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  • Page 1

    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 1 - DS3000 Storage Manager Demo Guide Storage Manager 2.17 Demo Guide Revision 1.0 January 17, 2007[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 2 - Overview • Getting Started • Exploring the DS3000 Storage Manager o Tab Screen Views • Putting Together an Effective Demo • Scenarios o Scenario 1: Limited IT Expertise and Time o Scenario 2: Newly Added Drives to be Configured o Scenario 3: Increasing Data Protection o Scenario 4: Adding Cap[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 3 - Disclaimer The intent of the DS3000 Storage Mana gers Demo softwar e and this Demo Guide docume nt is to provide IBM field sales and support personnel, IBM Busine ss Partners, and their re selle rs, distributors and integrators a tool for illustrati ng the features, functions and powe r of the DS3000[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 4 - Getting Started Audience Welcome to the DS3000 S torage Manager Demo Gu ide. The audience for this demo guide is te chnically-ori ented members of the sales community who hope to understand more about ho w the DS3000 Storage Manage r works. This guide is also for members of Field Sales wishing to use[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 5 - Loading the Software The Storage Manager Demo pro gram is avail able from a variety of sources includi ng  CDs  IBM Internal Sales Kit: http://w3- 1.ibm.com/sales/system s/portal /_s.155/2 54?navID=f220s240&geoI D=All&p rodID=Disk&docID=ds30 00sk.skit&docType=Sales Kit&skCat[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 6 - Exploring the DS3000 Storage Manager Demo Executing the Start_Demo.bat initiates a Java session with the Storage Manager Demo progra m. You’ll see the following screens – the DS3000 Storage Manager spla sh screen identifying the Storage Mana ger Demo followed by the Enterprise Manag ement Window [...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 7 - The Enterprise Managem ent Windo w Task Assistant is a series of wizards that helps you i nstall and manage your new DS3000 disk syste m. The Task Assistant helps with common tasks such as:  Add Storage Subsystems  Name/Rename Storage S ubsystems  Configure Alerts  Manage a Storage Subsys[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 8 - Tab Bar Screen Views For this initial exploration of the Storage Manager De mo, we will use the DS3400 disk system configuration. Select the DS3400 system by double -clicking it in the right panel. This displays the DS3000 S ubsystem Management window ( SMW). The SMW provides access to most co mponen[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 9 -  The Summary tab provides access to: o Initial Setup Tasks link o Recovery Guru - This is the automatic discovery tool for systems p roblems o Hardware components profile and drive location o Locate arrays and logical drives - Drive grou p(i ngs) and disk syste m targets (LUNS) o Host and mappings[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 10 - Putting Together an Effective Demo Selecting a disk system for their organi zation can be a difficult decision for cu stomers. It is also not always clear what criteria or re quirements are behind their selection pro cess. The DS3000 Storage Manager Demo is one me ans for you to understand your cust[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 11 - Scenarios The following sections will provide some scenari os for you to engage with your customers and how to address a specific business issue utili zing the DS 3000 Storage Ma nager functions. As well, you may decide to highlight some of the features you have found in addition to the demo guide a[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 12 - Step 1. Locate the Disk System This optional step helps locate the sub system if it’s in a data center or room with other system s. Click on Locate the Storage Subsy stem, which will take you to the following screen: From this screen, select an item and click o n Locate to have the lights on the D[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 13 - Step 3: Set a Storage Subsy stem password This optional step allows you to set a passwo rd fo r the subsystem, so that unauthorized user s can not make changes. Clic k on Set a Storage Subsystem Pass word , which will take you to the following screen. Enter and confirm the new password, then cli ck [...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 14 - After selecting the appropriate host, clic k Add and then OK. You will then recei ve confirmation of host access. ___________________ ______________ _______________ __________________ _______________ _ Note : In the Demo, several hosts have been pre-co nfigured for access. ___________________ ______[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 15 - After reviewing your configuration option s with RAID 5, return to the task wi ndow and select the se cond step in the Automatic option - Create Host-to -Logical Drive Mappings. This will open the Create Host- to-Logical Drive Mappings wind ow. Select the host you would like to map and click Next .[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 16 - Select the logical drives you wish to be mapped to the host and cli ck Finish . If more than one logical drive is selecte d, the logical unit number will be assign ed automatically. If only one logical drive is selecte d, you will also be prompted to assign it a logical unit number (see below). Afte[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 17 - You have successfully created arrays, logical d rives and mapped logical drives to a host with the simpl e Automatic option.[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 18 - Scenario 2 – “I have newly added driv es that I would like configure” Logical Drive Creation Like many configuration tasks within Stor age Mana ger, logical drive cre ation can be an Automatic or Manua l task. We will review the Automatic (recom mended) selection to dem onstrate the simplicity[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 19 - You will then be offered the option of Automa tic or Manual configuration. Select Manual and Next. At the Create Logical Drives – Specify Capacity window, first select the RAID level desired. You will then see a list of array options based on the number and ty pe of drives in the configuratio n. F[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 20 - The next window, Create Logical Drives – Specify Logical Drive, requires you to select the logical drive capacity from the free capacity that is available, nam e the logical drive and identify it s I/O characteristics. We will select 200GB capacity, name the logical drive Marketing and select the [...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 21 - The Create Logical Driv es – Map Logical Drive to Host window will allow you to map your logical drive to a host group or individual host. We will map it to Host Stanley and assign it LUN one. Click Finish . You will receive confirmation t hat the creation of your logi cal d rive has been complete[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 22 - Scenario 3 – “I want to prot ect against a failed drive” Automatic Hot Spare Drive Configuration A Hot Spare Drive is an unassigned driv e which automat ically replaces a mem ber of an array if a drive fails. The Hot Spare Drive adds another level of data protection by acting as a “reserve?[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 23 - ___________________ ______________ _______________ __________________ _______________ __ Note: Use the Create Hot Spare (Manual) when assigning spe cific drives or viewing/making chan ges to the current hot spare coverage. The manual process is covered in the Advanced Scenarios se ction on page 37. [...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 24 - Scenario 4 – “How do I add capacity to an array?” Expanding Drive Capacity (Dynamic Array Expansion) The DS3000 Storage Manager p rovides an easy method to expand the capacity of an array by simply adding more drives to it. This provides additional performance and capacity to the array. You ca[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 25 - And you are almost there! At the Add Free Capacity (Driv es) – Select Capacity screen, the DS3000 Storage Manager will provide some stat us information about the array you selected. From here you can add one or two drives to the existing array (note: this process can be repeated if desired ). Clic[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 26 - DS3000 Storage Manager Premium License Features The Premium Feature Lice nses offered with the DS3000 Storage Manag er includes Partition ing, FlashCopy and Volume Copy. These features can be viewed a nd enabled by accessing the To ols tab on the main tool bar. As you can see in the following window[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 27 - Premium Feature Scenario 1 – “How can I share capacity across my hosts?” Storage Partitioning Storage partitions are created when you define Host-to-logical Drive Mappings. Partitioning allows administrators to create multiple vi rtual systems from a single DS3000 se ries disk system. Each par[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 28 - If more than one logical drive is selecte d, the logica l unit numbers will be assigned automati cally. If only one logical drive is selecte d, you will also be prompted to assign it a logical unit number. Select Finish following your logical drive selection. After this proce ss has bee n completed,[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 29 - Premium Feature Scenario 2 – “How do I improve my application service levels with hot backups?” FlashCopy One significant business problem that the IBM DS 3000 Storage Manager solves is the ever-increasing time to complete a backup of today’s applications. As data grows, the time to back it [...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 30 - At this selection, you will be directed to the Create FlashCopy Logical Drives - Select Base Logical Drive window. Select the logical drive which you woul d like you would like a Fla shCopy image of. Also note that when you create a Flas hCopy logi cal drive, you automatica lly create FlashCopy Repo[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 31 - You will then be able to change the default logical d rive names if desired. Once you specify the appropriate names and click Next , you will select which ho st or host groups you would like the FlashCopy mappe d to.[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 32 - After selecting the host or host group mappin g, assign a LUN and Finish . This will complete your FlashCopy logical drive creation. A Summary screen will open which sho ws summary information regarding the logical dr ive and the FlashCop y point-in-time image.[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 33 - Premium Feature Scenario 3 – “How c an I create an independent copy of my data?” VolumeCopy Another premium feature of the DS3000 Storage Man ager is VolumeCopy. VolumeCopy crea tes a complete physical copy, or a clon e, of a logical driv e within a disk system. The clone is a unique entity th[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 34 - You will then be directed to the Create L ogical Drive Copies – Select Target L ogical Drive . Select the logical drive that will be the target copy and click Next. ___________________ ______________ _______________ _________________ ________________ ___ Note: Starting the copy process will overwr[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 35 - Move the priority bar between Lowest and Highest and cli ck Next . The final window, Create Logical Drive Copies – Confirm Copy Settings , reviews the source lo gical drive, target logical drive and priori ty settings you have selected. Again, as thi s will overwrite all existing data on the targe[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 36 - Advanced Features and Manual Functions The remainder of the DS3000 Storage Manager Demo guide is intende d to highlight some of the more advanced and manual feature s that this Storage Manager offers. As the key selling point of the DS3000 Storage Manager is its ease of use and intuitive inte rface,[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 37 - Manual Hot Spare Configuration The manual Hot Spare configuration op tion is especi ally useful for assignin g specific drives or viewing/making changes t o the current hot spare coverag e . From the Configure tab, select Configure Ho t Spares. You will then be directed to the Con figure Hot Spares [...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 38 - A dialog box, Assign Hot Spares , will open up and provide the availabl e di sk drives that are available and fit the type of drive and capacity you spec ified. Select the desired drive and click OK. And you have completed the manual conf iguration of a Hot Spare drive.[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 39 - Manual Logical Drive Configuration As we have previously created logical drives via the Automatic o ption on page 18, lets review the Manual (Advanced) option . From the Configure tab, select Create Logical Drives. This will then prompt you to the Create Logical Drives – Select Capacity Type scree[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 40 - From the Create Logical Drives - Drive Selection Choices window, select Manual (Adv anced) and click Next . You’re then taken to the Create Logical Drives - Manual Driv e Selection window. Select the desired drives and Add them to the array. Once all the drives are selected, select Calculate Capac[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 41 - Once the array is created, the Create Logical Drives – Specify Logical Drive window comes up and the logical drive capacity, name and I/O characteristics are defined.[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 42 - The Create Logical Driv es – Map Logical Drive to Host window will allow you to map your logical drive to a host group or individual hosts. As this is the first logical drive to be mapped, we will assign it to LUN number one, Finish . And you will receive confirmation that the creati on of your lo[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 43 - Media Scan Settings The DS3000 Storage Manager p rovides the ability to perform a background scan of media to ensure data integrity. On the Tools tab select Chan ge Media Scans Settings . At the Change Media Scans Settings dialog box sel ect the logical drives (one or more) to scan and thei r settin[...]

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    DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 44 - Command Line Interface While not well suited for the part-time administ rator, there is a com mand line interface (CLI) for the DS3000 disk systems. It is accessed fro m the Enterprise Management Windo w under Tools . This will open up the script editor. Direction on how to create a script is beyond[...]