteries Four in one recycling symbol Taiwanese Notices 183 ...

Page 184: ...to hazardous radiation Do not try to open the module enclosure There are no user serviceable components inside Do not operate controls make adjustments or perform procedures to the laser device other than those specified herein Allow only HP Authorized Service technicians to repair the unit The Center for Devices and Radiological Health CDRH of the U S Food and Drug Administration implemented regu...

Page 185: ...German Laser Notice Italian Laser Notice Japanese Laser Notice Laser Compliance Notices 185 ...

Page 186: ...Spanish Laser Notice Recycling Notices English Notice Bulgarian Notice Czech Notice 186 Regulatory Compliance Notices ...

Page 187: ...Danish Notice Dutch Notice Estonian Notice Finnish Notice French Notice Recycling Notices 187 ...

Page 188: ...German Notice Greek Notice Hungarian Notice Italian Notice Latvian Notice 188 Regulatory Compliance Notices ...

Page 189: ...Lithuanian Notice Polish Notice Portuguese Notice Romanian Notice Slovak Notice Recycling Notices 189 ...

Page 190: ...Spanish Notice Swedish Notice Turkish Notice Türkiye Cumhuriyeti EEE Yönetmeliğine Uygundur Battery Replacement Notices Dutch Battery Notice 190 Regulatory Compliance Notices ...

Page 191: ...French Battery Notice German Battery Notice Battery Replacement Notices 191 ...

Page 192: ...Italian Battery Notice Japanese Battery Notice 192 Regulatory Compliance Notices ...

Page 193: ...Spanish Battery Notice Battery Replacement Notices 193 ...

Page 194: ...dth bottleneck C cartridge 1 A removable storage module that contains magnetic or optical disks magnetic tape or memory chips 2 Software emulation of the behavior and contents of a physical tape cartridge on alternate media such as disk is called a virtual tape or virtual media See also virtual tape chassis A metal box that houses computer hardware CLI Command line interface An interface comprised...

Page 195: ...ent The minimum amount of disk space allocated for writing by the VLS dynamic disk filesystem A smaller extent reduces wasted disk space but decreases restore performance The VLS extent size is 32MB See also data restore F failover protection A backup operational mode in which the functions of a system component such as a hard drive or power supply are assumed by secondary system components when t...

Page 196: ...data The data in the first sectors of a disk drive that the system uses to identify virtual disk members mirroring The act of creating an exact copy or image of data N node A server that contains the hardware and firmware required to run a virtual library system This refers to a hardware assembly containing a power supply cooling fans motherboard expansion boards and internal hard drives to suppor...

Page 197: ... automigration process that is under the control of the backup application and managed via the VLS device s SMI S interface This requires the backup application to support the HP smart copy interface Smart copy is similar to snapshot SMI S Allows control of the virtual tape library by a connected destination library for the purpose of implementing automigration SMI S support allows applications at...

Page 198: ... migrated to physical tape virtual tape drive An emulation of a physical transport in a virtual tape library that looks like a physical tape transport to the host backup application The data written to the virtual tape drive is really being written to disk See also virtual tape library virtual tape library A disk drive buffer containing virtual tape and virtual tape drives See also virtual tape dr...

Page 199: ...es 190 C cabling Ethernet Switch 6600 24G 22 Canadian notice 181 Cancel Tape Transport 60 capacity changing cartridge 106 creating tape drives 97 installing license 31 managing 26 configuring storage pools 29 deleting array LUNs 28 destroying storage pools 30 discovering array LUNs 27 VLS12200 12 cartridge see cartridges cartridge parameters window accessing 105 cartridge status In Use Deduplicati...

Page 200: ...art copy pool changing slot mapping for LAN WAN library 49 changing slot mapping for SAN library 48 deleting 50 details 54 editing 48 moving to another library 48 copying data to physical tape 1 1 Create Echo Copy Pool 40 Create LAN WAN Replication Target 61 Create Smart Copy Pool 46 Create Virtual Library 95 CSV data exporting 125 current status report 126 customer self repair 171 D data restorin...

Page 201: ... CSV data 125 exporting data 59 F failover 104 warm 165 FC host port changing settings 137 Federal Communications Commission notice 180 Fibre Channel host port 137 changing the default settings 87 LUN management 90 firesafe 101 automigration 46 firmware updating 1 10 fully qualified name setting 85 136 G gateway to network setting 85 137 Global LAN WAN Replication Target Settings 63 glossary 194 g...

Page 202: ...24 M mailslot details 54 Manage LAN WAN Replication Library 37 Manage SAN Automigration Library 37 management 103 142 management URL editing 57 manually restoring the system 165 media ejecting from a drive into empty mailslot 56 ejecting from a slot into empty mailslot 56 loading into an echo copy pool 44 moving to another slot 55 mirror restarting broken 45 Mirror Active 65 Mirror Complete 65 Mir...

Page 203: ...apanese notices 182 Korean notices 182 laser 184 Taiwanese notices 182 remote support 172 removing slot mapping LAN WAN 49 SAN 48 replication 35 see also automigration concepts 35 configuring job reports 67 installing license 31 job history 67 exporting to CSV file 68 job status 66 job summary 68 outside the policy window systems with deduplication 60 systems without deduplication 54 reporting 64 ...

Page 204: ...es 41 42 Start Time 42 status of cartridges 65 Stop Tape Export 60 storage pools configuring 29 destroying 30 recreating 167 storage reports 125 storage space freeing up 109 storage dynamically assigned 88 109 Subscriber s choice HP 171 suffix removing for deduplication 72 support and other resources 168 Support Ticket library drive 58 Support Ticket library 58 support ticket creating 133 symbols ...

Page 205: ...ing 42 VLS introduction 1 1 warranties 172 VLS device emulations with Netbackup 96 with TSM 96 VLS device emulations restarting 109 143 VLS12000 shipping carton contents 16 VLS12200 shipping carton contents 16 W Waiting for first backup 65 Waiting for policy window 65 warm failover defined 165 warning rack stability 170 warranties 172 warranty serial number 87 web sites HP Subscriber s choice 171 ...

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