HP XP7 Storage User Manual
Hp xp7 raid manager user guide
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- HP XP7 RAID Manager User Guide
- Contents
- 1 Overview
- About RAID Manager
- RAID Manager functions
- RAID Manager functions matrix
- Provisioning function
- Asynchronous command processing
- Command execution modes
- Precheck function
- Command execution by the out-of-band method
- User authentication
- LDEV nickname function
- LDEV grouping function
- Resource group function
- Resource locking function
- In-system replication
- Remote replication
- Data protection
- 2 RAID Manager software environment
- Overview of the RAID Manager software environment
- RAID Manager components on the RAID storage system
- RAID Manager instance components on the host server
- RAID Manager software files
- RAID Manager log and trace files
- User-created files
- User environment variable
- 3 RAID Manager functions on the P9500 and XP7 Storage
- Command execution using in-band and out-of-band methods
- Connecting to RAID Manager server already connected by In-Band method using Out-of-Band method
- User authentication
- Command operation authority and user authentication
- Relation between resource groups and command operations
- Resource lock function
- Command execution modes
- Resource location and parameter
- LDEV grouping function
- Pair operations with mainframe volumes
- multi-array virtualization function (XP7 only)
- System configuration example with the multi-array virtualization function
- Using RAID Manager in a system configuration with the multi-array virtualization function
- Specifying a virtual storage machine by HORCM_VCMD
- Specifying a virtual storage machine by command options
- Configuration definition file settings when specifying a virtual storage machine by command options
- Example of the configuration definition files when specifying a virtual storage machine by command options
- Commands to the virtual storage machine
- Operation target when you specify the virtual storage machine by the raidcom command
- 4 Starting up RAID Manager
- 5 Provisioning operations with RAID Manager
- About provisioning operations
- Available provisioning operations
- Available provisioning operation (specifying device group)
- Common operations when executing provisioning operations
- Resource group operations
- Internal volume operations
- Virtual volume (Thin Provisioning) operations
- Virtual volume (Thin Provisioning for Mainframe) operations
- Virtual volume (Smart Tiers) operations
- External volume operations
- Cache Partition operations
- Performance Control operations
- State transitions of Performance Control
- Controlling server performance
- Checking WWN of host bus adapters
- Setting the priority on host bus adapter
- Checking the status of the prioritized WWN and the non-prioritized WWN settings
- Setting PFC name for host bus adapter
- Grouping multiple host bus adapters into one group
- Checking the traffic of the prioritized WWN and the non-prioritized WWN
- Stopping performance control of server by using PFC function
- Caution about exclusive access control with Remote Web Console
- Deleting WWN from the PFC targets with PFC name or PFC group name
- Resource group function and restrictions when running Performance Control
- Virtual storage machine operations
- 6 Data replication operations with RAID Manager
- About data replication operations
- Features of paired volumes
- Using RAID Manager with Business Copy and Continuous Access Synchronous
- Business Copy operations
- Continuous Access Synchronous operations
- Continuous Access Synchronous, Business Copy, and Continuous Access Journal operations
- Continuous Access Synchronous/Business Copy volumes
- Continuous Access Synchronous/Business Copy/Continuous Access Journal pair status
- Continuous Access Asynchronous, Continuous Access Synchronous, and Continuous Access Journal volumes
- Continuous Access Synchronous/Continuous Access Asynchronous and Continuous Access Journal fence level settings
- Snapshot operations
- Controlling Auto LUN
- Continuous Access Journal MxN configuration and control
- Remote volume discovery
- 7 Data protection operations with RAID Manager
- Data protection operations
- Protection parameters and operations
- Data Protection facility
- Data Protection Facility specifications
- Examples for configuration and protected volumes
- The operation authority with CMD security enabled
- Target commands for protection
- Permission command
- New options for security
- Permitting protected volumes
- Environment variables
- Determining the protection mode command device
- 8 Examples of using RAID Manager commands
- 9 Troubleshooting
- 10 Support and other resources
- Glossary
- Index