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Disk types

The disk type specifies the type of physical disk drives that can be included in a disk group. The
types are:

Online disk type

. All physical drives must be Fibre Channel or enterprise SAS drives. This disk type

provides first tier performance and reliability.

Near-online disk type

. All physical drives are lower cost, lower performance hybrid Fibre Channel

or midline SAS disk drives. Hybrid drives are dual ported, Fibre Attached Technology Adapted
(FATA) drives. This disk type provides second tier performance and reliability.

Solid state drive disk type

. All physical drives must be solid state drives (SSD). This disk type

provides first tier, very high performance and reliability.

Disk type support varies with HP XCS controller software versions. The following table summarizes
support and typical uses.

Solid state drive

Near-online

Online

Feature

XCS 09500000 or later

All versions

XCS support

Solid state drives

FATA/SAS drives

Fibre Channel/SAS drives

Physical disks

Typical uses

Preferred usage

Disaster tolerance

Preferred usage

Disk-to-disk backup

Preferred usage

Disk-to-tape backup

Preferred usage

Frequent file access

Preferred usage

Infrequent file access

Preferred usage

High performance

Preferred usage

Virus attack recovery

Disk group types

When a disk group is created, it is assigned a disk group type: basic or enhanced (default).

EVA support

Supported Vraid levels

Disk group type

EVA4000/4100/4400/6000/
6100/6400/8000/8100/8400

Vraid0, Vraid1, and Vraid 5

Basic

EVA4400/6400/8400 P6300/P6500 EVA

Vraid0, Vraid1, Vraid5, and Vraid6

Enhanced

General guidelines

One disk group (the default) is created when the system is initialized. You can add disk groups as
needed.

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Each physical disk drive can belong to only one disk group.

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A single disk group may contain all the physical disk drives in the storage system.

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Multiple virtual disks can be created in a disk group, up to the disk group's capacity.

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Each virtual disk exists entirely within one disk group.

Provisioning storage

Summary of Contents for Pavilion p6000 - Desktop PC

Page 1: ...terprise Virtual Array models It also describes how to use HP P6000 Performance Data Collector formerly HP Command View EVAPerf to monitor array performance This document is intended for HP P6000 Command View software and HP P6000 Performance Data Collector users and administrators HP Part Number T5494 96527 Published February 2012 Edition 14 ...

Page 2: ...vices are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying 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 Warranty For information about HP product warranties see the warranty information website http www hp com go storagewarranty Acknowledgments Mic...

Page 3: ...ishing communication with a password protected storage system 18 Single sign on from HP Systems Insight Manager 19 3 Licensing HP P6000 EVA storage systems 20 Licenses to use and license keys 20 Activating an instant on license 22 Retrieving licenses 22 Entering license keys 22 Importing licenses 23 Deleting incorrectly entered license keys 24 Displaying temporary license expiration date 24 4 Prov...

Page 4: ...events 52 Events overview 52 Management server event log 52 Controller event log 52 Controller termination event log 53 Viewing events 53 Viewing additional information 54 Corrective action code 54 More details 54 Configuring event notification 54 Configuring host notification 54 Entering hosts individually 54 Applying a customized host notification list 55 Filtering events by severity 55 Selectin...

Page 5: ... Collector server side logging of performance and state data 70 Performance and state logs retrieval from HP P6000 Performance Data Collector client 70 Configuration file for performance and state data logging 72 Configuring HP P6000 Performance Data Collector 73 Events and logs 73 Logging configuration file 73 Configuration recommendations 74 Connecting to HP P6000 Performance Data Collector remo...

Page 6: ...mation 93 Documentation 93 Websites 94 Typographical conventions 94 A HP array event code formats and descriptions 95 Event code format 95 Event code types and descriptions 95 Software component IDs 95 Corrective action codes 96 Event information packet EIP types 96 Coupled crash control codes 97 Dump restart control codes 98 Glossary 99 Index 102 6 Contents ...

Page 7: ...tem management and monitoring HP Storage System Scripting Utility Use the command line interface to script and run repetitive and complex configuration tasks See HP Storage Scripting Utility Reference for more information HP P6000 Performance Data Collector Use this tool to monitor array performance server based management only Storage Management Initiative Specification for P6000 Enterprise Virtu...

Page 8: ...based versions Server based management The server based version of HP P6000 Command View is installed on a management server which is connected to one or more HP EVA storage arrays See Figure 1 page 9 All components of the software suite HP P6000 Command View HP P6000 Performance Data Collector HP Storage System Scripting Utility HP P6000 Performance Advisor and SMI S EVA can be installed on the s...

Page 9: ... interface HP P6000 Command View does not require hosts to be connected to the LAN However a LAN connection can be a requirement of other HP server based applications Array based management The array based version of HP P6000 Command View comes factory installed on HP EVA4400 P6300 EVA and P6500 EVA storage arrays With these storage arrays a separate management server is not required Only one comp...

Page 10: ...f server based HP P6000 Command View For example to configure an HP EVA4400 for remote replication you must use server based management A feature in both versions of HP P6000 Command View allows HP EVAs to be selectively managed by more than one instance of HP P6000 Command View However only one instance can manage an EVA at a time The HP P6000 Command View server must take control of the array aw...

Page 11: ...ds that you assign a unique name to each instance The SPoG interface has two points of view The storage systems point of view is the primary means of viewing and managing the storage systems in a management group If you have Performance Advisor installed you can view storage system performance information by clicking the Performance tab The settings point of view is the primary means of viewing an...

Page 12: ...age systems Storage systems point of view Figure 3 page 12 shows the panes for the storage systems point of view Figure 3 Storage systems point of view 4 Aspect tabs 1 Point of view selectors 5 Session pane 2 Navigation pane 3 Content pane Navigation pane The navigation pane displays an expandable resource tree for the selected point of view When you select a resource in the navigation pane the in...

Page 13: ...r the settings point of view Figure 4 Settings point of view 3 Content pane 1 Point of view selectors 4 Aspect tab 2 Navigation pane Point of view selector The orange highlight indicates that the settings point of view is selected Navigation pane In the settings point of view storage applications such as instances of Performance Advisor and folders of unmanaged and uninitialized storage systems in...

Page 14: ...IP address of the server on which HP P6000 Command View is installed enter https server_name or IP_address 2374 The HP P6000 Command View login window opens 3 Enter a valid user name and password and click Logon Valid user names are members of the appropriate local or domain group on the management server See Server based HP P6000 Command View security groups page 16 The HP P6000 Command View user...

Page 15: ...er section of the cveva cfg configuration file For example to start HP P6000 Command View on IPv6 enter address 0 0 under the webserver section of cveva cfg Using the IPv6 link local address to run the management server can result in connectivity issues For server based systems the management server is available on either the IPv4 or the IPv6 address only NOTE HP P6000 Performance Data Collector h...

Page 16: ... s management module and can be configured using the HP P6000 Control Panel For more information see the HP P6000 Control Panel User Guide Password protection for storage systems Individual HP EVA storage systems can be password protected When a storage system is not password protected all instances of server based HP P6000 Command View in the SAN fabric can manage the storage system When a storag...

Page 17: ...ith each instance of HP P6000 Command View that you want to manage the password protected storage system This procedure does not create storage system passwords Storage system passwords are created by using an OCP or an HP P6000 Control Panel To enable HP P6000 Command View to manage a password protected storage system from the settings point of view 1 In the session pane click Management Options ...

Page 18: ...gement of the storage system by the instance of HP P6000 Command View is ended Setting a password for HP EVA storage systems Use this procedure to set the password on EVA4400 P6300 EVA and P6500 EVA storage systems 1 On the Management Module Properties page click Launch OCP The HP P6000 Control Panel GUI opens 2 Log on to the HP P6000 Control Panel 3 In the HP P6000 Control Panel select Configure ...

Page 19: ...ew Perform the following steps to use single sign on from HP SIM to HP P6000 Command View 1 From the HP P6000 Command View management server a Open HP P6000 Command View GUI at https localhost 2374 b Click the Settings tab c Click Management options d Under Security Options select SIM RSM trust relationships e Click Install certificate f Select System Insight Manager as type g Enter 280 as the SIM...

Page 20: ... P6000 Dynamic Capacity Management and thin provisioning are included with the HP P6000 Command View License Entitlement Instant on licenses You can use the factory installed instant on license key to immediately start using the features with the exception of P6000 Dynamic Capacity Management and thin provisioning The instant on key is valid for all arrays managed by an HP P6000 Command View serve...

Page 21: ...8100 EVA5000 EVA6100 or EVA8100 EVA6000 EVA8100 EVA8000 EVA4400 HSV300 S EVA6400 or EVA8400 EVA4400 HSV300 EVA4400 HSV300 EVA6400 or EVA8400 EVA4400 HSV300 S P6300 FC iSCSI P6300 iSCSI FCoE P6500 FC FC iSCSI or iSCSI FCoE P6300 FC P6500 FC iSCSI or P6500 iSCSI FCoE P6500 FC Upgrading an array model requires a Model Upgrade license Model Upgrade licenses are effective only if there is a base perman...

Page 22: ...ed Storage System Properties page opens 2 Select the Licensing tab and click Install Licenses 3 Click Activate Instant on The instant on license is activated Retrieving licenses License keys can be retrieved from HP P6000 Command View using the Export Licenses option within Server options To store a copy of a key in a text file 1 From the settings point of view click Management Options 2 Click Imp...

Page 23: ...d Model Type licenses for more than one array Despite the warning the license is installed An imported license key provides lower access than what is already installed Warning License string got added with few warnings License string is of lower access and is of no effect Adding an LTU 1 In the HP P6000 Command View navigation pane select the specific storage system to license The Initialized Stor...

Page 24: ... remove a license you must remove all licenses for that feature and then reinstall them 1 Retrieve all license keys associated with the licensed feature See Retrieving licenses page 22 2 In the navigation pane select the storage system The Initialized Storage System Properties page appears 3 Select the Licensing tab and then click Remove Licenses The Remove licenses page appears 4 Select the featu...

Page 25: ...ach of these steps Disk groups A disk group is a named pool of disk space on a storage system in which individual virtual disks can be created Working with disk groups The disk group folder for an HP P6000 EVA storage system includes the default disk group other disk groups that have been created plus a folder of ungrouped physical disks that are not members of any disk group only a portion of the...

Page 26: ... FATA SAS drives Fibre Channel SAS drives Physical disks Typical uses Preferred usage Preferred usage Preferred usage Disaster tolerance Preferred usage Disk to disk backup Preferred usage Disk to tape backup Preferred usage Preferred usage Frequent file access Preferred usage Infrequent file access Preferred usage Preferred usage High performance Preferred usage Virus attack recovery Disk group t...

Page 27: ...occupancy alarm default values the critical alarm level must be greater than the warning alarm level NOTE HP P6000 Command View 9 x and earlier have a warning alarm level only The default value is 90 Disk group capacity Disk group capacity in GB is presented differently for different versions of HP XCS controller software XCS 6 xxx and XCS 09xxxxxx The maximum virtual disk size shown cannot exceed...

Page 28: ...a virtual disk is created For information about changing the Vraid level on arrays running XCS 10000000 or later see Online virtual disk migration page 32 NOTE HP strongly recommends that you use Vraid6 if you are using disk drives with a physical capacity of 1TB or greater Vraid levels are Vraid0 Is optimized for speed and disk space utilization but provides no redundancy IMPORTANT HP does not re...

Page 29: ... the LUN If you select Vraid0 when creating a LUN HP P6000 Command View displays a confirmation window to verify that redundancy is not required Working with virtual disks in HP P6000 Command View The virtual disks folder for an HP P6000 EVA storage system displays all virtual disks regardless of type You can further organize virtual disks into subfolders that you create and name You can also move...

Page 30: ...ndows the virtual disk should be a minimum of 1 GB greater than the host volume size The management lock feature allows a virtual disk to be protected from certain actions or changes in key properties by users or applications that have storage administrator permissions This feature is available in arrays running XCS 09500000 or later When locking a virtual disk consider the following Do not lock a...

Page 31: ...folder for an HP P6000 EVA storage system displays all hosts that have been explicitly added to the HP P6000 Command View interface You can further organize hosts into subfolders that you create and name You can also move hosts from one subfolder to another only a portion of the display is shown In the various host pages you can view host information and perform actions For example you can view ge...

Page 32: ... a virtual disk from one disk group to another or do both in a single action without impacting host I O When a virtual disk is migrated the storage system creates a mirrorclone of the virtual disk and performs an online mirrorclone migration This underlying operation is invisible to users and to the presented hosts The online virtual disk migration features are part of the HP P6000 Business Copy l...

Page 33: ... example demonstrates thin provisioning A storage administrator is planning to create two virtual disks for two new host applications His HP P6000 storage system currently has a total capacity of 10 TB with 6 TB unused disk space The administrator determines that each host application initially requires 2 TB of disk space but eventually the host applications will require 4 TB of space With these r...

Page 34: ...e protection Present snapshots snapclones and mirrorclones as disks to hosts Allow host I O to snapshots and snapclones Instantly restore the content of a virtual disk from snapshots or mirrorclones or from snapshots of mirrorclones HP recommends that you unmount the target virtual disk before restoring the data This ensures that the host server cache is flushed IMPORTANT Before initiating online ...

Page 35: ... but reserves space equal to the capacity of the source virtual disk As the source is overwritten the array allocates more space and copies the original data to the snapshot Use fully allocated snapshots when more than 25 of the capacity of the source will change over the life of the snapshot Snapshot guidelines Follow these guidelines for using snapshots The array must have a local replication li...

Page 36: ...ink When a mirrorclone contains exactly the same data as the source virtual disk the mirrorclone is said to be synchronized In a synchronized state the mirrorclone is automatically updated whenever the source virtual disk is updated When local replication between a synchronized mirrorclone and its source is stopped by the user the mirrorclone is said to be fractured In a fractured state the mirror...

Page 37: ...e disk must first be fractured then detached Detaching Yes Fracturing Yes with XCS 10000000 or later Migrating No The disk must first be fractured then presented Presenting No The disk must first be fractured then replicated with a snapshot Replicating No The disk must first be fractured then used to restore Restoring Not applicable When a mirrorclone is normalized synchronized it does not need to...

Page 38: ...hot or a mirrorclone Snapshots and snapclones that are created using containers are called preallocated snapshots and preallocated snapclones respectively Use containers when you need faster copies for example to reduce the time a host application is suspended for a backup Follow these guidelines for using containers The array must have a local replication license When used for mirrorclones and pr...

Page 39: ...SET MULTISNAP prepare vdisk vdisk_name container container_name snaptype SET VDISK container_nameprepare vdisk vdisk_name snaptype 3 Flush the cache as follows SET VDISK vdisk_name writecache writethrough Repeat for all virtual disks that have a point in time copy 4 Quiesce the I O throughout your application 5 Create the snapshot or snapclone by using one of the following commands ADD MULTISNAP s...

Page 40: ...ce Minimize the number of virtual disks with snapshot copies Use fewer virtual disks it is better to have a few large virtual disks than many small virtual disks Minimize the number of snapshots for a virtual disk For capacity considerations do not keep extra snapshots Minimize the life of a snapshot If snapshot copies are used for backup consider deleting the snapshot after saving the copy on tap...

Page 41: ...s source and destination are sometimes referred to as a DR mode or DR role The terms source and destination are also applied to virtual disks with a destination virtual disk also being known as a remote copy A pair of source and destination virtual disks is sometimes called a copy set Various actions such as a planned or unplanned failover allow you to reverse the relationship so that the source D...

Page 42: ...HP P6000 Command View only allows you to view DR groups that are on that array NOTE This information about HP P6000 Continuous Access software is abridged For more information see the HP P6000 Continuous Access Implementation Guide and the HP P6000 Command View online help Data replication protocol options The data replication protocol options are shown in Figure 6 page 42 Figure 6 DR protocol opt...

Page 43: ... by the proper configuration of the SAN fabric switches for SID DID See the HP P6000 Continuous Access Implementation Guide for specific settings and the appropriate switch user guides for detailed instructions An array configured for this protocol successfully creates a DR group only with an array capable of HP FC which is the default protocol for controller software versions 0952xxxx and earlier...

Page 44: ...ID Select a disk failure protection level Enter comments See the online help for instructions for completing these tasks Configure WEBES to generate alerts using Insight Remote Support After installing Insight Remote Support you must configure WEBES to generate alerts using Insight Remote Support Use the Desta tool to add the host to the Insight Remote Support SNMP list and then run the commands d...

Page 45: ... The user initiated service mode does not change the functionality of HP P6000 Command View nor its response to events This mode is solely for HP P6000 Command View interaction with external HP support tools When user initiated service mode for a storage system is active Automated support calls to HP regarding the storage system are stopped If the storage system experiences a problem you must noti...

Page 46: ...ting a storage system varies by array model For information on how to start an array see the user guide for your array Shutting down the storage system CAUTION Ensure that any active commands layered applications for example HP Storage System Scripting Utility HP P6000 Continuous Access HP P6000 Business Copy or HP P6000 Replication Solutions Manager or functions have completed before you begin th...

Page 47: ...troller rear view Figure 8 HSV300 controller rear view Figure 9 HSV400 controller rear view Figure 10 HSV450 rear view Figure 1 1 HSV340 HSV360 controller enclosure FC version rear view Shutting down the storage system 47 ...

Page 48: ...ailure or restart state The following graphic shows a sample hardware folder The display will vary depending on your array type only a portion of the display is shown In the various hardware pages you can view hardware information operational status and perform actions For example with controller pages you can view general information operational status host ports device ports physical disk drive ...

Page 49: ...ionality of HP P6000 Command View nor its response to events The test is solely for HP P6000 Command View interaction with external HP support tools When a test is performed for a storage system HP P6000 Command View also writes an event to the Windows Application Event Log and cvseh log files if configured to do so and sends an SNMP trap to hosts that are configured for host notification You can ...

Page 50: ... on the management server that you want to manage the array 2 From the settings point of view navigation pane select the array and click Discover Storage Systems It can take several minutes for all arrays to appear The array icons in the Navigation pane are shaded gray to indicate that another server is managing the array 3 Select an array in the Navigation pane Unmanaged Storage Systems folder Th...

Page 51: ...the host ports of the EVAs The discovery cycle adds a single iSCSI controller object to the hosts folder Add the iSCSI hosts and then you can present virtual disks to the iSCSI host as you would present any virtual disk to a host NOTE HP P6000 Command View supports the mpx100 and MPX200 iSCSI controllers HP P6000 Command View 9 4 or later supports the FC iSCSI and iSCSI FCoE controller options for...

Page 52: ...the event logs and download them to the computer from which you are browsing Email notification You can configure HP P6000 Command View to send email notifications regarding storage system alarms and hardware conditions For more information see the online help Management server event log The management server is the server on which HP P6000 Command View is installed Management server events are tr...

Page 53: ...erity The severity types are informational critical warning and undetermined Controller Name of the controller on which the event occurred The name and worldwide ID of all controllers appears at the top of the event log Description The text description of the event For more information see Viewing additional information page 54 and Event code types and descriptions page 95 Event Code A hexadecimal...

Page 54: ...l Configuring event notification You can configure HP P6000 Command View to send an SNMP compliant notification to any vendor s SNMP compliant management product such as Insight Manager Tivoli or EMC Patrol Event logs contain information about events that have occurred In HP P6000 Command View you can configure Which EVA events individually or by severity level cause a notification to be sent Whic...

Page 55: ...rver s Services applet For array based management configurations restart HP P6000 Command View in the Server Options menu Filtering events by severity The severity levels are 0 Normal informational only 1 Undetermined more information is needed to determine severity 2 Warning not failed but attention is recommended or required 3 Critical failure or failure is imminent To select a severity level 1 ...

Page 56: ...zed event configuration file to HP P6000 Command View 1 From the Initialized Storage System Properties window click System options The System Options window opens 2 Select Configure SNMP event log notification 3 Select Configure events for SNMP event log notification 4 Under Configure events using a configuration file click Browse 5 Locate and select the event configuration file you created 6 On t...

Page 57: ...and View SNMP MIB is SEMI To download the MIB 1 From the Initialized Storage System Properties window click System options The System Options window opens 2 Select Configure SNMP event log notification 3 Select Configure events for SNMP event log notification 4 Click Get MIB The File Download dialog box opens 5 Click Save and put the MIB on the server where HP Systems Insight Manager or other moni...

Page 58: ... translated from the controller To send the event file to HP Support 1 Go to the appropriate event log In Management click Event file In Controller Event click Log file In Controller Termination Event click Log file 2 When prompted save the file to your local hard drive 3 Email the file to the support technician 58 Monitoring storage system events ...

Page 59: ...e If you do not select this check box the pane is not refreshed automatically and you must manually refresh all panes using the browser refresh tool Refresh interval Enter the amount of time between a refresh of the selected pane valid values are 45 to 600 seconds For example if you enter 60 the selected pane is refreshed every 60 seconds 6 Click Save changes Creating page footer messages Use the ...

Page 60: ...ch to store the events the size of the log and the length of time to retain the log See the HP P6000 Command View online help for detailed instructions 5 Click Save changes Setting a remote location for audit logs When you set the audit logging options you can choose a file location on a local or remote server To use a location on a remote server the remote server must be accessible to the managem...

Page 61: ...ee the Management Integration Framework Administrator Guide Change the port and or timeout parameter to the new value and save the cveva cfg file You must restart the HP P6000 Command View service for the changes to become effective For instructions see Restarting the HP P6000 Command View service page 63 If you enter a port that is already in use you will not be notified that the port is busy whe...

Page 62: ...nd View is installed in a multi homed environment the services at startup bind to the first available IP address View the login page or the browser web link to view the IP address used by HP P6000 Command View You can change this IP address binding by modifying the configuration files as follows 1 Open cveva cfg located in the folder C Program Files Hewlett Packard Sanworks Element Manager for Sto...

Page 63: ...porary Internet files click Delete files Restarting the HP P6000 Command View service To restart the HP P6000 Command View server based management service 1 Open the Services window on the management server 2 Right click the HP P6000 Command View service and select Stop 3 Right click the HP P6000 Command View service again and select Start To restart the HP P6000 Command View array based managemen...

Page 64: ...00 or P6x00 of one controller and in the management server if password protection is applicable The management server uses this password to communicate with the array and the array validates the management server with this password Password problems can resemble communication path problems If in doubt ensure that the passwords match in the array and the management server If the array is not respon...

Page 65: ...ing the iSCSI device 2 If the ping is successful click Refresh on the iSCSI Controller Properties window to refresh the communication status If the state does not change ensure that the Fibre Channel ports of the iSCSI controllers are zoned with the host ports of the arrays Failed connection warning for empty controller host ports Problem The Connection state box on the Controller Properties Host ...

Page 66: ...onal state of the I O modules displays Not Installed or Failed See the user guide for your controller to view the event log entries for this entity Failed blower power supply When a blower power supply fails the Disk Enclosure Properties window displays the following information On the Power tab the operational state of a power supply displays Unknown On the Cooling tab the operational state of a ...

Page 67: ...253 251 230 through 10 253 251 249 are reserved For more information see the HP P6000 Control Panel online help or user guide Virtual disk sizes displayed incorrectly Problem The disk group properties page displays incorrect sizes for virtual disks Explanation Resolution To view the correct sizes click Create Vdisk After viewing the information click Cancel IP_Filter page incorrectly displays IPv6...

Page 68: ...r any EVA model with XCS 6 x or XCS 9 5 3 In the help table of contents navigate to Page help DR group pages Host port data replication settings page and open the help topic WEBES 5 5 receiving events inconsistently Problem WEBES 5 5 does not receive events consistently when using multiple HP P6000 Command View user name and password credentials that are entered as different Command View protocols...

Page 69: ... information DR groups DR tunnels Host connections Host port statistics Physical disks Port status Virtual disks IMPORTANT For UAC enabled systems when you install or run HP P6000 Performance Data Collector you must use the Run As Administrator option Components HP P6000 Performance Data Collector components are installed in the following directory C Program Files Hewlett Packard EVA Performance M...

Page 70: ...a is being collected Performance and state logs retrieval from HP P6000 Performance Data Collector client Historical performance and state change data can be retrieved through the HP P6000 Performance Data Collector CLI Displaying historical state changes and performance data The following command displays performance data and state changes for objects of a specified type within the specified time...

Page 71: ...Host port FP1 FP2 FP3 FP4 Hps Last 8 characters of the Host s Port ID in the form XXXX XXXX Hc Host port FP1 FP2 FP3 FP4 Drt Virtual disk UUID or friendly name state_vdisk Disk group ID state_diskgroup Disk WWN state_disk DRM group ID or friendly name state_drm Array WWN or friendly name state_array You can use the following HP P6000 Performance Data Collector CLI options with the above command cs...

Page 72: ... following is a sample output Host Port Username Accessible localhost 2374 adm No Configuration file for performance and state data logging The logging conf file is located in the HP P6000 Performance Data Collector install directory This file contains the parameters that control the logging The format of the file is as follows state_logging parameter controls the tracking and logging of state cha...

Page 73: ...f trace files in days The default value is 2 evapdcs EventFileAge Sets the maximum age of event files in days The default value is 2 evapdcs MaxLogSize Sets the maximum size for server log files in MB The default value is 0 MB which indicates no specified limits evaperf MaxLogSize Sets the maximum size for client log files in MB The default value is 0 MB which indicates no specified limits evapdcs...

Page 74: ...tory must be present for logging if the directory does not exist data will not be logged root Maximum size of a log file in MB Default is 50 Minimum value for log file size is 1 MB filesize Number of days that logs need to be retained Default is 3 Minimum number of days is 1 numdays Configuration recommendations HP recommends the following maximum configuration for HP P6000 Performance Data Collec...

Page 75: ...r After changing the values save the file and restart the HP P6000 Performance Data Collector service for the changes to take effect Return to the normal mode of operation by deleting the rpcserver conf file and restarting the HP P6000 Performance Data Collector service SSL protocol HP P6000 Performance Data Collector supports SSLv3 protocol only Earlier versions are not supported The default port...

Page 76: ...disk001 there cannot be any other object regardless of type named mydisk001 in the same root branch Creating the friendly names host file To create the friendly names host file you will need the account user name and password that was created for you during installation of HP P6000 Command View Complete the following procedure 1 Launch HP P6000 Performance Data Collector from the desktop icon 2 En...

Page 77: ...d over in an HP P6000 Continuous Access environment The WWN of the virtual disk is changed from the default WWN To match WWNs and UUIDs 1 Open the fnames conf file in a text editor 2 Identify each virtual disk for which HP P6000 Performance Data Collector is not displaying a friendly name 3 Using the HP Storage System Scripting Utility run the following command for each virtual disk LS VDISK virtu...

Page 78: ...name for each long friendly name as follows long name short name For example Sample contractions dictionary Test1 Copy of Test1 Test1 c chienchi cc Test1 Test1 VV Test1 Test1 VV Consider the following when creating names If either the long or short name contains spaces enclose the name in quotes If a back slash appears within a string enclosed in quotes you must add another back slash Enter one lo...

Page 79: ...s include the n modifier in the command evaperf as cont 10 If you do not specify an interval or you provide an invalid polling frequency argument the default interval of one second is set IMPORTANT If a controller reboot occurs the connection to the HP P6000 Performance Data Collector service from HP P6000 Performance Data Collector client needs to be reestablished Limiting data quantity You can l...

Page 80: ...er running the TLViz formatter tool an option is provided to load the database with the data obtained from HP P6000 Performance Data Collector software The HP TLViz tool is available for download at http h71000 www7 hp com openvms products t4 index html To format HP P6000 Performance Data Collector data for TLViz 1 Execute any of the following commands and redirect it to a file evaperf all csv con...

Page 81: ...nce Data Collector output Commands This section describes the commands you can use in the command line interface to gather performance metrics The general syntax for commands is evaperf command modifiers You can specify the command modifiers in any order Table 6 page 81 describes the available HP P6000 Performance Data Collector commands The commands are listed alphabetically Table 6 HP P6000 Perf...

Page 82: ...statistics for physical disk activity pda Displays the total physical disk data by disk group pdg In Windows Performance Monitor sets the array filter list pfa array Deletes the filter configuration for Windows Performance Monitor pfd Displays help for the Windows Performance Monitor filter commands pfh Displays the filter configuration for Windows Performance Monitor pfs In Windows Performance Mo...

Page 83: ...ation of a continuous mode session For example if you enter evaperf vd csv cont dur 30 virtual disk data is displayed in CSV format at one second intervals for a total of 30 seconds durn Displays data that contains the specified keywords You must enter at least one keyword To enter multiple keywords separate each keyword with a space For example if you fdkeyword enter evaperf vd fd test preliminar...

Page 84: ...s milliseconds Latencies are displayed in milliseconds ms by default Use the us option to show times in microseconds for more accuracy The us modifier does not affect the following commands us vdrl vdrlg vdwl vdwlg Using the graphical user interface This section describes how to display and manage array performance metrics using the graphical user interface Windows Performance Monitor and assumes ...

Page 85: ...ialog box opens To view a description of a counter select a counter and then click Explain 4 Click Use local computer counters and in the adjacent box select the host on which HP P6000 Performance Data Collector is running 5 From the Performance object box select an object to monitor for example HP EVA Storage Array Using the graphical user interface 85 ...

Page 86: ... enter the following command with the array names pfa array This creates the evapmfilt conf file 4 To filter data for specific virtual disks enter the following command with the virtual disk names pfvd vdisk You can use friendly names in these commands 5 When filtering configuration is complete restart Windows Performance Monitor When you click Add counters in a new Windows Performance Monitor ses...

Page 87: ...nes snapshots replication traffic virtual disk management or communication with other applications The value is always equal to or less than the Processor Time counter and the difference is the amount of processor time engaged in non data transfer activity HP EVA virtual disk The virtual disk object provides information about workload and performance for each virtual disk on the array Activity is ...

Page 88: ...statistics Host writes to snapshot and snapclone volumes are included in the flush statistics However data flow for internal snapshot and snapclone normalization and copy before write activity is not included Mirror MB s The rate at which data moves across the mirror port in servicing read and write requests to a virtual disk Write data is always copied through the mirror port when cache mirroring...

Page 89: ...rror MB s The total rate at which data moves across the mirror port in servicing read and write requests to a virtual disk group Write data is always copied through the mirror port when cache mirroring is enabled for redundancy The mirror data rate includes read data from the owning controller that must be returned to the requesting host through the proxy controller Reported mirror traffic is alwa...

Page 90: ...e Latency The amount of time from a data transfer command is sent to a disk to a command completion notification is returned from the disk The time is not separated into read and write latencies Completion of a disk command does not necessarily imply host request completion because the request to a specific physical disk can be part of a larger request operation to a virtual disk On the HSV100 ser...

Page 91: ...otherwise only the header appears You can display metrics in either MBs or KBs Creation and management of DR groups is not supported by HP P6000 Command View array based management Although some arrays allow up to four open tunnels on a host port only one tunnel is active for a single DR group Multiple DR groups can share the same tunnel Statistics for each tunnel are reported by both the source a...

Page 92: ...DR Group Information object provides information about the performance of the DR Group Write History Log WHL files The performance metrics are provided for each DR group The WHL fill and drain rates can be displayed in either MBs or KBs Creation and management of DR groups is not supported by HP P6000 Command View array based management The counters are Log full percentage An instantaneous value r...

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Page 94: ... http www hp com Email addresses Blue underlined bold text CVfeedback hp com Bold text Keys that are pressed Text entered into a GUI element such as a box GUI elements that are clicked or selected such as menu and list items buttons tabs and check boxes Text emphasis Italic text Monospace text File and directory names System output Code Commands their arguments and argument values Monospace italic...

Page 95: ...ue for each software component and ranges from 0x00 to 0xFF Each event code is uniquely identifiable by the combination of the SCID and the event number in bits 16 23 16 23 The corrective action code is in the range 0x00 to 0xFF 8 15 Controller events only The event information packet type contains a reason for the event and a template that defines the meaning of the data in the packet It is in th...

Page 96: ...essing Unexpected 02 An event that affects Fault Manager operation occurred Fault Manager Management Event 03 An error was encountered while accessing a physical disk drive Fibre Channel Services Physical Disk Drive Error 04 The state of a Storage System Management Interface entity was changed Storage System Management Interface Entity State Change 05 Excessive link errors were detected on a Fibre...

Page 97: ...leted Container Services Management Operation has started or completed 15 An HSV210 controller has received a time report message Data Replication Manager Time Report 16 A new device map has been generated on a Fibre Channel port Fibre Channel Services Fibre Channel Port Loop Config 17 A Redundant Storage Set state change occurred Storage System State Services Redundant Storage Set State Change 18...

Page 98: ... restart control codes Description Code Perform crash dump then restart 0 Do not perform crash dump just restart 1 Perform a crash dump and do not restart 2 Do not perform crash dump and do not restart 3 98 HP array event code formats and descriptions ...

Page 99: ...stalled disks disk group A named group of disks selected from all the available disks in a disk array One or more virtual disks can be created from a disk group Also refers to the physical disk locations associated with a parity group DR group Data replication group A logical group of virtual disks in a remote replication relationship with a corresponding group on another array DR relationship Whe...

Page 100: ...SCSI server based management Management from a server See also management server snapclone A copy that begins as a fully allocated snapshot and becomes an independent virtual disk Applies only to the HP EVA snapshot A nearly instantaneous copy of the contents of a virtual disk created without interruption of operations on the source virtual disk Snapshots are typically used for short term tasks su...

Page 101: ...sk enclosures combined with control software that presents disk storage capacity as one or more virtual disks See also virtual disk virtual disk Variable disk capacity that is defined and managed by the array controller and presented to hosts as a disk Can be called Vdisk in the user interface 101 ...

Page 102: ...ding feedback 93 downloading the MIB 57 DR group 41 DR groups creating 42 creating snapshots of 40 E error messages user interface 65 EVA Data Collection service 69 event code interpretation 95 event information packet EIP types 96 event notification customized configuration file 56 individual events 56 severity levels 55 events code types and descriptions 95 configuring notification 54 controller...

Page 103: ...ring for hosts 54 O objects and counters Windows Performance Monitor 86 obtaining the parse file 56 optimizing performance 63 options page footer message 59 user interface 59 overview HP P6000 Command View 7 HP P6000 Performance Data Collector 69 P P6000 Command View configuring 59 optimizing performance 63 overview 7 restarting the service 63 troubleshooting 63 user interface layout 1 1 page foot...

Page 104: ...roubleshooting 63 empty controller host ports 65 failed blower power supply 66 failed communication link iSCSI 65 failed communication path 64 failed entities on disk enclosure 65 failed I O module 66 failed transceiver 66 user interface error messages 65 types of management servers 7 U uninitializing an array 46 user interface layout 1 1 options 59 V verifying hardware status and health 49 virtua...

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