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Veritas CommandCentral™
Getting Started Guide

for Microsoft Windows and UNIX

5.1

Summary of Contents for Veritas CommandCentral 5.1

Page 1: ...Veritas CommandCentral Getting Started Guide for Microsoft Windows and UNIX 5 1 ...

Page 2: ...stered trademark of Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems Inc The product described in this document is distributed under licenses restricting its use copying distribution and decompilation reverse engineering No part of this document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written autho...

Page 3: ...Symantec Corporation 20330 Stevens Creek Blvd Cupertino CA 95014 http www symantec com ...

Page 4: ...hat provides rapid response and up to the minute information Upgrade assurance that delivers automatic software upgrade protection Global support that is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week Advanced features including Account Management Services For information about Symantec s Maintenance Programs you can visit our Web site at the following URL www symantec com techsupp Contacting Technical Su...

Page 5: ...e Customer service information is available at the following URL www symantec com techsupp Customer Service is available to assist with the following types of issues Questions regarding product licensing or serialization Product registration updates such as address or name changes General product information features language availability local dealers Latest information about product updates and ...

Page 6: ...d countermeasures to prevent attacks before they occur Symantec Early Warning Solutions These services remove the burden of managing and monitoring security devices and events ensuring rapid response to real threats Managed Security Services Symantec Consulting Services provide on site technical expertise from Symantec and its trusted partners Symantec Consulting Services offer a variety of prepac...

Page 7: ...e resource management solution that provides centralized visibility and control across heterogeneous storage environments while reducing risks and costs For more information refer to the following See About Veritas CommandCentral Storage on page 8 CommandCentral Storage Change Manager A storage change management solution that provides insight into storage infrastructure related changes in your dat...

Page 8: ...ion and allocation of storage resources down to the disk level The reporting features in CommandCentral Storage provide a complete and detailed view into precisely how and where storage for office documents files applications email and databases is used in your enterprise Shows usage trends and makes forward projections You can gather data both locally and remotely through a managed host This mean...

Page 9: ...e 5 0 MP1 explorers initiate discovery of devices based on the explorer s polling interval The polling interval is the amount of time that the explorer waits to initiate discovery of the device For example the polling interval might be 180 minutes In CommandCentral Storage 5 1 explorers continue to initiate discovery of devices based on the explorer s polling interval however for certain array exp...

Page 10: ...d Data Module rules to specify whether you want summary reports that report on directory size user consumption file type usage and aging data to display a file s size by its logical size or physical size Additionally you can drill down into detail reports to display both the logical size and physical size For more information see the CommandCentral Administrator s Guide Discovery of device groups ...

Page 11: ... V series arrays and their backend array volumes LUNs when the backend arrays are from other vendors that are listed in the CommandCentral Hardware and Software Compatibility List Added support for the correlation of backend array volumes for NetApp V Series storage systems CommandCentral now supports the correlation of the physical disks of NetApp V Series storage systems and their backend array ...

Page 12: ...replicated locally vs replicated remotely NetAppQuotaOver ProvisioningReport Providesdetailsaboutquotaallocation on a NetApp volume and the over provisioning SAN Storage Report Details array and host utilization of SAN storage and also the shared claimed capacity between hosts Forinformationaboutworkingwiththesecustomreports seetheCommandCentral Storage User s Guide Installation CommandCentral Sto...

Page 13: ...t a later time For example you might use this feature to clone the managed host on multiple hosts for a faster deployment For more information see the CommandCentral Installation Guide Reduced media and install footprint for the managed host Both the media footprint and installation footprint of the CommandCentral managed host was reduced As a result the managed host occupies less space Other enha...

Page 14: ... of the device manager that manages your devices This is helpful when you want to identify the device manager that manages a specific device For example you may want to identify the CIMOM that manages each of your storage arrays For more information see the CommandCentral Administrator s Guide Ability to set new managed hosts in unmanaged state In CommandCentral Storage 5 1 you can configure the M...

Page 15: ...ance andotherdata intensiveapplications findthattheirdataisexploding More and more storage is needed to digitize manuals corporate records and other paper based information and to hold ever increasing multimedia content If all that volume and complexity weren t enough of a management challenge today s business environments demand that data be available immediately continuously and from anywhere to...

Page 16: ...f storage hardware and server platforms You also gain storage resource management capabilities such as hardware discovery visualization reporting and a central administration point for your storage network Storage administrator requirements Because both storage resources and IT personnel vary widely from enterprise to enterprise the job of storage administrator is often filled by people with vario...

Page 17: ... rich versatile set of graphical and textual displays with which you can visualize physical resources such as hosts and arrays and logical resources such as virtual fabrics as well as the connections and interrelationships between them Displays also include storage usage reports and projected storage consumption trends Policies for managing resources Using the CommandCentral Storage Alert Manager ...

Page 18: ...ge Manager by Symantec provides enterprise wide insight into storage infrastructure related changes in your data center With this insight you can maximize storage availability and minimize downtime due to planned and unplanned changes CommandCentral Storage Change Manager includes the following capabilities Discovers the storage resources in your data center This allows storage administrators to m...

Page 19: ...application that was added to a host Create custom policies With custom policies you can define the connectivity configuration and compliance requirements for your storage resources Additionally you can also define who should receive notifications of violations to the policy and you can define the target resolution time for violations Monitor violations against your custom policies When a violatio...

Page 20: ...andCentral Storage Change Manager generates a risk CommandCentral Storage Change Manager allows you to interact with the storage objects it discovers the changes it detects and the violations it generates through its Console You can also use the Console to manage custom policies and best practice policies configure devices view reports and manage user accounts About Veritas CommandCentral Enterpri...

Page 21: ...ocated in the finance department Which department is taking up the most percentage of tier 1 storage in the Toronto data center Storage administrators and business users operate Enterprise Reporter with CommandCentral Storage Where CommandCentral Storage provides storage reporting for a single data center and is used at an operational level Enterprise Reporter allows you to aggregate storage infor...

Page 22: ...NetApp unified storage devices is available for you to report on Multistore Virtual Systems volumes qtrees and shares You cannot roll up NetApp data from CommandCentral Storage 4 3 Management Servers See the CommandCentral Enterprise Reporter Administrator s Guide for more information about the types of NetApp data that you can report on with each 5 x version of CommandCentral Storage Inclusion of...

Page 23: ...en you add a data source Enterprise Reporter fills in related data source information Additionally fields that were not integral to the process of setting up a data source were removed from these views Storage tier rule builder enhancements In addition to the Advanced Rule Builder Enterprise Reporter 5 0 MP1 now includes a Basic Rule Builder Both of these tools help you create rules that govern th...

Page 24: ...lysis package includes the following metrics Storage capacity metrics which are equivalent to the Array Analysis package metrics SAN and DAS storage metrics which are equivalent to the allocated storage metrics in the Array Analysis package located in Array Analysis Configured Capacity Metrics Allocated Storage Metrics NAS Storage metrics which include NAS volume capacity data and NAS inventory da...

Page 25: ...bility to roll up information from multiple data centers into a single comprehensive view organized by lines of business geography application or other customized views It can help compare trends across continents find the application consuming the most storage in a particular data center or locate the business unit consuming more than its fair share of storage Storage administrators can use Enter...

Page 26: ...they want prior to running the report Automate report generation with a specified schedule and set automated distribution through email Develop a personalized dashboard in Cognos Connection containing customized reports that display answers you need quickly Select a sample report or report you created as the default report for the Enterprise Reporter Dashboard How CommandCentral Enterprise Reporte...

Page 27: ...ment Prepare your Oracle database Enterprise Reporter only Consider how you will implement the Symantec Product Authentication Service Review a complete set of planning considerations in the following documents For CommandCentral Storage and CommandCentral Storage Change Manager refer to the CommandCentral Installation Guide For Enterprise Reporter refer to the CommandCentral Enterprise Reporter I...

Page 28: ...ge Change Manager Release Notes CommandCentral Enterprise Reporter Release Notes Web browser support for the CommandCentral Console You can log in to the CommandCentral Console using the following Web browsers Microsoft Internet Explorer Windows only Mozilla Solaris only Mozilla Firefox Windows only For information about which versions of each browser is supported refer to the following CommandCen...

Page 29: ... to date information about CommandCentral visit the Symantec Web site http www symantec com Products enterprise c prodinfo refId 19 Getting help If an issue arises while you are using CommandCentral use the following information to pinpoint the problem and if necessary report it to Symantec For technical assistance visit the following Web site http www symantec com enterprise support assistance_ca...

Page 30: ...ation The following guides provide information about CommandCentral Storage Provides information about administering the product for example managing licenses and user accounts configuringproductcomponents andworking with diagnostic information CommandCentralAdministrator s Guide Provides a high level overview of how you can use CommandCentral Storage CommandCentralGettingStarted Guide Provides se...

Page 31: ...ple managing licenses and user accounts configuringproductcomponents andworking with diagnostic information CommandCentralAdministrator s Guide Provides a high level overview of how you can use CommandCentral Storage Change Manager CommandCentralGettingStarted Guide Provides setup requirements for applications and devices and instructs you how to configure CommandCentral Storage Change Manager to ...

Page 32: ... about managing licenses and user accounts CommandCentral Enterprise Reporter Administrator s Guide Provides a high level overview of how you can use Enterprise Reporter CommandCentralGettingStarted Guide Instructs you how to install Enterprise Reporter CommandCentral Enterprise Reporter Installation Guide Provides information about supported operating systems host resource requirements software l...

Page 33: ...mation with your documentation comments The title and product version of the guide you are commenting on The topic if relevant you are commenting on Your comment Your name 33 Getting started with the CommandCentral family Where to find more information about CommandCentral ...

Page 34: ...Getting started with the CommandCentral family Where to find more information about CommandCentral 34 ...

Page 35: ...ondition monitored by a policy returns to its specified CLEAR state Alert Manager See CommandCentral Storage Alert Manager allocated storage The total amount of addressable storage in LUNs that is designated for use by specific hosts A LUN is considered allocated when a host operating system has written a device handle for the LUN in other words claimed the LUN or when the array has masked the LUN...

Page 36: ...s storage is typically part of RAID groups Contrast with LUN storage BCV business continuance volume An area of virtual storage that maps to a LUN on an EMC Symmetrix or DMX array and provides redundancy Each BCV contains a copy of a standard device STD binding See LUN binding bridge A device that connects and passes packets between two segments of a storage network that use the same communication...

Page 37: ...ed CommandCentral Storage A product offering designed to maximize the return on an enterprise s storage technology investment by providing tools with which a storage administrator can make the storage network or SAN operate as effectively as possible CommandCentral Storage Agent Push Install Utility A Windows based utility with which you can install an agent that enables the collection of data thr...

Page 38: ... CommandCentral products that provides Microsoft Exchange and file scanning details DM Data Module Importer A utility in CommandCentral Storage that parses data from the Data Module Exchange explorer and the Data Module File Systems explorer and places it into the CommandCentral Storage database The DM Importer normally runs automatically but a user can manually start it using the Console DM Data ...

Page 39: ...h firmware See also storage array disk device A rewriteable randomly addressable data storage device disk group A collection of disks that share a common configuration A disk group configuration is a set of records containing detailed information on existing Veritas Volume Manager objects such as disk and volume attributes and their relationships Each disk group has an administrator assigned name ...

Page 40: ... if the primary system fails or is temporarily shut down for servicing FC GS 3 Fibre Channel third generation generic services An ANSI American National Standards Institute standard that defines commonly used Fibre Channel services such as the name server management server and time server In CommandCentral Storage this standard is used for the GS explorer to discover Brocade switches See also Fibr...

Page 41: ...t operating system An operating system that is installed on a virtual machine See also managed virtual host hard zoning A fabric zoning method in which a Fibre Channel switch actively blocks access to zone members from any objects outside the zone Because the active blocking takes place at the level of ports on the switch hard zoning is also referred to as switch port zoning In hard zoning each sw...

Page 42: ...o extend access of a Fibre Channel fabric and attached storage devices to IP servers Currently CommandCentral Storage discovers only the Cisco SN 5420 iSCSI router JBOD just a bunch of disks A cabinet of disks logical unit number See LUN logical volume A simple volume that resides on an extended partition on a basic disk and is limited to the space within the extended partitions A logical volume c...

Page 43: ... modified form of the Hardware Abstraction Layer process used in the Management Server it is not itself a server Prior to CommandCentral Storage version 5 x the managed host was known as the Agent managed virtual host A CommandCentral Storage managed host that is installed on a guest operating system on a virtual machine See virtual machine masking See LUN masking MGEX See GS explorer mirroring A ...

Page 44: ... medium such as a disk in an array The path consists of an HBA host bus adapter on the host a SCSI or Fibre Channel connector and a controller on the disk or disk array physical fabric The physical components of a fabric including all switches and all other SAN objects You can configure one or more virtual fabrics each one isolated from the others based on the hardware components in the physical f...

Page 45: ...ntral Storage operator can initiate through the Console can be performed for a single resource for a device manager or for an explorer resource Any of the individual components that work together to provide services on a network A resource may be a physical component such as a storage array or a switch a software component such as Oracle8i or a Web server or a configuration component such as an IP...

Page 46: ... is gathered and the machine on which the CommandCentral Storage database resides A typical configuration consists of one server for example the CommandCentral Storage Management Server and several managed hosts SICL Simple Instrumentation Collection Layer An engine residing on the CommandCentral Storage managed host that launches scripts and transfers the script output to the Alert Manager Each S...

Page 47: ...fined for an array that supports SMI S 1 1 When a storage view is defined the array can support LUN masking with multiple heterogeneous hosts through a single physical array port See also array virtual port striping A layout technique that spreads data across several physical disks by mapping the data to successive media known as stripes in a cyclic pattern Also RAID Level 0 subnet A portion of a ...

Page 48: ...ger A CommandCentral Storage Management Server component that manages user initiated requests to requests to change the status or configuration of objects in the network and to add edit and delete users The Task Manager maintains a list of completed pending and active tasks The list can be viewed using the Console Task Status tab topology The physical or logical arrangement of resources on the sto...

Page 49: ...vide client server communication The VEA infrastructure enables software components to share information about objects manage those objects and effect change on those objects Veritas Array Integration Layer See VAIL Veritas Cluster Server VCS An open systems clustering solution that minimizes planned and unplanned downtime simplifies server consolidation and allows the effective management of a wi...

Page 50: ... a Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FC AL hub A virtual hub can be comprised of all the ports on a single switch or several ports on one or more switches It is used primarily to allow older loop only devices to be attached to a switched fabric and be accessible as though they were fabric capable virtual IP address A unique IP address associated with a VCS cluster This address can be used on any syste...

Page 51: ...gs to enable flexibility in sharing and displaying Web documents zone A named subset of nodes and ports zone members on a single fabric On a SAN fabrics secure data from unwanted access by restricting the interconnectivity between nodes belonging to different zones zone alias A symbolic name assigned to a device or group of devices on a SAN fabric By creating a zone alias you can assign a familiar...

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