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Editi on July 2007 CentricStor V3.1D User Guide[...]

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U41117-J-Z125-7-76 Contents 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 9 1.1 Objective and target group f or the manua l . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1.2 Concept of the manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 1.3 Notational con ventions . . . . [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Contents 2.6 Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 8 2.6.1 Creati ng the Ce ntri cStor data m ainten ance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 2.6.2 Issuing a mount job fr om the h ost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 2.6.3 Scratch mo unt .[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 Contents 4.1.3 System a dmini strator activi ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 4.1.3.1 Adding a logica l volume group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 4.1.3.2 Adding a physical volume group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 4.1.3.3 Adding logical vol[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Contents 5.2.3 GXCC in ot her sys tems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 5.2.4 Screen d isplay requiremen ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 5.2.5 Managi ng Centr icS tor via SN MP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 5.2.5.1 Conne ction to S[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 Contents 6.1.6 Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 6.1.6.1 Status infor matio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 6.1.6.2 Object i nf or mation and obj ect-r elated functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 6.1.7 ICP obj ect in f o[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Contents 6.2.7 Configura tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 6.2.7.1 RAID Files ystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 6.2.7.2 Logical V olum e Group s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 6.2.7.3 Physical V olume Gr[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 Contents 7.3.1.2 Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 7.3.2 Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 7.3.3 T ools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 7.3.3.1 Global eXtended[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Contents 7.7.1.5 Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 7.7.1.6 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 7.7.1.7 Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 7.7.1.8 Help . . . . . . . . .[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 Contents 8.3.4.4 Scan Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 40 8.3.4.5 Interaction Ti meout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 8.3.5 T ools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 8.3.5.1 XTCC Communi cations[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Contents 8.5.8.3 Abor t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 8.5.8.4 Enlarge Font / Red uce Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 8.5.8.5 T ab St op Inter val . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 6 8.5.9 Help . . . . . . .[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 Contents 8.10 Vir tual 3490 drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 1 8.10.1 Objec t informa tio n and err or mess ages f or vir tual 3 490 dr ives . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 8.10.1.1 Error c ondition s ind icated on the di splay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392 8.10.1.2 Object [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Contents 8.17 RAID sy stems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 11 8.17.1 Object i nformatio n on RAI D system s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 8.17.2 Functio ns of RAID s ystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 8.17.2.1 Show Complete R[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 Contents 8.23.3 Globa l functio ns f or tape dr ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432 8.23.3.1 Remove Symbols of all Dr ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 8.24 MSGM GR (Mess age Manager ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 8.24.1 Objec t informa tion [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Contents 9.2.12 SXMM.. . (Mess age Man ager) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459 9.2.13 SXPL. .. (PLM: P h ysical Li brar y Mana ger) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 9.2.14 SXPS... (PLS: P h ysical Li brar y Ser v er) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 9.2.15 SXRD ... [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 Contents 12.1.2.2 Activating the con figuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 12.1.2.3 Changes in ce ntral files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 12.1.3 Monitor ing Centr icSto r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 49 12.1.3.1 GXCC as a m[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Contents 12.4 Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572 12.4.1 Xpdf, gzip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572 12.4.1.1 Preamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572 12.4.1.2 GNU GENER AL PUB L[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 19 1I n t r o d u c t i o n With Cen tr icStor , a vir tu al tape robot sy stem is p laced in front of t he rea l tape robo t system (with t he rea l dr ives and car tri dges). In this wa y the host and the real ar chive are ful ly decoup led . The vir tual tape robot syst em knows w hat are referred to as vir tual (logic al) dr [...]

20 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Objective and tar get gr oup f or the manual Introdu ction The ho st is conn ected u sing the following conn ection techn ologi es: ● ESCON channels ● FibreCha nnel ● FICON Communi cation be tween the indi vidual c ontro l units takes pl ace via th e LAN in Ce ntric Stor , the t ranspor t of the u ser data to and fr om [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 21 Introduc tion N otational conventions Global Status The G lobal S tatus M onitor p rovides a graphical d isplay of all i mpor tant op erating dat a in a win do w . XTCC The program X TCC is u sed mainl y to mo nitor the indiv idual Cent r icStor com puter s (ISPs ) inclu ding th e per ipheral devices c onnec ted to th e comput[...]

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U41117-J-Z125-7-76 23 2 CentricStor - Vir tual T ape Librar y 2.1 The CentricStor principle Con ventional host r obot s ystem Figure 1: Conv entional host robot system In a conv entional real h ost r obot s ystem, t he hos t syste m req uests c er ta in data car tri dges to be mounte d in a d efined r eal tap e dri v e. As soon as the storage pe r [...]

24 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 The CentricStor princ iple CentricSt or - Vi rtual Tape Li brary Host robot s ystem with CentricStor Figure 2: Host robot sys tem with Cen tricStor With Ce ntr icS tor , a vir tual archi ve system is inst alled upstream of the r eal a rchi ve system with the p h ysical d r ives and data car tri dges. This ena b les th e hos t[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 25 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary The CentricStor principle As so on as a mount jo b is issue d, th e Librar y Manage r checks wh ether the r eques ted volume is alrea dy i n the d isk ca che. If so , the volume is i mmedi ately releas ed for proces sing by the appli catio n. If not, Centr icSt or reque st s the cor re[...]

26 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Hardw are architecture CentricStor - Virtual Tape Li brary 2.2 Har d ware ar c hitecture Figure 3: Example of a CentricStor configuration In th is example, Centri cStor compr ises the following hardware c ompon ents: ● a VLP ( Vir tual Lib rar y Proc essor ), which monito rs and c ontrols the Ce ntric Stor hardware a nd sof[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 27 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Hard war e ar chit ec tur e 2.2.1 I SP (Int egrate d Ser vic e Processor) Centr icS tor is a group o f sev eral proce ssors, each r u nning spe cial so ftware (UN IX der ivative) as the operat ing syste m. These pr ocess ors are referred to coll ectively as the ISP (Integrated Ser vi c[...]

28 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Hardw are architecture CentricStor - Virtual Tape Li brary 2.2.1. 2 ICP (In tegrat ed Chann el Processo r) The ICP is the i nterface to the host systems conn ected in the overall system . Figure 5: Ex ternal a nd inter nal ICP c onnections Depen ding o n the type o f host s yste m used, i t is po ssible to equi p an ICP with [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 29 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Hard war e ar chit ec tur e 2.2.1. 3 IDP (Int egrat ed Device Processo r) The IDP is the i nterface to the connect ed tape dr ives. Figure 6: Internal and external IDP connections The IDP is res ponsible for communica tion wi th real ta pe dr ives. T o optim ize perform ance, only two [...]

30 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Hardw are architecture CentricStor - Virtual Tape Li brary 2.2.2 RAID sys tems f or the T ape V olume Cache A TVC (T ape V olume Cac he) i s the h ear t of the entir e vir tual arch ive system. It rep resents all o f the T ape File Sys tems i n whi ch th e log ical volumes can be s tored te mporar ily . O ne or more RA ID sys[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 31 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Hard war e ar chit ec tur e The me tadata of t he logi cal volumes to be wr itten or read is s tored on th e 1st RA ID system , as a r esult of whic h the u sable capaci ty of thi s RAID sy stem is reduced by 16 GB. A Centr i cStor c an con tain up to 8 RAID . The numb er of cac he fil[...]

32 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Softwa re arc hitec ture CentricSt or - Vi rtual Tape Li brary This SAN-bas ed design means that eac h Centr icSt or compon ent is in a p osition to acces s the TV C . 2.2.5 Host connect ion The ho st co nne ction on t he IC P is implem ented using the following conn ectio n technol ogies : FibreCh annel w ith ES CON or FICO [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 33 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Sof tw are a rchi t ectu re Figure 8: Cent ral role of the VLP in a Centr icStor configuration 1 VLP (Vir t ual Lib rary Processo r) The V LP i s respon sible for the coor dina tion o f the entire C entr icStor sy stem. Althoug h the software c an be a ctivated on any of th e ICP or I [...]

34 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Softwa re arc hitec ture CentricSt or - Vi rtual Tape Li brary VLM (Virtual Library Manager) Each rob ot job from t he reques ting h ost sys tem is regis tered in the VLM . T o s uppor t the librar ies, corr espondi ng emulati ons (V LMF , V AMU, V A CS, VD AS , VJUK) ar e used i n Centr icS tor . The T VC is ad minis tere d [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 35 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Operation 2.4 Operation Centr icS tor is operated via the graph ical us er in terf aces GXCC (Glo bal Ex tende d Control Cente r) and X TCC (Exte nded T ape Con trol Cent er). These a re used t o perform all admi nist ration an d con figuration t asks. Using t his c ontro l cen ter , i[...]

36 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Administering the tape cartridges CentricSt or - Vi rtual Tape Li brary 2.5.2 Repeated writing of a logical v olume onto tape If a logic al volume which has already been sav ed onto tape is wr itten to tap e a second tim e follo wing an upd ate, the first backup will be d eclared inv alid. Th e curr ent volume is appe nded af[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 37 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Administering the tape cartridges 2.5.4 R eorganizati on of the tape ca r tridg es Whe n a lo gical volume is rel ease d by the hos t’ s v olum e mana gement f acili ty (e.g. MA REN in BS20 00/OS D), it is flag ged acco rdingl y in the Cen tric Stor da ta main tenanc e f acility wh i[...]

38 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Pr ocedures CentricStor - Virt ual Tape Librar y 2.6 Pr ocedures 2.6.1 Cr eating the Centri cStor data maintenance Init ia l s itu ati on : Ce ntri cStor i s instal led an d conf igured. A s yet, there i s no data on t he RAID syste m. The tap e car tridg es of the r obots are blank. T o st ar t Centri cStor , the PLM and VLM[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 39 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Procedu res 2.6.2 Issuing a mount job fr o m the host Init ia l s itu ati on : The logic al volume L V0 005 is alre ady loc ated on the physical volume PV0002. Figure 14: Procedure for a mount job A m ount jo b is ex ecuted a s f oll ows: 1. The hos t issues a mount j ob f or logi cal [...]

40 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Pr ocedures CentricStor - Virt ual Tape Librar y Depen ding on whether th e logi cal volume is sti ll in the RAID sy stem or is on ly on a physical volume, the follo wing two situat ions ar i se: Case 1: The volume is migrated to tape and is no lo nger loc ated i n the RA ID syst em. a) The VLM issu es a req uest to th e PLM [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 41 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Procedu res Case 2: The l ogica l volume has be en mod ified. a) The VLM i nforms the PL M that t he logic al volume is to be copie d o nto tape. b) The PL M sel ects a suit able tape ca r tridge: a comp letel y new tape, a scratch tap e, or a tape onto wh ich wr itin g has not yet res[...]

42 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Pr ocedures CentricStor - Virt ual Tape Librar y 2.6.3 Scratch mount T o pr ev e nt read ing in fr om the physical medi um in cas es wh ere a log ical volume i s to b e rewrit ten anywa y , und er c er tai n ci rcumsta nces Cen tr icStor performs a “scratc h mount”. The s pecia l features of the scratch m ount in Cen tric[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 43 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary New system functions 2.7 Ne w system functions Centr icS tor V ersio n 3.1C for the firs t time provides the o ption of creati ng log ical volumes (L V s) mo re than 2 GB i n size as a standa rd feature. The L V size can be sel ected in discre te ste ps for each logi cal volume group ([...]

44 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Standar d system functions CentricSt or - Vi rtual Tape Li brary 2.8 Standar d system functions The following functi ons are s tanda rd in ev er y Centr icS tor sy stem: ● P ar tit ion ing by volume groups ● “Call H ome” in the event of an error ● SNMP s uppor t ● Expor ting and imp or ti ng tape car tr idges 2.8.[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 45 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Standard syste m functions 2.8.3 SNMP support It is po ssi ble to integrate C entri cStor i nto re mote mo nitor ing by an SNM P Mana gement Stat ion s uch as “ CA Uni center ” or “T ivoli”. In the e vent of sys tem erro rs (erro r we ightin g EMERGE NCY , ALER T , ERR OR, CRI [...]

46 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Standar d system functions CentricSt or - Vi rtual Tape Li brary 2.8.4. 1 V ault attri bute and vault status The vault attr ibute is assign ed to a physical volume group (PVG) by means of the G XCC functio n Conf ig ur ation ➟ Ph ysical V olume Gr oups in the Ty p e entr y field (s ee page 1 87 ). The assoc iated tape c ar [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 47 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Optional system functions 2.9 Optional sy stem functions Centr icS tor is av ailable in a variety of co nfigurat ion levels , in each of whic h fur ther custom er-sp ecific e xtensions (e.g. la rger disk cache) are pos sible. In ad dition to the b asic confi guratio n, opti onal fu nct[...]

48 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Optional system fun ctions Ce ntricSt or - Virt ual Tape Libr ary 2.9.1 Compr ession The fi gure below illust rates th e pr incip le of softwa re compr essio n of log ical v olu mes: Figure 15: Principle of compressing logical volumes Just as a p h ysical dri ve can perform data compre ssio n, so a lso can the tape dr ive emu[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 49 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Optional system functions In BS20 00/OS D (“HOST ” attr ibute), comp ressi on is con trolled on the ba sis of the tap e type: – T APE-C 3: compr ession off – T APE-C 4: compr ession on In UNIX, th e com pressi on set ting c an be s elected by the device nodes. The c ompress ion[...]

50 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Optional system fun ctions Ce ntricSt or - Virt ual Tape Libr ary All supp or ted robot ar chive types are per mitted: – ADI C AML s ystem s (with D AS ) – ADI C scal ar syste ms (wit h D AS or SCSI ) – Sto ra geT e k sy stems (w ith A CSLS or S CSI) –I B M C a s h i o n – Fujit su robot (with LMF ) Pleas e ref er t[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 51 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Optional system functions Figure 17: Example of Dual Sa ve f unctionality In a ccorda nce with the a ssignm ent rul es for the volume group func tional ity (see page 64 ), the l ogical volume s fro m LV G 1 (L V0001- L V 3000) ar e mirro red on the physical volumes of PV G 1 (PV00 01-P[...]

52 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Optional system fun ctions Ce ntricSt or - Virt ual Tape Libr ary 2.9.4 Ext ending virtual drives This optio n allows you to inc rease th e numb er of lo gical dr ives from the sta ndard 32 pe r ICP to up to 64 p er ICP . This makes it po ssible to operate up to 256 lo gical dri v es in a sing le Centr icStor syste m. 2.9.5 S[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 53 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Optional system functions If the “ automatic VLP f ailov er” functi on has been activated, the f ollowing actio ns are no lon ger per mitted in the sys tem: – chang ing the LAN c onfiguratio n – reboo ting or s huttin g down of the VLP ( ini t 0 or init 6 : th ese com mands cau[...]

54 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Optional system fun ctions Ce ntricSt or - Virt ual Tape Libr ary 3. After th e defective processor has been repai red, it i s int egrated once a gain i nto the ov erall syst em and t akes ov er the role of the S VLP: Figure 20: Activation of the def ective processor for the SVLP The statu s, i.e. A utoVLP failov er active or[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 55 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Optional system functions 2.9.8 Cache Mirroring Feature 2.9. 8.1 G ener al Centr icS tor V3 .1 provides u sers with enha nced data se cu rity and greater pr otect ion agains t data loss throug h disaster s, promptly f or all nea rli ne data. Data sto red on the inter nal hard disk s ys[...]

56 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Optional system fun ctions Ce ntricSt or - Virt ual Tape Libr ary 2.9.8. 3 Softwar e requ irement s The “ vtlsmi rr” key must hav e been r ead i n and e nabled for the mirr or funct ion. T his is done by custome r sup por t. Assu ming th at th e hardware r equire men ts are s atisfi ed (see the se ction above) and the RAI[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 57 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Optional system functions 2.9.8.4 M irrored RAID s ystems A mir rored Ce ntri cStor syste m has 1 to a m aximum o f 4 RAID mirror pairs. Figure 23: Example of a CentricS tor mirror system with 3 RAID mirror pairs In a RAID mirror pair , one RAID sy stem con tains only prim ar y c aches[...]

58 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Optional system fun ctions Ce ntricSt or - Virt ual Tape Libr ary 2.9.8.5 Presentation of th e mirror funct ion in GXCC In GXC C the mirror fu nctio ns of a dou ble RAID sy stem a re in dicated by two ar rows. Example Figure 25: Presentation of the mirror function in GXCC Genuine RAID pai rs are indicat ed w ith a wh ite dot,[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 59 Cent ricS tor - Vi rtua l T ape Li br ary Optional system functions 2.9.9 Accounting On the one han d this function per m its the account ing dat a of logical volume groups t o be displa y ed in GXCC (see t he sectio n “St atistics » Usa ge (Acc ounti ng)” on page 2 93 ). Example On the oth er hand this functi on enables [...]

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U41117-J-Z125-7-76 61 3 Switc hing CentricStor o n/off IMPORT ANT! The vendor recom mends that Cen tr icStor shoul d not b e s witched off. This shoul d only be don e in exceptio nal cir cumst ances. 3.1 Switching Cen tricStor on Bef ore s witchin g Centr icS tor on , you must ensur e that t he unit s with which Centr icStor is to communica te, i.e[...]

62 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Switchin g CentricStor off Switching Ce ntricStor on/off Using G XCC or XTC C check t hat al l the necess ar y Ce ntr icStor proce sses a re r unni ng (all proc es sor b o x es must be gr ee n). 5. BS2000/O SD: Case 1: Host con nection v ia ROB AR Ê Sta r t ROBAR-SV (with the menu pro gram robar or ro bar_star t ; see ROBAR [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 63 4 Selected system administ rator activities 4.1 Par tition ing on the basis of volume groups 4.1. 1 General By par titioni ng on t he b asis of volume groups, it is po ssible to combi ne cer tain lo gica l volumes to for m a lo gica l volume grou p ( LV G ) and ce r t ain physical volumes to form a physical volume gr oup ( PV [...]

64 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 P artitioning on the basis of v olume gr oups Selec ted sy stem adminis trator ac tivi ties Figure 27: Example of par titioning on the basis of v olume groups 4.1.2 Rul es Logical v olume groups : – It is po ssible to config ure u p to 512 lo gical volume gr oups. By default, Centr icS tor a lwa ys has at least two logica l[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 65 Sele cted sy ste m admi nistra tor activi tie s Partitioning on the basis of volume groups Physical v olume group s: – It is po ssible to config ure u p to 100 physical volume groups 1 . By default, Centr icStor alwa ys has at least two physical v olum e groups (“BA SE” and “T R-L VG”). These exist in ad dit ion t o [...]

66 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 P artitioning on the basis of v olume gr oups Selec ted sy stem adminis trator ac tivi ties 4.1.3.1 A dding a log ical volume group ● The f or m and det ail ed in f ormati o n are pro vid ed i n the section “Log ical V olume Gr oups ” on pa ge 173 1. Click on the “NEW” button. 2. The f ollowin g must be entere d: Na[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 67 Sele cted sy ste m admi nistra tor activi tie s Partitioning on the basis of volume groups 4.1.3.4 A dding physical v olumes to a physical volume gr oup On ly ph ysical v olumes co ntai ned in the p h ysi cal lib ra ry ma y be spe cifi ed. ● The form and detai led infor matio n are provid ed in the section “ Ph y sical V o[...]

68 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 P artitioning on the basis of v olume gr oups Selec ted sy stem adminis trator ac tivi ties 4.1.3.7 Changing logical v olumes to another gr oup ● The for m and d etailed i nformat ion are p rovided in the s ecti on “L ogica l V ol ume Opera- tions » Change V o lume Gr oup” on page 209 . The f ollo wi ng in f ormat ion [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 69 Sele cted sy ste m admi nistra tor activi tie s Partitioning on the basis of volume groups 4.1.3.10 R emoving physical volumes fr om a physical v olume group Only scratch tap es which do no t contai n any v alid lo gical volumes can be remov ed, unless the physica l volumes have been reor ganized p rio r to do ing this (f lag [...]

70 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Cache mana gement Selec ted sy stem adminis trator ac tivi ties 4.2 Cach e management This functi onali ty enables i ndividu al cac he fil e system s t o be reser v ed for e xclusive use by particular L V g rou ps . L V groups wh ich are not as signed to a cac he fil e syste m are di stri buted to the r emain ing cache s (“[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 71 Sele cted sy ste m admi nistra tor activi tie s Dual Save The sp ecifi catio n of whethe r a log ical volume group is define d as “FLOA TING ” or with cache resi dence i n a par ticular ca che is made in the “Loc ation ” field when the logica l volume group is def ined (see section “ Logic al V olume Groups ” on pa[...]

72 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Dual Save Selec ted sy stem adminis trator ac tivi ties 4.3. 2 Syste m adminis trator ac tivit ies 4.3.2.1 Assigning a logical v olume gro up to tw o ph ysical v olume group s ● The form and detai led infor matio n are provid ed in the section “ Ph y sical V olume Op era - tions » Link/ Unlink V ol ume G roups” on page[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 73 Sele cted sy ste m admi nistra tor activi tie s Reorganization 4.4 R eo rganiza tio n A brie f ov er view of the reorga nization of tape car trid ges can b e found on pa ge 37 . 4.4.1 Wh y do we need reor ganization? Reorga nizati ons a re perfor med for the following four reasons : 1. Effective use of the physical volumes’ [...]

74 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Reorga nization Selected sys tem adm inistra tor acti vitie s 4. Physical volume i nacc essible sta tus The PL M can no lon ger acc ess the p h ysical volume. This ca n be du e to the f ollowin g reasons: – The robot cannot acce ss th e physical volume. – The tape hea der can not be rea d. The lo gical volumes a ff ected [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 75 Sele cted sy ste m admi nistra tor activi tie s Reorganization 4.4.3 When is a reor ganization perfor med? Depen ding on the type of e vent or status which tr ig gers reo rganiza tion, the PLM performs reor ganizati on either imme diatel y after the ev e nt occurs or within a config urable time of da y interv al . The followin[...]

76 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Reorga nization Selected sys tem adm inistra tor acti vitie s Once t he number of scratch t apes r eaches the har d limit again, the “all clea r” is g iven (see page 76 ): SXPL 011 .. . PLM( #11) : NOTI CE: nu mber o f free PVs of PV -gro up <PV G> ove r abso lute minimu m (<nu m>) ag ain For the follo wing st[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 77 Sele cted sy ste m admi nistra tor activi tie s Reorganization Only p h ysic al v olumes in re a d status on whic h the rel ative propor tion of valid d ata is le ss than the perce ntage value config ured in th e F ill Grade parameter are taken into account. If a ph ys ical v olu me i s in write st atus a nd the p ercentag e v[...]

78 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Reorga nization Selected sys tem adm inistra tor acti vitie s 4.4.5 Own p h ys ical v olume s for reor ganization backup The PLM d istin guishes between backup r equest s from the host a nd backup requests which are caused by a reorganiz ation. As long as the number of scr atch ta pes is abov e the har d min imu m , the PLM a[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 79 Sele cted sy ste m admi nistra tor activi tie s Reorganization 4.4.7 Configuration parameters All conf igurati on parame ters ca n be s et spe cific ally for each physical volume group. It must b e ensu red th at a depe ndenc y on the number o f av ailable dri ves e xists an d that not too m any reorga nizat ions take plac e i[...]

80 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Reorga nization Selected sys tem adm inistra tor acti vitie s When th e per centag e of valid dat a on a physical volume which is in wri te statu s and is not cur rently mounted in a Physical Device Service is below this limit v alue and at the same tim e a reor ganizati on is in pr ogress be cause a sc ratch tape li mit valu[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 81 Sele cted sy ste m admi nistra tor activi tie s Cleaning physica l drives PLM Refr esh Inte r val Numbe r of days after whic h the physical volumes in this grou p are to b e recopi ed. The count s tar ts with t he day on which th e physical volume s witched from scratc h status to write st atus. T his value must be define d in[...]

82 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Synchr onization of the system time using NTP Selec ted sy stem adminis trator ac tivi ties 4.6 Synchr onization o f the system time using NTP In Cen tric Stor the confi guration wi th reg ard to NT P is ca rr ied out auto matical ly , whi ch mean s that the file /etc/ntp.co nf is crea ted with the app ropr iate e ntri es for[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 83 5 Operating an d monito ring CentricSt or 5.1 T echnical desi gn 5.1. 1 General Centr icS tor monitor ing and operation i s carr ied o ut on two l e vels b y GXCC and XTCC. . Figure 29: GXCC/XTCC on the CentricStor ISPs (e xample VT A 2000-5000) CentricStor Centric Stor cons ole FICON ESCON ESCON SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI LAN IDP GX[...]

84 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 T echnical design Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r GXCC ( Global Exte nded Con trol Center ) is a p rogram with an X us er in terf ace tha t provid es a comp lete graphi cal rep resentat ion of a Centr icS tor s ystem, an d cov ers a ll conne cted devices a nd ISP s (Integrated Ser vice Pr ocessor s) su ch as ICPs ( I[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 85 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Technica l desig n The fi gure bel ow shows the c omponen ts and the conne ction s use d for control and monitor i ng (the F ibre Ch annel networ king and the pat hs to th e hos ts ar e not shown): Figure 30: GXCC components w ith X11 ser ver as remot e computer In this example GXCC r un[...]

86 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 T echnical design Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r In this con figuration GXCC r uns on the rem ote comp uter (e.g. Windows PC) and uses the interfaces of its user i nterface directl y . At shor t in ter vals GXCC i nquires of the C entr icSto r VLP whet her there is new data. Here only 20 bytes are transferred. If ne[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 87 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Technica l desig n 5.1.3 Monitoring structure within a CentricStor ISP The fi gure on page 8 9 cont ains a more deta iled r eprese ntation of how GXCC moni tors the indiv idual Cent r icStor control compo nents. This figure s houl d also be regar ded a s one e xample of the m any confi g[...]

88 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 T echnical design Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r The ta ble below lists th e cont rol com ponents : GXCC/X TCC can also r un on S INIX-Z/S olar is/LINUX /Windows syste ms which ar e indepen dent of Cen tr icStor . In this cas e, GXCC connect s via th e LAN to the Re questB roker of th e ISP referenced in the uni t s[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 89 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Technica l desig n Figure 32: Monitoring structure in Centr icStor (example VT A 2000-5000) Screen Keyboard Mo use ESCON, FICO N or FC host c onnectio n TCP/IP LA N TCP/IP LAN or TCP/IP conne ction with in pr oc esso r Compone nts manag ed via SNMP SCSI or FC conn ections to drive s and [...]

90 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 T echnical design Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r 5.1.4 Operating modes GXCC recog nizes the following th ree us er p riv ilege lev els: Service mode Access to all Ce ntri cStor fu nctio ns av ailable via GXCC. Users must use the “dia g” password to identi fy them selves to the Centri cStor ISP with wh ich th ey [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 91 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Operator configuration 5.2 Operator conf iguration 5.2.1 B asi c confi guration Withou t requ iri ng addi tional hardware or fu r ther software l icences, Cen tric Stor offers the follo wing configura tion for operation a nd monitor ing : Figure 33: CentricStor basic configuration Withi [...]

92 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Operator c onfiguration Operating and mo nitor ing Cen tricStor 5.2.3 GXC C in other systems GXCC c an also be ins talle d and i s e x ecutable in Windows 9 8/NT/2000 /XP , LINUX and SOLA RIS syste ms. An inst allation CD is su pplie d with eac h Centr icS tor . This conta ins the tools a nd inform ation file s re quired for [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 93 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Operator configuration 5.2.5.2 S NMP a nd GXCC Monitor ing and operation o f Centr icSt or by GXCC r uns ind ependen tly o f SNMP . In ad dition , howe v er , Ce ntri cStor a lso of f ers the ba sic functi ons requ ired for manage ment via an SNMP station . Thanks to the great flexibilit[...]

94 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Operator c onfiguration Operating and mo nitor ing Cen tricStor The fi gure bel ow shows some of the p ossible config urations for an SNM P man ager for connec ting GX TXCC to th e tri gger ing Cen tr icStor on the basis of a trap: Figure 34: Configuration options at an SNMP management station – In the c ase o f confi gurat[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 95 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Starting GXCC – The GU I software must b e insta lled explicitly o n the wor kstati on for operation of GXCC outside Ce ntricS tor . A CD with GXCC (GUI CD) is provided free with each Centr i cStor . GXCC can be ins talled an unl imite d number of t imes to r un Centr icStor . It will [...]

96 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Starting GXCC Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r The ta ble below lists th e poss ible star t parameters: Pa r a m e t e r Mea ning C omment -aspect 1 <par am> Size and pos ition of the m ain wi n- dow on the scree n <param> has t he form at [=][Wx H]+|-X+| -Y WxH: Width x hei ght (pixels) X,Y: Co ordi nat e[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 97 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Starting GXCC T o st ar t in User m ode, use: gxcc <o ther para meters> & or GXCC -u ser <para meters> & T o st ar t in Obser v e mode, use: GX CC -obser ve <param eters> & 5.3.2. 1 Expla nation of the st ar t para meter -a spect The argu men t of this p ara[...]

98 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Starting GXCC Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r 5.3.3 En vironment variable XTC C_CL ASS GXCC s uppor ts an environm ent variable wi th this na mes as follo ws: If this envir onment vari able is not define d when G XCC is star ted, it is set to the value “Xtcc”. Othe rwise t he spe cifie d value is taken. The r ele[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 99 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Starting GXCC 5.3.4. 1 Option al acce ss control for Obser ve mod e When a Cen tr icSt or V3.1 sy stem i s instal led, the “x tccob sv” ID is set up by def ault and the line “ + xtccobsv ” en tered in the home/xtcc obsv/.rho sts file. As a result this opti onal acces s co ntrol i[...]

100 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Starting GXCC Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r 5.3.4.3 Suppressi ng the passw or d query Releasing individual users The pa ssword quer y c an be s uppr esse d if an entr y in the . rhosts file pe r mit s acc ess to Centr icS tor . T o do this, the monitor ing sy stem is entered in the f ollowing .rh osts fi le on the[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 101 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Starting GXCC 5.3.4. 4 Additiona l passwor d quer y If GXCC or XTCC requi res a password to tr ansfer an update (see the secti on “Software up- date s” on pag e 118 ) or m anual (see the se ct ion “On line M anual” on p age 235 ), the f oll ow- ing wi ndo w appea rs : This passw[...]

102 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Starting GXCC Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r 5.3.5 Starting the Cent ricStor console ● P osition the m ouse poi nter to a neutral s creen a rea. ● Pres s the right mous e b utt on. ● The Roo t Menu appe ars, inclu ding th e functio n “Glo bal eXtend ed C ontrol Ce nter”. If you selec t this item, you are [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 103 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Starting GXCC – and the Requ estBr oker of the co nnecte d ISP , which ga thers in f orm ation fr om al l compo- nents an d forwards command s fro m the ma n/mach ine i nterface to the resp ective recip ients (X TCC, which on ly ev er handle s a si ngle ISP , conn ects its elf di rect[...]

104 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Starting GXCC Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r 5.3.6. 2 Using the dir ect XDMCP interf ace The fu ll range of XDMC P (X Di splay Manager C ontrol Protoc ol) func tions c annot be used in C entri cStor 2.1. Y ou are str ongly r ecommen ded to u se the X11 s er vers in Passiv e mode. 5.3.6.3 S tar ting f rom a UNIX sys[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 105 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Starting GXCC 5.3.6. 4 Star tin g from a Wind ows system via Exceed With ap propr iate prep aration, GXCC c an be star ted by clicking an ic on on th e desk top. More d etails c an be found in the Exceed help i nformat ion. Thi s secti on only descr ib es the GXCC- spec ific se ttings o[...]

106 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Starting GXCC Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r Star tin g GXCC via Ex ceed Ê Star t Exce ed (pre f erab ly vi a the W indows autos tar t function) . Ê Choose “ Xstar t”. Ê Activate the Star t me nu as sh own in the following e xample : The us er ID is tele , and th e password entere d must b e the appropr ia t[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 107 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Starting GXCC Choose the Windows Star t menu “P rograms” ➟ “Hummin gbird Con necti vity” ➟ “Exc eed” and ➟ “X sessi on” to dis play a select ion of sta r t files: When you hav e sele cted th e star t file a nd chose n “Run! ”, GXCC w ill be st ar te d on the se[...]

108 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Starting GXCC Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r 5.3.6.5 S tar ting f rom a Windows/NT sys tem via XVision When insta lling XV ision, t he U NIX environme nt must als o have been installe d. XVision setting An example is shown in the f ollowin g diagram: It is i mpor tant tha t the di splay mode “Multi ple wi ndows?[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 109 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Starting GXCC The di agram below shows an e xample of the fonts setti ng: Ê The “Allow font substituti on” optio n must be disabled. Ê When s pecifyi ng the font pat h items, the UNIX fonts must be l isted before other fonts . If different set tings are defin ed, the lay out of GX[...]

110 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Starting GXCC Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r All op tions mus t be dis abled in the “S ecur ity” tab . The “XDM CP” box ma y not be ch ecked, to en sure tha t P assive mode is s ecure: Settings f or the c lient The X 11 ser v er must be in clud ed in th e host list of the com pute r on whic h the GX CC is r[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 111 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Starting GXCC Starting GXCC with the “Remote Progr am Starter” Idea lly , GXC C shoul d be a ctivated via th e “Remote Program Star ter”. This a llows the proce ss to b e automa ted such t hat GX CC can be star ted by clicking an ic on. Whe n GXC C is st ar ted in O bser ve mode[...]

112 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Starting GXCC Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r Example The s ettings u nder “O ption s” and “Vi ew Response” should c orres pond to those shown in the example. The fu ll co ntents of the com mand l ine are s hown in the “Dis pla y” tab : The inp ut field “Title” has no effect and shoul d not be us ed.[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 113 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Starting GXCC The se ttings can be s av ed in a fil e with an .rps e xtension. When you double-click the fil e, the Re mote P rogram Star ter is star ted and ex ecutes th is file. If you cr eate a link to th is fi le on th e deskto p , you can therefore star t GXCC b y double-c licking [...]

114 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Starting GXCC Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r This allows you to c ontrol wh ether e v er yone with access to your hos t can a lso star t GXCC . Y ou can save the setti ngs. After the ter m inal e mulation has star ted, you can activate the sav ed settings and e stablish the c onnec tion. 5.3.7 G XCC wel come s cree[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 115 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Starting GXCC If the local sy stem is not par t of a Ce ntr icStor networ k and no unit na me is spe cifie d in the star t parameter s, a message box will be outp ut leadin g you to the “ Unit Se lect” me nu (see the sec tions “Selecting t he Centr i cStor s ystem” on page 1 16 [...]

116 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Starting GXCC Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r 5.3. 8 Selecting the C entricStor sy stem If th e local syste m is not p ar t of C entri cStor , the Uni t Sel ect m enu is di splayed when GXCC is star ted. Example The op eration and functi ons o f Unit Sele ct are desc ri bed in the se ction “Sel ect” on page 147 [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 117 Operating and mon itori ng Cent ricStor Starting GXCC 5.3.10 Aut henticat ion As soo n as a connec tion has been established, c lient au thenticati on takes place. P ass word- based a uthenti catio n is per f or med ev er y time the program is star ted. When operating i n User m ode, you will be r eques ted by the addr essed [...]

118 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Starting GXCC Operat ing and monit oring Cen tricSto r If the password is entered inco rrectly three times, GXCC wi ll be star ted in O bser ve mode (but only if no password protec tion ha s been set for Obser v e mode). 5.3.1 1 Software upda tes If you hav e contac ted a “r emote” Ce ntr icS tor syste m, the In f oBroke[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 119 6G X C C 6.1 Main w indow 6.1.1 Standar d The G XCC main wind ow shows a circui t diagram of Centr icSto r . If p ictures of real pr oducts (rob ots, drives, RAID sy stems) are used , these ar e only sy mbols which bea r no rel ation to the a ctual app earance of the p roduct. The ma in win dow consit s of the following areas[...]

120 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Mai n wi ndow GXCC ● Left h alf of sc reen – Circui t diagram of Cen tr icStor ● Right hal f of sc reen – Sys tem in f or mati on – Inform ation fi eld ● Line wit h the last cons ole al ar m m essage a nd a cknowledgment button ● Footer 6.1.2 Loss of a connection If the conne ction to t he InfoBroker is lo st, [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 121 GXCC Main window 6.1.3 Ele ments of the GXCC main windo w 6.1.3.1 T itle bar The title bar is laid out a s follo ws: <syst emname>: Centr icStor(< IP-addres s><unit-n ame>) <sys temnam e>: System name e ntered du r ing confi guratio n. No di splay if no sy stem name has be en entered . <IP- address&[...]

122 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Mai n wi ndow GXCC An e rr or fl ag (y ello w or pink ) ca n be di spla ye d onl y if the I nf obrok e r has bee n star ted and is operationa l. Consequent ly in cer tain s ituations, es peci ally dur i ng the boo t phase of ind ivid ual ISPs, i t can occur that an ov erall statu s of turquo ise (OK) is displ a yed e v en th[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 123 GXCC Main window –S c a n r a t e Inter val bet ween sca ns in seco nds. –B i t r a t e The floa ting po int number sh ows the bit rate for communicatio n with the InfoBrok er . The rate is ca lculated using the leng th of time taken to transfer a status i nforma tion package. This indicato r is of par ticula r intere st [...]

124 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Mai n wi ndow GXCC 6.1.3.5 C onsole me ssage s Consol e mess ages are dis pla yed abov e the footer . T hese c an be: – syste m mess ages – messag es r elatin g to the sys tem co nfigurat ion – messag es rela ting to the co nnecti on between GXCC and the system The l ast me sssa ge is alwa ys disp lay ed. Y ou obta in [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 125 GXCC Main window 6.1.4 Mes sage wi ndow Many GXCC message s must b e taken noti ce of a nd acknowledge d by the user . This prev ents the sa me func tion o r contrad ictor y func tions being sta r ted on one device. Messa ge wind ows with an “OK” button ar e close d after you click on this b utton . Messa ge windows witho[...]

126 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Mai n wi ndow GXCC 6.1.6 Block diagram The m ain win dow displ a ys a ci rcuit d iagram of the Ce ntr icS tor syste m with t he ISP s, RAID syst ems and th e conn ectin g Fibre Channe l syste m. Processors Centr icS tor is a group of pr ocess ors, each r unni ng the S INIX-Z operating s yste m. These proce ssors ar e referre[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 127 GXCC Main window If th e A utoVLP f ailover function has b een confi gure d, it can be ac tivated. If th e functio n was activated before a shut down took pl ace, VLP mon itor ing is activated auto matic ally on this ISP by mean s of a r eboot. The Ce ntr icStor contro ller co uld not be deter min ed: This status also occu rs[...]

128 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Mai n wi ndow GXCC Speci al aspect s whe n performing Dist ribute and Ac tivate The following sp ecial as pects must be bor ne in mind wh en per f orm ing Distribute and Activa- te : ● Some G XCC menu i tems a re hidde n. ● The cu rre nt progres s is di splayed in blue scr ipt in the system mess age li ne. Messag es are [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 129 GXCC Main window Fibre ch annel elemen ts The i nter nal FC c onnectio ns ar e repr esented in the form o f an F C fabric i n the cente r of t he figure with conn ectio ns to b oth the ISPs and the RAID sys tem(s) . FibreChan nel c onnec - tions to the FC switch which are faulty are drawn with dashed li nes until the SNMP tra[...]

130 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Mai n wi ndow GXCC A check is m ade to see whe ther , in the cas e of redu nda nt Fibre Ch annel s ystems, the connec tions go from e v er y ISP to various switches an d whethe r the FC adapter with the lowest number goes to the s witch with the lowest number (through put optimiza tion) . Host connections In the ov er view s[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 131 GXCC Main window The co lors have the f ollowing mean in g: Green Operation al Pink Not operation al, no ca che fi le sys tem affected As in the case of the Fi breCA T CX500 /CX3-20 o r Eter nus 3000/4 000 it i s not possible to rea d the st atus vi a an FC po r t, the “operational ” status (green) is display ed f or thes[...]

132 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Mai n wi ndow GXCC Left-cl icking on th e RAID sym bol c auses fu r ther informatio n to be o utp ut in the r ig ht- hand par t of the G XCC in f o window: This example shows a C entr icSto r with two RAID sys tems ( IDs: 1 and 2). Inf or mati on on b oth RAID systems is outp ut in th e info window: The pr imar y cache s 100[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 133 GXCC Main window 6.1.6. 1 Statu s information The c urrent o perating s tatus o f Centr icS tor eleme nts i s indicated by the background c olor of the ass ociat ed symbol s. The bar on the r ight wh ich is div ided into s ev e ral compar tments shows t he status of har dware compon ents a nd dr ivers. Y ou ca n obta in det a[...]

134 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Mai n wi ndow GXCC 6.1.7 ICP object inf ormation In orde r to b e able to con nect to var ious host ty pes, ISPs can c ontain ES CON/FICO N channe l a dapters, FC a dapter s or both types of connec tion. The ob ject i nforma tion will var y accordi ngly . Objec t informa tio n of an I CP whic h con tains onl y FibreC hann el[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 135 GXCC Main window 6.1.8 IDP object inf ormation The following infor matio n is d isplay ed: – name and rele ase version of th e IDP – if prese nt: IP addres s o f the external LAN por t(in the example the e xter nal por t is faulty) – the statu s of th e FC cont roll er for the conne ction to the cac he (= to p box) – [...]

136 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Mai n wi ndow GXCC 6.1.11 Inf ormation about the RAID systems This infor mation box shows the follo wing inform ation f or ev ery RAID sy stem (by a box symbo l to the rig ht of the RAID s ymbol): – the type and targe t number of the RA ID contro ller(s) – the statu s of th e RAID cont roller (s) – any additio nal in f[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 137 GXCC Main window 6.1.1 2 RAID sys tem functions The following wind ow appears wh en you ri ght-cli ck on the RAID s ymbo l: 6.1.12.1 S how complete RA ID status Selec ting th is op tion di splays all the dat a of the RAID sy stem s: As in the cas e of the FibreC A T CX50 0/CX3-20 and Eter nus 30 00/4000 it is not possible to [...]

138 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Mai n wi ndow GXCC 6.1.13 Inf ormation on Fibre Channel fabric Infor mation on FC s witch es ca n be ob tained via SNMP (Si mple N etwor k Mana gement Protoc ol). Th e mnemoni c name, operatin g status, and co ntents of the last unproc esse d trap are ou tput. If th e mes sage “No data r eceived” is dis play ed instea d [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 139 GXCC Main window 6.1.14.1 C ontroller Colo r Scheme Y ou can sel ect wh ether you wish to di splay the FC conne ction s in suc h a way that all connec tions to a sin gle IS P are disp lay ed in the sam e col or (C ontro ller Col or Sche me) o r so that al l conn ectio ns to a do main (a switch) are displ a yed in the same c o[...]

140 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Mai n wi ndow GXCC 6.1.15 Inf ormation about the FC connections If you hover the mouse poi nter ov er an icon be longi ng to an FC c onnection , infor mation abou t this li ne wil l be di splay ed. The following informa tion i s outp ut: – the name of th e s witch, a s assi gned du ring confi guration , and – the por t t[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 141 GXCC Main window 6.1.1 7 ISP system mess ages If an impor tant con sole mes sage is ent ered in t he log file ( /usr/ap c/vtls/ VTLS_ MESSAGES ) o f one of the Centr i cStor I SPs, this is d isplay ed in the l ower par t o f the GXCC wi ndow . Mess ages with the statuses “ERROR”, “CRIT ICAL ” (red) a nd “ALE R T”,[...]

142 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Mai n wi ndow GXCC 6.1.19 Configuration C hange d If a co nfiguratio n cha nge is curr ently be ing proc esse d in Centr icS tor , a floppy disk symbol with a yellow backg round will a ppear in the button bar . This occurs i f a menu i tem of th e conf iguration compl ex is confir m ed with “OK” after activation of th e [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 143 GXCC Function bar 6.2 Function bar dd The i ndividua l func tions can b e select ed eith er by clicking on them with your mou se or by pressi ng the A L T key together with the a ccel erator ke y (under l ined lette r). Ho w e xactly s uch sho r tcuts are h andled depend s on th e operating sys tem or the Window Mana ger , e.[...]

144 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC ● Configurat ion ( page 16 6 ) – RAID Filesy stems ( page 17 1 ) – Logical V olume G roups ( pag e 173 ) – Ph ysi cal V olume G roups ( page 181 ) – Distri bute and Activate ( page 18 8 ) ● Prof ile ( page 1 91 ) – Add/S elect Profil e ( pag e 191 ) ● Admi nis tr ati on ( page 193 ) – [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 145 GXCC Function bar 6.2. 2 File Es st ehen folgend e Funkti onen zur V erfügun g: – Sa v e – Open – Sho w – Print – Exit 6.2.2. 1 Save Sav es the c urrent InfoBroker data. Y ou can thus use th is to recover the system di splay subse quentl y . By default, co nfigurat ions are sav ed as .gxd fil es. With this func tio[...]

146 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC 6.2.2. 2 Open Opens a file selecto r wind ow with whic h you can open a c onfig uration that wa s gene rated with “S av e” (see above). The wi ndow contai ns the field for enter in g the file name pl us the following function keys: OK Chec ks whe ther the s pecif ied file is a valid GX CC config ura[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 147 GXCC Function bar 6.2.2. 5 Exit Shuts down GXCC. It is recomm ended t hat you us e this fu nctio n in p ref erenc e to th e button in the to p left-ha nd cor n er of t he wind ow . When G XCC is shut down, any global s tatus proces ses star ted from GX CC will remain acti v e . 6.2.3 U nit In th is manual th e ISPs of a Ce nt[...]

148 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC The in direc t con nection i s used t o mo nitor s ystems w hich cannot be re ached direc tly ( Exam ple : M odem conn ectio n to the “sock et_ho st” with “target_ host” c onnect ed to a LAN). In this ca se firs t a sock et conn ection is s et up to the “so c ket_host”, and this is then con [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 149 GXCC Function bar Button s at the bot tom of the screen OK Establis hes a conne ction to the ISP selected i n the lise. If the uni t addres s was only ente red in th e entr y field, it will n ot be i ncor po rated in the list . Add Adds the ente red un it data to the l ist. Remove Removes the selected e ntr y from the list. R[...]

150 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC 6.2.4 Options Allows you to set the wind ow size and th e page ratio . When defi ning th e graphic di splay setting s, it is recomme nded th at you stop t he A utosc an pro cess (se e the s ection “Star t A utosc an/Stop Autoscan” on p age 152 ), since ot herwi se the displ ay will always retur n to[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 151 GXCC Function bar Cust om er Na me This fiel d contai ns a cu stomer nam e that is a maximum of 60 ch aracters long and whic h can be edite d in User or Se r vice mode. Spec ial ch aracters " $ [ ] ' will be replac ed b y unders cores “_”. E ach time a ch ange i s ma de to the st ring and t he OK button is cli[...]

152 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC 6.2.5 Autoscan 6.2.5. 1 Star t Autoscan/S top Autoscan An Autoscan is a pro cess by mean s of wh ich i nforma tion i s transferred pe riod ically from the InfoBrokers to GXCC, and t he graphical disp la y is s ubsequ ently update d acco rdingl y . It is either active (star ted) or inacti ve (stopped), i[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 153 GXCC Function bar 6.2.5. 2 Sett ings The s lider c ontro ls the Autoscan inter v al for e xchanging i nforma tion wi th the I nfoBrok er . An A utosc an cycl e consi sts of dat a transfer , d isplay generatio n and au toscan d elay . The de f ault settin g is “Se lf Adj usting” . In this mode, the i nter val is au tomati [...]

154 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC 6.2.6 T ools The following functi ons are o ffered: – Global S tatus – Get Remo te/Ex pand Lo cal F ile – Show Remote Fi le – Sho w Sys tem Me ssag es – GXCC Update/ Rev er t T ool (only off ered to aut horiz ed user s) 6.2.6. 1 Global Statu s This function is us ed to cal l the G lobal S tatu[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 155 GXCC Function bar The wi ndow contai ns the follo wing f ields: Remo te Host / IP -Addre ss [Descr ip tion]: Name o r IP addr ess of the re mote sys tem tog ether with an optional c ommen t. Remo te User : Remote s ystem us er ID unde r which file transfer is performe d. Remo te P assw ord: P ass word (not v isible) f or the [...]

156 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Brow se Loc al Opens a dial og box in whic h you can sel ect an d open a loca l file f or the “ Exp and Loc al” functio n. Hel p Opens a window wit h help inform ation. Cancel Closes the menu. 6.2.6.3 S how Remote File Opens a menu co nsis ting of s ev e ral entr y fields, a mess age win dow , a li [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 157 GXCC Function bar Remo te P assw ord P ass word (not visi ble) f or the rem ote sy stem ID unde r which d ata trans f er is p erf or m ed. Messa ges Field used to outpu t message s fro m the c ompon ents involv ed in file t ransf er . The follo wing text colors a re used: blac k and green f or the pro cess s equence, red for [...]

158 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC 6.2.6. 4 Show Syste m Messag es Opens a text window to displ ay the ISP sy stem mes sage s. The window is automa tically positi oned o n the la st outputs. The c onsole m essa ges of all Centr icS tor syst ems are listed by prior i ty and in the order i n whic h they occur red. Y ou can als o displ a y [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 159 GXCC Function bar DateTime D ate and time i n the form Y YYY -MM-DD HH:MM :SS. ISP-N ame Name of the IS P from w hich t he mes sage o rig inat es. Separato r O ne or two c haracters (for their me aning see page 4 41 ) Mess age te xt In ad dition to the f unctions av ailable in all text windows, the fun ction bar of the sys te[...]

160 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC If the onlin e ma nuals hav e to be updat ed as well, the ma nuals ar e transferred in the background after the p rogram files. If the transfer is completed su cces sfully , the new manual is ac tivated automatic ally an d the older edi tion delete d. Thus, if you do not activate a new software v ersi o[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 161 GXCC Function bar Carrying out a software updat e When you c hoose the menu comm and, th e following window appea rs: A list of the GXCC versions in e xistence is displayed in the upper par t of the window , sta r ting with the most r ecent version. The version of GXCC (or XTCC) tha t they are cu rrently usin g is disp lay ed[...]

162 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC A monito r program keeps track of all the GXCCs and thei r ramificati ons. It initi ates th e ter mi- nation of s ubappl ication s and br in gs it to your attention if other user s are als o using GXCC . The l ower half of th e scree n contain s the o utput a rea “Dia log” , which di splays the u pd[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 163 GXCC Function bar Help Opens a text window contain ing he lp infor mat ion. Th is is also an active GXCC/XTCC a pplic ation, and it is thus c losed wh en the update o peration is e x ecuted. Y ou thus cannot keep t he wind ow open dur ing th e updat e. This should not be a problem beca use ther e are context-sens itive e xpla[...]

164 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC ● Y ou restar t again. Th is ti me the p rocess ends wit h the gre en mes sage “Up date don e”. ● It now makes sense to ter min ate the upda te tool by means of the “Ca ncel” button. The ser v ice that monito rs all the appl icat ions o f the G XCC/XT CC family is th us re star ted with the [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 165 GXCC Function bar Proc edure If you were able to s tar t t he t ool, first a window w ill op en which e xplai ns the fur ther proce dure. This proced ure c onsists of the f ollowing s teps: 1. Select the compo nent to be rep aired: G XCC or XTCC 2. Select the re mote s ystem fr om whi ch the compres sed a rchive of the selec [...]

166 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC 6.2.7 Configuration PV Gs and L V Gs can b e confi gured, i .e. created, m odifie d and d eleted , in Us er mode. Chang ed parameter s are s tored in th e file /us r/ap c/br oker/ vt ls_v g.co nf.ne w . Th e fl oppy disk symbol appear s in the Centri cStor mai n window . The c hanged data is activated u[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 167 GXCC Function bar ➟ Configuration menu on t he function bar Clicking the “Confi guratio n” button in the toolbar opens a drop-down menu with the following items : – RAID Filesy stems – Logica l V olum e Gr oups – Physical V olume Gro ups – Distr ibute and Activate Selec ting th e requ ired function provides a cc[...]

168 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Elements of the configuration dialog bo x es Command b u ttons al ong th e lower b or der : All di alog box es used to change the con figurati on hav e the same set of buttons: OK T emporari ly saves y our cha nges to /usr/ap c/broker/ vtls.conf .new or /usr/apc/ broker/vt ls_vg.co nf.new an d ensures t[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 169 GXCC Function bar List editor The following example di splays a confi guratio n dial og box contai ning two l ists: Sev eral objects of the s ame ty pe often hav e to be defi ned at c onfigu ration (e.g. Vi r tu al Librar y Ser v ers, PV Gs, L V Gs). The l ist ed itor in t he con figuration d ialog bo x es is used for thi s. [...]

170 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Adding a new object: Click the “N EW” button. A n empt y entr y field ap pears i n which you c an enter a name. Depen ding o n the type of the o bject, fur ther en tr y fie lds will also be disp lay ed. These a re filled with de f aults w herev er this i s possi ble or useful . If you enter a forma [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 171 GXCC Function bar 6.2.7.1 R AID File systems After you h a ve selected this func tion a f or m for configur i ng the RAID sys tem is disp la yed: In Obser v e and User mode the OK button is not pres ent an d all th e checkbox es are dis abled . Buttons Dis able caches Some tests on empty file system s and co nsistent L VG ass[...]

172 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Inf o rma tion Mirroring Whether the mi rror func tion i s enabled or disabled in Ce ntri cStor is sp ecifi ed here. T he attr ibutes of a RAID s ystem with th e mirr or func tion e nabled, wheth er a nd how it is mirror ed, are d efined by the assign ment of the LUNs du r ing RAI D configurat ion. Con [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 173 GXCC Function bar Key Stat us The mean ing of the vari ous col ors and checkbox condit ions is explained. The cells a lso c ontai n a sum mar y (e.g. “mounte d 85 ”). Command butt ons along the lo wer bor der Cancel Closes the window . Rese t The se tting i s rese t to the v alue when the win dow was open ed. The wi ndow [...]

174 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Buttons and entry fields In the case of L VGs already d istr ibuted with “Di str ibute and Ac tivate”, the “T o Be Deleted” button is offered (as in th e form abov e), in the c ase of newly entere d L V Gs the “DEL ETE ” button. The “BAS E” L V G is al wa ys presen t and cann ot be delet[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 175 GXCC Function bar “DELETE” bu tton: Appear s onl y if a line is selec ted an d the s elect ed L V G has not yet bee n made known to the system. This is typical ly the c ase if you hav e just c reated an L V G and hav e not yet selecte d “Distr ibute and A ctivate”. Not t o be co nfused with the “ Delete L V Gs” fu[...]

176 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC take no actio n. On ce the requ est to dele te an L VG has bee n succe ssfu lly issu ed and activated i n the sys tem, th e action i s an a synchron ous ac tion a nd ca nnot be influen ced by the user . Nam e Name of the L V G. The data of the L V G is k ept under this name in Centri cStor . The L V G i[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 177 GXCC Function bar Further in formation Reducin g the L V s ize of an existing L V G: It is not possible to red uce the L V size of an existin g L VG in Centr icSto r . If you w ant a smaller L V size, you m ust create a new L V G with the req uired L V size. The data wh ich was wr itten to th e larg e L V s must then be wri t[...]

178 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Erase Sc ratch L V s This sp ecifi es how the d ata of sc ratch volumes is t o be ha ndled: ENABLE D Only the stub da ta (volume header) is to be r etain ed. CA UTION! Wit h this sett ing it mu st be ass ume d at al l tim es th at the dat a on scratch volumes - a nd also o n the physical v olum es - wil[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 179 GXCC Function bar Command butt ons along the lo wer bor der OK Accep ts the entr y . It bec omes effectiv e with “D istr ibute and A ctivate”. The “ Configu - ration Cha nged” sy mbol (flop p y disk sy mbol) ap pears in the G XCC mai n wind ow . The changed configu ration data is st ored, ev e n after G XCC has ter mi[...]

180 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC The s ettings for the cache fi le sy stem can be modi fied la ter at any time. After a modific ation a “Dis tr ibute and Act ivate” operation is requ ired in which , howe v er , on ly th e VLM a nd the PLM mu st be res tar ted if t his was the on ly c hange. If as signmen ts between ca che fi le sy [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 181 GXCC Function bar 6.2.7.3 P hysical V olume Groups In t his w indow volume gro ups o f the physical volumes can be crea ted, dele ted or modifie d. Whe n the wi ndow is call ed the e xisting physical volume group s are i nit ially di splay ed: In the case of P V Gs alrea dy distr i buted with “D istr ibute and A ctivate”,[...]

182 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC List ar ea At the top of the f or m ther e is a list area wi th data regar ding PVGs that ha ve already been integrated. T he following is di splayed: Name Name of the P V G T ype T ype of th e PV G T ape L ibrar y T ape l ibrar y as sign ed Comm ent Comm ent T o Be Delete d Mar king for deleting t he v[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 183 GXCC Function bar “DELETE” bu tton: Appear s only if a line is se lected and the selected PV G has not yet been mad e known to th e syste m. T his is typi call y the cas e if you h av e just cre ated a PVG and hav e not yet selec ted “Distr ibute and Ac tivate”. Not to be co nfused with the “D elete PVGs” function[...]

184 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC T ape Libr ar y The volumes of t he group are stor ed in this physical arch ive . Th e archi v es defi ned in t he configu ration a re offered. This f ield can be cha nged o nly un til the PV G has be en activated using “Dis tribute an d Acti v ate”. Ty p e T ype of the PVG. A PV G can be of the typ[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 185 GXCC Function bar Reor ganisation P a ra meter s PLM Refr esh Inte r val (Da ys) Numbe r of days after whic h this gr oup’ s v olumes are to be refres hed. This value must be de fined in a ccorda nce wi th the ta pe manufacturer’ s recomm endatio ns. V alue range : min: 9 0, max: 99 9, default: 365 Absol ute Mi nimum (V o[...]

186 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Wr ite Thr oughp ut (MB/s ec) Wr ite Overhead ( sec) The PL M uses th e Wr ite Throu ghput an d Wr ite Overhead paramete rs to se lect the ph ysical volume whic h it can r elea se in the shor test t ime in the ev ent of a reorg ani- zation. Wr ite Thr oughp ut specif ies the estim ated wr ite per forma [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 187 GXCC Function bar Creating a new ph ysica l v olume gr oup A new PV G is created by clicking on the NEW button. In the PVG list an empty li ne is open ed and highli ghted. All e diting field s except f or “Nam e” an d “Com ment” are fill ed with default values. The physical v olume gro up is se t up by enter ing a nam[...]

188 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC 6.2.7. 4 Distribute and Activate Then D istr ibute and A ctiv ate fu nction i s nor ma lly calle d after a change has be en mad e to the con fig uration. The c hanged confi guration fi les are distr ibuted to a ll the Centr icSto r proces sors. The software l icenses in th e VLP ar e distr ibuted as r e[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 189 GXCC Function bar Buttons OK If the config uration data is c orrec t, a se cur ity qu er y is dis play ed. When you acknowledge this, “ Distr ibute and A ctivate” is ex ecuted. The new configu ration data i s distr ibuted to al l ISPs. De pendin g on the type o f chan ge Centr icS tor pro cesses ar e stopped and resta r t[...]

190 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Notes on naming the configuration files The ac tive configurat ion files /usr/apc/co nf/vtls.c onf a nd /usr/ apc/conf/ vtls_vg.c onf are ren ame d in a ll ISP s of t he C entri cSto r to /usr/ apc/conf/ vtls.conf .yyyymmdd hhiiss and /usr/ apc/conf/ vtls_vg.c onf.yyyym mddhhiiss ( yyyy mmdd = Y earMon [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 191 GXCC Function bar 6.2.8 Pr ofile The ter m “profile” encomp asses th e f ollowing: – the setti ngs cho sen under “Opti ons” – the setti ngs cho sen under “Autoscan” – the window si ze and pos ition as set u sing the graph ical us er inter face The s creen size ca n be p redef ined a s a s tar t parame ter (-[...]

192 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Button s at the bo ttom o f the scr een sectio n OK Applie s the s elec ted pr ofile fil e. The di splay is imme dia tely a dapted to the new pro file setting s. The newly selec ted fil e is shown at the bott om o f the GXCC scr een. All changes to the profile data for the cu rrent ses sion are recor de[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 193 GXCC Function bar 6.2.9 A dminis trati on The following functi ons are o ffered: – Sho w WWN’ s – Show Option al Func tions – Show CS Confi guration – Diagnos tic S napsh ots – Logica l V olum e Opera tions 1 – Physical V olume Operat ions 2 – Setup for accounting mails 1 If the VLM is not running, thi s menu [...]

194 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Depen ding o n autho riz ation a nd/or the version of the conne cted Ce ntr icS tor system , indi - vidual menu items ar e not av ailable. The tab le below shows whic h menu items are av ailable in w hich m ode: Service mode User mode Obser v e mode Shutdo wn CS System x Destr oy RAID Fil esystem s x St[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 195 GXCC Function bar 6.2.9. 1 Show WWN’ s The following informa tion i s liste d for all ISPs: the IP a ddress es, the World Wide Node Name s, the World W ide P or t N ames and the conne ction number of the FC conn ectio ns to the FC switches of all FC contr olle rs. Example[...]

196 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC 6.2.9.2 S how Optiona l Functions The op tional funct ions ( licens es wh ich must be rele ased u sing a key) are li sted i n a text wind ow with a note indicati ng whethe r or not they are licensed and instal led in thi s syste m. Example Subsequent instal latio n of in divi dual keys is perfor med und[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 197 GXCC Function bar 6.2.9.3 Show CS Configurat ion This funct ion outputs the c ontents of the configurat ion fil es /usr/ap c/conf/vt ls.conf, /usr/ apc/conf/ vtls_vg.c onf and, if present, /usr/apc/ conf/vtls _add.con f . Example 6.2.9.4 Diagnostic S napshots This function is no t offered in Obs er ve mode. This functio n per[...]

198 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Crea te snapsho t(s) Whe n you select this function, the “Dia gnostic Snaps hots” window is o utput wh ich c ontain s an overv iew of all ISPs in the syst em and t he D iagnosti c Sna pshots ther e: The c olumn s con tain the following informa tio n: ISP Nam e Na mes of the ISP s # of e xisting snap[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 199 GXCC Function bar “Crea te Snap shot(s )” button: If you hav e s w itched th e “new snapsho t to be created ” optio n to “yes” (default: “no”) on the ISPs c oncer ned and then press the “Cre ate Sna pshot(s )” button, the snaps hots a re gene rated and sav ed on th e select ed ISPs. T he syste m acknowledg[...]

200 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Show survey / Delete sna pshots This function outputs the “Sh ow List of S napsh ots” win dow: The wi ndow contai ns a lis t of al l snaps hots i n the sys tem. The most rece nt snap shot is contai ned at t he top o f the li st, the oldes t at the bottom. The c olumn s con tain the following informa[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 201 GXCC Function bar “Delet e Snap shot( s)” button: Clicking on thi s button caus es all snap shots whi ch a re mar ked wit h “yes” to be delet ed. T he syst em acknowledges the user input wi th an informat ion w indow containi ng the infor matio n ”snap shot(s ) will b e delet ed”. If you press “Del ete Sn apsho [...]

202 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC – A ro utine w hich r uns per iod ically ch ecks wheth er the free mem or y in the file system s in w hich t he sna pshots a re saved has fallen below the specifi ed value. If this is the case, th e olde st s napsho ts ar e delete d: either u ntil eno ugh free memor y is av ailable again i n the fi le[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 203 GXCC Function bar 6.2.9.6 Logical V olume Operations » Show Logical V olumes As a Ce ntr icStor can contain u p to 500 000 lo gical volumes sel ectio n tools ar e offered. A menu conta ining a large number of filte r func tions for selec ting logi cal volumes is ope ned: If you us e the s ettin gs in the sc reensho t above a[...]

204 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Logica l V olum e Gr oup Y ou can s elect either a logic al volume group or “ all”. Vo l u m e S t a t u s With th e ch eckbo x es you can s peci fy tha t onl y volumes with the s elec ted statu s ar e to be di splay ed. If no ch eckbo x is sele cted al l the sel ected volumes of the s pecif ied vol[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 205 GXCC Function bar The following data is output : VSN V ol ume s eria l number , name of the logi cal volume. GRP Logical volume group. A car tridg e migrated fr om Cen tric Stor V ers ion 1 belo ngs to the BASE group. C-ID Cach e ID (this co lumn app ears only when “CacheID ” has been enabled) SIZE Amount o f user data o [...]

206 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Example 2 Output win dow when range i s se t (V olu me se r ial numb er : STW075 ; Number of vol u m e s: 6 ): The me aning of the c olumns i s explained in example 1.[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 207 GXCC Function bar 6.2.9.7 Logical V olume Ope rations » Show Logical V o lumes (physical view ) Y ou use this cal l to disp lay the logic al volumes wh ich ar e kn own to the PL M to gether with their sta tuses. Y ou obtai n statis tcs on the logic al volumes by calling the functio n of the sam e name for “logical view”.[...]

208 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC The l ogica l volumes a re disp lay ed in the following window : PLM-s pecific data o f the L Vs is output: L V Name o f the L V L V G Nam e of th e L V group size Size of the L V sav e reque st at S av e date and time: Th e sav e request for the L V was acce pted by the PLM at th is ti me. PV 1 PV on w[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 209 GXCC Function bar 6.2.9.8 Logical V olume Operations » Change V ol ume Gr oup This fun ction is not available in Obser v e mode. Chang es the assign ment of l ogical volumes to a logical volume group. T he data ma intena nce sy stem of the VLM keeps a rec ord for each logic al volume, showing wher e it i s current ly s tored[...]

210 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC V A BC08,.. .,V ABC03 1. If any volumes do not exist in the name range d efined by the star t name and numbe r sp ecifica tions, then this is indi cated i n a r eady mes sage a nd the operatio n is c ontinued . Thus, in th is example, the volumes V ABC0 32 ff. would not be mo v ed . This acknowledgeme n[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 211 GXCC Function bar 6.2.9.9 Logical V olume Operations » Add Logical V olumes This fun ction is not available in Obser v e mode. Input parameter s Enter the following inf or mation in the dialog window: V o lume S er ial Number Name o f the lo gica l volume (VSN or V OLSER). Any combin ation c onsisti ng of a maximum o f 6 cha[...]

212 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Example VXYZ2 1 resul ts in an e rror m essage i f Numbe r of V olum es > 78. If a n existing logical volume is to be re place d by an e mpty v olum e of t he sa me name, it must first be deleted (se e next section) and then a dded again . The assi gnment of logica l volume group to one or two physic[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 213 GXCC Function bar After t he func tion h as been c omple ted, a me ssag e box with an OK button appears : When you c lick “OK”, t he entr y f or m and the mes sage box disappear . 6.2.9.10 Logic al V olume Operations » Erase Logical V olumes This fun ction is not available in Obser v e mode. This function enables log ica[...]

214 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Actions linked with “OK” The de signa ted lo gical v olu mes are removed from the V LM data mainte nance sys tem. Imag es of th e L V s on physical volumes are not delete d but merely mar ked as invalid. If some volumes are n ot con tained in the s pecifi ed name range, the de lete op eration is con[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 215 GXCC Function bar 6.2. 9. 11 Phys ic al V olume Ope rat ion s This subm enu offers the following func tions: – Sho w Ph ysical V olumes – Link/Un link V olume Grou ps – Add Ph ysical V olumes – Era se Ph ysical V olume s – Reorgan ize Physical V olu mes These menu items are offered onl y if the P LM is r unnin g. 6.[...]

216 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Ther efore , you can c hoose to dis play: – A specifi c physical volume (spe cify only the volume ID) – All the volumes in a physical group ( specify only the physical v olum e group) – All the volumes in a librar y (spec ify only the li brar y) – All physical volume s (s pecify “all -data”)[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 217 GXCC Function bar If the quer y relates to multip le volumes, the following overv iew is displ a yed: Meaning of th e information pos Line number PV Numb er of the p h ys ical v olu me When the number i s prefi x ed with a plus or m inus si gn: + = L Vs wr itt en but not yet securely o n the P V - = L Vs inv alidate d but new[...]

218 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC _r__ Read volume on whi ch no spac e is availab le f or fur ther dat a _rd_ Th e car tridge is fu ll but an atte mpt is stil l made to wr ite the dir ector y onto the ta pe s___ The P V must be scanned (used for transfer). _v__ Eject ed in th e case o f v ault grou ps _w__ W rit e volume that ca n still[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 219 GXCC Function bar Mean ing of the inform ation: pos Line number PV Numb er of the p h ys ical v olu me TL Name of the archive PV G Name of t he ph ysical v olu me g ro up , usual ly s tarts at “C LNP” . state status The following values are p ossi ble f or cleani ng car tr idges: o___ (“scratch” ) when th e volume has[...]

220 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC This is followed b y a lis t of the (valid) log ical volumes stored o n th e PV : pos Line num ber L V Name of the logi cal volume file- Id He xadeci mal: i nter n al version numb er in the TVC L V G Name o f the grou p to whi ch the lo gical volume belong s bl_nr Numbe r of th e first block of the l og[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 221 GXCC Function bar 6.2.9.13 Physical V olume Operations » Link/Unlink V olume Groups This fun ction is not available in Obser v e mode. The ass ignm ents of L V G to one or two (with Dual Save) PV Gs are establishe d, resolved, or change d. The lis t in the upper scree n sectio n conta ins th e logi cal volume grou ps. L V G [...]

222 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Buttons along the bottom bor der OK Link/Un link is star ted. Cancel The win dow is cl osed with out any fur ther ac tivity . Actions linked with “OK” 1. Before the PV G is l inked, the logi cal volume size is c hecked: If the L V size is > 2 GB, the capa city of the P Vs a lready a ssigne d must[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 223 GXCC Function bar Note for linking If practi call y the s ame numb er of d rives is c onfigu red for the r obots in dua l sav e, restores can be optimi zed through the follo wing distr ibution a nd cros sed-over PV G sequence: Example of l inking L VG1 PVG1 PVG2 L VG2 PVG2 PVG1 Distr ibution to two L VGs with a cross ed-over [...]

224 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Window for enteri ng physical volumes: The for m shows w hether le vels hav e dropped be low the defi ned mi nimum numbe rs for a V o lum e Group. In the sa me wa y , a war ning is ou tput for clean ing c ar tridge s when the number of clean ing c ycles left dr ops b elow the define d minimum. In orde r[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 225 GXCC Function bar Numb er of Clea ning Cy cles Only a pplies t o clea ning car tr idges : the numbe r of cle aning cycles still possible f or the in ser ted ca r tr id ge (de cima l value). Flag “Omit Heade r Check” Only a pplies to data c ar tridge s: T he head er of an a dded volume i s alwa ys ov erwritte n with a Cent[...]

226 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC The PL M nor mally uses th e car tri dge wi th the fe west av ailable cycles for clean ing to av oid shelves being occupied unneces sar ily by par tia lly us ed car tri dges. An exception to this strategy is made o nly if mult iple c leani ng reque sts a re handl ed simultan eousl y . It can t ake some [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 227 GXCC Function bar Option is n ot set: If a volume co ntains valid data, an e rror m essage i s out put and the volume is n ot dele ted. Option is s et: A “Move” is carr ie d out au tomatic ally for volumes cont ain ing valid data. The volume is then rem ov ed from the data m ain tenance s ystem. Buttons along the bottom b[...]

228 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC 6.2.9.16 Physical V olume Operations » Reorganize Physical V o lumes This fun ction is not available in Obser v e mode. It allow s you to manual ly copy the c ontents of a physical volume to o ne or more volumes in the sam e physical group or to inter rupt su ch a reo rgani zatio n. After re organ izat[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 229 GXCC Function bar 6.2.9.17 Setup for acc ounting mails This functio n is displ ay ed only if an ac count ing li cens e is ins talle d. This menu per mi ts order s to be conf igured w hich automati cally send a ccounti ng data by e-ma il. CA UTION! sendma il must hav e been confi gure d for this function to be effective) ( see[...]

230 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC Mail A ddress (es): In this fi eld the u ser can enter on e or more e-mail ad dresse s (sepa rated by b lanks and/ or com mas) to which the accou nting d ata is to be s ent. L V Gs (Logical V olum e Groups) : A number of radio buttons i s displ ay ed here whic h enable the user to define the L V Gs for [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 231 GXCC Function bar Send mai l at <hh: mm> : This fie ld is used to defi ne the t ime ( in hours and minutes ) at which the ac counti ng data is to be sent by mail . Def ault : 00:00 on <MM- DD> |<w eek da y>: Here the user c an defi ne the d a y on whic h the ac count ing da ta is to be sent by ma il. Format [...]

232 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC 6.2.1 0 Help The following entr ies can be s elect ed in th e “Help” menu: – Readm e / LIESMIC H – Direct Help / Direkthilfe – System Mess ages – About G XCC ... – Re vi sion Summa ry – Hardware Summar y – Online M anua l Centr icS tor User G uide (i n Obser v e or Use r mod e) or Ser [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 233 GXCC Function bar 6.2.10.5 R evision Summar y A text window with in f or matio n on the insta lled softwa re of all Ce ntr icS tor ISPs is disp lay ed: Syst em Nam e name of t he I SP IP Numbe r IP addre ss Revision re visi on lev el of the software Produ ction Date pr oduct ion da te of the software[...]

234 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r GXCC 6.2.10.6 H ard ware S ummary A window with in f or mati on on the hardware comp onents installe d in the s ystem is opened: Informat ion on the following hard ware compone nts is ou tput : ● ISPs – Basic hardware – Graphic adapte rs – Inter nal RAID contro ller s – ESCO N boards – FC bo ards[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 235 GXCC Function bar 6.2. 10 .7 Onli ne Ma nu al This function star ts a PDF reader and th e most up-to-da te version of the manual which is av ailable is di splay ed in the la nguage set. If no manual is available in the la nguage set thi s menu item is om itted. W hen G XCC co nnects wi th a Cen tr icStor , any more up -to-dat[...]

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U41117-J-Z125-7-76 237 7 Global Status 7.1 General The G lobal S tatus M onitor ou tputs a ll im por tant operatin g data i n graphical f or mat, and allows you to dis play impor tant sys tem data ov er confi gurable per iods. Ther e are several options f or star ting “ Glob al Sta tus”: – using t he opti onal star t paramete r -glob stat par[...]

238 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 General Global S tatus When “ Glob al Status ” is s tar ted, a win dow like the one sh own below will be open ed: The fi gure above is just a n example, it can be a rranged as you wish. Footer The c ompone nts are, from l eft to r ight: Profi le Name of the profile file. A profile file can b e selec ted wi th the -prof i[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 239 Global Sta tus Operation of the Global Sta tus Monitor 7.2 Operation of the Global Status Moni tor Centr icS tor c omes with a perform ance monito r , which cons tantly reco rds and saves compon ent ope rating da ta at inter v als of a f ew seconds. Y our ser vice staf f can s pecify in whi ch fil e syste m and for which ti m[...]

240 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Function bar of the Global Status Monitor Globa l Statu s Setting optio ns Pr int to –P r i n t e r Output i s to a P ostScr ipt p r inter . After you cl ick on the “Set up” button a window is d isplay ed for enteri ng the p rin ter setu p: In this form you can make the pri nter default settings. Afte r you click on th[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 241 Global Sta tus Function bar of the Global Status Monitor 7.3.2 Config “Confi g” allows you to con trol the appe arance of the d isplay . When you c lick on “Save” in the “Confi g” me nu the positi on of t he GLOB ST A T window on the sc reen a nd the p osition of the subw ind ow in this win dow are stor ed and reu[...]

242 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Function bar of the Global Status Monitor Globa l Statu s – The sc reen div ision c an be s et in the u sual m anner . P er m anen t recor ding of o perating data is not affected. So me o bjects a re sy mboli zed usin g relati vely smal l fields, wh ich ma kes it more difficul t to po sitio n the mou se. The mod e des cri [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 243 Global Sta tus Function bar of the Global Status Monitor The following data is lis ted: Emula tions Arranged a ccordi ng to ICP : emu/vid n ame Number of the emula tion (390 emulati on) / LUN ( FC SCSI device). lib . device Archive name/ad dress of the device. vir tual device System name of the vir tual tape device. moun ted [...]

244 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Function bar of the Global Status Monitor Globa l Statu s Physi cal Devic es Arranged a ccordi ng to IDP : pds nam e Name of the PDS. scsi device CTL (control ler , target, LUN) of the device . manufacturer Self- explanator y device type a nd m odel Sel f-explanator y prod . re v . F irmw are stat us speci al st ate (p ds/de[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 245 Global Sta tus Function bar of the Global Status Monitor Cache Data The c ache u tilizat ion data i s displ a y ed. 7.3.4 Statistics The following menu op tions ar e av ailable: – Histor y of (p age 264 ) – Logica l Componen ts (p age 267 ) – Phy sical Com ponents (page 2 76) – Usage ( Accoun ting) 1 (page 293 ) Both [...]

246 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Global Stat us butt on bar Globa l Statu s 7.4 Global Status b utton bar F requentl y used fun ct ions can be acce ssed im med iately af ter you have click ed on the relev ant button: Shows a ll thre e subwi ndows Shows o nly ri ght su bwindow (p hysi cal) Show s on ly ce ntr al subw in dow ( log ical ) Shows o nly left s ub[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 247 Global Sta tus Display of the Global Status Monitor 7.5 D ispla y of the Global Status Monitor The G lobal S tatus M onitor wi ndow cons ists of th ree ver ti cally align ed subw indows separate d from on e anothe r by gra y lines: The s ubwindows sh ow (from l eft to r ight ): – the thro ughput t hroug h the ho st int erf [...]

248 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Display of the Glo bal St atus M onitor Globa l Statu s Y ou can set the vi sible secti on of th e subw indow by dragging the handl es on t he sep arating lines. The v isi b le par t of the subwi ndow can be moved in the hor izontal directi on for each subwi ndo w se par at ely b y means of th e scro ll ba r . The bo undar i[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 249 Global Sta tus Display of the Global Status Monitor 7.5.1 P erfo rmance The left-ha nd par t of the wi ndow displays the current d ata throug hput at t he externa l inter- faces. i.e. the ESCON/ FICON channel s an d/or FC inte rf aces t o the hosts and the SC SI or FC co ntrol lers for the tap e dr ives. The d ispl a y area b[...]

250 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Display of the Glo bal St atus M onitor Globa l Statu s The s malle r diagrams on t he r ight indic ate the data rates via th e ESCON/F ICON host connec tions ( = 390-CH) o r FC hos t con nections (=FIBRE -CH) to th e vir tual dr ives (top diagrams) and the data rate s via the SCS I or FC co ntrol lers to the ph ysical dr iv[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 251 Global Sta tus Display of the Global Status Monitor 7.5. 2 Virtual Compone nts The mi ddle window sec tion di splays the cu rrent s tatuse s of the tape emul ations, th e vir tual devices a nd the o ccupanc y of t he tape volume cache( s): Em ulations and vir tual drives Emulatio ns and vir tual d rives are displ a yed in the[...]

252 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Display of the Glo bal St atus M onitor Globa l Statu s Vir tual l ibrar y se rvers The mi ddle colum n indi cates the op erating sta tuses of t he VLM and vir tual lib rar y ser v ers (VLSs). If you click the le ft m ouse button on on an obj ect, a n info bo x is outpu t conta ining fur th er deta ils. In the case of con tr[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 253 Global Sta tus Display of the Global Status Monitor Additional d isplays fo r mirr or ed systems ● Red ba r on a ca ch e column : The cach e is n o longe r mirror ed ( “out o f sync”) . Left: Pr imar y cache Righ t: Second ary cache ● Y ellow bar on a cac he co lumn: T he cac he con cer ned i s being r esync hronized [...]

254 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Display of the Glo bal St atus M onitor Globa l Statu s 7.5.3 P hysical Components This scre en dis plays the ope rating s tatus of Ce ntr icStor’ s physical res ources. The se c onsist of th e car tridg e dr ives, the physical robot contr ollers a nd the physical volumes. This par t of the d isplay is not availabl e in th[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 255 Global Sta tus Display of the Global Status Monitor dr ives , the PDS, the PLS, and the PLM are color- coded in ac cordanc e with the key displ a y ed a t the r ight- hand ed ge of th e scree n sectio n. Left- clicking on a n obje ct cau ses informa tion to be display ed. The ad dress ( host name or S CSI C ontrolle r :T arge[...]

256 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Display of the Glo bal St atus M onitor Globa l Statu s Newly adde d volumes are not av ailable until they hav e been initi alized by the PLM. The hei ght of the b ar repr esents the number of volumes. If less volumes are availab le than the m inimum values usua lly displayed f or “Hard Min imum” and “Soft Minimum”, [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 257 Global Sta tus History data 7.6 H istory data Histor y data is sys tem dat a which has been c ollecte d ov er a lengthy per iod. For this pur p o- se a P erf orm ance Mo nitor constantl y run s in Centr i cStor . The P e rformanc e Monit or colle cts and stores t he operat ing da ta of the compo nents, e.g. perform ance, moun[...]

258 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus 7.6. 1 General 7.6.1.1 R ecording a nalog operating data If you move the mouse to a G lobal S tatus d ispla y and c lick on the r igh t b utton , “Show Stat istics ” is offered. When you select th is fun ction a wi ndow opens f or pres enting the chron ologica l p rogress. A desc r iption o f [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 259 Global Sta tus History data Meas ured value Ty p e Call Descr iption Scra tch V olumes of a PV G H Object: P V G column in r ight- hand pa r t of scree n page 313 Cache Us age H Objec t: Cach e column in ce ntral pa r t of scree n page 265 Usag e of Ov eral l Cach e H Stat istics » Hist or y of » Cache Usage or Objec t: Col[...]

260 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus Ph ys ical V olume Grou ps T ape Stati stics H Object: P V G column in r ight- hand pa r t of scree n page 313 Ph ys ical V olumes Occ upancy T Stat istics » Physical Com ponents » Ph ysi cal V olumes page 279 Reorga nizati on Status T Stat istics » Ph ysical Compone nts »Reor ga- nizati on St[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 261 Global Sta tus History data The ta ble below shows the sele ction a nd con trol options for the hi stor y data: CentricStor virtual Comp onents CentricStor Virtual Mounts number of Mou nts x x cum ula ted Mount Time x x CentricStor T otal Mount Tim e (% o f Range) virtual driv es x x CentricStor Con current VTD s usage (Histo[...]

262 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus 7.6.1. 3 Select ing the t ime perio d The r ecordi ng per iod or an alys is pe rio d must b e sel ected f or disp lays of the t ype H. When you hav e selected o ne of th ese di splays a window with an emp ty pag e appea rs. The fu nction bar con tains too ls for defining the time per iod (day , ti[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 263 Global Sta tus History data The button ba r below th ese optio ns all ows you to select th e funct ions “E xit” an d “Red raw”: If y ou hav e selec ted a lo ng re cord ing per iod (e.g. month s) a ver y lar ge volume o f data must b e anal yzed and transferred. In the wa it time you are offered an info box containing [...]

264 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus 7.6.2 D ata w hich can be c a lled via the function bar The following menus and subm enus can be ca lled u nder “ Statist ics” : ● Histor y of – Cache Usage ( page 265 ) – Channe l/Device P erf orman ce (p age 26 6) ● Logica l Co mponen ts – Logic al Dr ives (page 2 68) – Logi cal [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 265 Global Sta tus History data 7.6.2. 2 Statist ics » Hi story o f » Cache Usage The his tor y of cache usag e is outp ut in a ccordan ce with th e cach e total values of th e vir tual compon ents s ubwind ow .[...]

266 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus 7.6.2.3 S tatistics » Hist ory of » Chan nel/Device Perfo rmance Stat istics on the over all th roughput a s they are pres ented co ntinuous ly in th e left- hand bar of th e P e rformanc e sub window are outp ut. Y ou can u se th e four checkbo x es at the lower e dge of the s creen to de ter m[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 267 Global Sta tus History data 7.6.2.4 Statistics » Logical Components The following sub menus are av ailable: – Logical Driv es (page 268) – Logical V olumes ( ph y sical vi e w) (page 271) – Logical V olume s (l ogic al vie w) (page 272) – Logical V olume Gro ups (page 273) – Jobs o f Logic al V ol. Gro ups (pag e 2[...]

268 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus 7.6.2.5 Statistics » Logical Components » Logical Drives Y ou ob tain st atistics on the uti lizatio n of the logical dr ives by selectin g an ICP in th e central s ection of the Global S tatus display and cal ling the objec t-relate d stati stics function . Disp la ys the occu pied s tatus of t[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 269 Global Sta tus History data The li st of logi cal d riv es is out put in a te xt wind o w aft er y o u cli c k on t he “O K” o r “Re fre sh” button: The following informa tion i s outp ut: VSN VSN of th e volume mou nted in a dr ive or “Empty ” GRP L V G of a moun te d v ol ume or - C-I D Numbe r of the c ache (= [...]

270 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus Rest. Canc. The readi ng in o f the lo gica l volume by the physical volume was cancel ed (occur s with a scratch mo unt). Unld. P en d. The logic al volume has just b een ejec ted fro m a log ical dr ive (emerg ency unl oad). There is st ill n o confir mation for this. FLG Flags: D “dir ty”: [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 271 Global Sta tus History data 7.6.2.6 Statistics » Logical Components »Logical V olumes (phy sical view) Y ou use this cal l to disp lay the logic al volumes wh ich ar e kn own to the PL M to gether with their sta tuses. The r ight- hand p ar t of th e window displ ays all the outp ut data i n tabular f or m. L V1st VS N of t[...]

272 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus The c olumns of th e dist r ibution table contain the assoc iated values of th e distr ibution para- mete rs. The colum ns c ontaining the number of L Vs t o whic h the various distr ibution p ara- mete r values relate and the ir percen tage sh are in th e total quanti ty ar e also v isible. The p[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 273 Global Sta tus History data 7.6.2.8 Statistics » Logical Components » Logical V olume Gro ups If multi ple l ogica l volume groups exist an inte r med iate me nu is the n dis play ed for selecti ng the volume grou p: This statistic s functi on suppo r ts the refr esh functi on. Inform ation o n this function and the “OK?[...]

274 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus After you cli ck on “OK” or “Re fresh” the following window app ears: The following data is di splayed: pos Line n umb er L V G Name of th e logica l volume group PV G1 Name of the first or only as sign ed ph ysica l v olume group, or -=== == if em pty PV G2 Name of th e second assign ed P[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 275 Global Sta tus History data 7.6.2.9 Statistics » Logical Components » Jobs of Logical V olume Groups If Cen tric Stor co ntains more th an one l ogic al volume group (L VG ) the requ ired group is ente red usin g an i nter medi ate menu: This statistic s functi on suppo r ts the refr esh functi on. Inform ation o n this fun[...]

276 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus Mean ing of the colum ns: The job d ata (res ult for ... :) is ou tput se parately for each L V G. pos Serial nu mbe r L V G Name of th e logica l volume group PV G 1 Name of the fir st assi gned physical v olume gro up If '=== ===' is spec ified as the name, no P V G is assign ed to th [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 277 Global Sta tus History data 7.6.2.11 Statistics » Physical Components » Ph ysical Drives First of all the librar y inv olved is quer ied: This statistic s functi on suppo r ts the refr esh functi on. Inform ation o n this function and the “OK” an d “Cancel ” buttons is provided on page 2 76 . The l ibrar y requir ed[...]

278 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus state Current st atus of the dr ive. P os sible values: unused F ree, no PV G assign ed occupi ed Occup ied; whe re relev ant, the next columns s how the name of the mounte d volume, the PV G, and t he job status. disabled Not used, possibly f aulty unreac hable The PDS c annot be reache d. dis./u[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 279 Global Sta tus History data tim esta mp Time at whi ch the current s tatus was entere d. If you righ t-cl ick on a librar y in the r ight-han d par t of the Global S tatus screen a nd se lect “ Show Statis tics” you are shown an over view of the dr i v e util ization in graphical an d table form. 7.6.2.12 Statistics » Ph[...]

280 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus An overvi ew in table f orm is th en shown Mean ing of the colum ns: pos Line number PV Numb er of the p h ys ical v olu me TL T ape Li brar y: N ame of th e archi v e PV G Name of th e ph ysical v olu me g roup state Status; p ossible values: e___ V o lum e read y f or invalidation. E___ Th e PV [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 281 Global Sta tus History data s___ The P V must be scanned (used for transfer). _v__ The PV is in “v ault” state. _w__ W rit e volume that ca n still be u sed for sav e operation s. _wd_ Th e car tridge is no t yet full; cur rently there is no di rect or y on the tape. ____ The s tate is unkn own (used for T ransfer-In). ne[...]

282 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus Mean ing of the colum ns: pos Line number PV Numb er of the p h ys ical v olu me TL T ape Li brar y: N ame of th e archi v e PV G Name of t he ph ysical v olu me g ro up , usual ly s tarts at “C LNP” . state stat us The following values are p ossi ble f or cleani ng car tr idges: o___ (“scra[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 283 Global Sta tus History data Mean ing of the colum ns: pos Line num ber L V Name of the logi cal volume file- Id He xadeci mal: a type o f v ersion num ber i n the TVC L V G Name o f the grou p to whi ch the lo gical volume belong s bl_nr Numbe r of th e first block of the l ogica l volume on the PV siz e/MB Si ze sav e re que[...]

284 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus Whe n you select all da ta PVGs the f oll owing overview is displayed: Mean ing of the colum ns: pos Line number PV G Name of the physical volume group T ype T ype of PV group ( stacked, transf er , v ault or cl eaning ) PVs T otal numb er of p hysical volumes i n the gro up scratch Num ber of em [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 285 Global Sta tus History data av ailable/used cy cles Numbe r of a vailab le cleani ng cycle s f or the ph ysical volumes / number of clean ing c ycles which ar e ex ec uted. TL The t ape lib rary . jobs (wait- work) Nu mber o f waiting j obs / number of wor king j obs. Whe n you select only one data PVG the settin gs for the P[...]

286 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus PV G statis tics ar e displayed in the fi rst line. The next block contains the paramete rs for controlli ng reor ganiz ation. soft mi nimum numbe r of empty PVs: If the numbe r of free volumes s pecif ied here i s not reac hed, reor ganizati on w ill take place i n the reor gani zation ti me show[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 287 Global Sta tus History data number of parallel r equests to VL M (RE ORG) Number o f “Move Reques ts” to b e p rocessed simulta neo usly wh ich t he PLM send s to the VLM for the pur p ose of r eorganiz ing P Vs. The hi gher this value, the more resourc es are r eser ved by the reo rganiza tion. canc el t ime f or REOR G [...]

288 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus time s lice for PDS-sched uler Time i n second s for which a PDS re main s ass igned to a PV gr oup. After this tim e has elaps ed an active job i s ter m inat ed an d the dr ive ma y be un loaded . D ependi ng on the load situ ation it is then assi gned to anothe r PV G. The value must be gr eate[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 289 Global Sta tus History data 7.6.2.14 Statistics » Physical Components » Jobs of Ph ysical V o l. Groups A window for selec ting o ne or all PVGs is opened : This statistic s functi on suppo r ts the refr esh functi on. Inform ation o n this function and the “OK” an d “Cancel ” buttons is provided on page 2 76 . The [...]

290 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus type T ype of job ERAS E Inv alidate PV he ader INIT Load a nd initia lize PV INITNEW Add new PV , wr ite header RDIR Rea ds the director y . REST Restore an L V from the physical tape to th e “T ape V olume Cache” SA VE Sav e an L V from t he “T ap e V olume Cac he” to a physical type UNL[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 291 Global Sta tus History data 7.6.2.15 Statistics » Phy sical Components » Reor ganization Stat us A wind ow for selecting one or all P V Gs is op ened (natu rally the clean PVGs are not offered): This statistic s functi on suppo r ts the refr esh functi on. Inform ation o n this function and the “OK” an d “Cancel ” b[...]

292 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus Other wise t he sta tus of the r eorg anizatio n of the physical volume group( s) is dis play ed: Mean ing of the entri es: no . Lin e n umber L V N ame of th e logi cal volume state Stat us of the r eorgani zatio n: done Complete d failed Abor ted; ca n only occur with r un s star ted manual ly i[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 293 Global Sta tus History data The fr equent occ urrenc e of retr ies can also i ndicate tha t the reor ganiza tion tim es coi ncide with peak loa ds. In this case the reorga nizat ion tim es shoul d be m ov ed (“Scratc h Time F r ame” f ield, see the sect ion “Physica l V o lum e Gr oups” on pa ge 181 ). More detail ed [...]

294 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus Selection fields Acco unting data r equest ed for Here you ca n choo se between the following op tions : all_L V Gs The accou nting d ata for all L VGs in the s ystem is output . selec ted_L V Gs Initia lly all the L V Gs kn own in the s yste m are di splayed as check buttons. Exam ple Y ou can th[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 295 Global Sta tus History data Accounting Data Whe n y ou click on the “OK ” button the acco unt infor mation is displayed in a te xt field (here with the option “Data f ields to be sep arated by whit e space”) : The da ta is outp ut in th e follo wing form for each Centri cSto r comput er : ● Title “Accoun ting Da t[...]

296 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History data Global St atus ● Ta b l e One or more tables wit h the accounti ng data depe nding on whe ther the dat a f or all, f or one o r f or multip le log ical v olum e groups ( L V Gs) was requeste d. Each ta ble consists o f the following: –T i t l e all L V GS Di splay of all L V Gs L V G <L V G-name> Displ[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 297 Global Sta tus History data 7.6.3 D ata which can be called vi a objects of the Global St atus The c hrono logica l progre ss and s tatis tical da ta can be dis pla yed via so me Glob al Sta tus obje cts. T o do this pos ition the mous e curs or ov er the ob ject. If dat a is pres ent for the obje ct, this is indic ated by a [...]

298 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s 7.7 History dia gra ms After a statist ic has b een se lected , first o f all a window with an emp ty page appear s. The windo w is structur ed a s f oll o ws: 7.7.1 Fu nction/menu bar 7.7.1. 1 File The following functi ons are available: – Expo r t – Print – Exit Menu ba r To o l b a r[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 299 Global Sta tus History diagrams Export This funct ion c auses th e his tor y d ata to b e rea d in a s sp ecifi ed by the cur rent settin gs. The data is then wr i tten to a file. Detai ls on thi s are pr ovided in t he sect ion “E xpor ting his tor y d ata” o n page 314 . Prin t Pr ints the ch art or saves the pri nt ima[...]

300 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s Or ienta tion Y ou use “Or ie ntation” to selec t “P or trait” forma t, “La ndsca pe” forma t or “Auto” (automa tic adju stment ). P aper Here you ca n sele ct “A4” or “l etter”. Mode Setting opti ons: “col or” or “gra yscale” Buttons a long th e lower b or der[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 301 Global Sta tus History diagrams 7.7.1. 3 Time A pull -down menu wi th the values 0 - 23 is o pened i n whic h you can defi ne the star t time for a disp lay area. After you hav e click ed o n the r equired time, the window is closed an d the value se lecte d is taken ov er . 7.7.1. 4 Rang e A pull -down menu i s opened i n wh[...]

302 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s 7.7.1. 7 Profile Profi le enables the curren t setti ngs, e.g. f or the a nalysi s per iod, to be sto red and r eused the next time the program is call ed. Spe cifical ly th is me ans: – Manag ing prof iles (sub menu: Add /Selec t Profi le) – Impor ting opt ions f rom a pr ofile fil e (su[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 303 Global Sta tus History diagrams 7.7.3 Sta tus bar The s tatus bar at the b ottom of the scr een d isplays (from left to r ig ht) the following inform a- tio n: remote _time T ime st amp o f the la st his tor y call on the c onnec ted Cen tr icStor protoc ol T ype of pr otoc ol used: get_log or r ead_ lo g Protocol version V e[...]

304 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s Host adapters For each host a dapter a colum n showing t he curr ent throu ghput for read and wr ite op era- tions of t he host - arrange d accor ding to ICP - is di splay ed in th e uppe r half o f th e left-ha nd subw indow . A s des cr ibed a bove , you can have the chrono logic al progr e[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 305 Global Sta tus History diagrams 7.7.5 D iagrams f or virtual component s (central part of the screen) 7.7.5. 1 ICP e mulations A dis tincti on must be m ade her e between whether the r eadl og or g etlo g pr otocol is being used on the c onnect ed Centr icS tor . This dep ends o n the Ce ntr icStor version curren tly in- stal[...]

306 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s Outputs f or CentricStor V3.1 D or higher (get_log pr otocol) The following diagrams are offered depe nding on the mode selected (see the se ction “M o- de” on page 30 1 ): ● Mount state diagram The mounted state is di splay ed for each emulati on/PDS s in the se lected per iod. T his s[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 307 Global Sta tus History diagrams ● Mount summ ar y di agram The number of emula tio ns/PDSs in the mount ed state at any given time is shown here. This sh ows how many tapes were unm ounted a t a par ticula r time:[...]

308 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s Outputs f or CentricStor < V 3.1D (read_log pr otocol) If more than 16 emulation s are def ine d, a slid er is displayed in the button bar . Y o u can use this to s elec t which grou p of 16 emulation s is to be displ a yed. The pres entati on per iod i s se t per mane ntly to one h our . [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 309 Global Sta tus History diagrams 7.7.5. 2 Cache Usage The p rogress of the cac he usage can be di splay ed f or ea ch indivi dual c ache file system or for all cach es tog ether . T o do thi s, right -click on t he relev ant cache colum n in th e cent ral secti on and select “ Show Statis tics” i n the cont e xt menu. A ft[...]

310 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s Meaning of the statuses free Not used. T his ar ea ca n be us ed imm ediate ly for saving volume images. clean Contains valid volume image s. The v olumes are uncha nged c ompared to their images s av ed on tap e (eithe r not yet writte n or already sav ed). If a nother mo unt takes place for[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 311 Global Sta tus History diagrams Example fo r V3.1D[...]

312 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s Example fo r < V3.1D The pres entati on per iod i s se t per mane ntly to one h our . Each l ine pa ir shows th e status o f the P DS (up per lin e) and tha t of the relev ant ph ysical dr ive (lower line).[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 313 Global Sta tus History diagrams 7.7.6.2 T ape pool va lues When you cl ick on a col umn in the r ight- hand par t of the s creen wi th the r ight mouse button and select “ Show Statist ics” a win dow contai ning th e tape p ool values app ears. Example The pr esen tation sh ows the p rogress f or the physical volumes u se[...]

314 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s 7.7.7 E xpor ting history dat a This funct ion c auses th e his tor y d ata to b e rea d in a s sp ecifi ed by the cur rent settin gs. The data is then wr itte n to a fil e. This can involv e considerably more dat a than would b e needed to draw the diagram c urren tly sele ct ed (see t he ex[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 315 Global Sta tus History diagrams Example Scope of outpu t: It is pos sible that mor e data f ields ar e wri tten to th e file th an would be shown on the screen, name ly all da ta field s which wer e read in for the pre sentation selec ted ( i.e. the raw data sup- plied a t the i nterface). Example: If the prese ntation mode a[...]

316 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s 7.7.8 C ommand line tool f or generating the history data The sh ell sc r ipt get_hi st.sh w as created to per mit the histor y data of a Cent ric Stor system to be m ade av ailable in a t e xt form at (e.g. f or the spre adshee t program Ex cel). This scr ipt is contai ned in the /usr/apc /b[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 317 Global Sta tus History diagrams All values whi ch ca n be sele cted in the graphica l call of the hist or y func tion c an also be spe- cifie d as ad dition al paramete rs. The -hd paramete r , which is desc rib ed fur ther below , is also acce pted. W hich parame ters ca n o r must be spec ified differs ac cor ding t o the h[...]

318 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s or wild ca rd term > | | | | | | -da <st art date | o pt. | op t. | o pt. | op t. | opt. | o pt. (YYY Y-MM -DD)> | | | | | | -dv <de vice name as foun d| | | | x | | in g lobs tat(* 2) o r | | | | | | wild car d ter m> | | | | | | -hd <hi stor y dir ecto ry, | o pt. | op t. [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 319 Global Sta tus History diagrams Presentati on of the data in Excel In order to per mi t the his tor y d ata to be pr esen ted on a graphic al interface of a type s imilar to Ce ntric Stor , an Exc el macr o has been c reated whi ch is s uppli ed with the GXCC produ ct. This macro is only in ten ded as an e xample and in no wa[...]

320 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s Example 1. Create a file get_hi st.sh tot al -da 20 06-03-29 -ho 0 -pt 6h >YIN. total2.tx t 2. T ransfer file 3. Open Ex cel m acro :[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 321 Global Sta tus History diagrams 4. Open his tory file :[...]

322 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 History diagrams Globa l Statu s 5. Co nfir m you wish to open i t:[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 323 Global Sta tus History diagrams Here, by w a y of com pari son, is the GXCC p resentation : Note the output mod e (min,max ,av erage) select ed in GXCC and the s preadshe et of the same n ame se lecte d in EXC EL.[...]

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U41117-J-Z125-7-76 325 8X T C C 8.1 General While GXCC regards a Centr icStor sys tem as a wh ole, XTCC is limite d to one ISP toget her with the co nnected pe r ipherals. Y ou star t XTCC for an ISP by positio ning th e mous e poin ter in G XCC over the symb ol of the I SP and r ig ht-clicking t o sele ct the “Show Details (X TCC)” o ption f r[...]

326 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 General XTCC Centr icS tor recog nizes vario us ISP ty pes. ICP Integrated Channel Proces sor An ICP has a per manent conne ction to one or more BS200 0/OS D , z/OS o r OS/390 h osts vi a ESCON/F ICON adapters or to an open system s hos t via an FC contr oller operatin g as a host co nnecti on. Host adap ters an d vir tual d[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 327 XTCC General In th e case of an IC P_IDP combi nation , the di splay is somewhat di fferent: PDSs an d em ul ati ons /virtual de vices are l oc ated on t he sam e le ve l in t he di ag r am. T he PDSs a re con nected to the assoc iated device control ler , and the emulat ions a re connec ted to th e associate d hos t adapte r[...]

328 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Marg ins of the main XTCC window XTCC 8.2 Margins of the main XTCC w indow 8.2.1 Title bar Loca l()-Co nfig if XTC C is r un ning o n the IS P unde r co nside ration. Rem ote( <IP addr. of ISP> <hos t nam e of ISP >)-co nfig “<c omme nt fr om u nit list> ” if XTC C is r unni ng on an other ISP in th e C[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 329 XTCC Margins of the main XTCC window SER V XTCC mode (OB SV=Obse rve , SE R V=Service, USER=Us er , SIMU=Si mulation). 80% Current w indow size setti ng (in th e example, 80%). A utosc an Gree n = s tar te d Y ellow = active Red fla shing = stoppe d / te mporar ily di sabled White =block ed (SIMU mod e) S 5s Autoscan opera ti[...]

330 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r XTCC 8.3 Function bar Subfunc tions: ● File – Sele ct ( page 331 ) – Sav e ( page 3 31 ) – Show ( pag e 331 ) – Pri nt ( page 332 ) – Exit ( page 33 4 ) ● Unit – Sele ct ( page 335 ) ● Options – Settings ( pag e 336 ) – T oggle Size ( page 337 ) – T oggle Aspe ct ( p age 337 ) – Sho[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 331 XTCC Function bar 8.3. 1 File 8.3.1. 1 Sele ct Selec ts a conf igurati on file s av ed pre vious ly with “ Sav e” (see b elow): The wi ndow contai ns the field for enter in g the file name pl us the following function keys: OK Chec ks whether the speci fied file is a v alid XT CC configurat ion file and, if so , its conte[...]

332 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r XTCC 8.3.1. 4 Pri nt Unix Pl at f or m Sav es o r pr ints the con figurati on cu rrently disp lay ed in P ostScr ipt f or mat: This opens a w indow conta ining the following fiel ds and buttons: Pr int to Specifies the tar get for the pr intout . Comm and Li st box used to specif y the pr in ter . In the c a[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 333 XTCC Function bar File Se lecti on with input f ield. List box used to specify the name un der which the P os tScr ipt fi le is to be sav ed. Depending on the c olor s electi on mad e under “Mode” , this fi eld i s prese t with the file name <pat h>/outcol or.ps or <path> /outgray. ps , where <path> is s[...]

334 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r XTCC 8.3.1. 5 Exit Shuts down XTCC, sa ving the c urrent settin gs to th e profil e file in the proces s. The s ettings a re not sav ed if XT CC is exited using the following functi ons: – System fun ction – Window Mana ger fu nction Click on the Cen tr icSt or icon at the top left and in the pull -down [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 335 XTCC Function bar 8.3.2 U nit 8.3.2. 1 Sele ct This fun ction is disabled if XTCC is star ted from GXCC. Other wise, if XT CC was star ted direc tly , the “XTCC U nit Se lect” wi ndow is op ened. Example The op eration and functi ons o f Unit Sele ct are desc ri bed in the se ction “Sel ect” on page 147 . Error s du r[...]

336 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r XTCC 8.3.3 Options 8.3.3. 1 Settin gs Opens a sub menu contai ning th e following functions : Allows you to set the f ollowing op tions: Size [%] Y ou can var y the s cale of the graphic display from 20 % to 120 % in 5% s teps. If you set a value less tha n 80%, all the obj ect fun ctions wi ll be dea ctivat[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 337 XTCC Function bar For In fo b ox : Mov e P ointer T he in f os a re disp lay ed by positi oning t he mous e curs or . Click Butto n The infos are di splayed b y clicking on t he left mou se button. The descr i ptions in the manual g enerally re late to this m ode. Help in : Englis h Help texts in Engl ish. German Hel p te xts[...]

338 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r XTCC 8.3.4 A utoscan Each Autoscan cycle co nsists of a data transfer phase, a dis pla y phase, an d the A utosca n delay . T he Autoscan del a y is the i nter val between the end of the d isplay phase an d the beginni ng of t he sub sequent da ta transfer phase. The c olor of t he “Autoscan” te xt in th[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 339 XTCC Function bar 8.3.4. 3 Sett ings Opens a sub menu contai ning th e following settin g optio ns and buttons: A utosca n Dela y [s] This sc ale a llows you to deter mine the inte r val current ly set. If “Manual Adju sting” i s selec ted, thi s value can be chang ed. Mode Self Ad justi ng (S ) The Autoscan del a y is d [...]

340 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r XTCC OK Confir m s the set tings and cl oses the menu. Hel p Opens a wind ow containing the XTCC help fi le. Cancel Cancels the setti ngs a nd close s the menu. 8.3.4.4 S can Now T r igge rs an ad dition al, immed iate s can cyc le in th e ev ent of an Autoscan pr ocess b eing stopped manuall y or a l engthy[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 341 XTCC Function bar 8.3.5 T ools The following functi ons are available: – XTCC Communi cations – Get Remo te/Ex pand Lo cal F ile – Show Remote Fi le – Compare Local Fil es – XTCC Update /Rev e r t 8.3.5.1 X TCC Communications Opens a wind ow contain ing a lis t box and an input fie ld: The list box contains the ID s[...]

342 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r XTCC If messag es are pres ent, then the number of messages is display ed b y means of the yellow indica tor Msg:<n> in th e XTC C status bar . Y ellow letter symbols are also visible in t he conf iguration dis play . Meaning of the bu ttons Send Sends a mess age en tered in the “B roadcas t Mes sage[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 343 XTCC Function bar 8. 3.5 .4 C ompa r e Loc al File s Star ts a graphical too l which ena bles two local text files to be compa red. The two files are displ a y ed i n synch ronized text windows. Dif f erences are m arked in color , and th e number of d iff erences i s ent ered in the status l ine a t the bo ttom r ight. By s [...]

344 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r XTCC 8.3.6 Pr ofile The te r m “ profile” enc ompas ses a ll user -speci fic sett ing s chose n under “Opti ons” an d “Autoscan” . These settin gs are s tored in a u ser-s pecif ic subdi rector y . When th e main menu f unctions –U n i t ➟ Select –F i l e ➟ Select –F i l e ➟ Exit – [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 345 XTCC Function bar If you requi re in dividua l p rofile s etting s, y ou shou ld define separate pr ofil e settings. The profil e data i s sav ed in a matr i x f or mat: A di rector y is set up for each p rofile na me, includ ing “def ault” . Profi le data is stored in thi s direc tor y f or each un it unde r the nam e &l[...]

346 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r XTCC 8.3.6. 1 Select Allows you to create and s elect user-s pecifi c sub directo r ies in th e temporar y XTCC direc tor y . All optio n setti ngs are then s tored in u nit-s peci fic file s in these s ubdir ector ies. The n ame o f the subdi rect or y i s formed from the profile name and t he extension . p[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 347 XTCC Function bar Notes on operatin g – Y ou use the two s croll bars for posit ioning in the list box. – Double-clicking on a n entr y with the l eft mous e button transfers this to the entr y field. – Simultane ously pr essing the Ctr l+o keys enables the content of th e lis t box to be sor ted in asc ending or de sce[...]

348 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r XTCC 8.3.7 H elp The ap pearance o f the su bmenu dep end s on th e language sele cted i n “Setti ngs” (see page 336 ): 8.3.7. 1 REA DME / LIES MICH This function is us ed to o pen the file viewer with the help f ile in acc ordance with the languag e sett ing, thu s here to “Hel p”: Infor mation on u[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 349 XTCC Function bar 8.3.7.4 A bout X TCC... The version of XTCC can also b e seen at the b ottom r ight of the c onfigu ration over view win do w . Meaning of the bu ttons OK The win dow is cl osed. File in f o Opens a te xt window in which infor mati on on th e XTCC fi les that exist is o utput: The version num bers are di spl[...]

350 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Fu ncti o n ba r XTCC 8.3.7.5 C entricS tor User G uide One of the menu functio ns – Cen tric Stor User G uide (c omplet e) – Cen tric Stor Us er Guid e (GUI Par t) is off ered if – XTCC is op erated in User or Obs er ve mode, – the mo nito red syste m is of the type “Centr icS tor” an d – a PDF docu mentati on[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 351 XTCC Function bar 8.3.7. 6 Cent ricStor S erv ice Manual One of the menu functio ns – Centr icSt or Ser v ice M anual (co mplete ) – Centr icSt or Ser v ice M anual (GU I P ar t ) is off ered if – XTCC is o perated in S er vi ce or Simu mo de, – the moni tored syst em is of t he type “Cent r icStor” a nd – a PDF[...]

352 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Elements of the XTCC windo w XTCC 8.4 Elements of the XTCC windo w 8.4.1 D ispl ay Each XTCC wi ndow displays an ISP of the Centr icS tor syste m, togethe r with the conne cted per ipherals. T he ISP is rep resented by a beige fie ld at th e cent er of the wi ndow: The s mall colored box es around the edg e repres ent the pe[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 353 XTCC Elements of the XTCC window The op erating sta tus of an ele ment is indica ted by the c olor of th e assoc iated b ox, where the following co lo r ke y app lies: Green: Nor ma l Pink: Malfun ctioning , offli ne or not r eady Y ellow: Sta tus un clear , some subc ompon ents are malfun ctioni ng Red: Conf iguration e rror[...]

354 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Elements of the XTCC windo w XTCC 8.4. 2 Unex pecte d err or s In th e ev e nt of in ter na l errors s uch as th ose tha t occur owing to missi ng (ma ndator y ) variables of the InfoBroker , XT CC opens (if pos sible) a win dow with the title: “ XTCC Pr oble m In fo ”. This window cont ains the error message and buttons[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 355 XTCC Elements of the XTCC window The Autoscan pr ocess is stopp ed for the duration of this wait time. Such a window can - if absolu tely necessa r y - be cl osed by clicking o n th e relev ant Wind ow-Manager -spec ific button at the top r ight or left of the window t itle bar . The wait time f or restar ting the Autoscan is[...]

356 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Elements of the XTCC windo w XTCC 8.4.5 Gr oup display When Ce ntr icS tor comp onents are dis pla yed, there m ay be more confi guration e lements (e.g. vir tual dr ives) than c an be d isplay ed in a s ingle wi ndow . A t the sa me tim e, you ma y often want to moni tor operation s at multi ple Ce ntri cStor IS Ps simul ta[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 357 XTCC Elements of the XTCC window The s tatus lin e is con tained at the b otto m edge of the Gr oups wind ow: A utosc an green = r elea sed ye ll ow = a c ti ve flashi ng red= stoppe d / temp orari ly disc ontinued white = lo ck ed (Simu mo de) S Autoscan o perating mode(S = Automatic s etting , M = M anual se tting) 5s Autos[...]

358 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Elements of the XTCC windo w XTCC Color codes in the group displa y The ob ject c olors used in t he group display are ver y s imilar to those i n the c onfigu ration displa y: SYS HA Ct Emu/ Manager / Server Ta r g e t / V- D r i v e RAID T urq uoise OK AC TI V E OK Running and attached Read/w rite, read only , bus y OK Gre[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 359 XTCC Elements of the XTCC window Explanati on 1 Fi le sys tem fu ll: r ed fl ashin g tool symbol in the c onfigu ration over view . Fl ashin g symbo l for system mess ages in the GXCC wind ow . 2 Fi le syst em 9 5% full : blac k flashi ng tool sym bol in the co nfigurat ion ov er v iew . 3 SNMP : SNMP manag er has r eceived a[...]

360 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 File viewer XTCC 8.5 F ile vi ewer XTCC provid es a fi le viewer , compl ete with scroll bars an d sear ch fun ctions, for displaying help texts and the da ta retur ned by v ari ous “Show” fu nction s. This file viewer suppor ts both text and binar y files. T ext files or hexadecima l dumps up to 100 M bytes in si ze can[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 361 XTCC Fi le view er 8.5. 3 File 8.5.3.1 Open (T ext)/Open (Hex ) This function is on ly av ailable in User and S er vi ce mod e. Opens a fil e sele ction box. Once you hav e made your sele ction, the fil e viewer is the n open ed in pur e text mode (Ope n (T ext)) or in c ombin ed hexadecimal/ text mode (Open (Hex)). The d isp[...]

362 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 File viewer XTCC 8.5.4 AutoUpdate This fun ction is offered only when cal led by specif ic GXC C/XTCC fun ctions. The fil e displ a y ed is reread cyc lically . I f entr ie s hav e been a dded, th ese a re shown at the end of the text window and highl ighte d by a light er background. 8.5.4. 1 Star t Only when AutoUpdate is [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 363 XTCC Fi le view er 8.5.6 Highlight Selec ting “D own” or “U p” with the left m ouse button o r press ing t he assoc iated ke yboard shor tcut enables you to highli ght all occurrenc es of the str i ng speci fied in “Searc h Stri ng” in color. The number of occur ren ces is output in “Highli ghted” , and the cu[...]

364 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 File viewer XTCC High lighte d Depen ding on th e searc h procedu re, this field outputs the number of co lor-hi ghlig hted hits for the str in g bein g searc hed for . T his cou nter als o takes multipl e hits i nto ac count (depend ing on the search me thod and str ing). The sea rch is ended when the co lor of the text f o[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 365 XTCC Fi le view er 8.5.8 Mode 8.5.8.1 1 st Line -> Ruler /Selec tion -> Ruler Displ a ys the first l ine or the sele cted l ine in the no n-scr ollin g area of the w indow . This function can be used when v iewing long tables i n order to keep the titl e bar vi sible at all t imes . Some ap plic ations pr edefi ne the t[...]

366 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 File viewer XTCC 8.5.8. 5 T ab Stop Int er val In text files wi th tabulators the tab stop i nter val can ch ange. The “d ef ault ” generate s an inter v al of 8 character s with b ehavior typi cal for a text editor . For the other values inter v als from 1 .... 20 c an be s elected with be havior typic al for a te xt ed[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 367 XTCC ISP 8.6 ISP 8.6.1 O bject inf ormation on the ISP The obj ect repres enting the entir e ISP is h idden be hind the te xt “Centr ic Stor” in the center of th e XTCC win dow . If requ ired two additi onal sym bols ar e displayed: – A yellow flashing SNMP sy mbol i ndicates that S NMP da ta is pr esent. – A yellow o[...]

368 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 ISP XTCC Hardw are T ype Primerg y PC model. Prod. Seri al No. Ser ial numb er of the P r imergy Graphi cs Boar d T ype of graphics bo ard Fir mware Autoload Indication of wh ether or not the fir mware aut olo ad functi on is activated. InfoBroker Lev e l Revision level of the InfoBroker . RAM Memor y con figuration. The u s[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 369 XTCC ISP 8.6.2. 1 Show Revision History This function is us ed to d isplay a log showing a ll the software u pdates of the ISP :[...]

370 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 ISP XTCC 8.6.2. 2 Version Con sistency C heck This functi on is of fered only if the cons istency check mech anism is av ailable on t he m oni- tored s ystem a nd inc onsiste ncies h av e been dete cted i n the cur rently insta lled soft ware version. Thi s ca se ca n, for e xample, occur in th e ev e nt o f subseq uent inte[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 371 XTCC ISP 8.6.2.3 S how Diff. Curr ./Prev . V e rsion This function i s offered only if th e consis tency c heck mechani sm is availab le on the s ystem being o bser v ed. It is us ed to show the di ff erence be tween th e current and the previous versions usi ng the graphical Diff tool . The two versio ns are di splayed in sy[...]

372 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 ISP XTCC 8.6.2. 4 Show Node Element Descri ptors This function is av ailable only for ICPs wit h an ES CON chan nel ad apter . It disp lays the node eleme nt descr i ptors of t he ESC ON ch annel adapter s and the under - lying vi r tual device s: Show/View functions open wi ndows that are equip ped with scrol l bars and se [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 373 XTCC ISP 8.6.2.5 S how Configur ation Data Outputs a co nfigurat ion di splay in table for m: F o r space reasons the example has been s hor tened. The c onfigu ration d ata shows: – informat ion about t he ISP – a list of emulati ons with e mulation name, HSI a nd device name ( for ICPs) or a li st of PDSs for an IDP . ?[...]

374 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 ISP XTCC The S CSI devices are rep resented in the nor ma l way as c (=cont roller ) <cc>t (= ta rg et) <tt>l ( =Lun) <ll > , where cc , tt , ll are shown as d ecimal numbers. cc specifies the control ler number in the ISP . tt target number in th e form of a decimal number . With c ompone nts c onnected vi[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 375 XTCC ISP 8.6. 2.6 Show Sy st em Log Displa ys system m essag es from the f ile klog.msg : 8.6.2.7 S how SNMP Data This functi on is onl y availabl e if a flash ing yellow “SNMP ” symbo l indica tes tha t one or more SNM P data blocks are av ailable. It opens a subm enu in whi ch you can s elect a block for display . Thi s[...]

376 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Internal objects of the I SP XTCC 8.7 I nternal objects of the ISP 8.7.1 R eprese ntation of internal objects Inter na l objec ts are thos e that do n ot communi cate dire ctly with the extern al data pa th and are ar ranged physically withi n the s ystem. If th e block f or the inte r nal o bject s is not in the foreground,[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 377 XTCC Inte rnal obje cts of t he ISP 8.7.1.2 C D-ROM The sta tus of a CD-R OM driv e is in dicat ed b y the f oll o wing c olo rs: T urq uoise : Read/ write, re ad, busy Pink: Onlin e, offline Y ellow: Status unk nown If the m ouse p ointer is posi tioned over such an o bje ct, its colo r changes to blue, indicat ing that it i[...]

378 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Internal objects of the I SP XTCC 8.7.1.4 S CSI con troller This i s re pres ent ed e xact ly as d escrib ed in the sectio n “O bject inform ation o n SCSI contr ollers ” on page 421 . 8.7.1.5 R AID cont roller A RAID co ntr oll er i s r epr esen te d b y a b lo c k in wh ich the d e v ice n umber (R AI D #0 , RA ID #1 e[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 379 XTCC ESCON/FIC ON host adapter 8.8 ESCON/FICON host ad apter 8.8.1 Object inf ormation f or the ESCON/FICO N host adapte r Each h ost ada pter is represente d by a bloc k at the t op o f the ICP . Within th e block, the host adap ter number (HA #0, HA #1, etc .) and ty pe ( ESCON, F ICON, FC) a re di splay ed. The status of t[...]

380 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 ESCON/FICON host adapter XTCC Chann el N odes Lis t of host channe ls use d to establis h a logical path. Each line correspo nds to one ES CON c hannel. T he li st sh ows the node ID of the ESCON po r t in the host. The h e xadecima l number separated by a blank r epresent s the p or t number of the host channe l on th e ESC[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 381 XTCC ESCON/FIC ON host adapter 8.8.2 ESCON/FICON host adapt er functions The following functi ons are available: – Show Node ID Detail s – Show Node Eleme nt Descr ip tors – Show Dump (pr kdump) 8.8.2.1 Show Node ID De tails Displ a y of the node ele ment des cr iptor s of an ESCO N/FICON ho st adapt er , of the ESCON/ [...]

382 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 ESCON/FICON host adapter XTCC 8.8.2. 2 Show Node Element Descri ptors Displ a y of the no de elem ent des cri ptors of an ESCON/F ICON host ad apter and th e under - lying vi r tual device s. Show/View functions open wi ndows that are equip ped with scrol l bars and se arch function s. F or informati on on t he tool s that c[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 383 XTCC ESCON/FIC ON host adapter 8.8.2.3 Show Dump (prkdump) Displ a y of the host adapt er dr iver dump: T o analyze th is dump, you will need deta iled k nowledge o f the s ystem. i[...]

384 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Emulations of drives connected to OS/390 host adapter s XTCC 8.9 E mul ations of drives connected to OS/390 host adapter s 8.9.1 Inform ation on emulations The E SCON cha nnel a dapter onl y has e mulations o f dr ives of the types IBM-34 90E and Fuji tsu F 6473K. In the Fu jitsu- Sieme ns Comp uters pr oduct lists, 3490- E [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 385 XTCC Emulations of drives connected to OS/390 host adapters The i nformat ion box contai ns th e follo wing in forma tion: Emulatio n Name of the e mulation. Vir tual Dr ive Inter nal C entri cStor n ame for the log ical dr i v e. Mnem onic Name of the l ogica l dr ive in the ho st (i f defin ed). CIus ter , Unit ESC ON add r[...]

386 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Emulations of drives connected to OS/390 host adapter s XTCC 8.9.2. 1 Show Error/ T ra nsfer St atistic s Displ a y of the error and statis tical d ata trans ferred to the host:[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 387 XTCC Emulations of drives connected to OS/390 host adapters 8.9.2. 2 Show Shor t T ra ce Displ a ys general informati on at th e begi nning o f the s tar t t race file: This is followed b y the trace on all c omman ds sent by the host to gether wi th thei r ter mi - nation.[...]

388 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Emulations of drives connected to OS/390 host adapter s XTCC 8.9.2. 3 Show Path T ra ce Displ a ys the path sequ ence of I/O s:[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 389 XTCC Emulations of drives connected to OS/390 host adapters 8.9.2. 4 Show Error Log Displ a ys a text window contai ning the erro r log of th e vir tual device or emulat ion. Lo gical device er ror mess ages m ay be issu ed as a re su lt o f: – operating errors (r ead comm and f or empty dr ive , wri te com mand for wri te-[...]

390 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Emulations of drives connected to OS/390 host adapter s XTCC 8.9.2.5 S how Memory Log Disp la ys the pro cess log f or th e em ula tio n wh ich i s pres en t in m emo r y: This function makes it p ossible to di splay a con tinuous m emor y trace f or the emul ation (logg ing). This l ogging is i ndepen dent of t he trace set[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 391 XTCC Vi rtual 3490 driv es 8.10 Vir tual 3490 drives 8.10. 1 Object inf ormation and erro r messa ges f or vir tual 34 90 drive s Each e mulat ion is assign ed its own vir tual d r ive . In thi s object , the error mess ages and behavior of a real dr ive are si mulated as requ ired . Even the display units on r eal 34 90 dr i[...]

392 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Vir tual 3490 dri ves XTCC The di splay can con tain on e of the f ollowin g mess ages: When a logic al volume is loaded , the thi rd line specifi es whi ch cac he contai ns the asso ciat ed da ta. 8.10.1.1 Err or conditio ns indicated on t he displa y Display 0 Display 1 Des cription CU R EAD Y -- CU ready but path not yet [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 393 XTCC Vi rtual 3490 driv es 8.10.1.2 O bject information The extended infor matio n cont ains t he follo wing data: Dr ive Status (Empty , writ e-prote cted) ; Specifi es whe ther a c ar tridge is inse r ted and whethe r data ca n be wr itten to this car tridge. Check Condi tion Date and d escr iption o f the la st Check Condi[...]

394 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Vir tual 3490 dri ves XTCC The following table lists the S IMs/MI Ms used by the emulatio n and g ives the probable caus e. 8.10.2 Vir tual drive functions The following functi ons are available: – Sho w SCSI Sen se – Show Medium Info (MIM) – Show Ser vi ce Info (SIM) – Unload an d Unmou nt When int er pret ing the i[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 395 XTCC Vi rtual 3490 driv es 8.10 .2.1 Show SCSI Sense The de vice emul ation o f Centr icS tor wor ks in ter na lly as a protoco l conver ter fro m the ch annel to th e SC SI proto col a nd vice v ersa. I n a Centr ic Stor IC P the S CSI interface is only emulate d. In the real sy stem the device emulati on work s with the int[...]

396 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Vir tual 3490 dri ves XTCC 8.10.2.2 Sh ow Medium Inf o (MIM) An info bo x appe ars if no MIM log exists: Displa ys the l atest Medi a In f ormati on Me ssag es i n a te xt windo w .[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 397 XTCC Vi rtual 3490 driv es 8.10.2.3 S how Service Info (SIM) Displ a ys the lates t Ser vice Infor mation Message s in a text window . The MI M and S IM cod es of t he vir tual devices are descr ibe d in the secti on “O bjec t in f or - mation” on pa ge 393 . 8.10.2.4 Unload and Unmount This function is us ed to u nload a[...]

398 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 FC-SCSI host a dapter XTCC 8.11 F C-SCSI host adapter 8.11.1 Object information on FC-SCSI host adapters Each h ost ada pter is represente d by a bloc k at the t op o f the ICP . Within th e block, the host adap ter number (HA #0, HA #1, etc .) and ty pe ( ESCON, F ICON, FC) a re di splay ed. The status of the h ost ad apter[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 399 XTCC Emulations of SCSI drives (VTD) A dash ed lin e indi cates th at the ho st ada pter a nd/or emula tion ar e not rea dy . If no line is displ a yed, no LUN was found. 8.11.2 FC-SCSI host adapter functions 8.11.2.1 Perf orm Link Down/Up Seque nce For approx. 30 seco nds the st atus “Link Down” is generated, thus activa[...]

400 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Emulations of SCSI drives (VTD) XTCC The fi gure bel ow shows the character i stics of an emul ation as displayed in XTCC. The i nformat ion box displ ays: Vir tual T ape Device Internal SINIX name for the device. Logica l U nit Num ber LUN on t he FC- SCSI interface. Control ler Ser ial number on the FC-SCS I controlle r . [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 401 XTCC Emulations of SCSI drives (VTD) 8.12.2 Functions for individual VTD em ulations The following functi on is available: – Sho w T r ace 8.12.2. 1 Show T race Displ a ys the emula tio n trace in a text window . The example above shows the trace entr ies created when th e VTD is star ted. Dur in g operatio n, th e trace pr[...]

402 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Vir tual SCSI d rives XTCC 8.13 Vir tual SCSI drives 8.13.1 Object information on virtual tape dri ves Dr ives of this ty pe ar e design ated as VD rives. In co ntrast to rea l dr ives, an associated SCSI co ntrol ler exists only whe n the log ical v olume is lo cated o n the l ocal disk. T his is the ca se with a VTC, f or [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 403 XTCC Virtual SC SI dri ves The following is disp lay ed: Inqu ir y da ta V end or ID , pr oduct ID , produc t revision lev el, dr ive ser ial number . V end or ID a nd produc t ID ca n be s elect ed dur in g configu ration. Dr ive Status Online, Offline, R ead/Wr it e Check Condi tion: Date and de signa tion of the er ror co [...]

404 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Vir tual SCSI d rives XTCC 8.13.2 Vir tual generic drive functions Depen ding o n the emulati on, the f ollowing fun ction s are av ailable: 8.13 .2.1 Show SCSI Sense Sho ws t he accu mu late d SC SI sens e b yt es of t he v ir tual driv e . 8.13.2.2 Sh ow Medium Inf o (MIM) Shows the “ Media Inform ation M essa ges”. 8.[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 405 XTCC VLS (Vir tual Librar y Service ) 8.14 VLS (Virtual Library Service) 8.14.1 Object information on V LSs A VLS (Vir tual Librar y Ser ver) is th e emulati on of an archive syst em for magnetic ta pes. Centr icS tor c an emula te various type s of ar chive syst ems. VLSs of the ty pe V ACS , VLMF or VD AS ser ve a numbe r o[...]

406 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 VLS (Vir t ual L ibrar y Ser vice) XTCC ● The f ollo wi ng in f o rmatio n is al so o utp ut f or VLSs of th e ty pe VJ UK: V en dor ID V endor iden tifier Product ID Produc t identif ier Ser ial N o Ser ial num ber Slot s Number of slot s Controller Nu mber o f the contr oller us ed Lun SCSI Lun of t he jukebox Mode Ope r[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 407 XTCC VMD (Virtual Mount Daemon) 8.15 VMD (Vir tual M ount Daemon) 8.15.1 Object information on the Vir tual Mount Daemon (VMD) The VMD , also known as the mount ser v er , contr ols the mounti ng and unm ountin g of vir tual volumes in the vir tual dr ive(s) on beh alf of t he VLM . Each IC P h as its own VMD . T he VMD and t[...]

408 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 VLM (Vir t ual Li brary Ma nager) XTCC 8.16 VLM (Virtual Library Manager) 8.16. 1 Object inf ormation for t he VLM Vir tual l ibrar ies are emulated and mapped to p h ysical lib rarie s in a proces s p air consis ting of a VLM ( Vir tual Librar y Manager) and a PLM ( Ph ysic al Lib rar y Ma nager ). In XTC C , the VLM an d P[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 409 XTCC VLM (Virtual Library Manager) ● Whether the c ache fi le sy stem is use d for “floating” volumes or wh ether v olume groups are per manently as signed to it ( “e xclusi v e”). ● The numbe r of “ mispla ced” volumes which may be pr esen t. These are logi cal volum es which are cur rent ly not l ocate d in [...]

410 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 VLM (Vir t ual Li brary Ma nager) XTCC 8.16.2.2 Set HAL T Mode/Set RUN Mo de This fun ction is not available in Obser v e mode. In HAL T mo de, the VLM accepts no mou nt jobs for logical volumes. All other Cen tr icStor activ ities con tinue to r un. The hos ts can c ontinue to acces s logic al v olu mes that are al ready mo[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 411 XTCC R AID systems 8.17 R AID sys tems 8.17.1 Object information on RAID systems Centr icS tor can be su pplied with th e RAID sys tems S8 0, CX50 0, CX3-20 and Eter nus 3000/400 0. In XTC C , the R AID sys tems are repres ented a s per iphera ls conne cted t o the ISP vi a a F ibre Cha nnel c ontro ller . In some Centr icSt [...]

412 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 RAID systems XTCC The c ontroll er types differ slightl y in thei r pres entatio n of the functi ons av ailable: S80 (=F C2502) Inter nal RAID s ystem CX500/CX 3-20 Eter nus 30 00/4 000[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 413 XTCC R AID systems In th e case of e xter n al RAID system s, the informat ion wi ndow contai ns the f ollowing i nfor- mation: – vendor ID , produ ct ID – type and ser ial numb er of the RAID system – fir mware rel ease (i nsofar as this c an be qu er ied) – operating status an d any error mes sages ( inf o) – inte[...]

414 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 RAID systems XTCC 8.17. 2 Funct ions of RAID system s The following functi ons are available: – Show Complete RAID S tatus (all types) – Show Mode P ages (CX5 00/CX3-20 and F CS80) – Show Mode Page Details – Show Log Pages – Show Log Page Details The availability of the fu nctions de-pe nds on the par ticular RAID [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 415 XTCC R AID systems This v er y extensive inf or mation indi cate s the sta tus of the co ntrol lers an d the di sks. The displ a ys are self- explanator y . For a more p reci se inter pretat ion, in par ticular in the case of par tial f ail ures, please r efer to the RAID system manual. T he conte nt and p rese ntatio n depe [...]

416 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 PLM (Physica l Libra ry M anager ) XTCC 8.18 PLM (Phy sical Libr ary Manager) 8.18. 1 Object inf ormation on the PLM The s tatus of the Physical Li brar y Manag er (PL M) is r epresen ted by the col ors pink (stop ped), green (r unn ing), green / brown (run ning with trac e s witched on ) and green / re d (in reco v ery mode[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 417 XTCC PLS (Physical Library Servic e) 8.19 PLS (Physi cal Library S ervice) 8.19. 1 Object inf ormation on the PLS Each p hysical li brar y i s assi gned a t le ast on e PLS (Physical Librar y Ser v er). The P LS of a SCSI-c ontrolle d archi v e must r un o n the IS P that c ontains the as soci ated SCSI control ler . The e as[...]

418 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 SCSI archive syste ms XTCC 8.20 SCSI arc hive syste ms 8.20. 1 Object inf ormation on arc hive systems Arch ives with a SCS I-co ntrolled access syste m can be operated i n the I SP vi a the X TCC instan ce co ntaini ng the a ssoci ated PL S. A li ghter-c olor ed im age of the a rchive syste m is shown b ehind the d rive(s) [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 419 XTCC SCSI a rchiv e systems 8.20. 2 SCSI Ar c hive s yste m func tions This function is of f ered aft er you r ight- click on the arch ive system i con (beh ind the dr ive icon). The Show Mode P age s , Show Mode P ag e Detai ls , Show Lo g P ages and Sho w Log P age Details f unctions ar e not o ff ered for all li brari es. [...]

420 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 PDS (Physical D evice Ser vice) XTCC 8.21 PDS (Ph ysical De vi ce Service ) 8.21.1 Object information on P DS A PDS (Physical Device Ser v er) co ntrols precis ely o ne physical device. The object i nfor- mation displ ays the controlle r and target of th e ass ociated S CSI device. This in f or mati on is also i ndicated by [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 421 XTCC SCSI control lers 8.22 SCSI controll ers 8.22.1 Object information on S CSI contro ller s Each S CSI c ontrolle r is r epresen ted by a block at the bottom of the inner window . Wi thin the block, the device number (SCS I #1, SC SI#2, et c.), c ontroll er numbe r , a nd inte rf ace type (SP = SCSI parallel / FC = F ibre [...]

422 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 SCSI co ntrollers XTCC Max. T argets the max imum numbe r of tar gets supp or ted by the contro ller Name the sys tem nam e of the contr oller Interface the inter f ace variant ( e.g. SCSI P arallel or Fibre Cha nnel) T arg et Locati on an in dicat ion of whether or not the targets are insid e or outside the cabinet. Mode mo[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 423 XTCC Cartridge drives (real) 8.23 C ar tridge drives ( real) 8.23. 1 Object inf orma tion on tape drives The X TCC user i nterface is des igned for a wide range of tape dr ives. Please re f er to the data sheet f or your produc t v ar iant to deter mine which d rives are o r can be conne cted. Depen ding o n the dr ive type, [...]

424 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Cart ridg e drives (real) XTCC If S er vi ce Inform ation Messag es ( SIM) or M edium In f or mati on Me ssag es (MIM ) are prese nt in the driv e , thes e ar e indi cat ed b y mea ns of a y el lo w or red f las hing SIM /MIM symb ol, depe nding on th eir severity (sev erity 0/1/2/3 = Ser v ice /Moderate/Se r ious/ Acute). I[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 425 XTCC Cartridge drives (real) 8.23. 2 T ape drive functions Whic h funct ions are actua lly offered depe nds on the dr ive type. The menus ar e onl y examples. The following functi ons are available: – Sho w SCSI Sen se – Show Log Pages – Show Log Page Details – Show Mode Pages – Show Mode Page Details – Sho w Vi t[...]

426 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Cart ridg e drives (real) XTCC 8.23 .2.1 Show SCSI Sense Displa ys the S CSI se nse data: SCSI logging star ts wit h the ea rli est ent ries, (se e time stamp). I t cons ists of f our re f erence secti ons whic h are descr ibe d in the ha rdware reference manual of the corres pondi ng device. For MBK6 (3490- HSI): – CDB, i[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 427 XTCC Cartridge drives (real) 8.23.2.3 Show Log P ag e Details A subm enu is o pened in wh ich you spec ify w hich log pag es ar e to be itemized and displa y ed. 8.23.2.4 Show Mode P ages Displ a ys the SCS I mode pages : This displ ays the curren t device settin g (to pe rform a de tailed an alys is it i s essent ial to r ef[...]

428 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Cart ridg e drives (real) XTCC 8.23.2.5 Sh ow Mode P age Details A subm enu shows whi ch mo de page s the d evice suppl ies. If you sele ct a page he re that is also de scr ibed in the SCSI sta ndard, this wil l be displ a yed and inter pr eted i n detail a s in the example be low . The S CSI topol ogy (CTL) as well as the I[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 429 XTCC Cartridge drives (real) 8.23.2.6 S how Vital Product Data Displ a ys cer tain e lements o f the vi tal pr oduct da ta: Y ou can us e thi s functi on to display a sub section of the confi guration d ata s tored in the tape device. The device set tings made i n the S er vic e and Op erator m enus can be found again her e. [...]

430 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Cart ridg e drives (real) XTCC Extract from the FID log: In th is wa y you can extract an ev e nt or error his tor y . FID code a nd FSC1 a nd FS C2 (F ault Sympto m Code) mus t be r epor ted to the ma nuf acture r if error s whic h cannot b e res olved occu r on th e de vice.[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 431 XTCC Cartridge drives (real) 8.23.2.7 Sh ow Medium Inf o (MIM) If the re is no MIM en tr y , you wil l be notifi ed in an info bo x: If Me dium In f or mation Mess ages h av e been reco rded, a text window appears wit h the messa ges: The MIM s of the dri ves are record ed. The MIM s and th e various respons es are d escr ibe[...]

432 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Cart ridg e drives (real) XTCC 8.23.2.8 S how Service Info (SIM) Displ a ys the Se r vi ce Inform ation M essages : If p roblems relat ing to the c hannel adap ter (CO NTROL UNIT) or ta pe devices (T APE) occur , this i nformat ion per mits a bett er as sessme nt o f the severity of th e rec orded er ror . The problem i s de[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 433 XTCC M SGMGR (M essag e Manag er) 8.23.3.1 R emove Symbols o f all Driv es Removes all war nin g sign als o n dri ves (MIM a nd SIM symb ols) wi thout having to retr iev e the un derl ying error mess age. W arni ng signal s can also be re mov ed in Obse r ve mode, b ut only by retr ieving the un der lying error mes sage. 8.24[...]

434 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 MSGMG R (Messag e Manag er) XTCC 8.24.2. 1 Show T race Displ a ys the trace da ta: 8.24.2. 2 Show T rap T race Displ a ys the trap trac e data: The trap trac e records all SNMP traps sent by the Me ssag e Manag er to the S NMP mana gement statio n(s) .[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 435 XTCC PERFLOG 8.25 PERFLOG 8.25. 1 Object inf ormation of PERFLO G PER FLOG regu lar ly co llec ts performa nce- relat ed system dat a and sto res it in log f iles. The logg ing pe rio d and th e dir ector y in whic h log fi les are st ored ca n be def ine d by ser vi ce perso nnel d ur ing conf igu ration. The l og file s ca [...]

436 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 PERFLOG XTCC 8.25. 2 PERFLOG functi ons 8.25.2.1 Show T race & Logging Displ a ys the trace an d log data: This ex ample s hows an extract from a trace depic ting the ev e nts rec orded duri ng sta r tup .[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 437 XTCC A CCOUNTD (Account Daemon) 8.26 A CCOUNT D (Account Daemo n) 8.26. 1 Object inf ormation of A CCOUNTD The A ccount Da emon r ecords the acco unting dat a in a data base. This object is dis play ed as of Centri cSto r V3.1C20 00 p rovided the Acc ounting Licens e is i nstal led. The s tatus of th e Acco unt Daemo n (ACCOU[...]

438 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 MIRRORD (mirr or daemon) XTCC 8.27 M IRR ORD (mirr or daemon) 8.27. 1 Object inf ormation of MIRR ORD The mi rror dae mon mon itors th e statu s of the c ache m irror . The pres entati on of this object re quires Cen tr icStor V3.1C and the Cache Mirror i ng F eature Licen se (CMF) . MIRRORD co nsists o f two proc esses: th [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 439 XTCC S8 0D (S80 da emon) 8.28 S80D (S80 daemon) 8.28. 1 Object inf ormation of S80D Daem on S80 D is a monito ring proc ess for RAID sy stems of the type FC 2502. Name Name as sh own in the sy mbol PID Pr ocess ID A utostar t enabled / di sabled The s tatus of the da emon is i ndicated by the follo wing colors : pink St opp e[...]

440 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 VLPW A TCH (VLPwatc h daemon) XTCC 8.29 VLPW A TCH (VLPwatch daemon) 8.29. 1 Object inf ormation of VLPW A TCH When th e AutoVLP failov er functio n is enabled, o ne VLP watch daem on r uns on the VLP and one o n the SVLP . These daemo ns m onitor th e ope rational i ntegr ity of the VLP and, i n the ev ent of a f ailure, tr[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 441 9 Explanation of console messa ges 9.1 General When unus ual events occur , the v ar ious Centri cStor software c ompone nts output messa ges a t the conso le. The mess age texts are stor ed in the f ile /var/a dm/klog.m sg on the h ost in qu est ion and c an be v iewed centrally vi a the G XCC menu i tem “Show Sy stem Mess[...]

442 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 General Explanatio n of co nsole me ssages The c olor and text of the mes sage p rovide you with imp or tan t infor mation concer ning an e vent: ● Messag e color The co lor i nforms you of the “u rgency ” of a message: The weight i s nor mal ly a compo nent par t of the me ssag e text. When this is no t the case, the [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 443 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages General ● Alongs ide th e mess age numb er , the weight and the message text itself, the message provides the following addi tional inform ation. Example In the sec tions bel ow , only the me ssag e line co mpo nents prin ted in bold he re, i.e. the mess age number and m essage t e xt, are[...]

444 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 General Explanatio n of co nsole me ssages The me ssag e number s in t he follo wing sect ion ar e arranged alpha betic ally Message Pa g e SXCF ... (CMF: Ca che Mi rror ing F eature) 445 SXCH... ( Chann el: pc ib/pcea) 447 SXCM... (CHIM) 449 SXDN... (DNA : Distr ibute and Ac tivate) 450 SXDT ... ( DTV File S ystem) 450 SXFC[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 445 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines 9.2 M essage li nes 9.2.1 SXCF ... (CMF: Cac he Mirror ing Feature) SXCF 012 CMF (#12 ): A LERT: fai led to b ecome PRI MARY , tim e ex haus ted: <se c> seco nds Meaning Dur ing th e switchov er to multi-us er mode (RunL e vel 2) in the V LP’ s boot pha se the rc2 scrip[...]

446 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Case 3 : If the v alue 0 seconds is specifie d as th e per iod, n o usable dat a is con tained in /etc/m irrord/ms .db . Notify 3rd-L e v el Suppo r t! SXCF 014 CMF (#14 ): A LERT: fai led to b ecome PRI MARY , sta le d ata Meaning When switchi ng from S VLP to VLP a mirror b [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 447 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines 4. Check whether th e mir ror se r ver’ s pr ocesses are runn ing: myp s mirro r.s Sampl e output ? 92 2 1 ? ? ? ? / etc/m irro rd/m irro r.cli ent ? 51 79 517 7 ? ? ? ? / etc/m irro rd/m irro r.ser ver ? 51 77 1 ? ? ? ? / etc/m irro rd/m irro r.ser ver In the mirror ser v er[...]

448 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXCH 004 E SCON -ad pc ea<po rt> (b us <pc i-bus > dev <p ci-de vice >) sta rted NOTI CE Meaning The E SCON por t <port> has b een ac tivated. This happ ens reg ular ly a t sys tem s tar t up . A por t can al so be reactivated aft er being reset or deac[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 449 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXCH 009 ESCON -ada ptor <boa rd> (ser _no < seri al-n r) C ompar e Er ror in Ch anne l <c hn> ALER T Meaning A test of the inter nal data paths o n the ESCO N board ( PCEAS /PCEA T) which r uns dur i ng the star tup p hase and idle ti mes r etur ned an er ror . [...]

450 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages 9.2.4 SXDN... (DNA: Distribute and Activate) SXDN 100 (DN A#10 0): AL ERT: sw itch SVLP_t o_VL P succ essfu lly co mple ted! (n eede d time : <mm> :<ss> (m m:s s)) Meaning The V LP switchover was succes sful. T he ti me requi red for it is s peci fied i n pare nthe[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 451 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXDT 003 DTV (# 3 ): A LERT: dev =<ma j,mi n>: d isk file syste m st ate is c orrup ted! Meaning Due to I/O error s whe n wri ting me tadata, the DT V file s ystem on the correspo nding h ard disk has beco me inc onsist ent. If th is I/O pr oblem is tem porar y , th e met[...]

452 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages 9.2.6 SXFC... (FibreChannel Driver) SXFC 026 PVA 1ICP 0 : FC2: IO CB_E _LOC AL_RE JECT ALER T SXFC 005 PVA 1ICP 0 : FC2: lo op_i d 0, IOCB error seque nce tim eout None Meaning Thes e two messag es onl y oc cur toget her . The 'se quence ti meout' i ndica tes a pr ob[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 453 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXFC 030 FC5 : RS CN f or po rt 0 0637 713 recei ved NOTI CE RSCN m eans “Re gister ed S tate Cha nge Noti fication ”. Thi s is a “ser v ice ” of the F C s witch whi ch ev er y FC por t can reques t from the switch. As t he “cent ral unit ” the s witch at al l tim e[...]

454 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages The me ssag e is onl y signi fican t f or e xter n al FC c ontrolle rs. The abo r tion may ha ve been initia ted eithe r by the SAN host or Centr icSt or . <host> contains the 4 most signific ant bytes of th e host WWN. A da ta transfer (read/wr ite) is generall y abor t[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 455 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines T emporary unav ailability of the FC The following messa ge co mplex, with LOO P-DOWN, resched uling and LINK -UP messa ges, is outpu t: SXFP 041 fcp al<n > (sad m<k>) : resc hedu ling af ter te mpora rily unava ilabl e reso urce None SXFP 041 fcp al<n > (sad [...]

456 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages 9.2.9 SXIB... (Info Br oker) Syst em me ssa ge s fr om the In f oBr oker SXIB 001 IB 00 1 EMER GENCY "*** %s File Sys tem fu ll. *** " Meaning %s = name o f the aff ected file sy stem. The fi le sy stem is 100% fu ll. SXIB 002 IB 00 2 ALER T "*** %s File Sy stem[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 457 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXIB 200 IB 20 0 NOTI CE "Ple ase ar chiv e the per form ance hi stor y log fil es." Response If pe rf or manc e anal yses are r equi red for per iods whic h pr ecede the reco rding pe ri od, the histor y log fil es from the [fsys ]/apc/dia g/emtape /hist_log directo [...]

458 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Response W ait to see whether the e rror mes sage a ppears r epeate dly (mult iple mes sages) becau se with “bge” a nd the “c isco catalyt h s witches ” the re is th e problem that t he LAN i s only av ailable with a delay . If the erro r recurs repeated ly , . No tify[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 459 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines 9.2.12 SXMM... (Messa ge Manager) SXMM 007 KLO G[<p id>] : INF O: M essa ge M anage r un avai lable ! Meaning Informat ion tha t the Message Manage r is no t av ailable. Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXMM 005 KLO G[<p id>] : WARNI NG: vl sTra ce(<t race [...]

460 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXMM 005 KLO G[<p id>] : WAR NING : fo pen( /dev/ osm) err or er rno= <err or n umber > <er ror de scri ption > Meaning Error while open in g /dev/osm . Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXMM 005 KLO G[<p id>] : WAR NING : fs tat( /dev/ osm) err or[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 461 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXMM 007 KLO G[<p id>] : INFO: setsi d() err no=< erro r numbe r> <er ror de scrip tion > Meaning Inte rnal pr oc ess er ro r SXMM 012 VLS M[<p id>] : WARNI NG: to o many cl ient entri es pid= <pro cess id> sd=< socket des cri ptor > Meaning [...]

462 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXMM 012 VLS M[<p id>] : WARNI NG: Ch eck Pat h /usr /apc /tmp/ msga dm err or Meaning The di rector y /usr/apc/tmp/msg adm can not be crea ted. Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXMM 012 VLS M[<p id>] : WARNI NG: ch dir( /usr/ apc/ tmp/ msgad m) err or errn o[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 463 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXMM 013 VLS M[<p id>] : NOTIC E: Fil e <file name > remo ved Meaning Informat ion in dicat ing tha t the ol dest his tor y fi le has been removed. SXMM 014 VLS M[<p id>] : INFO: No spac e left in /msg (k bytes =<n>[...]

464 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXMM 019 EMS G[<p id>] : WARNI NG: Re adNe xtEvt MsgL ine( ) error Meaning Error while re ading t he ev ent message file. Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXMM 019 EMS G[<p id>] : WARNI NG: fo rk() error er rno= <erro[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 465 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXMM 019 EMS G[<p id>] : INF O: M essa ge M anage r un avai lable ! Meaning Informat ion tha t the Message Manage r is no t av ailable. Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXMM 021 EMS G[<p id>] : INF O: * **** ** S TART Emsg Trap (Eve ntMe ssag eTra p) da emon M[...]

466 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXPL 003 PLM (#3) : ALER T: <PDS -nam e> on <ho stna me> no t reach able Meaning It was no t possible to sen d a mes sage to th e PDS <PDS -name> on the hos t < hostname> . Response Check whether the P DS and /or host are r unnin g and wh ether the TC P[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 467 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines Check the following values: – soft min imum number o f empty PV – hard mi nimum number of empt y PV – absolu te mini mum number of emp ty PV – amount of valid data for REORG – ti me frame for R EOR G The ma rgin between “so ft” and “hard” s hould be large eno [...]

468 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXPL 011 PLM (#11 ):NO TICE: num ber of f ree P Vs o f PV -grou p <P VG> over abso lute min imum (< nu m >) agai n Meaning The numb er of f ree tapes is a gain greater th an the a bsol ute min imum. SXPL 012 PLM (#12 ): E RROR: <PD S-na me> doesn 't e je[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 469 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines List of the error strings reported with PLM/RPLM(#16) ERR_ PDS_03 _INI T: Meaning Erro r while initia lizing /ope ning th e device node. Illegal device node (path ). Illegal direct or y in th e car tri dge’ s memor y c hip 1 (tape di rect or y cor r upted). Response Evaluate [...]

470 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages ERR_ PDS_03 _DRV _NO TREA DY Meaning MTC dr ive/tape car tri dge is no t read y . Timeo ut e xpired. E rror o n T estUn itReady . Response Evaluate physical er ror c ode and sense bytes ! Nor mal behavior on unlo ad if error informatio n ASC/A SCQ 3A/00 or 04/03 pres ent. In t[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 471 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines ERR _PDS _03_ POS_N OT_A FTER _TAP EMARK Meaning P ositioning error : There is no tape mar ke immed iately in front o f the read/ wr ite pos ition that is to b e adopt ed. Th e block position transferred is p resumably n ot corr ect. Response Evaluate the physical error code an[...]

472 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . ERR_ PDS_02 _WRI TE Meaning Error while wr iting to the c ache file Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . ERR_ PDS_02 _SEE K Meaning Erro r while positi oning in the cach e file Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXPL 018 PLM (#18 ):[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 473 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines ERR _PDS _01_ INVAL ID_H EADE R_SI GN Meaning T ape h eader has no valid i dentif ier (POS 1) at pos ition 0. Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . ERR_ PDS_01 _TAP E_N ON_V TLS Meaning T ape h eader does not hav e a valid Centr icS tor iden tifier. Response The volume was pro[...]

474 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages ERR_ PDS_01 _VSN _NO T_VA LID Meaning VSN in the tape he ader and t he trans f erred VS N are not identi cal. The operat ion ca n therefore not b e perform ed. Response This is prob ably due to m anual inter v ention. If you ar e sure th at there i s no us er data on the car t[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 475 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXPL 021 LM( #21) : NOTI CE: Reo rgan isat ion fai led fo r LV <LV- name > on PV <PV -nam e>, cont inue Meaning A reorg aniza tion op eration initiated by the user e ncount ered a n error . The lo gical volume <LV-n ame> co uld not be re ad from th e physical [...]

476 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXPL 025 PLM (#25 ): WARNIN G : <num > singl e save d LVs in du al sav e LV-gr oup <n ame> found Meaning Following a disa ster recovery it i s possi ble that logi cal volumes were fir st sav ed i n a group or , if a du al sav e group ha s been cre ated fr om a sing[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 477 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines Response Inst all the ap propr i ate li cense key . SXPL 030 PLM (#30 ):CR ITICA L: mis sing licenc e for op tiona l func tion "Multi ple Li brar y Supp ort", ex iti ng ! Meaning Sev eral physical libra r y ser v ers are co nfigur ed, but the r equir ed li cens e ke y[...]

478 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXPL 041 PLM (#41 ): N OTICE : Cl eani ng-g roup of T ape- libra ry < name > ha s no cart ridg e, tape -libra ry i s r espo nsib le f or cleani ng ! Meaning No clea ning car tr idge i s prese nt. Response It is only necess ar y to ent er cleani ng car tridge s if Centr i[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 479 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXPL 048 PLM (#48 ): N OTICE : <n um> clea ncycl es f or t ape-l ibra ry < name > ava ilab le a gain Meaning PLM(# 45) has bee n correct ly res ponded to? SXPL 049 PLM (#49 ): W ARNIN G: e ject ed P V <na me> of t apeli brar y <n ame> is n eede d fo r re[...]

480 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Response Only use car tri dges with eno ugh c apacity . SXPL 056 PLM (#56 ): N OTICE : al l PV Gs o f TL <nam e> d eacti vate d Meaning This message is outp ut after the plmcmd conf -e -T <TL> c ommand has bee n issued : All physical v olume gro ups of the sp ecifi[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 481 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXPL 062 PLM (#62 ): ERR OR: LV <n ame> can not be reor ganiz ed, re ason : <reas on>. It was se t to in acce ssib le at the PLM. Meaning The P LM a ttempts to reor ganize an L V . This L V is unknown to the VLM or in the “faulty” st a- tus and c an ther efore n[...]

482 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages 9.2.1 4 SXPS... (PLS: Ph ysical Library Se rver) For the messag es SX PS00 0 to SX PS008 of the r obot sof tware, only er ror numbe rs #400 0 - #4008 are d escr ibed bec ause these error mes sages a re dep endent on the r obot. The various e rror mess ages f or robot ty pes su[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 483 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXPS 006 PLS (#40 06) ER ROR: <r obot error me ssag e> Meaning A gene r al ro bot erro r whi ch is not nece ssari ly tr aceab le to a de vice o r a c asse tte . The me aning of the e rror mes sage can be found in t he relev ant robot d ocumen tation . Response The r obot [...]

484 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXPS 996 PLS 996 NOT ICE " Stop %s for Maint enan ce." Meaning %s stand s for: PLS name (e.g. PLS1 , ...). The P LS pr ocess %s was stopped via a menu in the graphi cal user int erface. PLS 99 7 NOT ICE "% s autom atic ally restar ted %s after %d tries ." M[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 485 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines 9.2 .15 SX RD ... ( Fib re CA T : RAID ) The ta ble below shows the message numbers with the RA ID syste ms whi ch iss ue the messa ges: 9.2.15.1 M essages of the monitor ing daemon for the internal RAID Messages during ongoing operation SXR D001 NOTI CE: ra idd: 0:BB U - char [...]

486 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXR D001 NOTI CE: ra idd: 0:0: 1 - disk state ch ange d (De ad -> Wr ite- Onl y) Meaning A rebuild is active f or the p h ysical disk of contr oller 0 , chan nel 0, t arget ID 1. SXR D001 NOTI CE: ra idd: 0:0: 1 - disk state ch ange d (De ad -> On line ) Meaning A rebuil[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 487 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXRD 001 A LERT : raid d: c50d 0 - stat e is Crit ical Meaning This messa ge is only ge nerated whe n the raidd is star ted at system boot. The logical di sk 0 on control ler 0 no longer provides any redunda ncy . Thi s indic ates a hardware problem with a physical dis k be lon[...]

488 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXRD 104 W ARNI NG: ra id 0:1: 0 - Disk : Write -Onl y, 173 00 MB Meaning A rebuild is active f or the p h ysical disk of contr oller 0 , chan nel 1, t arget ID 0. 9.2.15.2 F ibreCA T S80 me ssages SXRD 00<n > s80 d: R AID: <wei ght> : <r aid- id> R aid< r[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 489 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines Response In th e ev e nt of a m essage w ith the error weight ALERT: Notify maint ena nce staff. Example SXR D003 s8 0d: RA ID: ALE RT: #2 1221 5 Enclo sure 3, Power Suppl y 2 Criti cal Conne ction between st atus and e rror weig hting: OK NO TICE W ar ning W A RNING Not A vail[...]

490 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages 9.2.15.4 F ibreCA T CX500 an d CX3-20 me ssages SXRD 501 R AID: NOTIC E <raid -id> Hard SCS I Erro r reco vered (<#50 1>) c<c trl> t<tg t>l< lun> Wher e: <raid -id> ID of the FibreCA T (targe t # of the two RAID c ontroller s) c<ctr l>[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 491 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines 9.2.16 SXRP ... (RPLM: Reco ver y Ph ysic al Library Mana ger) SXRP 003 RPLM( #3): ALE RT: < PDS- name > on <hos tnam e> n ot re acha ble Meaning It was no t possible to sen d a mes sage to th e PDS <PDS -name> on the hos t < hostname> . Response Check w[...]

492 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXRP 015 RPLM( #15) : ERR OR: < PDS- name> repo rts sense = <S ense- Byte -Val ue> o n PV < PV-n ame> Meaning The PDS <PDS-name > has rep or ted an err or co de for the physical volume <PV-na me> . Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXRP 016 R[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 493 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXRP 019 RPLM( #19) : NO TICE: job can celed on PDS <pds >, PV <pv >, s tate <sta te> Meaning The PL S or t he P DS co uld not e x ecut e a j ob b eca use o f a t ime out . <stat e> Descri bes th e com mand in which the timeo ut occur red. F or t he PLS:[...]

494 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXRP 051 RPLM( #51) : ER ROR: <pds > re ports err no = <nu m> ( <str ing> ) on PV <nam e> Meaning The P DS has detec ted an e rror . Response Notify maintenan ce staff if necessar y . SXRP 052 R PLM( #52) : NOTI CE: P LS re ports VOLU ME ER ROR fo r PV [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 495 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXSB 007 <PC > : fcpa l<n> (sad m<m> ): t imeou t on tar get < t> l un < l> C DB <s ome byte s> ALER T F o r more i nforma tion, see the secti on “Timeo ut on th e RAID di sk array” on page 5 38 and secti on “Ti meout o n the MTC d r iv[...]

496 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXSD 017 shd <k>t <ctl >: c md " Read " @ blk < n> k ey " Mediu m Er ror" (0x 03) a sc . ... ALER T Meaning Irrecoverab le read errors o ccur s poradical ly on the FibreC A T RA ID disk arra y despite mirroring. Response Notify m ainten an[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 497 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines 9.2.2 1 SXSM. .. (Server M anagement ) The ter m “sma#” used in this d escr iption i s a coll ective ter m for the proc ess names “sma”, “sma 02”, “sma0 3”, “ sma04”, “sma05” and “s ma06” whi ch are s pecif ied in th e error messa ges in ac cordan ce[...]

498 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Depen ding o n the Pr imer gy type the se r ver will b e reacti v ated a fter the wait time s pecif ied in the BIO S setup an d the system s tar ted up . This mechani sm is gov er ned by the “ASR&R Boot Del ay” and “Boot Retr y Co unter” e ntr ies in the BIOS se tu[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 499 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXSM 010 sma #: Mem ory Mod ule <I d> dis abled ALER T SXSM 010 sma #: M emor y Mod ule disa bled ; Mod ule# = < Id> ALER T Meaning Mem or y mo dule <Id> is i n the “ disabled” st ate. This can be caus ed by the following: a) The memor y module was disable[...]

500 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXSM 018 sma #: F an < Id>: Fan is n ot m anage able ALER T Meaning Fa n <Id > has failed an d must be replac ed. If the f an is ino perable f or more than 3 minutes, the SINIX system is s hut down and the ser v er deactivated to prev ent the s er ver from overheat[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 501 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXSM 026 sma #: <Id > Volta ge is to o low ALER T Meaning The voltage with ID <Id> is too low . This mess age can a lso b e tr igge red by f aulty r egula tors, sens ors, batter ies or power suppl ies . Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXSM 027 sma #: <Id &[...]

502 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages If the f an is ino perable f or more than 3 minutes, the SINIX system is s hut down and the ser v er deactivated to prev ent the s er ver from overheating. Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXSM 033 sma #: Fan <Id>: Fa n was re moved ALER T Meaning Fa n <Id > [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 503 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXS M036 sma# : CPU <ID> inte rnal error occu rred ALER T Meaning An inte r nal er ror was detec ted in C PU <Id> . Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXSM 037 sma #: F an < Id> c onne ctio n to fanb oard def ectiv e ALER T Meaning The c able connecti on f[...]

504 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXSM 042 sma #: M emor y Err or L oggi ng l imit reac hed ALER T Meaning The li mit for the Memor y Error Log was reac hed be cause of too ma ny correctable mem or y err ors. No fur th er co rr ect able m emo r y erro rs are re co rded . Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 505 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXS M046 sma# : PCI syst em er ror; bus# < a>; de vice # <b> ; functi on# <c > ALER T Meaning A PCI sy stem error i s ind icated by an onb oard d evice. The onboa rd device is i ndicated by the b us/device /function <a[...]

506 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXS M049 sma# : Primer gy Pr oduc t Seri al Nu mber not ava ilabl e ALER T Meaning The prod uct s eria l number of the Pri mergy is not av ailable. This ca n be c aused by the fol lo w i n g : a) The prod uct ser ia l number i s not enter ed in the P rime rgy IdProm (e.g. afte[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 507 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXS M054 sma# : CPU <I d> au toma tica lly thr ottl ed ALER T Meaning The C PU perfor manc e has be en r educed b ecaus e the CPU te mperature was high . This i s design ed to p re vent the CPU f rom beco ming a ny hotter and ent eri[...]

508 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Response Check the am bient te mperature and the f an situ ation. Notify mainte nance staff i ff no con- nectio n to inc reased ambie nt tempe ratures or fan f aults c ould b e deter mi ned and this mes- sage c ontinues to app ear. SXSM 058 sma#: Fat al g enera l me mory erro [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 509 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXSM 501 sma #: B IOS Boot Retr y Co unte r cou ntdo wn o ccurr ed - may be w atchd og t imeo ut ALER T Meaning The B oot Retr y Counte r 1 (BIOS se tup , menu item Ser v er) has ti med out. Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXSM 502 sma #: I nter nal e rror at comm unica [...]

510 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages 9.2.22 SXSW ... (Softw are M irr or) SXSW 010 SWM (#10 ): A LERT: <de v> m irro r deg rade : <p art> fail ed Meaning P a r t of t he m irr or ( <part> , pr imar y or se condar y) ha s failed. As the device <dev> is design ed with redun dancy , op eratio[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 511 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXTF 003 ERR OR: dt v_ip alloc : dtv_ ipsi ze too bi g, set to <val> Meaning The value o f the Ino de pool size that can b e conf igure d using s pace.c is inv alid an d is repla ced by the maximu m per mitte d value . The res ult is that the maximum pe r mit ted value is[...]

512 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXTF 004 WAR NING : dtv_ mount : seto pt(C LUSTE R_RE ADS) failed ! Meaning The di sk con troller inten ded as the volume cac he ca nnot perfor m clus ter read operations. This error s hould o nly occ ur dur in g test opera tion if no RAID contr oller i s av ailable. P erfor- [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 513 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXTF 005 NOT ICE: dtv _irea d: r oot dire ctory sta le! SXTF 005 NOT ICE: dtv _rdlo okup : ro ot d irect ory stal e: <n ame> , in o=<n um> Meaning Thes e error me ssag es in dicate tha t, due to manual i nter v ention, the i mage o f the root direct or y s tore d in[...]

514 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXTF 005 NOT ICE: dtv_i read( <maj ,min >: ino= <ino >): ro ot dire ctor y stale ! SXTF 005 NOT ICE: dtv _rdlo okup (<ma j,mi n>: i no=< ino> ): ro ot d irec tory stal e! Meaning When r eadin g in a f ile or sea rching the roo t direc tor y on a DTV c l[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 515 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXTF 006 PAN IC: dtv_ iacti ve(< maj, min> : <cn t> i node (s) i n us e Meaning The fi le sy stem has been u nmount ed ev en though i t was curr ently in use. This res ults in a s yste m cra sh . Response Notify maintenan ce staff if necessar y . SXTF 007 ERR OR: &l[...]

516 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXTF 011 DTV _FSC K(de v=<ma j,mi n>): <me ssage > .. .<me ssage > Meaning Nor mal output of the i mplic it file s ystem c heck carr ied o ut when mounti ng a DT V file system. 9.2.24 SXVD ... (Distrib uted T ape V olume Driver) SXVD 001 vdr v<n> (FA IL[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 517 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines 9.2.25 SXVL... (VLM: Virtual Library Manager) SXVL 001 VLM (# 1 ): A LERT: ??? : ca nnot regi ster as super viso r - not mount ed ? Meaning The V LM c annot l og on as su per v isor f or a s peci fic cac he fi lesy stem. The r eason for this is usuall y tha t the fil esyste m s[...]

518 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXVL 006 VLM (# 6 ): E RROR: vol ume ??? set t o 'F ault y' (? ??) Meaning This error can have a number of di fferent causes. It i s usuall y ca used by problems acces sing the DTV filesystem . Fur ther de tails c an be found in th e logging inform ation. Response Th[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 519 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXVL 013 VLM (#13 ):AL ERT: FATA L: d atab ase i ncon sist encie s ! Meaning Incons isten cies hav e occ urred i n the V LM data maintenan ce system. Response Notify m aintenanc e sta ff! SXVL 014 V LM(# 14): FATAL: more fi les in ca che X th an allow ed: NN N (max. MMM) Meanin[...]

520 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXVL 020 VLM (#20 ): A LERT: vtl s.co nf: SCRAT CH_L ABEL _<??? >: w rong for mat Meaning Whe n the V LM was sta r ted errors wer e found in configu ration fi le vt ls.conf. The VLM is ter mi nated. Response Notify m ainten ance sta ff . SXVL 021 VLM (#21 ): ALE RT: vtl [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 521 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXV L997 VLM 99 7 NOTI CE "A utom atic ally rest arte d after %d tr ies." Meaning The VLM was a utomatic ally resta r ted after %d attem pts. SXV L998 VLM 99 8 NOTI CE "A utom atic ally rest arte d." Meaning The V LM was a uto mati call y re sta r ted. SXVL [...]

522 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages 9.2.27 SXVS... (VLS: Virtual Librar y Server) SXVS 995 VLS (#99 5): NO TICE "% s star ted." Meaning %s stands for : VLS name (e.g. VA02 , VC0 3, etc .). The V LS proc ess %s w as star ted via a menu in the graphical i nterface. SXVS 996 VLS (#99 6): NO TICE "S t[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 523 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines 9.2.2 8 SXVW ... (VLPW A TCH) VLP failover messag es SXVW 001 VLP WATC H: A LERT: Aut oVLP -Fai lover : sw itch SVLP _to_ VLP succ essfu lly comp leted ! Meaning The switchover from the SV LP to th e VLP has be en succ essf ully co mplete d. SXVW 002 VLP WATC H: A LERT: Aut oVL[...]

524 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXVW 007 VLP WATC H: ALER T: VW( #007 ) AutoV LP-F ailov er: Ra id1 (ca che 10 0 | 101) no t mount ed! SXVW 007 VLP WATC H: AL ERT: VW(# 007) Auto VLP- Fail over: con necti on t o LAN and star t of vtls prev ented! SXVW 007 VLP WATC H: AL ERT: VW(# 007) Auto VLP- Failo ver: pl[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 525 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines Response Rectify the LA N conn ection pr oblems and r eboot the ISP . SXVW 012 VLP WATC H: A LERT: VW( #012 ) Au toVLP -Fai love r: FC con nect ion to RA ID i s DO WN; shut down! Meaning There is no con nection to the 1st RAID s ystem. A shutdown with P ower OFF was perfor med [...]

526 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Response The fu nction should a lrea dy hav e been s topped on the V LP; i f it has no t been, it must be stopped on the VLP . The ad dition al mes sages mus t be taken into acco unt; deta iled i nfor- mation is st ored i n the l og_VLPwat ch and log_vl pwatch fi les i n the l[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 527 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXVW 020 VLP WATC H: AL ERT: V W(#0 20) Au toVL P-Fa ilov er: VL Pwat ch is start ed fi rst on SVLP Meaning The VLP watch monit or ing wizar d was star ted on the SVLP fi rst. This is not pe r mis sible . (Can on ly be done i n the c ase of manua l acti v atio n.) Response Rest[...]

528 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Response If the VLP a nd SV LP ar e run ning c orrec tly au tomati c s witchover shou ld be ini tiated manually . SXVW 026 VLP WATC H: A LERT: VW( #026 ) sw itch VLP/ SVLP to S VLP/ VLP time d out - r eboo t! Meaning The switchover from the VLP to the SVLP or from the SVLP to [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 529 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXVW 031 VLP WATC H: A LERT: VW( #031 ) Aut oVLP -fai love r: in tern al o r ext erna l LA N con nect ion is no t conf igure d; ter mina ted! SXVW 031 VLP WATC H: ALE RT: V W(#03 1) Au toVLP -fai love r: ple ase co rrec t the L AN-c onnec tion and re boot the syst em! Meaning L[...]

530 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXVW 038 VLP WATC H: N OTICE : VW (#03 8) Au toVL P-Fa ilove r: V LP i s ali ve: wait max. 180 seco nds bef ore a fa ilove r, if VL P is not al ive Meaning The V LP h as alr eady provided a sign o f life in th e extended mo nitor ing t ime o f 7 or 5 m inutes in the b oot or s[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 531 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXVW 046 VLP WATC H: N OTICE : VW (#04 6) A utoVL P-fa ilov er: S VLP is a live ! Meaning The V LP log s that the SV LP is availab le. SXVW 047 VLP WATC H: A LERT: VW( #047 ) Au toVLP -fai love r: SV LP i s no t al ive! Meaning The V LP log s that the SV LP is no t av ailable. [...]

532 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXVW 053 VLP WATC H: NOT ICE: VW (#05 3) Auto VLP- Fail over : syste m erro r of getx 2kvp ()! Meaning An e rror o ccurred while c hecking the li cense. Response Check the li cense. SXVW 054 VLP WATC H: N OTICE : VW (#05 4) A utoVL P-Fa ilov er: e rror of %d=g etx2k vp() ! Mea[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 533 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXVW 058 VLP WATC H: AL ERT: V W(#0 58) Au toVL P-Fa ilov er: LA N_1 c onne ction is DO WN on S VLP; Fai love r not fun ctio nal! Meaning The SV LP has no connec tion to the exter nal LAN. The A utoVLP failover functio n is not wor- king. Response Inv estigate and co rrect t he[...]

534 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXVW 064 VLPWA TCH: NOTI CE: VW(# 064) Auto VLP- Fail over: onl y on e mir ror- side is acces sibl e wai t maxi mum %d mi nute s to see an updat e of the ti mest amp of SV LP Meaning In the boot ph ase it is det ected t hat onl y one m irror si de is av ailable. The situat ion[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 535 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines SXVW 068 VLP WATC H: A LERT: VW( #068 ) Aut oVLP -Fai love r: in tern al o r ext erna l LA N con nect ion is no t conf igure d! Meaning The i nter nal o r extern al LA N conne ction is broken. Th e funct ion ca nnot wor k pro perl y . Response Check the LA N conn ection an d ma[...]

536 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message lines Explana tion of co nsole mess ages SXVW 073 VLP WATC H: AL ERT: VW(# 073) Auto VLP-F ailo ver: VLPw atch on <i sp_n ame> is ru nnin g, com muni cati on to <isp _name > is defec tive (int erna l LAN or Br oker on <i sp_n ame> down )! Meaning VLPwatch o n the S VLP is r unni ng, but commun icati[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 537 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message lines 9.2.2 9 SXVX... (V eritas File Sys tem) SXVX 001 WAR NING : vx fs: v x_id elxw ri_d one - ino de 4 87921 on /usr had a wr ite erro r at offs et 147 456 Meaning When tr ying t o wri te FS me ta infor mation (i.e. inodes ) to dis k, an IO error happen ed. The file de noted by the[...]

538 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message complexes Explana tion of co nsole mess ages 9.3 M essage comple x es 9.3.1 Timeout on the RAID disk arra y SXSB 007 fcp al0 (sad m12): tim eout on targe t <t > lu n <l> CDB ... .F C 0 00 01 8 0 00 ALER T 0007 b790: fc _se nd_f cp: FC P_AB ORT ... 000 7b79 0: res ponse : erro r = 0x03, vendo r = 0x16, exp[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 539 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message complex es 9.3.2 Timeout on the MTC drives SXSB 007 ads l1 ( sadm <n>): tim eout on targe t <t > lu n <l> CDB ... . ALER T or SXS B007 adsl 2 (sadm< n+1 >): ti meou t on ta rget <t> lun <l> CDB .. .. ALER T follo wed b y WAR NING : (adsl ,3rd ) Ada[...]

540 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message complexes Explana tion of co nsole mess ages 9.3.3 Failure of RAID systems SXVD 001 vdr v<n> (FA ILOVE R): swit ch 0 :40-> 1:41 SXVD 001 vdr v<n> (FA ILOVE R): swit ch 1 :41-> 0:40 SXVD 002 vdr v<n> (FAIL OVER) : Erro r exit 01 3000 2A E54 EC000 Meaning Both RAI D co ntroller s hav e f ailed. [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 541 Explana tion of co nsole mess ages Message complex es 9.3. 4 F ailo ver a t the R AID sy stem SXSD 018 shd <k>t <ctl >: Ta rget van ishe d or SXSD 015 shd <k>t <ctl >: cmd "Wr ite or Read" @ bl k <numb er> ke y "Not Ready" (0x02 ) asc "Dr ive No t Ready " (0x0 4) asc[...]

542 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Message complexes Explana tion of co nsole mess ages 9.3.5 B us Reset for SCS I Control ler SXC M001 chim 1 (sadm9 ): SC SI-B us res et None SXS B001 chim 1 (sadm9 ): SC SI-B us res et None SXS B005 chim 1 (sadm9 ): RE SETT ING CO NTR OLLE R None Meaning A bus reset was tri ggere d for SCSI control ler 9 (i n this example, c[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 543 10 Wast e disposal and recyc ling Centr icS tor is a product with a long life. The deci sive factors here are not ju st the expansion options but also the q uality . Howe v er dev elopmen t is ongoi ng. Am oun ts of data which can ha rdly be foreseen t oday will hav e to be pr ocesse d in th e futur e. The demand s on s torag[...]

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U41117-J-Z125-7-76 545 11 Contacting the Help De sk The tele phone numbe rs f or the Fujit su Siemen s Compute rs Help D esk can be found at the f ollowing URL: http://www .fujitsu-si emens.com/he lpdesk When you c all, plea se have the ser ial numbe r of your device av ailable.[...]

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U41117-J-Z125-7-76 547 12 Append ix 12.1 I ntegration of CentricStor V3. 1 in SNMP This docum ent des cr ibes how Centr icStor can be monitor ed us ing S NMP . What doe s the syst em admini strator nee d to con figur e on the Centri cStor s ide for this pur p ose, and what can be monito red? An ins talla tion pa ckage is av ailable from F SC sp eci[...]

548 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Integration of CentricS tor V3.1 in S NMP Appendi x 12.1.2 A ctiva ting SNMP on Ce ntricStor 12.1.2.1 Configuring SNMP under CentricStor The Ce ntr icStor s ystem ’ s VLP establishes the co nnection to the ou tside worl d. Cons e- quen tly SN MP on ly needs to be c onfigu red o n this proces sor . If a sta ndby VLP exists [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 549 Appen dix Integration of CentricStor V3 .1 in SNMP 12.1.3 M onitoring CentricStor 12.1.3.1 GXCC as a monitoring tool without SNMP Thi s item i s total ly inde pendent of SNM P and indicate s that GXCC is fun damenta lly an effective monitori ng tool . GXCC a nd XTCC to gether with Tcl/T k must be insta lled from the GUI CD su[...]

550 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Integration of CentricS tor V3.1 in S NMP Appendi x With i t a simpl e state ment can be provided on the o perating conditi on of Cen tr icStor : turquo ise: Cent r icStor is work ing (O K) yellow: Cent r icStor is work ing w ith restr i ctions (degraded, att ention) pink: Cent r icStor is in f ail s tate The “ Global Syst[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 551 Appen dix Integration of CentricStor V3 .1 in SNMP 12.1.3.3 C entricS tor Global S ystem St ate Ever y 300 s econd s the Gl obal S ystem S tate (see the sect ion “ GXC C as a moni t oring t ool without S NMP” on pag e 549 ) of Centr ic Stor is sent v ia a t rap . It is not m eaning ful to wr ite this trap o nto the SNM P [...]

552 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Integration of CentricS tor V3.1 in S NMP Appendi x 12.1.3.6 M onitoring of CentricStor V2 /V3.0 and V3.1 If an SNMP M anagem ent Sta tion i s require d to mon itor a Cen tr icStor V 3.1 and a Centr icS tor V 2/V3.0 simultaneo usly , the following appl ies: On the Man agement Station the GUI CD of Centr icS tor V3. 1 is read[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 553 Appen dix Integration of CentricStor V3 .1 in SNMP 12.1.4.2 I nstallation of th e CA Unicenter extensions for CentricS tor T ools f or addin g and deleting CA Unicen ter e xtensions were stored und er Star t -> Programs -> Fuj itsu Sie mens Computers -> T a pe Contr ol Center -> Se tup thr ough th e install ation [...]

554 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Integration of CentricS tor V3.1 in S NMP Appendi x 12.1.5 W orking with CA Unic enter and CentricStor 12.1.5. 1 Cent ricStor ic on under CA Uni center The following icon was s elec ted for Centri cStor in 3-D for mat: It conta ins th e texts Fujitsu S iemen s and C entr icStor. In th e W or ldView tree you see the Ce ntr ic[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 555 Appen dix Integration of CentricStor V3 .1 in SNMP In 2D f orm at C entri cStor i s repr esente d as follows: The G lobal S ystem State t rap is auto matic ally se t to green , yellow or red. 12.1.5.2 Identifying a CentricStor and assigning the icon After t he add-on s ha ve been activated wi th Add CentricStor to CA Unicente[...]

556 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Integration of CentricS tor V3.1 in S NMP Appendi x 12.1.5. 3 Recei pt and p reparat ion of a Ce ntricS tor trap On re ceipt of Centr icStor traps, messages are outpu t on the E vent Console. The sta ndard traps (e.g. col dStar t) are is sued wit hout special prep aration and appear on the Event Consol e with th e lead text [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 557 Appen dix Integration of CentricStor V3 .1 in SNMP 12.1.5.4 Monitoring CentricStor using ping and MIB-II All ob jects enter ed in CA Unic enter ar e auto matic ally moi tored by means o f ping and MIB-II . This req uires t hat the a gent “ Mib2” wor ks wi th the r ight communi ty . T he admi nist rator mus t make any nece[...]

558 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 E-mail support in CentricStor A ppendix 12.2 E-mail suppo r t in CentricStor 12.2.1 Sendmail configuration send mail is star ted only i f the co nfigurat ion file / etc/mail/ sendmail. cf e xists. This file is not g enerated, but under cer tain condi tions it is modif ied to cor rect err ors. Dur in g inst allati on a sa mpl[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 559 Appen dix E-mail support in CentricStor – In the f ile /etc/n etconfig , the entri es which hav e “ inet” in the 4th co lum n must be comple mented by the entr y “ ,/usr /lib/reso lv.so ” in the last (7th ) colum n. Example Thus (the separat or is the ta bulator!) tcp tpi _cot s_or d v inet tcp /d ev/t cp /usr /lib [...]

560 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 E-mail support in CentricStor A ppendix 12.2.3 C onfiguring the e-mail template The co nfigurable data of the e-mai l can be set in e-mail -form at-spec ific config uration files. The c onfigu ration file must be c reat ed by copying a sampl e fil e and the n be ad apted to the con dition s. If a custo mer-s pecifi c confi g[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 561 Appen dix E-mail support in CentricStor The no r mal pr ocedure is f or an e- mail to be se nt star ting with the error weig ht ERROR. In the cas e of th e error weights NO TICE and WARNING, only ver y fe w , spe cially select ed messa ges are offered f or e-mai l dispat ch, for e xample S XPL02 7 ( page 476 ), SXPL049 ( page[...]

562 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 T ra nsferring volumes Appendi x 12.3 T r ansferring volumes 12.3.1 Intr oduction A transfer enables L Vs to be expor te d from a Centr i cStor sy stem an d impor ted into a nother Centr icS tor . For the e xpor t these L Vs ar e tempo raril y copi ed into the sp ecial L V grou p TR-L V G using “plmcmd trans … ” com ma[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 563 Appen dix Transfe rring volu mes 12.3.2 Expor t pr ocedure 1. Co p ying L Vs Figure 36: Cop ying an L V to TR-PV G With the ai d of the transfer-out com mand (see the sec tio n “T ransfer-out” o n page 56 6 ), the PLM c reat es an additiona l copy of the L Vs se lecte d for e xpor t in a spec ial tra nsf er L VG, theTR-L [...]

564 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 T ra nsferring volumes Appendi x The transfer volume groups T R-L V G and TR -PV G are now ready f or ano ther trans f er . 3. Re moving PVs from a l ibrar y The P Vs de ter mine d a bov e can now be physically r emoved from t he li brar y u sing a DAS or ACSLS command (se e the sec tion “ Librar y comm ands” o n pa ge 5[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 565 Appen dix Transfe rring volu mes 12.3.4 Special fe atures of the PV G TR-PV G ● PVs in the unknown status cann ot be de leted u sing plmi f conf -e ... . ● No reor ganizati on takes plac e, neither can it b e init iated u sing a command . ● Limits: PV_SCR ATCH_SOFT _MIN : not ob serv ed PV_SCR ATCH_HARD _MIN : 2 PV_SCR [...]

566 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 T ra nsferring volumes Appendi x 12.3.5 Additional command line inter fac e (C LI) 12.3.5.1 T rans fer -out A transfer-ou t is in itiat ed usi ng this c omm and. – The PL M cau ses L Vs whic h are lo ca ted in nor ma l L V Gs to be c opied to the spec ial L VG TR-L V G. The L Vs ar e not moved, which me ans th at the or ig[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 567 Appen dix Transfe rring volu mes Example of an outpu t when n o tr ansf er-o ut is active AZUR -VLP0 # plmi f quer y -g pos LV -Group PV Group1 P VGroup2 LVs p ending jo bs recov er jobs 1 A P16 ====== 10010 0 0 2 BASE BASE ====== 0 0 0 3 C P19 ====== 10000 0 0 4 D ====== ====== 0 0 0 5 TR-LVG TR-PVG ====== 0 0 0 6 ksp ======[...]

568 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 T ra nsferring volumes Appendi x Example of an outpu t aft er term inatio n of the t r ansfer -o ut AZUR -VLP0 # plmi f quer y -g pos LV-G roup PVG roup 1 PV Grou p2 LVs p endi ng j obs reco ver jobs 1 A P16 == ==== 10010 0 0 2 BASE BAS E == ==== 0 0 0 3 C P19 == ==== 10000 0 0 4 D ==== == ====== 0 0 0 5 TR-L VG TR- PVG == =[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 569 Appen dix Transfe rring volu mes If the VL M does no t kn ow the L V , no re store comman d is issu ed to the PL M f or the pur pose of actual ly read ing in th e L V . T he PLM therefore waits f or an unlimi ted time, and n o progress can be reco gnized when you que r y the jobs ( plmif query -j -G TR-PV G ). Y ou can then e[...]

570 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 T ra nsferring volumes Appendi x 12.3.5.4 R emoving an L V from a tran sfer list This command ena bles an L V to be removed from the list of L Vs to be transferred. If it has alrea dy bee n transferred, the co mmand is reje cted. If no L V is sp ecified, the enti re trans f er-out is abor ted. Exis ting s av e requests ar e [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 571 Appen dix Transfe rring volu mes 12.3.7 Library commands 12.3.7.1 A DIC librar y with DAS serve r Fur ther infor matio n is provided in the D AS manual. 12.3.7. 2 Storag eT e k Librar y wit h A CSLS s erv er Fur ther infor matio n is p rovided in the ACSLS manuals. 12.3.7.3 Fujitsu Library with LMF server (PLP) Fur ther infor[...]

572 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Licenses A ppendi x 12.4 Licenses All l icenses de aled wi th the O pen Sou rce Soft ware in Cen tr icStor ar e listed below . 12.4.1 Xpdf, gzip GNU GENERAL PU BLIC LICENSE V e rsion 2 , June 1991 Copyright (C) 1989 , 1991 Free Software Foundation, In c. 59 T em ple P lace - Sui te 330, Bosto n, MA 0211 1-1307, US A. Everyon[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 573 Appen dix Licens es Also , f or eac h author's protecti on and ours, we want to ma ke cer ta in that ev er yone under - stands that there is no warranty f or this free software. If the software is modified by someo ne else a nd pas sed on, we want its rec ipients to know that what they have is not the orig inal, so that [...]

574 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Licenses A ppendi x b) Y ou must cau se any wor k that you d istr ibute or publish, that in whole or in par t con- tains or is der ived from the Program or any par t thereo f , to be lic ensed as a wh ole at no cha rge to all th ird par ties und er the ter ms o f this Lic ense. c) If the modified pr ogram nor mally reads c o[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 575 Appen dix Licens es The so urce code for a wor k mean s the preferred form of the work for makin g modifi ca- tions to i t. F or an ex ecutable work , comp lete so urce code m eans al l the so urce code for all modu les it con tains, plus any associ ated inter face definition fil es, plus the scr ipts used to c ontr ol compi [...]

576 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Licenses A ppendi x It is no t the pur pose of this se ction to indu ce you to infr inge any patent s or other pr o- per ty right claims or to c ontest validity of any such claims; thi s sectio n has the s ole pur- pose of protec ting t he integr ity of the free software d istr ibution sy stem, whi ch is imple- mente d by pu[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 577 Appen dix Licens es PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGR AM IS WITH Y OU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PR O VE DEFECT IVE, Y OU ASS UME TH E COS T OF ALL NEC ESS AR Y SER VICING, REP AIR OR COR RECTION. 12. IN NO EV ENT UN LESS REQU IRED BY A PPLIC ABLE LA W OR A GR EED T O IN WRI - TING WILL ANY COPYRI GHT HOLDER, OR A NY O THER P ART Y WHO MA Y [...]

578 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Licenses A ppendi x If the program is int eractive, make it output a s hor t not ice like this wh en it s tar ts in an in ter- active mode: Gnomovis ion version 69, Copyrig ht (C) 19yy name of aut hor Gn omovision come s with ABSOLUTE L Y NO W ARRANTY ; f or detai ls type `show w'. This is free sof tware, and y ou are w[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 579 Appen dix Licens es 12.4.2 Firebir d INTERBASE PUB LIC LICENS E V e rsion 1 .0 1. De fi ni tio ns . 1.0. 1. “ Commercial Use ” means di str ibution or otherw ise maki ng the Covered Code av ai- lable to a t hird par ty . 1.1 . “Contrib utor ” means ea ch entity that cre ates or con tr ibutes to the c reation o f Mo- d[...]

580 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Licenses A ppendi x 1.10 .1. “ Pa t e n t C l a i m s ” mean s any pate nt cla im(s), now owne d or her eafter ac quired, i n- cluding without limit ation, m ethod, pro cess, and apparatus c laims, in any pate nt Li- censable by grantor . 1.11. “ Source Code ” means the preferred form of the Covered Code for making m[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 581 Appen dix Licens es 2.2 . Contributor Gr ant. Subjec t to thir d par ty inte llect ual prop er ty claims, each Cont ributor her eby grants Y ou a world- wide, roy alty-fre e, nonexclusive license (a) under intelle ctual pr oper ty r ights (o ther t han pate nt or trade mark ) Lice nsable by Contr ibutor , to use, repr oduce, [...]

582 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Licenses A ppendi x via Electr onic Dist ri bution Mechani sm, must rem ain av ailable f or at least twelve (12) months afte r the date it initi ally becam e av ailable, or at least six (6 ) months af ter a subsequ ent version of that par ti cula r Modifi catio n has been m ade av ailable to suc h recipien ts. Y ou are res p[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 583 Appen dix Licens es 3.5 . Required Notices. Y ou must duplic ate the n otice in E xhib it A in each file of the So urce Code. If it is not possible to put suc h notic e in a par ticula r So urce Code fi le du e to i ts st r uctur e, then Y ou must inclu de such n otice in a locati on (suc h as a relev ant dire ctor y) where a[...]

584 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Licenses A ppendi x 4. Inability t o Comply Due to Statute or Re gulation. If it is impos sible f or Y ou to comply with any of the ter m s of this Lic ense with respect to some or a ll of the Covered Code due to sta tute, judic ial order , or regulati on then Y ou must: (a) compl y with the t er ms of th is Lic ense to the [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 585 Appen dix Licens es 6.4 O rigin of the Interb ase Public License . The Inte rbase pu blic licens e is bas ed on t he Moz illa Pu blic Licens e V 1.1 with the following change s: 1. The l icense is pu b lished by Borl and So ftware Cor poration. On ly Bor la nd Soft- ware Cor poratio n can m odify the ter ms appl icable to Cov[...]

586 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Licenses A ppendi x 8.2. If Y ou init iate li tigation by asser ting a pa tent inf r ingeme nt cla im (excludin g declato r y judgm ent actio ns) again st Initia l Dev eloper or a Co ntri butor (the Ini tial Dev e loper or Contr ibutor agains t whom Y ou file s uch acti on is ref erred to as “Par tici pant”) a lleging th[...]

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U41117-J-Z125-7-76 609 Glossary A utoVLP failo v er function As the VLP Mas ter pla y s a cen tral role in the C entr icS tor sy stem, failure of the VLP Maste r also ca uses the entire s ystem to f ail. T o prev ent this, a st andby Standby VLP ( SVLP ) can be int egrated into the syst em as a backup compute r . T his SVLP is inactive e xcept for [...]

610 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Glossa ry Distribute and Activate ➟ DNA Distributed T ape V olume File Syst em ➟ DTVFS DNA The Dist ri b ut e a nd A ctiv ate (DNA) func tion must be inv oked in GXCC e v er y tim e a change is mad e to the confi guratio n of the Centr icSto r syst em. Th is ensu res t hat the new configurati on is di str ibuted to and a[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 611 Glossa ry The FC Lay er Model h as 5 lay ers whic h have the f ollowing names : – FC-0 (Ph ysical La y er) – FC-1 ( Data Li nk Lay er , coding /decod ing the sign als to be t ransf erre d) – FC-2 ( Network Lay er , flow cont rol, ser vice class es) – FC-3 ( Common Ser vices Lay er , e.g . multicas t, str iping ) – F[...]

612 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Glossa ry Header At the s tar t of each physical tape wr itte n by Centr icStor there is an 80- byte header foll owe d by a Ta p e m a r k . ICP In th e Cent ric Stor sys tem t he ICP is the inte rf ace to the h ost sy stems con nected . Th ese are co nnecte d usi ng ESCON , FICON or FCP . The ICP ’ s pr incipa l task is t[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 613 Glossa ry VLP ISP which has neithe r a host no r a device por t. Some c entral man agemen t proc esse s, in p ar tic ula r VLM und PLM , run on this ISP . A Centr i cStor syste m can contain t wo VLP -ISPs. The c entral m anagem ent pr ocesse s then o nly r un on one of these, the VLP Mas ter . The other , the Standby VLP ( S[...]

614 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Glossa ry Mess age Manag er ➟ MSGMG R MSGMG R Exists o nce i n Centr icS tor . Filters an d sav es the IS Ps’ sy stem m essages and i mple- ments pr edefi ned me asures ( e.g. ser vi ce call , sen ds SMS, etc.). T he MS GMGR i s also respon sible for f orwarding the syst em mes sages to the us er in terface. PERFLOG Exis[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 615 Glossa ry Redundant Arra y o f Independent Dis ks ➟ RAID system Reorgani sation Depen ding on the co nfigura tion pa ramters, th e logica l volumes ( LV s) s av ed on the ph ysi cal v olu mes ( PV s) are aut omat ically copi ed onto ot her physical volumes ( PV s) of the same physical volume group ( PV G ). This is d one fo[...]

616 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Glossa ry Syst em Ad mini stra tor Edit io n ➟ SA E T ape File S ystem ➟ TFS Ta p e m a r k A tapemark identi fies t he end o f a head er or l ogica l volume ( LV ) on a ph ysica l ta pe . T ape V olume Cache ➟ TVC TFS In Centr icS tor V3. 1D a T ape F ile System (TFS ) is a f ile sy stem of th e typ e dt vfs ( DTVFS )[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 617 Glossa ry VLP M ast er The V LP Mas ter is an IS P of the type VLP in which the cent ral man agement proc esses, such a s VLM and PL M, are ac tive . VLP is som etimes us ed as a s ynonym f or VLP Maste r . VLS The tap e archi v es emulate d in Centr icS tor are ref erred to a s V irtual Lib r ary Serv ices (VLS). Depen ding [...]

618 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Glossa ry VTC VTC is b oth an IS P type and the na me o f the smal lest Cent ricS tor m odel, wh ich consi sts of pr ecisel y one ISP of this typ e. Like an ICP_IDP i t comb ines the attr ibutes of an IC P , IDP and VLP . In contrast to the ICP_IDP i t is equi pped with a dditi onal boar ds. These b oards a nd an i nter nal [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 619 Figu res Figure 1: Conv entional host rob ot system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Figure 2: Host ro bot system with Cen tr icStor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Figure 3: Exampl e of a C entri cStor con figuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

620 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Figures Figure 23: Examp le of a Centr icStor mirror sy stem with 3 RAID mir ror pairs . . . . . . . . 57 Figure 24: Pr imar y and secon dar y cac hes in a RAID mi rror pai r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Figure 25: Pres entation o f the mi rror func tion in G XCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Fig[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 621 Abbreviation s Abbreviation Long f orm Explanation 3490 E 36-T rac k Dr ive from IBM 3490 F 36-T rac k Dr ive from IBM = B eri no , successor of 349 0E 3590 128- T rack Drive from IBM = M agstar , = SNI 35 91 3590 E 256-T rac k Dr ive from IBM = succes sor of Magsta r 3592 512- T rack Drive (=Jagu- ar) from IBM Succ esso r to[...]

622 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Abbrev iations CSV Comma Sepa rated Va l u e s CSW Console Switc h CTL Control, T arget, LU N Rel ates to SCSI de vice CU Control Uni t DA S Di str ibuted AML Ser v er Inter face to control AML Ro bots (Ope n Syst ems) DA S D Direct Acces s Storage De vice In CS s ystem usually the TV C DLD SW 0 Dual-L abeled , Dual- Sided, [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 623 Abbreviations FW Fir mwa re GXCC Globa l Ext ended Control Cen ter Use r interface f or Centr i cStor i nclu ding ad mi- nistrati on, se r vic e and m onitor ing in Centr icStor V3.x GXTCC Globa l Ext ended T a pe Control Cen ter Use r interface f or Centr i cStor i nclu ding ad mi- nistration , ser vice and m onitor ing in C[...]

624 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Abbrev iations MCP Master Con trol Proces s MD Moun t Daemon MIB Managem ent Inf or mat ion B ase MIM Media Infor mation Mess age Mes sage for a defectiv e car trid ge, only 3590 - x/3592 MBK Magnetbandk assette (Ger ma n) Magn etic tape car tr idge MM Multi Mod e MSGMG R Message M anager One i nstanc e in Centr i cStor . Fi[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 625 Abbreviations RAI D Redundan t Arra y of Indep endent (Ine xpensiv e ) Disks RMT Remote Moni tor ing and Admini stration Centr icS tor expansion f or whic h a l icense i s requ ired ROBA R Ro bot Ar chive R OBAR- SW allows B S2000 to talk to an AML /x tape roboter RPL M Recov er y PLM SAE System Admin istr ato r Editi on SAE [...]

626 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Abbrev iations TVC T ape V o lume Ca che File syst em on R AID sy stem(s ) which con- tain (s) the L Vs in t he form of file s. The ISPs acce ss diff erent L Vs at th e same tim e . UFS Unix File System UPS Uninterr uptable P ow er Suppl y VA C S Vir tual A C SLS E mulates an ACSLS to th e host. VA M U Vir tual AML Mana geme[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 627 Related pu b lication s The ma nuals ar e av ailable as o nline manuals, see http://m anuals.fuji tsu-si emens.com , or in pr int ed form w hich mus t be pai d and o rdered s eparate ly at http:/ /FSC-ma nualsho p .com . [1] SINIX -200 0 V8.0/V8. 1/V8.5 Installation, Operation and Administration User Gui d e Ta r g e t g r o [...]

628 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Related publications [3] RO BAR 3 .0 B (BS200 0/OSD , S INIX) T ape Car tridg e Archiving S ystem User Gui de T a r get gr oup Comp uter cent ers wor kin g with th e ABBA robot syst em (CC sta ff, in par ticular sy stem admini strators and arc hivers), ROBAR use rs Conte nts The ma nual des cri bes th e ROBAR software produ [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 629 Inde x 3490 e mulation function menu 38 5 global fu nction s 390 object i nformation 384 Show Error Log 389 Show Error /T ran sfer Statistic s 386 Show P ath T race 38 8 Show Shor t T race 387 3595-RMT 91 A Absolu te Min. PV G 286 Account Da emon 43 7 A CCOUNTD functions 437 object i nformation 437 account ing 59 Accountin g [...]

630 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Index B Balloon Help 24 2 Balloon Help S ummar y Emulations 24 3 Ph ys ical De vice s 244 Ph ysical Li br ary Proce sses 244 Vir tual L ibrar y Proc esse s 243 BASE logical volume group 174 ph y sic al v olu me g ro up 181 basic har dware 234 bloc k diagram GXCC 126 XTCC 352 bl oc k si ze 28 button bar 123 C CA Unicenter 552[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 631 Index D DA S 50 DA S s e r v e r 57 1 data PVG show 285 show all 284 Delete snapsho ts 200 diagnos tic da ta 197 direct or y 36 Dir ty Li mit 178 disa ster 476 recover y 283 Down/Up Sequence 399 dri v es b loc k si zes 28 clean ing 81 Dual Sav e 50 , 71 Dual Sav e Dir ty Limit 17 8 E e-mail suppo r t 558 EMT A PE 48 emulation[...]

632 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Index flashin g dis play activation on t he modu le 399 free pool 63 fscC entr icS tor 555 Fuji tsu Libr ar y 571 Fujitsu ro bot 50 function bar file viewer 360 Global Sta tus 23 9 GXCC 143 XTCC 330 function s A CCOUNTD 437 archive systems (SCSI) 41 9 ISP 135 G German 15 0 German Help Options X TCC 337 Get Remo te / Ex pand [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 633 Index H hard di sk status i nformat ion 37 6 Hard Min. PV G 286 hardware arc hitectur e 26 hardware comp onents 26 , 234 Hardware Su mmar y 234 Help file viewer 366 GXCC 232 XTCC 348 Help Desk 54 5 Highlig ht file viewer 363 Highlight Down / Up file viewer 364 hist or y Pri nt 299 histor y data 257 host con nections depictio [...]

634 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Index tcpd 596 tk 608 XML 590 Xpdf 572 Link Down/Up Sequ ence 399 Link/Unl ink V olu me Grou ps 22 1 LMF 50 LMF se r ver (PLP ) 571 Logical Dri ves control compo nen t 88 see als o Vir tual Dr ives Show 268 Logical V olume G roup(s) configurat ion 173 Show 273 Logical V olume(s ) Add 21 1 Erase 213 Sh ow (P L M V i ew) 271 S[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 635 Index VLP 126 VLS 405 VMD 40 7 VTD VTD em ula tio n 399 object- specifi c fun ctions XTCC 355 Obser ve mode 90 Open ( T e xt)/Open (Hex) file viewer 361 openssh 59 7 openssl 604 operating data 257 optio nal functi ons 196 Options 336 GXCC 150 XTCC 336 Options S ettings GXCC 150 XTCC 336 P par titioning 44 par titioning on the[...]

636 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Index R RAID cont roller functions 137 GXCC inf ormation 136 RAID cont roller (inter nal ) status i nformat ion 37 8 RAID cont roller s inter nal 234 RAID Filesy stems configurat ion 171 RAID sy stem monitor ing pr ocess 439 RAID sy stem s 234 depictio n 130 function menu 41 4 inform ation 411 Show Mode Page Details 415 read[...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 637 Index Sho w Balloon Hel p Summar y 242 Cache Status 408 Complete RA ID Stat us 414 Configu ration Data 373 CS C on fig ur ati on 197 Current Aspec t GXCC 151 Details (ISP) 13 5 Dump (pr kdum p) 383 Error Lo g 3490 e mulation 389 Error/ T ransfer Stati stics 3 490 emula tion 38 6 Jobs of L ogica l V olum e Group s 275 Logical [...]

638 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Index GXCC via XVis ion 108 Obser v e mode 97 problems 115 Us er mo de 97 XTCC 135 star t parameters 96 star ting GXC C cons ole 102 star ting from X s er ver GXCC 102 stat us in f ormati on GXCC 133 Stop A utoscan GX CC 152 A utoscan XT CC 338 StorageT ek Librar y 57 1 StorageT ek system s 50 stream er status i nformat ion [...]

U41117-J-Z125-7-76 639 Index vir tual dr ive error co nditio ns in dicat ed o n display 39 2 function menu 39 4 inform ation 393 informati on and e rror m essages 391 represent ation i n Gl obal Statu s Moni tor 251 SCSI s ense 395 Show Mediu m Info (MIM) 396 Show Ser vice Info (SIM) 397 SIM/MI M error messages 393 vir tual dr ives display 392 obje[...]

640 U41117-J-Z125-7- 76 Index Option s 336 Options Setti ngs 336 Pri nt 332 profile 344 Readme 348 Show Remote File 342 star t 135 status ba r 328 title b ar 328 T oggle A spect 33 7 T oggle S ize 337 T ools 341 Unit 335 XUS Me ssag e Update/R e v er t T o ol 159 XVis ion setting 108[...]