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HP StorageWorks X1000 Automated Storage
Manager

user guide

*572087-001*

Part number: 572087-001
First edition: June 2009

Содержание StorageWorks X1000

Страница 1: ...HP StorageWorks X1000 Automated Storage Manager user guide 572087 001 Part number 572087 001 First edition June 2009 ...

Страница 2: ...nder vendor s standard commercial license The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services 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 contain...

Страница 3: ... folder 17 Setting permissions for a shared folder 17 Using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard 17 Selecting a server that hosts SQL Server 18 Selecting SQL Server database components 18 Selecting a database workload type 19 Using the Host a User Defined Application Wizard 20 Choose type of application 20 Entering an application name 21 Using the Create a Virtual Library Wizard 21 Accessing the ...

Страница 4: ...ing replication 40 Pausing and resuming replication 41 4 Managing storage 43 Increasing or reducing the allocated storage 43 Changing the percent full warning threshold 44 Removing application areas from view 44 Changing permissions names descriptions or paths of shared folders 45 Deleting shared folders 45 5 Monitoring storage 47 Application View 47 Accessing application and shared folder propert...

Страница 5: ...s tab SQL Server database properties 54 16 Storage tab SQL Server database component properties 54 17 Data File tab SQL Server database component properties 55 18 Log tab SQL Server database component properties 56 19 Operating status User defined application properties 56 20 Storage tab User defined application properties 57 21 Operating status Virtual library properties 59 22 Storage tab Virtual...

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Страница 7: ...es using ASM Windows administrator tools and the HP Storage System Management applications Media rotation type using ASM and Data Protector Express However you should not use Windows administrator tools to change the paths to storage configured on your HP Storage System or file directories created by ASM on application servers with storage hosted on your HP Storage System Doing so will break the i...

Страница 8: ...ired for Software Yes license key not re quired Hosting application storage Exchange and SQL Server and iSCSI based User Defined ap plication storage Microsoft iSCSI Software Target No Creating backups to tape other disks or other types of storage media Data Protector Express No Replication SWSM required on replication source and all replication targets HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring version 5 ...

Страница 9: ... IPv4 of the HP Storage System to add 3 The added HP Storage System will appear in the Navigation pane Remove an HP Storage System To remove an added HP Storage System 1 Click on Remove HP Storage System 2 A window will appear asking if you would like to remove the HP Storage System 3 Click Yes Configuring display options ASM allows you to customize the user interface color and scale settings Chan...

Страница 10: ...dential Status column reads Failed or Not set select the application row and then click Update Credentials An Enter Credentials dialog box is displayed 4 Type the user name and password of a user with sufficient privileges as described in the dialog and then click OK 5 Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each application server Configure Storage Networks Use the Storage Networks dialog box to configure a...

Страница 11: ... HP Storage System and then click Remove 3 On the Targets tab select the iSCSI target that resides on your HP Storage System and then click Details 4 Select the target identifier from the list click Log off and then click OK 5 On the Discovery tab under Target Portals select the IP address that was previously designated for iSCSI traffic between the application server and the HP Storage System and...

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Страница 13: ...tem and configuring Ex change to store data on your HP Storage System Exchange See Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard on page 16 Create shared folders on your HP Storage System A wizard assists you in allocating and configuring storage space for shared folders and creating shared folders Shared Folders See Using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard on page 17 Allocate and configure storage f...

Страница 14: ...Group Wizard The Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard automatically discovers the Exchange storage groups on your application server and helps you allocate and configure storage space for these components Mail stores Contain the data in user mailboxes Public stores Contain the data in public folders Logs Provide a record of every message stored in a storage group Before you begin configuring stor...

Страница 15: ...group components to host Description Action Component s check box is not selected so ASM will not perform any action Select check box to change action None Storage space will be allocated and configured on your HP Storage System Component s data will be migrated to your HP Storage System Allocate Space Move Data Component s data is already hosted on your HP Storage System and already managed by AS...

Страница 16: ... select Create a Shared Folder The Create a Shared Folder Wizard welcome page opens 2 Click Next to open the Choose Shared Folder Types page see Choosing shared folder types on page 16 Choosing shared folder types Use the Choose Shared Folder types page to enable the types of client protocols that are allowed to connect to the shared folder 1 Select the Share this folder as a Windows share check b...

Страница 17: ...or Windows Share Security 1 For Windows Share Security select a permission level Users can have read write permissions full control read only or no access 2 For UNIX Linux Share Security select the Allow anonymous access check box to allow anonymous access with the default user identifer UID and group identifier GID of 2 Select the level of anonymous access No Access Read Only or Read Write from t...

Страница 18: ...electing a server that hosts SQL Server Use the Select a SQL Server page to select one of the servers that hosts SQL Server discovered on your domain by the wizard 1 Do one of the following Enter the host name of a server that hosts SQL exactly as it is registered in the domain Enter the IP address IPv4 of a server that hosts SQL 2 Click Next to open the Select Database Components page see Selecti...

Страница 19: ...ve Data Component s data is already hosted on your HP Storage System and already managed by ASM No action is possible None Already Managed 2 To view the properties for a database component select the database component name and then click Properties See Data file properties on page 55 and Log file properties for database on page 56 for descriptions of the properties displayed 3 If you do not want ...

Страница 20: ...to store its data on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the ap plication server as described in the application s documentation Before you begin configuring storage for a user defined application Make sure the ASM agent is installed on each application server with data you plan to host Make sure you have a current backup of your remote application data and logs For an iSCSI LUN application you will ...

Страница 21: ...completing the wizard you must manually initialize and mount the volume Entering an application name Use the Enter an Application Name page to enter a name for the application This name will be used anywhere the application is referenced in ASM so it must be a unique name 1 Enter a name for the application 2 When you are done click Next to open the Storage Allocation page see Allocating space for ...

Страница 22: ...he default values that ASM has provided for the components user defined application or shared folder selected Change the default size values Select a row to edit Highlight the storage size unit value and then enter a new value as necessary megabytes MB gigabytes GB or terabytes TB Highlight the storage size number value and enter a new value or click the arrow buttons to change the value NOTE The ...

Страница 23: ...e prevented from setting the size below 15 MB After the allocated storage space is full 100 percent used no further data can be stored to the space until you increase the size using the Allocate Space Wizard The only exception is for shared folders and local storage applications without an enforced allocated limit If there is unused storage space on the logical disk where a component without an en...

Страница 24: ...ge of size Other storage settings The percent full warning threshold is set by default to 80 Percent full warning threshold values are ASM specific percent full warning threshold values selected in the Quota Management MMC snap in are not adopted by ASM All other Quota Management MMC snap in settings are adopted by ASM See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 The percent full value ...

Страница 25: ...vel with the best data protection rating allows more hard drives to fail before data is lost For more information on the different RAID levels see Table 6 Table 6 Descriptions of RAID levels Description RAID level Offers no protection against disk failure If a disk drive fails data is lost No RAID Offers the greatest capacity and performance without data protection If you select this option you wi...

Страница 26: ...apacity is N 1 where N is the number of physical drives in the logical array RAID 5 Distributed Data Guarding Offers the best data protection and is an extension of RAID 5 RAID 6 uses multiple parity sets to store data and can therefore tolerate up to 2 drive failures simultaneously RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4 drives and is available only if the controller has an enabler Writer performance is l...

Страница 27: ...n the content pane however users are not blocked from adding data to the shared folder as long as there is still unallocated storage space on the logical disk where the shared folder resides Data can be written to the shared folder until the logical disk is full By default the Enforce Allocated Limit Quota is set to No for all shared folders and local storage applications To change this setting do...

Страница 28: ...opriate select the storage group or database and then select the components on the Select Storage Group Components page that are not currently hosted NOTE Snapshots are taken at the volume level See Storage View on page 60 for information on viewing volumes After you have selected and configured data protection settings click Next Scheduling snapshots 1 On the Data Protection page in any wizard cl...

Страница 29: ...rrows to indicate a time for the backup to begin 8 For alternate location backups select the device for the virtual library to reside 9 For local virtual library backups select the size for the virtual library A default value will be recommended based on the selected rotation type and component size Click Modify advanced storage properties to modify advanced storage settings such as RAID level and...

Страница 30: ...k Modify storage configuration to change the target storage configuration Select Manually choose a storage path to enter a drive and folder path where data will be replicated on the target system 4 In the Replication set name field accept the default name or type a new name for the replication set 5 From the Target network list select a network on the replication target through which to route all ...

Страница 31: ...s Show All Displays all tasks that have been completed or failed to complete Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed and all scheduled tasks Today Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed all scheduled tasks and tasks that completed or failed today Last 3 Days Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed all scheduled tasks and tasks that completed o...

Страница 32: ... disk created on the application server by ASM as follows a Select the user defined application in the content pane b In the Actions pane select Properties The Properties window opens c Click the Storage tab d Record the Application Path information displayed 2 Copy the application data to the path on the application server recorded in step 1 as follows a Using Windows Explorer navigate to the app...

Страница 33: ... Exchange Storage Group Wizard or Host a SQL Server Database Wizard as appropriate select the storage group or database and then select the components on the Select Storage Group Components page that are not currently hosted Scheduling and running snapshots From the Snapshots property tab you can configure schedules for snapshots If replication is enabled and the replication target is also running...

Страница 34: ...shot and then click Yes to confirm 4 To delete a snapshot select the snapshot from the snapshot list and click Delete 5 When you are done making changes click Close NOTE You cannot take snapshots on a replication target system Snapshots can instead be scheduled on the source system and replicated to the target system where they can be exposed Exposing a snapshot You can view a read only copy of a ...

Страница 35: ...ox displays 3 Select either Latest data or a snapshot from the list and then click Expose The Expose Snapshot dialog box displays Latest data represents the most current data on the system The snapshot that is taken represents reflects the data that is on the system at that specific point in time 4 Do one of the following Select Mount as a volume on a remote Windows system running the All in in On...

Страница 36: ...in the content pane 2 In the Actions pane click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots The Manage Snapshots dialog box displays 3 Select a snapshot from the list and click Revert 4 Click Yes to confirm Scheduling backups From the Backup property tab you can schedule and configure backups NOTE On ASM replication target systems you must have snapshots scheduled in order to also schedule backups T...

Страница 37: ...ups if the only configured backup is on an ASM replication target system the Exchange logs are not are not truncated as they normally would be after a successful backup To change this default behavior edit the hpkas config xml file on the Exchange server located at c Program Files HP HP All in One Storage Manager Change the value of SendBackupSuccessOnReplicatedSnapshot from false to true Running ...

Страница 38: ...lect Overwrite Restore to overwrite the existing data with the backup Select Different Location Restore to save the backup to a different location and then enter the location path where you want the backup saved on your HP Storage System To browse for the location click Browse 4 Click Next 5 Click Launch DPX to launch Data Protector Express See Using DPX to restore data for Data protector Express ...

Страница 39: ...les HP HP All in One Storage Manager hpkacli exe The password may be set interactively allowing the password characters to be masked or it may be set with a single command 2 Use the following command to display usage details hpkacli 3 To specify a password type the following hpkacli set password 4 This will bring up the following Current password for ASMbackup New password for ASMbackup Confirm ne...

Страница 40: ...rotector Express on another machine select Join an existing Data Protector Express domain 2 When prompted provide the hostname or IP address IPv4 of the HP Storage System An unlimited number of client platforms such as Windows XP and Vista may be added to the Data Protector Express domain managed by the HP Storage System Server platforms such as Windows Server 2003 will require one license per pro...

Страница 41: ...ick Modify storage configuration to change the target storage configuration Select Manually choose a storage path to enter a drive and folder path where data will be replicated on the target system 6 In the Replication set name field accept the default name or type a new name for the replication set 7 From the Target network list select a network on the replication target through which to route al...

Страница 42: ... Replication and then click Pause replication to target 3 Click Yes to confirm the pause operation 4 To resume replication select the component in the content pane and in the Actions pane click Replication and then click Resume replication to target 5 Click Yes to confirm the resume operation When replication is resumed Storage Mirroring executes a re mirror of the data Managing data protection 42...

Страница 43: ... storage is allocated to an application component or shared folder and the advanced configuration values selected for the storage matches those of the logical disk For example if an application component or shared folder s allocated storage is increased any unallocated space on the logical disk where it resides is used before the logical disk grows 1 Select the application component user defined a...

Страница 44: ...to storage allocations lost due to hard drive failure or storage for an application component or user defined application whose storage you plan to unhost Removing an application component or user defined application from view does not unhost its storage Its storage is still hosted on your HP Storage System To permanently remove storage from your HP Storage System you must first remove the storage...

Страница 45: ...r paths of shared folders using other applications You do not have to make any changes in ASM to implement the changes Click Refresh in the Actions pane or perform any action in ASM to update the ASM user interface to display your changes You will need to know the path of a shared folder to change its permissions name description or path To find the path select the shared folder in the content pan...

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Страница 47: ...view storage status on the content pane Status icons for warnings and critical conditions are displayed on top of icons in the content pane when storage status changes from OK to Warning or Critical NOTE Select an item in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane to view any alerts for the item IMPORTANT During the ASM discovery process if ASM detects a user defined storage ar...

Страница 48: ...atus alerts to the highest level For instance if a top level shared folder has surpassed its percent full warning threshold and exceeded its enforced allocated storage space a warning message is shown in the shared folders pool Likewise if a critical status alert exists in an Exchange mail store that alert is also shown in the status for the Exchange storage group Accessing properties for Exchange...

Страница 49: ...e deleted from the server Days before log file removal The domain controller used by the server Directory Server The type of Exchange installation Front end or Back end ASM can only host storage from Back end Exchange servers because Front end Exchange installations do not actually store mailboxes and other Exchange data Server Type Indicates whether the server that hosts Exchange Server is part o...

Страница 50: ...st name Name of the volume on your HP Storage System where the storage group component s data is stored Storage system volume Name Status of the volume that holds the storage group component on your HP Storage System Storage system volume Status Path to where the volume that holds the storage group component on your HP Storage System is mounted Storage system volume Mount paths The RAID level to w...

Страница 51: ... s free space and the following storage allocation details about the public store Table 11 Public Store tab Exchange storage group component properties Description Value Name of storage group public store Public Store Name The storage group public store is available for use Online Path to the file that stores all messages submitted through MAPI as well as the database tables that define mailboxes ...

Страница 52: ...Folders or Show all 3 Do one of the following Select Shared Folders in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane Right click Shared Folders in the content pane and select Properties General tab Shared folders pool shared folders Displays the shared folder name type of shared folder share path on your HP Storage System share description and the shared folder operating status Ta...

Страница 53: ...al storage applications on page 27 for more information Also allows you to change the shared folder s percent full warning threshold value See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 for more information Snapshots tab Shared folders Allows you to schedule snapshots of the shared folder For more information see Scheduling and running snapshots on page 33 Backup tab Shared folders Allows...

Страница 54: ...uster Clustered Snapshots tab SQL Server database Allows you to schedule snapshots of the database For more information see Scheduling and running snapshots on page 33 Backup tab SQL Server database Allows you to schedule backups of the database See Scheduling backups on page 36 for more information Replication tab SQL Server database Allows you to configure data replication of the database See Ru...

Страница 55: ... Server Volume Write Cache The number of hot spares with which the database component storage is configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Application Server Volume Number of Hot Spares Path the volume is mounted on on the server that hosts SQL Server The volume is built on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the server that hosts SQL Server Application Server Volume Mount Paths Warning ...

Страница 56: ...op down menu select User Defined or Show all 3 To select properties for the user defined application pool Select User Defined in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane or Right click User Defined in the content pane and select Properties For a user defined application Select any user defined application in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane or Ri...

Страница 57: ...ured See Customizing RAID levels on page 25 for more information Application Server Volume RAID Level The RAID stripe size to which the user defined application storage is configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Application Server Volume RAID Stripe Size Speeds up reads when enabled This setting is determined by the stor age array not ASM Application Server Volume Read Cache Speeds ...

Страница 58: ...r more information Critical Storage tab Displays the virtual library s storage space including allocated space used space free space and the following storage allocation details Table 23 Storage tab Virtual library properties Value Property Path to the virtual library folder on the server Application Path Name of the host server for your virtual library Storage System Host Name Name of the volume ...

Страница 59: ...orage System Using properties information you can determine the status of all replication target component properties monitored by ASM and any warning or critical status indicators 1 In the Actions pane select Application View 2 From the Filter drop down menu select Data Protection or Show all 3 To select properties for the replication target component Select a replication target component in the ...

Страница 60: ...the replication target component See Running replication on page 40 for more information Storage View Storage View displays the used and allocated storage space of the storage areas logical disks and volumes on your HP Storage System that were created by ASM to store application data and shared folders In the Actions pane select Storage View To view the storage area properties for all applications...

Страница 61: ...g properties for HP Storage System volumes ASM provides properties information for any volume on a logical disk on your HP Storage System 1 In the Actions pane select Storage View 2 Do one of the following Select any Volume Vol area in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane Right click any Volume Vol area in the content pane and select Properties Accessing properties for HP...

Страница 62: ...d See Customizing RAID levels on page 25 for more information RAID Level The RAID stripe size to which the logical disk is configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information RAID Stripe Size Speeds up reads when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array not ASM Read Cache Speeds up writes when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array not ASM Write Cache The number ...

Страница 63: ...ter drop down menu located at the top of the content pane Application server properties are displayed in order of hierarchy in an expandable and collapsible view For example all the volumes created on the iSCSI LUNs logical disk exported by ASM to the application server are displayed under the application server and all the application components hosted from the application server are displayed un...

Страница 64: ...SCSI LUNs exported by ASM to the application server 1 In the Actions pane select Application Server View 2 Do one of the following Select an application server volume in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane Right click an application server volume in the content pane and select Properties Monitoring storage 64 ...

Страница 65: ...xclusive Storage The RAID level to which the volume on the application server is configured See Customizing RAID levels on page 25 for more in formation Application Server Volume RAID Level The RAID stripe size to which the volume on the application server is configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Application Server Volume RAID Stripe Size Speeds up reads when enabled This setting ...

Страница 66: ...P Storage System that is not managed by ASM NOTE Logical disks LUNs being used to store application data or shared folders cannot be grown increased in size by ASM using space on unused logical disks configured storage they can only be grown using raw storage Unused logical disks are reallocated by ASM when an unhosted application component shared folder or user defined application s storage is ho...

Страница 67: ...age System volumes accessing properties 61 HP Storage System alerts operating status values 62 HP Storage System logical disks Storage properties 62 HP Storage System volumes Storage properties 63 L log file properties for database 56 log properties for storage groups 52 M Mailstore database 51 Microsoft Exchange Server accessing properties 48 operating status values 49 Microsoft Exchange storage ...

Страница 68: ...orage group components 50 SQL Server database components 55 Storage properties shared folders 53 Storage View 47 60 U user defined application pool accessing properties 56 user defined applications operating status values 56 storage properties 57 V virtual libraries operating status values 59 storage properties 59 W Warning Threshold 44 55 Index 68 ...

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