Contents
1 Overview of HP StorageWorks XP Virtualization Adapter ......................... 6
Discovery of disk arrays and LUNs ................................................................................................ 6
Failover testing ........................................................................................................................... 6
Failover recovery ........................................................................................................................ 7
XP Virtualization Adapter local configuration .................................................................................. 8
XP Virtualization Adapter remote configuration using Telnet .............................................................. 8
XP RAID Manager and array configurations ................................................................................. 11
2 XP Virtualization Adapter command ................................................... 19
rmsra ...................................................................................................................................... 19
Environment variables ................................................................................................................ 20
$HORCMROOT ................................................................................................................. 20
$RMSRATOV ..................................................................................................................... 20
$RMSRATMU .................................................................................................................... 20
Modifying environment variables using the Windows GUI .............................................................. 21
3 Installing and removing XP Virtualization Adapter ................................. 23
Installation procedure ................................................................................................................ 23
Verifying the installation ............................................................................................................. 24
Upgrading the XP Virtualization Adapter ..................................................................................... 24
Removing the XP Virtualization Adapter ....................................................................................... 25
4 Configuring SRM and the XP disk array .............................................. 27
Creating Pair-Volumes for data replication groups ......................................................................... 27
Configuring datastores ........................................................................................................ 27
Pairing SRM sites ............................................................................................................... 27
Configuring SRM to communicate with XP Virtualization Adapter .............................................. 28
Create protection groups ..................................................................................................... 35
Create recovery plans .............................................................................................................. 35
5 Failover and failback with SRM .......................................................... 37
Failover ................................................................................................................................... 37
Failback .................................................................................................................................. 37
Failback scenario with SRM ................................................................................................. 37
6 Troubleshooting HP StorageWorks XP Virtualization Adapter .................. 39
General troubleshooting ............................................................................................................ 39
Error messages on SRM log files ................................................................................................. 39
Errors in XML passed from SRM .................................................................................................. 40
XP RAID Manager command errors in rmsra.exe ........................................................................... 40
Configuration and status errors ................................................................................................... 41
Troubleshooting information for technical support .......................................................................... 42
XP Virtualization Adapter Administrator Guide
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