HP (Hewlett-Packard) XP24000 manuale d’uso

HP S to r age W or ks XP2 4 000/XP20000 Exter nal S to r age S oft w ar e U se r Gui de Abstract This gui de descr ibes how t o connect and map e xternal stor age to HP Sto rage W orks XP2 4000/XP20000 stor age sy stems . T opics include ins tructio ns for setting ports and paths, mapp ing volumes , maintaining connectio ns, using spr eadsheets to [...]

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C ont ents 1 Ov ervi ew o f HP St or age W orks XP Exter nal Sto r age Softwar e...........................9 XP Exter nal Stor age..................................................................................................................9 Unify ing Cop y Oper ations betw een Differ ent Stor age S yst ems......................................[...]

3 Pr epar ing for XP Exter nal Stor age Oper ations.............................................. 37 S y stem R equir ements...............................................................................................................37 Sto rage S ys tems Supported as Exter nal Stor age S yst ems....................................................[...]

Changing the Cr oss-subs yst em P ath......................................................................................83 R eplacing A ll Cro ss-subs yste m P aths with Ne wl y Added Cr oss-sub sy stem P aths...........................83 Chec king the External V olume Details......................................................................[...]

R estr icti ons on Initiator/Ext ernal MI X Mode.........................................................................125 8 T r oubleshoo ting......................................................................................126 T r oubleshooting f or XP Exter nal Stor age.......................................................................[...]

IBM D S3000/DS4 000/DS5 000 Ser ies................................................................................... 150 S y stem P aramete r for C onnecting IBM S VC S eri es.....................................................................150 Notes o n Connecting IB M XIV Se rie s..............................................................[...]

P arameter s ................................................................................................................. 164 Ex ample .................................................................................................................... 164 chec kstatu s Command....................................................................[...]

1 Ov er v ie w of HP S tor age W or ks XP Exter nal St or age So ft w ar e This c hapter pr ov ides an o verv iew o f XP External S tor age . • “XP Exter nal Stor age” (page 9) • “Unify ing Cop y Oper ations betw een Differ ent Stor age S yst ems ” (page 9) • “Unify ing Connec tions fr om a Host to Diff er ent St orage S ys tems ”[...]

Figur e 1 Unifying Cop y Operations between Different S torage S ystems Unify ing Connec tions f r om a Hos t to Diffe r ent S tor age S y ste ms When a s yst em has multiple st orage s yst ems, a hos t usually needs to connec t all stor age s yst ems. When a s yst em administr ator conf igur es the connecti ons fr om a host to v olumes, the y need[...]

Figur e 2 Unifying Connections from a Host to Differ ent Storage S ystems Unify ing Connecti ons fr om a Host to Diff eren t Stor age Sy stems 1 1[...]

2 Abou t XP Exter nal S tor age Oper atio ns This c hapter e xplains the functi ons and the applicati ons of XP Exter nal Stor age. • “Connec ting External St orage S ys tems ” (page 12) • “XP Exter nal Stor age Componen ts ” (page 13) • “XP Exter nal Stor age Operati ons ” (page 15) • “Conf iguring XP Ext ernal St orage ” ([...]

Figur e 3 Concept of XP External S torage B y mapping an e xternal v olume as an int ernal v olume using XP Exter nal Stor age as show n in F igur e 3 (page 13) , it becomes po ssible to oper ate the e xternal v olume using R emote W eb Conso le as if it is a v olume in the local stor age s ys tem. XP Exter nal St or age Co mponents S y stems using[...]

Figur e 4 XP External Stor age Components This s ection de scr ibes the details on the sto rage s y stems , cr oss-sub sy stem paths, v olumes and mapping paths a s show n in Fi gure 4 (page 14 ) . St or age S y stems and Cr oss-su bs y stem P aths Bef or e using XP Exter nal Stor age, connec t the F ibre C hannel port of the local sto rage s y ste[...]

local stor age sy stem. A fter the mapping , you can manipulat e the exter nal v olume fr om the local stor age sy stem in the s ame wa y as manipulating an inter nal volume . When e xternal v olumes in e xternal s tor age sy stems ar e mapped as inter nal volume s in your s tor age s ys tems, the e xter nal volumes can be acce ssed and copi ed by [...]

• Using spr eadsheets to map e xternal v olumes XP Exter nal Stor age supports Conf igur ation F ile Loader spr eadsheets. T hese spr eadsheets allo w yo u to confi gure the ma pping of multiple e xter nal volumes at the s ame time, w hic h is eff ic ien t when mapp ing large n umbers of v olumes . F or details, s ee “Using Spr eadsheets for XP[...]

(inter nal volume s) . Identify the volume s in each e xternal s tor age sy stem that sh ould be mapped as inter nal volume s. • Y ou cannot acces s the data that is stor ed in an exter nal vo lume bey ond the max imum av ailable capac ity . F or e xample , if an exte rnal v olume of 1 00 GB wa s mapped as an inter nal volume o f 7 0 GB, then 30 [...]

set to Dis able . All I/O to and fr om the local stor age sy stem (e ither Enable or Disa ble) alw ay s use s cache mode . W rit e operati ons ar e alw ay s back ed up in duple x cache . ◦ If y ou select Enable , after r ecei ving the data in to the local stor age sy stem cac he memory , the local stor age sy stem si gnals the host that an I/O op[...]

If two o r more e xternal v olumes us e the same r edundant cr oss-subs yst em paths, thes e exter nal v olumes can be a gr oup . This gr oup is called a path gr oup . In the redundant c r oss-sub sy stem paths , the cr oss-subs ys tem path that has the highe st pri ority is called the pr imar y path . The cr oss-sub sy stem paths other than the pr[...]

the local stor age sy stem fo r the alternate path . Ther ef ore , CL1 port and CL2 port are spec ified a s sho wn in the f igure . Figur e 5 Example o f Alternate P ath Setting F igur e 6 (page 20) illustr ates an e xample o f setting an alternat e path when a s w itch is u sed. T wo ports ar e spec ified in the local s tor age sy stem , and conne[...]

Figur e 7 Example o f Unavailable Alter nate P ath Setting Ex amples of S w itching I/O Ex ec ution P aths to Alt ernate P aths This s ection de scr ibes ex amples of the pe rformance w hen the I/O ex ec ution path is s w itched to the alter nate path for eac h path mode as fo llow s: • When the path mode is Multi mode • When the path mode is S[...]

Figur e 8 When the P ath Mod e is Multi Mode • When the path mode is Single mode F igur e 9 (page 23) sho w s an ex ample of w hen the path mode is Single mode . When an err or occ urs in the path that is being u sed for I/Os , the I/O e xec ution path is s wit ched to the path w ith the second highe st pri or it y . As y ou re stor e the path w [...]

Figur e 9 When the P ath Mod e is Single Mode • When the path mode is Single mode and ther e is at least one alter nate path in the Standb y statu s F igur e 1 0 (page 24) sho ws an e xample of w hen the path mode is Single mode, and ther e ar e alternat e paths in Normal st atus and Standb y status . Fi gur e 1 1 (page 25) sho ws an other e xamp[...]

Figur e 1 0 Single M ode with Alternate P aths in Normal and Standb y 2 4 About XP Ext ernal Sto rage Oper ations[...]

Figur e 1 1 Single M ode with Alternate P aths in Standb y Only Co nnecting Mainf rame V olumes Mainfr ame volumes that pr e -ex ist on an e xternal s tor age sy stem and ar e accessed b y E SC ON or FICON c hannels cannot co nnect dir ectly to the s tor age sy stem as an e xter nal volume . The stor age s ys tem does not r ecogniz e these v olumes[...]

F or the v olume for matting and Wr ite to Control Blocks operati on procedur es, s ee the HP Sto rage W orks XP2 4000/XP20000 V ir tual L VI/L UN (VLL) and V olume Shr edder User Gui de . Co nnecting Open S y stems V olumes Open s ys tems v olumes in e xternal st orage s yst em connect to and ar e recogni z ed by the sto rage s ys tem as open s ys[...]

the e xternal s torage s ys tem can be displa yed in a di alog box of XP Exter nal Stor age when y ou ex ecute po r t disco ve r y . Y ou can set in ad vance the mapp ing polic y on whether t o ex ec ute port discov er y auto matically or manuall y . If port discov ery is ex ecuted a utomaticall y , WWNs connected to all the e xternal ports of the [...]

see the HP S tor age W orks XP2 4000/XP20000 Virtual L VI/L UN ( VLL) and V olume Shredder Use r Guide . Go to st ep 4. 3. If y ou set the emulati on type f or the mainfr ame s ys tem whe n you ma p the volume , the status of the mapped v olume becomes Block ade. F ormat the v olume using the VLL f unction . F or z ero-for mat ted e xternal v olume[...]

F r om the host , you can acces s the ext ernal sto rage s yste m volumes that ha ve n ot been mapped as inter nal vo lumes. T her e is no re str icti on. F igur e 1 3 (page 29) illustr ates using e x isting data in a mapped e xternal v olume. Figur e 1 3 Using the Existing Data in the Mapped External V olume Inte r oper ab ilit y w ith other Pr od[...]

V ir tual L VI/L UN ( VLL) Consi der the fo llow ing for V irtual L VI/L UN (VLL) : • If y ou set the em ulation type f or the mainfr ame sy stem a s you ma p the exter nal vo lume, y ou need to f ormat the mapped v olume or perf orm the W rite to Control Blocks operati on using the VLL func tion bef or e y ou use the e xternal v olume. F or the [...]

HP St or age W or ks XP Snapshot S oftwar e Mapped v olumes can be used f or XP Snapshot . Consider the f ollo w ing for XP Snap shot: • Both inte rnal and e xternal v olumes cannot be mi xed in one pool . • All e xternal v olumes in the same pool mu st be in the same Cache M ode . HP St or age W or ks XP Thin Pr ov isioning S oftwar e Mapped v[...]

T o copy the e xisting data in the mapped e xternal v olume using the cop y pr ogram pr oducts of R emote W eb Console suc h as XP C ontinuou s Access and XP B usiness C opy , the emulation type of the ma pped exte rnal v olume also has to be OP EN-V . 2. Pr epare the local inte rnal v olume that has the same capac ity as the mapped e xternal v olu[...]

is not e xec uted automati cally . If you need t o for mat the mapped volume , for mat the volume using the VLL f unction . F or the v olume for matting operati on pr ocedure , see the HP Sto rage W orks XP2 4000/XP20000 Virtual L VI/L UN ( VLL) and V olume Shredder U ser Guide . Go to st ep 4. 3. If y ou set the emulati on type f or the mainfr ame[...]

1 . Use XP Ext ernal St orage t o map the volume in the e xternal sto rage s yste m as an inter nal volume of the local st orage s yst em, w hic h is used as R CU fo r the XP Contin uous Acce ss Journal oper ation . Y ou can selec t the emulatio n t ype o f the mapped v olume as y ou req uired . If y ou select the emulati on type f or the open s ys[...]

XP Busine ss C opy Ope rati ons F igur e 1 7 (page 35) sho ws the u se of an e xternal v olume for the XP Bu siness C opy oper ation . The mapped e xternal v olume is set as the S - V OL of the XP Busines s Cop y pair , and the local stor age s ys tem inter nal volume is s et as the P -V OL of the XP Busines s Cop y pair . F or details on XP B usin[...]

XP Snapsh ot Oper ations F igur e 1 8 (page 36) sho ws the u se of an e xternal v olume fo r the XP Snapshot oper ation . The mapped e xternal v olume is set as a pool- V OL of the XP Snapsh ot pair . F or details on XP Snap shot , see the HP S tor age W orks XP2 4000/XP20000 Snapsh ot User Gui de . The pr ocedure f or the oper ation is as f ollow [...]

3 Pr epar ing f or XP Exter nal Sto r age Oper atio ns This c hapter de scr ibes the r equir ements and pr epar ations f or XP External S tor age oper ations . • “S y stem R equir ements ” (page 37) • “Guideline s for XP Exte rnal Sto rage Oper ations ” (page 38) • “Installing and U ninstalling XP Exter nal Stor age” (page 44) •[...]

T abl e 1 XP External S torage Requirements Requirement Item 1 , 02 4 per port Max imum number of ports in the connected e xternal stor age s ystem (WWN is used as a po r t iden tificati on number 6 3,2 3 2 volume s can be connected . 4, 09 6 volumes can be connec ted per port. If y ou use XP Snapsho t or XP Thin Pr ov isioning , the number of e[...]

• Mak e sure that an e xternal v olume is acces sed only f r om the local stor age s yst em side once the e xternal v olume is mapped . ◦ Mak e sure that the e xternal v olume , whi ch has been ma pped as an internal v olume, is not acces sed fr om the host that is connec ted to the e xternal s tor age sy stem . ◦ Mak e sure that the e xterna[...]

T abl e 3 When the Emulation T ype of the External V olume is for Mainframe HDD T ype Application SA T A FC/SSD Not R ecommended Not R ecommended Database Online T ransac tion Pr ocessing (OL TP) Not R ecommended Not R ecommended S yst em V olumes (Journal , Chec k points) Not Supported Not Supported Oper ation fr om TPF Not R ecommended Y es F ile[...]

smaller than the actual e xternal v olume capac ity . The a vailable ca pacity decr eases as m uch capac ity as the data management inf ormati on ar ea. F igur e 20 (page 41) sho ws an e xample o f when the or iginal capac it y of the e xter nal volume is bi gger than the basic capac it y of the em ulation type . The emulati on type is OPEN-3 . F i[...]

• The attr ibutes that ar e set for the e xternal v olume or iginally on the e xternal st orage s yst em side (suc h as the port sec urity , the L UN sec urity , the V olume Re tention Manage r attribute s, and so on) ar e not kept , when the e xter nal volume is mapped a s an internal v olume. If the or iginal attribu tes ar e req uired to be s [...]

Mainte nance Guidelines f or an Exter nal Stor age S y stem • Bef or e you c hange settings o f the exte rnal stor age sy stem, y ou must de lete the e xternal v olume mapping . After y ou change s ettings of the e xternal s tor age sy stem, y ou must r emap the e xternal v olume. If y ou do not r emap the v olume , the exter nal vo lume cannot b[...]

T o k eep the load proper , HP reco mmends the follo wing: ◦ Def ine volume s of each AM S 2000 ser ies st orage s yst em to set the e xternal path n umber to tw o. In that ca se , set the paths to the ports of eac h contr oller of the AM S 2000 ser ies stor age sy stem. ◦ Set the que ue of commands that ar e issued at the same time f r om one [...]

S tar ting XP Exter nal Stor age This s ection e xplains how to s tart XP External S tor age. T o start XP Exter nal Stor age and display the w indow : 1 . Start R emote W eb Console , and open the Remo te W eb Conso le main windo w . F or instr uctio ns, see the HP S tor age W orks XP2 4000/XP20000 R emote W eb Console U ser Guide . 2. C lick Go a[...]

4 Using the XP Exte rnal S tor age GUI This c hapter e xplains the XP External S tor age windo ws: V olume Operati on, P ath Oper ation , and P or t Oper ation . When y ou clic k the tab of the w indow name , the windo w is sw itched to the corr esponding w indo w . • “V olume Oper ation W indow ” (page 46) • “P ath Operati on Windo w” [...]

Figur e 22 V olume O peration W indow Description Item The le ft pane of the windo w contains a tr ee and a list for changing the tr ee display . The inf ormati on show n in the list on the r ight change s according to the it ems selected in the tr ee. F or details , see T able 4 (page 48) . T ree Pr ov ides the e xternal v olume status in the Ext [...]

Description Item Applie s the settings in the Pre vi ew dialog bo x to the local stor age s ystem . When the s ettings are appli ed successfull y , they ar e r emov ed fr om the Pre vi ew dialog bo x and the settings in blue italic s in the V olume Oper ation w indow appear normall y . When the se ttings are not a pplied, the er ror me ssages appea[...]

V olume Oper ation T r ee The V olume Oper ation tr ee, on the le ft side of the V olume Oper ation w indow , contains the f ollow ing: Description Item Changes the it ems display ed in the V olume Operatio n tree . Y ou can select F ibre as a PCB ty pe. Lis t The f ollow ing items appear in tree f ormat . The inf ormatio n displa yed in the list o[...]

T abl e 5 P op-up Menu for the V olume Operation T ree (continued) Description Refer ence P op-up M enu Items displa yed in the tree (Clicked items are underlined) Disconnec ts or reconnec ts the ext ernal vo lumes in the select ed exter nal stor age s ystem . “Disconnec ting External Stor age Sy stem or Disconnec ting External V olume” (page 9[...]

T abl e 6 Status of the External V olume in Ext. V OL Status Description Display ed Item The path is no rmal. Normal The s tatus of the mapping path is n ot retr ie ved y et. Cli ck Status in the V olume Oper ation w indow to c hange the name of the button to Status: Enable , and displa y the status of the mapp ing path. - The s tatus of the mappin[...]

The Ext ernal V olumes list pr ov ides the f ollow ing infor mation: Description Item External v olume group n umber and sequenti al number assi gned to each v olume in the exter nal volume gr oup . This a ppears in the for mat of external volume group number - sequential number of volume in the group . The s equential number s of vo lumes in the g[...]

Description Item Statu s of the operati on ex ecu ted to the exter nal volume or status o f the connection o f the mapping path. F or the displa yed statu s descr iptions , see T able 6 (page 51) . T o chec k status of eac h LDEV in the exte rnal volume , vie w the VLL w indow . Ext. V OL Status Appears w hen the Status is Cache Destage . The pr og[...]

T abl e 7 Cro ss-subsy stem P aths List Details (continued) Description Item Identif ication numbe r of the port in the exter nal stor age s ystem . WWN R ight-clic k a ro w in the Cross-subs ystem P aths list (at the bottom of the w indo w) to perform the f ollo wing oper ation: • Conf igur e Cro ss-Subs ys tem P aths: Opens the Conf igure Cr os[...]

Description Item A list of the ite ms that are set in the lis t of the XP External Stor age windo ws . The items appear ing in the pre set area differ depe nding on the items set in the list o f the XP External S tor age windo ws . The items in the pr eset ar ea appear in blue italic s in the list of the XP Exter nal Stor age w indow s. Pr ev iew A[...]

Description Item The le ft pane of the windo w contains a tr ee and a list for changing the tr ee display . The inf ormati on display ed in the list on the r ight change s corr esponding to the items select ed in the tree . F or details, see T able 8 (page 57) . T ree Pr ov ides the cr oss-subs ys tem path status in the Status column in the P ath O[...]

Description Item Applie s the settings in the Pre vi ew dialog bo x to the local stor age s ystem . When the s ettings are appli ed successfull y , they ar e r emov ed fr om the Pre vi ew dialog bo x and the settings in blue italic s in the P ath Oper ation w indow appear no rmally . When the se ttings are not a pplied, the er ror me ssages ar e di[...]

P ath Oper atio n T r ee The P ath Oper ation tr ee , on the left side of the P ath Oper ation w indow , contains the fo llow ing: Description Item Changes the it ems display ed in the P ath Operatio n tree . Y ou can select w hich si de to display the inf ormati on on cr oss-subs yst em paths fr om. Fibr e - Local Subsy stem : Display s ports in t[...]

Description Item The e xternal po r t of the local sto rage s yst em. One of the follo wing ico ns appears: : P orts in the Standar d mode. : P orts in the Initiator/Exter nal MIX mode . P or t The w ait time (in seconds) of P L OGI to the ext ernal stor age s ystem w hen the s witc h is not connected . This v alue is automati cally set b y XP Exte[...]

T abl e 9 Status of the Cr oss-subs ystem P ath Display ed in th e Status (continued) Description Display ed Item Connec ting to the exter nal stor age sy stem or the e xternal vo lume is intentionall y stopped using the Dis connec t Subs ystem command or the Disconnect V olume command. Disconnect Ther e are cr oss-subs ys tem paths who se status i[...]

Description Item External po r t in the local stor age sy stem. P or t WWN indicating the tar get port in the e xternal s torage s ystem . WWN V endor name of the e xternal stor age sy stem. V endor Pr oduct name of the e xternal sto rage s yst em. Product Name Ser ial number of the e xternal stor age s ystem . Serial Number Statu s of the cr oss-s[...]

Description Item The le ft pane of the windo w contains a tr ee and a list for changing the tr ee display . The inf ormati on display ed in the list on the r ight change s corr esponding to the items select ed in the tree . T ree Info rmation on the port appear s corr esponding to the items select ed in the tree . Sort the list by c lic king the co[...]

P or t Oper atio n T r ee The P or t Oper ation tr ee, on the le ft side of the P ort Operati on windo w , contains the fo llow ing: Description Item Changes the it ems display ed in the P ort Operation tr ee. Y ou can select F ibre as a PCB ty pe. Lis t The ports in the local st orage s yst em appear in the tree . The inf ormati on display ed in t[...]

Description Item The P CB mode of the port . • Standard • High Speed • MIX (for Initi ator/Exter nal MIX mode) The e xternal po r ts do not ha ve the High S peed mode. F or detailed inf ormation o n the PCB mode , see the HP Stor age W orks XP2 4000/XP20000 L UN Manager Use r Guide . PCB Mode The to tal number of ports in the P ort Operati on[...]

5 P erf or ming XP Exter nal Sto r age Oper atio ns This c hapter de scr ibes setting the e xter nal volume using XP Exter nal Stor age. • “Ov er v ie w of Setting Oper ations ” (page 65) • “Setting P ort of External S tor age S ys tem ” (page 66) • “Setting P ort Attribute f or Local St orage S ys tem ” (page 67) • “Mapping a[...]

Figur e 23 Oper ations of Making External V olumes Usabl e from a Ho st The o utlined procedur e for making the e xter nal volumes u sable fr om a host is a s follo ws: 1 . Pr epare a v olume in the exter nal stor age sy stem . 2. Se t the por t and s ys tem par ameters f or the e xternal st orage s yst em. F or the pr ocedur e, s ee the documen ts[...]

1 . Set the topolog y informati on accor ding to the conf igur ation of the connec tion . 2. A ccording t o the configur ation , set the data tr ansfer s peed. 3. S et the sy stem par ameters . See “C onnecting Exter nal Stor age Sy stems” (page 134) to se t the sy stem par ameters f or the e xternal st orage s yst ems. 4. Def ine the L UN to t[...]

Exter nal volume s can be mapped either aut omaticall y or manually . This sec tion e xplains automati c mapping . Fo r the differ ence betw een automati c mapping and manual ma pping, s ee “Differ ence betw een Auto matic Mapping and Man ual Mapping ” (page 26) . CA UTION: Do not spec if y 0 1 f or the LDK C number whe n you ma p a volume of w[...]

3. R ight-clic k one of the f ollo wing in the V olume Oper ation tr ee: • Subs ystem : Allo ws y ou to c reat e a new path gr oup , and add exte rnal v olumes to the ne w path gr oup • P ath group : Allo ws y ou to add e xternal v olumes to the e x isting path gr oup . 4. Cli ck Add V olume (Manual) in the pop-up menu , and then clic k the des[...]

1 0. Clic k OK to clo se the Add V olume dialog bo x. • When the S SID setting is r equir ed, the S SID dialog bo x opens (see “S SID Dialog Bo x” (page 75) ) . Go to st ep 1 1 . • When the S SID setting is not r equir ed, the V olume Operati on w indow ope ns. Go to st ep 1 5 . 1 1 . In the S SID dialog bo x, r ight-cli ck an LDEV f or whi[...]

The A dd V olume dialog bo x consists o f: • List (f or mor e info rmation , see “V olume Oper ation L ist (When P ath Gr oup is Clic k ed)” (page 51) ) ◦ Characteristic1 : Identif icatio n number of the e xternal v olume. ◦ ExG: Exter nal volume gr oup number and its seq uential numbe r . ◦ Emulation T ype: Emulation ty pe of the ext e[...]

Set Ext ernal V olume P arame ter Dialog Bo x Use the S et External V olume P aramete r dialog bo x to set the e xternal v olume paramet er . The Set Exter nal V olume P arame ter dialog bo x opens w hen yo u righ t -cli ck the e xternal v olume in the Add V olume dialog bo x and clic k the Set External V olume P arameter in the pop-up menu . Figur[...]

• Inflo w Control Inflo w Contr ol spec ifie s if the wr iting oper ation to the cac he memory is stopped ( Enable ) or contin ued ( Disable ) when the w riting oper ation to the e xter nal volume is impo ssible . • CLPR When the cac he memory is partitioned using XP Disk/C ache P ar tition , select CLP R used f or accessing t o the mapped exte[...]

The LDE V Mapping (A uto) dialog bo x consists of: • SLP R Limited T o r estr ict the CU in the CU list to the CU w hic h belongs to the SLP R, selec t the Limited . T o displa y all the CU in the CU list w ithout an y r estr icti on, s elect the Unlimited . B y defa ult, the Limited is s elected . • LDK C list Selec t the LD K C number of the [...]

Figur e 2 7 LDEV Mapping (M anual) Dialog Bo x The LDE V Mapping (Manual) di alog box consis ts of: • List ◦ ExG The e xternal v olume gr oup number o f the connected e xternal v olume spec ified in the S et Exter nal V olume P arame ter dialog bo x. ◦ LDK C:CU:LDEV Use the LDK C:CU:LDEV w ith the LDEV map for a ssigning the LDEV numbe r . Y [...]

Figur e 28 S SI D Dialog Bo x The S SID dialog bo x consists of: • SLP R list When the s tor age sy stem is partiti oned using XP Disk/Cac he P artition , use the SLP R list . If y ou select the SLP R Limited check bo x and select the SLP R number in the SLP R list , only the S SIDs that can be u sed for the s elected SLP R can be set in the Se t[...]

SSID (0004–FFFE) : Se lect the S SID fr om the S SID list . Y ou can select the v alue for an S SID f rom 0x0004 to 0xFFFE . ◦ If y ou hav e selec ted the SLPR L imited chec k box o n the SSID dialog bo x, o nly the S SIDs that can be used in SLP R selec ted on the S SID dialog bo x appear in the list . ◦ If y ou hav e not se lected the SLP R[...]

5 . Make the s ettings to all the LDEVs in the LDK C:CU:LDEV column (r epeat step 2 thr ough step 4 ) . 6. C lick OK . The s pecif ied numbers ar e assigned t o the LDEVs. Ho w ev er , the Add V olume dialog bo x show s onl y the LD EV n umber assigned f or the f irst LDEV of eac h ext ernal v olume . Figur e 30 Example o f LDEV Mapping (Manual) Di[...]

complet ed. T o conf igur e the cr oss-subs yste m paths, us e the Conf igur e Cr oss-subs yst em P aths dialog bo x. CA UTION: Y ou cannot dele te all the cur re nt cr oss-subs yst em paths to substitu te new ly added cr oss-subs ys tem paths fo r them in one oper ation . T o replace all the c urr ent cr oss-subs yst em paths w ith new ly added cr[...]

The mi ddle pane sho ws e xter nal por ts of the local s torage s ys tem that connects to the e xternal stor age sy stem that y ou select ed in the left pane. ◦ P ort : exter nal port of the local stor age sy stem . One of the f ollow ing icons appear s: : P or ts in the St andard mode . : P or ts in the Initiat or/External MI X mode. The r ight [...]

• Cancel button Cancels the s ettings and clo ses the dialog bo x . • P op-up Menu R ight-cli ck a r o w in the Conf igur e Cr oss-subs ys tem P aths dialog bo x to perf orm the f ollow ing oper ations . T abl e 1 1 P op-up M enu in the Configure Cr oss-subs ystem P aths dialog box Description P op-up menu Right-clicked area Allo ws y ou to add[...]

7 . R ight-clic k the WWN in the WWN , and then cli ck Add in the pop-u p menu . The c r oss-sub sy stem path is added t o the Selec ted P aths w ith the selected inf ormati on. C onfi gur e mor e than two c ro ss-subs yst em paths for one path gr oup . Change the pr ior ity or delete unnecess ar y cr oss-sub sy stem paths if nece ssary . 8. Cli ck[...]

8. R epeat the operati on of the Raise Pr iority command until the r ow of the s elected path appear s in the head of the Selected P at hs list and its Priority column c hanges to 1 . When the Pr iority column change s to 1 , it means the cr oss-subs yst em path is set as the usuall y used o ne (primary path) . 9 . Cli ck OK to c lose the C onfi gu[...]

F igur e 34 (page 84 ) show s the ov ervie w of the oper ation and the statu s of the cr oss-sub sy stem paths. W hen y ou delete the c urr ent c ro ss-subs yst em paths (A and B) and add ne w cr oss-subs yst em paths (C and D) , y ou cannot delete bo th the cur ren t cr oss-su bsy stem paths (A and B) in o ne operati on becaus e at least one c urr[...]

7 . Disco nnect the cable that the cr oss-sub sy stem path B u ses , and connect the cable that the cr oss-subs ys tem path D use s. 8. Cancel the co nfigur ation of the c r oss-subs yst em path B, and add the c ro ss-subs yste m path D . 9 . Cli ck Appl y to apply the s ettings of the cr oss-subs ys tem paths B and D . 1 0. Make sur e the status o[...]

emulati on type of the mapped e xternal v olume is for the mainf rame s ys tem, the capac it y is sho wn in C ylinde r . • Close button Clo ses the LDEV Inf ormatio n dialog bo x. Mapp ing P ath Infor mation Di alog Bo x The Ma pping P ath Inf ormatio n dialog bo x show s the infor mation on the mapp ing paths that connect the inter nal volume an[...]

T abl e 1 2 Status of the Mapping P aths in the M apping P ath Information Dialog Bo x (contin ued) Description Display ed Item The s etting of the exter nal stor age sy stem has been c hanged. F or ex ample, the path def inition w as deleted, or the e xternal stor age sy stem itself w as replaced by an other dev ice . External dev ice setting chan[...]

T urning On o r Off the Sto r age S y ste m This s ection de scr ibes ho w to turn on or o ff the local stor age sy stem and the e xternal s torage s ys tem after the XP Exter nal Stor age operati on has been st ar ted . This s ection inc ludes the follo wing pr ocedures , and uses XP B usiness C opy as an e xample: • “Commands f or T urning On[...]

When the Check P at hs & Restor e V olume command is e xec uted and the e xternal v olume is r eady to be r estor ed as the mapped v olume , the ext ernal v olume is set to accept the I/Os and y ou can re sume using the e xternal v olume as a mapped v olume . How ev er , if the exter nal v olume is not r eady to be r estor ed, the e xternal v o[...]

1 . T urn on the e xter nal stor age s yst em that contains the e xternal v olume, w hic h is mapped as an inter nal volume . 2. T urn on the po we r supply of the local s tor age sy stem . CA UTION: • When the local s tor age sy stem is tur ned off after the Disconnect Subs ystem command is e xec uted , yo u cannot access the ma pped exter nal v[...]

1 . T urn on the po wer su pply of the e xternal s tor age sy stem . CA UTION: Mak e sure that the po wer su pply of the e xter nal stor age sy stem is complet ely on and then go on to the ne xt step . 2. T urn on the po we r supply of the local s tor age sy stem . CA UTION: Mak e sure that the po wer su pply of the local s tor age sy stem is compl[...]

T abl e 1 3 O perations Required bef ore Disconnecting External V olumes (continued) This Operation is Required If the External V olum e is Used in this wa y P erfor m the follo wing oper ations on all the XP Thin Pr ov isioning v olumes (V- VOLs) that ar e assoc iated w ith a pool to w hich the e xternal v olume is r egister ed. • Stop the u se [...]

3. C lick the pr oduct name in the V olume Operati on tr ee. 4. R ight-cli ck the e xternal v olume that y ou wan t to change in the V olume Oper ation list . 5 . Clic k Disconnect V olume in the pop-up menu . The s ettings appear in blue italic s. 6. V erify the settings in the Pr ev ie w dialog bo x. 7 . Cli ck Appl y in the V olume Oper ation w [...]

1 . Start R emote W eb Console , and open the V olume Oper ation w indow . 2. Mak e sure that R emote W eb Console is in Modify mode . 3. R ight-clic k the pr oduct name that y ou wan t to re sume connectio n in the V olume Oper ation tr ee. 4. Cli ck Check P aths & Restore V olume in the pop-up menu . The s ettings appear in blue italic s. 5 .[...]

3. S elect one of the f ollo wing f r om the list abo ve the P ath Oper ation tr ee . • Fibr e - Local Subs ystem : Displa ys the ports in the local st orage s yst em. Se lect Fibr e - Local Subs ystem to st op the use of all the c r oss-sub sy stem paths co nnected to the spec ifi ed port in the local stor age sy stem . • Fibr e - External Sub[...]

Chec k the follo wing be for e changing the cac he mode of the e xternal v olume. • Whethe r the volume is no t set as a v olume that constitut es a part of a L USE v olume . When it is s et as a v olume that constitute s a par t of a L USE v olume , the cache mode se t ting should be the same amo ng all volume s that constitute a L USE v olume .[...]

Changing the P ort Setting of the Ext ernal S tor age S y stem Y ou can change the s etting of the port of the e xternal s torage s ys tem in the P ath Oper ation w indo w . F or c hanging the setting of the port , use the Change WWN P arame ter dialog bo x. CA UTION: • If the def ault setting has no pr oblem, us e the default s etting as it is. [...]

ar e accepted until the time set f or this par ameter has pa ssed . After the time se t for this par ameter has pas sed, the path s tatus becomes Bloc k ade. T he value that can be se t ranges f r om 5 to 1 80 (seconds). The de fault v alue is 1 0. P erfor ming Maintenance f or Exter nal Subs y stem If a Not Ready mess age occur s in the exter nal [...]

The E dit P olic y dialog bo x consists of: • P attern: Mapping poli ci es. De fault P olicy is pr epared . • P olicy : The co ntent of the s elected mapp ing policy is dis play ed. Emulation T ype : T he emulati on t y pe of the ext ernal v olume . T o selec t an emulation ty pe other than OP EN - V , select the Ex cept OPEN- V chec k box and [...]

• Whethe r an L U path is set . When an L U path is set to the ma pped volume , you cann ot delete the e xternal v olume mapping . • Whethe r the volume is se t to confi gure the XP C ontinu ous Acces s pair , XP Continu ous Acces s Journal pair , XP Busines s Cop y pair , or XP Snapshot pair . When the v olume is set to conf igur e the XP Cont[...]

6 Using S pr eadsheets f or XP Exte rnal S tor age Oper ations This c hapter co ntains the follo wing s ections de scr ibing ho w to use spr eadsheets, inst ead of the R emote W eb Cons ole GUI, f or XP Exter nal Stor age operati ons. • “Intr oducti on ” (page 101) • “Bef or e Using Spr eadsheets ” (page 102) • “ A vailable T y pes [...]

Bef or e Using S pr eadsheets R emote W eb Cons ole is r equired t o use spr eadsheets. In additi on, y ou mu st use CFL Exte nsion (not the C onfi gurati on F ile Loader w indow) w hen y ou perfor m oper ations on s preadsheets . Spr eadsheets must be w ritte n in the follo w ing for mat. Multiple ope rati on tags and par ameters can be wr it ten [...]

T abl e 1 5 Relationship Among the T ypes, Operation T ags, and V ersion Number T emplate V ersion Number Operation T ag T ype ExternalStorage_ Get_def.spd 05_0 2_0 1 S SID ExternalGr oup MappedV olume Get ExternalStorage_ AddVolumeSetting_ def_.spd 05_0 2_0 1 AddV olume Setting V olumeOperati onF ibre ExternalStorage_ AddVolumeSetting2_ def_.spd 0[...]

Spec if y the GET_ALL par ameter fo r the SS ID tag . By spec if y ing this par ameter , the infor mation about all the S SIDs that the local st orage s yst em has w ill be sav ed in file s. [SSID] GET_ALL,; T able 1 6 (page 104) sho ws the inf ormati on that w ill be sav ed in a file w hen the S SID tag is wr it ten in a spr eadsheet . T abl e 1 6[...]

T abl e 1 8 Information Sa ved when the MappedV olum e T ag is Wr itten Content Item Column in Spreadsheet La yer Info rmation abou t the exter nal stor age sy stem First L ayer Name of the v endor V endor A Name of the sto rage s yst em Pr oduct B Ser ial number of the s torage s ystem Ser ialNumber C Info rmation abou t the exter nal volume Secon[...]

Mapp ing Exter nal V olumes T ags to map e xternal v olumes ar e: • The A ddV olumeS etting tag: Creat es multiple LDEVs in an e xternal v olume b y spec if y ing the capac ity • The A ddV olumeS etting2 tag: Creat es one LDEV in an e xternal v olume w ithout spec if y ing the capac ity The v ersion n umber that y ou wr ite in a spr eadsheet de[...]

T abl e 20 AddV olumeSetting T ag P arameters Number of Characters Range of V alues Setting P arameter Column in Spreadsheet La yer Info rmation abou t exter nal volumes and the pr imary path First la yer 5 dec imal digits or fe wer 0 to 6 3 2 3 1 P ath grou p number P athGrou p A 2 digits or f ew er 1A to GR P ort number of the primary path P ort [...]

T abl e 20 AddV olumeSetting T ag P arameters (continued) Number of Characters Range of V alues Setting P arameter Column in Spreadsheet La yer Info rmation abou t alternate paths . Spec ify the paths in the or der of descending pr ior ities . Second lay er N/A N/A Identif ier + A 2 digits or f ew er 1A to GR P ort number of the alternat e path P o[...]

T abl e 20 AddV olumeSetting T ag P arameters (continued) Number of Characters Range of V alues Setting P arameter Column in Spreadsheet La yer N/A N/A Identif ier + A + B 2 hex adecimal digits or f ew er 00 to 0 1 LDK C number LDK C C 2 hex adecimal digits or f ew er 00 to FE CU number CU D 2 hex adecimal digits or f ew er 00 to FF LDEV number . S[...]

T abl e 20 AddV olumeSetting T ag P arameters (continued) Number of Characters Range of V alues Setting P arameter Column in Spreadsheet La yer Capac it y of the LDEV in blocks . F or details, s ee “Ho w to Spec ify the LDEV Capac it y” (page 110) . 4 hex adecimal digits or f ew er 0004 to FFFE SS ID assigned to the r ange of the LDEV number s.[...]

Figur e 40 When Creating Multiple LDEVs in an Exter nal V olume • When the em ulation type is o ther than OPEN-V : F or details on the ba se LDEV capac ity , the base data ar ea capac it y , and the contr ol inf ormatio n ar ea capac it y , see “R equir ed V olume Capac ity for E ach Emulati on T y pe” (page 152) . ◦ If the capac ity of the[...]

T abl e 2 1 AddV olumeSetting2 T ag P arameters Number of Characters Range of V alues Setting P arameter Column in Spreadsheet La yer Info rmation abou t exter nal volumes and the pr imary path First la yer 5 dec imal digits or fe wer 0 to 6 3 2 3 1 P ath grou p number P athGrou p A 2 digits or f ew er 1A to GR P ort number of the primary path P or[...]

T abl e 2 1 AddV olumeSetting2 T ag P arameters (continued) Number of Characters Range of V alues Setting P arameter Column in Spreadsheet La yer N/A N/A Identif ier + A + B 2 hex adecimal digits or f ew er 00 to 0 1 LDK C number LDK C C 2 hex adecimal digits or f ew er 00 to FE CU number CU D 2 hex adecimal digits or f ew er 00 to FF LDEV number .[...]

T abl e 2 1 AddV olumeSetting2 T ag P arameters (continued) Number of Characters Range of V alues Setting P arameter Column in Spreadsheet La yer S SID assi gned to the r ange of the LDEV number s. Spec ify the SS ID wr itten in the file that y ou sav ed by using the S SID tag . When yo u cr eate an LDEV that does not hav e an S SID , spec ify an S[...]

T abl e 2 3 Ch eckP at h-Restor e V olume T ag P arameters Number of Characters Range of V alues Setting P arameter Column in Spreadsheet La yer Grp : 5 dec imal digits or f ew er VPG : 4 dec imal digits or f ew er Grp : 1 to 1 6 384 VPG : 1 to 40 9 6 External v olume gr oup number and its sequen tial number . The for mat should be E Grp-VPG (for e[...]

T abl e 2 5 Structure and Identifier of P arameters (Div ideP athGroup T ag) Description Content Identifier Lay er This la yer is r equired . Informati on about the path gr oup that yo u want to change . None The f irst la yer This la yer is r equired . Informati on about the ne w path gr oup . +, The s econd lay er Spec ifi es one ro w for each al[...]

T abl e 2 7 Structure and Identifier of P arameters (UniteP athGroup T ag) Description Content Identifier Lay er This la yer is r equired . Informati on about the path gr oup to whi ch y ou want t o mov e an e xternal v olume. None The f irst la yer Spec ifi es one ro w for each alternat e path grou p. External v olumes in two or mor e path grou ps[...]

◦ Inflo w contr ol: Disable ◦ CLPR: 00 • LDEVs ar e confi gured a s follo w s: Number of LDEVs: 3 ◦ ◦ LDEV number : 00: 00:00, 00: 0 1 :00, 00:02 : 00 ◦ LDEV capac it y: 9 6, 000 blocks Ex ample: #!Version 50_02_01, CLI_ExternalStorage, VolumeOperationFibre,; [SerialNumber] 65536,; [AddVolumeSetting] 1,1A,60060E8004F81370,0001,E16384-40[...]

7 R emote C ommand De v i ces This c hapter de scr ibes ho w to use r emote command de v ices as command de v ices . • “Ov er v ie w of Re mote Command De vi ces ” (page 119) • “Guideline s for R emote C ommand Dev ices ” (page 120) • “Mapping a C ommand Dev ice as a R emote C ommand Dev ice ” (page 122) • “Using XP C ontinuou[...]

Guide lines f or R emote C ommand De v ices Notice s on r emote command de vi ce are as f ollow s: • Y ou can map a command de v ice as a r emote command de vi ce whe n one of the fo llow ing stor age sy stems is co nnected as an e xternal su bs ys tem. ◦ Uni ver sal St orage P latfor m V ◦ Uni ver sal St orage P latfor m VM ◦ T agmaStor e [...]

T abl e 2 9 Display ed Information in Dev ice Column for Remote Command De vice Display ed Information in De vice Column Storage S ystem F ormat: Emulation Type + -CM F or ex ample , OPEN-V -CM, OPEN-3-CM Uni vers al Stor age Platf orm V Uni vers al Stor age Platf orm VM T agmaStor e Univ ersal S torage P latform T agmaStor e Networ k Stor age Cont[...]

T abl e 30 Restrictions on Remote Command De vice Restriction Item OPEN- V Emulatio n t ype 1 Number of LDEVs in an e xternal v olume Disable Cac he mode 9 6, 000 Blocks (abo ut 4 7 MB) Minimum capac it y 4 TB Max imum capac it y • The r emote command de vi ce cannot be ide ntifi ed by the port disco ve r y or v olume disco very of XP Exter nal S[...]

F or detailed inf ormati on on the port block and se t ting the Initiat or/External MI X mode , see the HP Sto rage W orks XP2 4000/XP20000 L UN Manager User Gui de . Figur e 4 2 Dif ference bet ween Standar d Mode and Initiator/External MIX Mode F igur e 4 3 (page 124) sho ws an e xam ple of using XP C ontinuou s Access o r XP Contin uous Acce ss [...]

Figur e 43 Ex ample of Using XP Continuous Access or XP Continuous Access Jour nal with Remote Command Dev ice Pr ocedure t o Use Initi ator/Exter nal MIX Mode This s ection de scr ibes the procedur e to use the Initiat or/External MI X mode and the pr ocedure to stop u sing the Initiator/Exte rnal MIX mode . T o use the Initi ator/Exter nal MIX mo[...]

4. Map the command de vi ce as the r emote command de vi ce . Only the co mmand dev ice can be r ecogni z ed when the dis cov ery operati on is perfo rmed using the e xter nal por t of the Initi ator/Exter nal MIX mode . 5 . Start the oper ation of XP C ontinuo us Acces s or XP Con tinuous A ccess Jour nal and operati on of the r emote command de v[...]

8 T r ouble shooting This c hapter pr ov ides tr oubleshooting inf ormation f or XP External S tor age. • “T rou bleshooting f or XP External S tor age ” (page 126) • “Calling HP T echnical Su pport” (page 131) T r oubleshoo ting fo r XP Exter nal Stor age If y ou hav e a pr oblem w ith the Remot e W eb Console co mputer or R emote W eb[...]

T abl e 3 1 G eneral T roubleshooting for XP Exter nal Stor ag e (continued) Correctiv e Action Er ror P erfor m the requir ed actio n and retry the oper ation. S ee “T rouble shooting V olume Discov er y” (page 130) f or the causes o f the err or . The v olume in the ext ernal stor age s ystem cann ot be found e ven after the port disco very o[...]

T abl e 3 2 M apping P ath Statuses and Required Actions (continued) Action Description Status The port of the e xternal s torage s ystem is r ecogniz ed. See the doc uments for y our exter nal stor age sy stem , and check if the oper ation that change s the setting infor mation abou t the mapped dev ice has not been perf ormed . The s etting of th[...]

T abl e 3 2 M apping P ath Statuses and Required Actions (continued) Action Description Status The port of the e xternal s torage s ystem is r ecogniz ed. Chec k the condition of the connecti on (for e xample , cables, s witc hes) to the ext ernal stor age sy stem. If y ou cannot r estor e the path, call HP techni cal support. The port attr ibute o[...]

T abl e 3 2 M apping P ath Statuses and Required Actions (continued) Action Description Status Chec k the status of the v olume in the ext ernal stor age sy stem and r ecov er the vo lume if it is not normal . F ormat the v olume if it is not fo rmatted. An e xternal v olume is mapped, but y ou cannot access the v olume in the ext ernal stor age sy[...]

T abl e 33 Causes o f V olume Discov ery Failure and Requir ed Actions (continued) Action Cause If a management L U is configur ed on the port of the ext ernal stor age sy stem, perf orm one of the f ollo wing: • Mak e sure that at leas t one L U is used for dat a stor age and has a smaller L UN than the LUN o f the management L U . Also mak e su[...]

9 Support and Other R es our ces R elated Doc umentati on • HP St orage W orks XP2 4000/XP20000 Disk Ar ra y Owner Gui de • HP St orage W orks XP2 4000/XP20000 L UN Manager User Gui de • HP St orage W orks XP2 4000/XP20000 R emote W eb Console U ser Guide Y ou can f ind these doc uments on the HP Manuals w ebsite: http://www .hp.co m/support/[...]

Sub sc ripti on Serv ice HP r ecommends that y ou r egister y our pr oduct at the Subs cr iber's Cho ice f or Busines s websit e: http://www .hp.co m/go/e -updates After r egister ing, y ou will r ecei ve email no tifi cation of pr oduct enhancemen ts, ne w dri ver v ersi ons, f irm war e updates , and other pr oduct r esour ces . HP W ebsite [...]

A C onnecting Ext ernal S tor age S y stems This a ppendix pr ov ides conf igur ation inf ormati on for connec ting var iou s exte rnal stor age sy stems to the HP XP2 4000/XP20000 sto rage s yste ms. AM S/WM S Stor age S y stem S ys tem P ar ameter s T able 34 (page 134) e xplains whether t o spec if y s ys tem par ameters w hen making settings on[...]

T abl e 34 S ystem P arameters (AMS/WMS) (contin ued) P arameter Settings P arameters Windo w Names Set this par ameter to S tandard Mode . Hos t Connecti on Mode 1 Host C onnection Mode Do not spec if y an y parameter s. NO TE: As for AM S 1 000, AMS 5 00, AMS 200, and WMS 1 00, do not spec ify HISUP OFF mode , either . Host C onnection Mode 2 R e[...]

T abl e 3 6 Relationship between the WWN of the P or t and Controller (AMS/WMS) (continued) WWN of the P or t Controller Model XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 2 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 3 Con troller 0 AMS 2 300 AMS 1 000 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 4 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 5 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 6 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 7 Con troller 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 0 XXXXXXXXXXXXX[...]

T abl e 3 7 P ath Status and Ex amples of the Recov er y Procedur e (AMS/WMS) Ex amples of the Recovery Procedur e P at h Status Settings of the L U paths may ha ve been c hanged by L UN Manager . Check the settings of the L U paths. If the settings o f the LU paths ha ve been c hanged, change the s ettings back to the ones w hen the vo lume is map[...]

T abl e 38 P ath status and e xamples of r ecov er y procedur e (P9 500 Disk Arr ay) Ex amples of Recov er y Procedur e P at h Status Settings of the L U paths may hav e been changed by L UN Manager . Check the settings o f the LU paths . If the settings of the L U paths have been c hanged, c hange the settings back to the o nes when the v olume is[...]

T abl e 3 9 S ystem P arameters (Thunder 9 500V) P arameter Settings P arameters Windo w Names Start Attr ibute S yst em Startup Settings Spec ify this paramete r when the T hunder 9 500V s torage s ystem is in the one contr oller conf igurati on. Single Mode Spec ify this paramete r when the T hunder 9 500V s torage s ystem is in the tw o contr ol[...]

When y ou use the T hunder 9 500V st orage s yst em as an ext ernal st orage s yst em, the f ollo wing v ersions ar e reco mmended. If y ou use a 9 500V s tor age sy stem wh ose v ersi on is earlie r than the fo llow ing ver sions , the infor mation abou t the S A T A dr iv e may no t be display ed corr ectly . • F or T hunder 9 5 30V , Th under [...]

to r ecov er the path status . F or other er ror s not desc r ibed in this sectio n, see “ T rou bleshooting f or XP Exter nal Stor age” (page 126) . If y ou cannot r estor e the path, call HP tec hnical suppo r t . T abl e 4 2 P at h Status and Ex ampl es of the Reco very Procedur e (Thunder 9 500V) Ex amples of the Recovery Procedur e P at h [...]

T abl e 43 P at h Status and Ex ampl es of the Reco very Procedur e (USP V/VM) Ex amples of the Recovery Procedur e P at h Status Settings of the L U paths may ha ve been c hanged by L UN Manager . Check the settings of the L U paths. If the settings o f the LU paths ha ve been c hanged, change the s ettings back to the ones w hen the vo lume is ma[...]

T abl e 44 P ath Status and Ex amples of th e Reco very Procedur e (USP V/VM) Ex amples of the Recovery Procedur e P at h Status Settings of the L U paths may ha ve been c hanged by L UN Manager . Check the settings of the L U paths. If the settings o f the LU paths ha ve been c hanged, change the s ettings back to the ones w hen the vo lume is map[...]

T abl e 45 P ath Status and Examples o f t he Reco very Procedur e (Lightning 9 900V) Ex amples of the Recovery Procedur e P at h Status Settings of the L U paths may ha ve been c hanged by L UN Manager . Check the settings of the L U paths. If the settings o f the LU paths ha ve been c hanged, change the s ettings back to the ones w hen the vo lum[...]

T abl e 46 P ath Status and Ex amples of the Recov ery Procedure (L ightning 99 00) Ex amples of the Recovery Procedur e P at h Status Settings of the L U paths may ha ve been c hanged by L UN Manager . Check the settings of the L U paths. If the settings o f the LU paths ha ve been c hanged, change the s ettings back to the ones w hen the vo lume [...]

T abl e 4 7 P at h Status and Ex ampl es of the Reco very Procedur e (SVS200) Ex amples of the Recovery Procedur e P at h Status Settings of the L U paths may ha ve been c hanged by L UN Manager . Check the settings of the L U paths. If the settings o f the LU paths ha ve been c hanged, change the s ettings back to the ones w hen the vo lume is map[...]

In the conf igur ation in F igur e 44 (page 147) , you can i dentify the logical v olumes r efe rr ing to Characteristic2 in the XP Exter nal Sto rage w indo ws . The f irst 3 2 char acters o f Characteristic2 indicate the W orld Wi de L UN Name that can be fo und on the EV A stor age sy stem side . Y ou can iden tif y the logical v olume of the EV[...]

T abl e 50 S ystem P arameter (Sun Stor age T ek FlexL ine 380) P arameter Setting P arameter Windo ws Non-clust ered (DMP Su pport) host ty pe Sun S tor age T ek 2 54 0 When connec ting a Sun Stor age T ek 2 54 0 as an e xternal st orage s yst em, s et the sy stem par ameters of the Sun S tor age T ek 2 54 0 accor ding to T able 5 1 (page 148) . F[...]

T abl e 5 3 Restrictions for Connecting an EMC CLARiiON CX Series Restrictions V ersion The RAID-6 vo lume for the EMC CLARiiON CX s eri es can be used b y installing the pr ofile f or supporting the RAID-6 vo lume for the EMC CLARiiON CX s eri es. Ho we ver , the R AID-6 volume and the o ther R AID vo lume cannot be def ined in the same port. E it[...]

When y ou connect an EMC S ymmetr ix ser ies as an e xternal s tor age sy stem , set the s yst em par ameters o f the EMC S ymme tri x ser ies accor ding to the settings in T able 5 4 (page 150) . F or the s ys tem par ameters that ar e not in T able 54 (page 150) , r efer to the doc umentation o f the EMC S ymme tri x ser ies and s et the parame t[...]

F ujitsu F ibreCA T CX Ser ie s S ys tem Opti on mode When y ou connect a F ujitsu Fibr eCA T CX ser ies a s an exter nal stor age sy stem , set s yst em option mode 7 2 5 of the local st orage s yst em. If s yst em option mode 7 2 5 is not set , the e xternal st orage s ys tem might be bloc ked w hen perfor ming maintenance , including r ebooting [...]

B R equir ed V olume Ca pac it y f or E ac h Emulati on T ype When y ou map an ext ernal v olume as an inter nal volume , you need t o spec if y the emulati on type fo r the mapped volume . The max imum capac it y of an e xternal v olume depends on the spec ifi ed emulati on type . Deter mining R equir ed Exter nal V olume Ca pac it y The ca pacity[...]

Figur e 45 Idea of LDE V Capacit y Figur e 46 Ex ample of How t o Figure Out the V olume Capacit y (For OP EN -3 ) Ca pac it y L ist fo r E ach Em ulatio n T y pe This s ection e xplains the LDEV capac it y and vo lume capac it y fo r each emulati on type in the units of bloc ks and cylinde rs. The n umbers of c ylinder s are calc ulated fr om the [...]

mainfr ame sy stem , the LDEV capac ity that can be made when an e xternal v olume is mapped is an integer w hen conv erted into a cy linder . T abl e 6 1 LDEV Capacity Infor mation for Each Emulation T ype Control Inf ormation Area Capacity Base Data Area Capacity Minimum Data Area Capacity Emulation T ype Cy linders Blocks Cylinders Blocks C ylin[...]

T abl e 6 2 V olume Capacity Information for Each Emulation T ype Maximum Number of LDEVs 1 Maximum Capacity of External V olume Minimum LDEV Capacity Base LDEV Capacity Emulation T ype Cy linders Bloc ks Cy linders Blocks Cy linders Bloc ks 3 34 1 , 1 1 8, 48 1 1 , 6 1 0,6 1 2 ,6 40 5 7 8 2 , 080 3, 34 6 4, 8 1 8,2 40 3 380-3 3 34 1 , 1 1 8, 48 1 [...]

C Adj usting the V olume Ca pac ities f or P air s When y ou cr eate a pair , the capac ity of an S -V OL must be the same as that o f a P - VOL . T o set a desir ed vo lume to a pair , you ma y need to adj ust the capac it y of the v olume . This sec tion des cr ibes the pr ocedure f or adjusting the v olume capac it y . F or A, B , and C in the f[...]

1 . Map the e xternal v olume (A ) as an internal v olume (B) of the local stor age s ys tem. S et the emulati on type as same as that o f the copy so urce v olume (C) . 2. C heck the capac ity of the inter nal volume (B) w her e the ext ernal v olume (A ) is mapped. If the capac ity of the mapped e xternal v olume (B) is not same as the cop y sour[...]

D T he ExP ath T ool This a ppendix e xplains how t o use the ExP ath tool. Ov erv ie w of the ExP ath T ool The ExP ath tool ena bles yo u to perfor m the Disconnect V olume command and the Chec k P ath & Restor e V olume command on the command line . When y ou use the ExP ath tool, y ou can perfor m these co mmands on multiple v olumes at a t[...]

running R emote W eb Cons ole, s ee the HP Stor age W orks XP2 4000/XP20000 R emote W eb Cons ole User Gui de . • The ExP ath tool pr ogr am The ExP ath tool is cont ained in CD-ROM Dis c 2 , whic h is named Host P P . Use the ExP ath tool v ersion that is s ync hr oni z ed with the s tor age sy stem mi cr ocode versi on . If the stor age sy stem[...]

Cr eating an A uthenti cation F ile An au thenticati on file is an enc rypted f ile containing a us er ID and a pass wo rd . If the S VP has an IPv6 addr ess, an authen ticatio n file is r equir ed. T o cr eate an authe nticatio n file , perfo rm the fo llow ing command at the command pr ompt . S yntax java -classpath ” classpath ” sanproject.u[...]

; Disconnect svpip 127.0.0.1 login root password disconnect E1-1 E1-2 disconnect E2-1 E2-2 The s vpip and login commands ar e used f or wr iting the authenticati on info rmation . If no authen tication f ile is cr eated, the a uthenticati on info rmation m ust be w ritten in a command f ile as sho wn a bov e . R unning the ExP ath T ool T o run the[...]

- 1 : An err or occur r ed. If multiple e xter nal volumes ar e spec ifi ed, 0 r eturns o nly w hen all the commands on all the e xternal v olumes ar e finished succe ssfull y . When the chec kstatus co mmand is ex ecu ted, diff er ent ter mination codes w ill r eturn . An er r or (the terminati on code - 1 ) occ urs under the f ollo wing conditi o[...]

login Co mmand S yntax login user-ID password Desc ripti on Spec ifie s the login user ID and the pass wor d. T he svp ip command must be w ritte n befor e this command . If you s pecify an au thenticati on file w hen y ou run the ExP ath tool, this co mmand will be igno red . P aramet ers Description P arameter Spec ifi es the user ID of R emote W[...]

c heckpath C ommand S yntax checkpath ExG-VPG [ ExG-VPG ...] Desc ripti on R esume using e xternal v olumes . This command e xec utes the same oper ation as the Check P aths & Restor e V olume command w hich y ou perfor m by using the V olume Oper ation w indow . After the chec kpath command is perf ormed , the local stor age sy stem can access[...]

T erminati on Code - 1 : An err or occur r ed. See T able 64 (page 165) f or other ter mination code s. T abl e 64 T ermination Codes for the ch eckstatus Command and the External V olume Status External V olume Status T ermination Code Blockade Checking Disconnec t Destage Normal N/A N/A N/A N/A Ex ists 0x0 1 N/A N/A N/A Ex ists N/A 0x0 2 N/A N/A [...]

T abl e 64 T ermination Codes for the ch eckstatus Command and the External V olume Status (continued) External V olume Status T ermination Code Blockade Checking Disconnec t Destage Normal Ex ists Ex ists Exists Exists Ex ists 0x1F Ex ists: The v olumes in this status e x ist. N/A: No vo lume in this status e xists . 1 6 6 The ExP ath T ool[...]

Glos sar y A AMS Adapt able module stor age. A T A Adv anced T echno logy Attac hment standar d. C CHA Channel ada pter . A dev ice that pr ov ides the inte rface between the ar ra y and the ext ernal hos t s yst em. Occasi onally , this term is u sed s ynon ymousl y with the t erm c hannel host int erface pr ocessor (CHIP) . CV Cu stom-si z ed vol[...]

S S-V OL Secondary or r emote v olume. T he copy v olume that r ecei ves the dat a fr om the primary vo lume. S-V OL Sour ce volume (f or ShadowImage f or Mainfr ame) or secondary volume (f or Shado wImage for Mainfr ame , XP Contin uous Acces s, and XP Co ntinuous A ccess Jour nal) . SA T A Ser ial Ad vanced T echno logy Attac hment . SIM Servi ce[...]

Inde x A Attr ibutes list of em ulation type , 1 7 B Block manage ment, ExG , 1 7 C Cac he logical partition , 1 8 memory , 1 8 Channels E S CON or FICON , 2 5 Concept , 1 3 con venti ons stor age capacity v alues, 1 3 2 c ustomer su pport, 1 3 1 D Destaging data , 1 8 doc ument r elated docume ntation , 1 3 2 doc umentation HP w ebsite , 1 3 2 pr [...]

HP Subs cr iber's Choi ce for Bu siness, 1 33 pr oduct manuals , 1 3 2 X XP Exter nal Stor age Requir ements, 3 7 1 7 0 Index[...]