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
    • Command device
      • Command device guarding
      • Alternate command device function
      • Define the remote command device
    • RAID Manager and the SCSI command interface
      • Command competition
      • Command flow
      • Issuing commands for LDEVs within a LUSE device
  • RAID Manager instance components on the host server
    • HORCM operational environment
    • RAID Manager instance configurations
    • Host machines that can be paired
    • Configuration definition file
      • Overview
      • Configuration definition file settings
    • Configuration definition for cascading volume pairs
      • Configuration file and mirror descriptors
      • Cascading connection and configuration files
      • Business Copy
      • Cascading connections for Continuous Access Synchronous and Business Copy
  • RAID Manager software files
    • RAID Manager files supplied with the software
      • RAID Manager files for UNIX-based systems
      • RAID Manager files for Windows-based systems
      • RAID Manager files for OpenVMS-based systems
  • RAID Manager log and trace files
    • RAID Manager log files
    • RAID Manager trace files
    • RAID Manager trace control command
    • Command logging for audit
      • Logging other than raidcom command
      • Logging raidcom command
  • 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
    • Controlling User Role
    • Controlling user resources
    • Commands executed depending on operation authorities
  • Relation between resource groups and command operations
  • Resource lock function
  • Command execution modes
    • Overview
    • Context check
      • How to check
      • Details of check contents
    • Configuration check
  • Resource location and parameter
    • MP blade location and parameter
  • LDEV grouping function
    • Overview
    • Device group definition methods
    • Read operations and command device settings
    • Define device group
      • Device group creation
      • LDEV addition to device group
      • LDEV deletion from device group
      • Device group deletion
    • Copy group function
      • Copy group creation
      • LDEV addition to a copy group
      • LDEV deletion from copy group
      • Copy group deletion
      • Pair operation by specifying a copy group
  • Pair operations with mainframe volumes
    • Using "dummy" LUs for mainframe LDEVs
    • Pair status and access permission for mainframe LDEVs
    • Operational differences for multiplatform volumes
    • Operational differences for replication commands
  • 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
      • Configuration definition file settings when specifying a virtual storage machine by HORCM_VCMD
      • Example of the configuration definition files when 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
  • Starting up on UNIX systems
  • Starting up on Windows systems
  • Starting up on OpenVMS systems
  • Starting RAID Manager as a service (Windows systems)
• 5 Provisioning operations with RAID Manager
  • About provisioning operations
    • Overview of the configuration setting command
      • Synchronous command processing
      • Asynchronous command processing
      • Asynchronous commands
    • Help on configuration setting commands
    • LDEV nickname function
  • Available provisioning operations
  • Available provisioning operation (specifying device group)
    • Summary
    • Operation method
  • Common operations when executing provisioning operations
  • Resource group operations
    • Creating resource groups
    • Deleting resource groups
    • Allocating resources that are allocated to resource groups to other resource groups
    • Execution example
  • Internal volume operations
    • Creating internal volumes (open-systems)
    • Script examples (open systems)
    • Creating internal volumes (Mainframe volume)
      • Script examples
    • Script examples
  • Virtual volume (Thin Provisioning) operations
    • Creating virtual volumes (Thin Provisioning)
  • Virtual volume (Thin Provisioning for Mainframe) operations
    • Creating virtual volumes (Thin Provisioning for Mainframe)
    • Script examples
  • Virtual volume (Smart Tiers) operations
    • Operational flow
    • Creating virtual volumes (Smart Tiers)
    • Script examples
  • External volume operations
    • Creating external volumes
    • Script Examples
  • Cache Partition operations
    • Performing Cache Partition operations
    • Displaying CLPR information
    • Migrating parity groups in a CLPR
      • Displaying parity group information
      • Moving parity groups
      • Checking result of CLPR transfer
  • 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
    • Creating host groups in a virtual storage machine
    • Adding LDEVs to a virtual storage machine
    • Removing the virtual storage machine
• 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
    • Business Copy duplicated mirroring
    • Business Copy cascading pairs
      • Restrictions for Business Copy cascading volumes
      • Restriction for Continuous Access Synchronous/Business Copy cascading volumes
  • Continuous Access Synchronous operations
    • Continuous Access Synchronous takeover commands
      • The Takeover-switch function
      • Swap-takeover function
      • SVOL-takeover function
      • PVOL-takeover function
    • Continuous Access Synchronous remote commands
    • Continuous Access Synchronous local commands
  • 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
      • Sidefile cache for Continuous Access Asynchronous
      • Continuous Access Asynchronous transition states and sidefile control
      • Continuous Access Asynchronous/Continuous Access Journal error state
    • Continuous Access Synchronous/Continuous Access Asynchronous and Continuous Access Journal fence level settings
      • Setting the fence level
  • Snapshot operations
    • Snapshot volumes
    • Creating a Snapshot pair
    • Snapshot pair status
    • Pair status relationship to Snapshot commands
  • Controlling Auto LUN
    • Specifications for Auto LUN
    • Commands to control Auto LUN
    • Relations between "cc" command issues and status
    • Restrictions for Auto LUN
  • Continuous Access Journal MxN configuration and control
    • Overview
    • Policy
    • horcm.conf
    • Command specifications
      • pairdisplay command
      • pairsplit command
    • Notice on system operation
    • Configuration examples
  • Remote volume discovery
    • Discovering a remote volume
• 7 Data protection operations with RAID Manager
  • Data protection operations
    • Data Retention
      • Restrictions on Data Retention volumes
    • Database Validator
      • Restrictions on Database Validator
  • 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
      • raidscan -find inst
      • raidscan -find verify [MU#]
      • raidscan -f[d]
      • pairdisplay -f[d]
    • Permitting protected volumes
      • With a $HORCMPERM file
      • Without a $HORCMPERM file: Commands to run on different operating systems
    • Environment variables
      • $HORCMPROMOD
      • $HORCMPERM
    • Determining the protection mode command device
• 8 Examples of using RAID Manager commands
  • Group version control for mixed storage system configurations
  • LDM volume discovery and flushing for Windows
    • Volume discovery function
    • Mountvol attached to Windows 2000/2003/2008/2012 systems
    • System buffer flushing function
  • Special facilities for Windows systems
    • Signature changing facility for Windows systems
    • GPT disk for Windows
    • Directory mount facility for Windows systems
  • Host group control
    • Specifying a host group
    • Commands and options including a host group
  • Using RAID Manager SLPR security
    • Specifying the SLPR Protection Facility
    • SLPR configuration examples
• 9 Troubleshooting
  • General troubleshooting
  • Operational notes and restrictions for RAID Manager operations
  • Error messages and error codes
    • System log messages
    • Command error messages
    • Generic error codes (horctakeover and pair commands)
    • Generic error codes (raidscan, raidqry, raidar, horcctl)
    • Specific error codes
    • SSB codes
      • SSB codes returned by the replication commands
      • SSB codes returned by the configuration setting command (raidcom)
  • Calling the HP Support Center
• 10 Support and other resources
  • Contacting HP
    • Subscription service
    • Documentation feedback
  • Related information
    • HP websites
  • Conventions for storage capacity values
  • Typographic conventions
• Glossary
• Index