Document Outline

• HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Manager user guide
• Table of Contents
• About this guide
  • Intended audience
  • Related documentation
  • Document conventions and symbols
  • Rack stability
  • HP technical support
  • Customer self repair
  • Product warranties
  • Subscription service
  • HP websites
  • Documentation feedback
• 1 Getting started
  • Launching the VSM client
    • Changing your password
    • Reconnecting to a VSM server
    • Exiting the VSM client
  • Using the VSM client interface
    • Using the navigation tree
    • Using the display area
      • Changing the number of objects per page
      • Sorting objects in the list
      • Customizing a list
    • Performing operations
    • Refreshing the display
    • Entering comments
    • Printing and saving
  • Customizing the user interface
    • Configuring data presentation
    • Configuring the VSM client appearance
  • Setting the configuration parameters
  • Managing VSM server IP addresses
• 2 Allowed operations
• 3 Working with SVSP domains
  • Viewing the SVSP domains list
  • Viewing SVSP domain information
    • Domain information—VSM tab
    • Domain information—Security tab
    • Domain information—Summary tab
    • Domain information—Remote Pool tab
    • Domain information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Deleting SVSP domains
• 4 Working with VSM servers
  • Viewing the VSM server list per domain
  • Viewing VSM server information
    • VSM server information—DM Task tab
    • VSM server information—DM Source tab
    • VSM server information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Deleting VSM servers
• 5 Working with back-end LUs
  • Viewing the Back-End LUs list
  • Viewing back-end LU information
    • Back-end LU information—Storage Pool tab
    • Back–end LU information—Stripe Set tab
    • Back-end LU information—Virtual Disk tab
    • Back-end LU information—Back-End LU Segment tab
    • Back-end LU information—Access Path tab
    • Back-end LU information—Security tab
    • Back-end LU information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Rescanning the SAN for back-end LUs
  • Import back-end LU data to a VSM virtual disk
    • Reversing Import-in-Place (performing Export-in-Place)
    • Resuming Import-in-Place
  • Performing a failback
  • Refreshing access paths
  • Renaming back-end LUs
• 6 Working with stripe sets
  • Viewing the stripe sets list
  • Viewing stripe set information
    • Stripe set information—Back-End LU tab
    • Stripe set information—Storage Pool tab
    • Stripe set information—Virtual Disk tab
    • Stripe set information—Stripe set Segment tab
    • Stripe set information—Security tab
    • Stripe set information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Creating stripe sets
  • Adding back-end LUs to stripe sets
    • Adding a back-end LU to a stripe set by selecting the back-end LU
    • Adding back-end LUs to a stripe set by selecting the stripe set
  • Removing back-end LUs from stripe sets
    • Removing a back-end LU from a stripe set by selecting the back-end LU
    • Removing back-End LUs from a stripe set by selecting the stripe set
  • Adding stripe sets to storage pools
  • Removing stripe sets from storage pools
  • Deleting stripe sets
• 7 Working with storage pools
  • Viewing the storage pools list
  • Viewing storage pool information
    • Storage pool information—Back-End tab
    • Storage pool information—Virtual Disk tab
    • Storage pool information—Storage Pool Segment tab
    • Storage pool information—Security tab
    • Storage pool information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Creating storage pools
  • Expanding storage pools
  • Shrinking storage pools
  • Changing storage pool free capacity alert threshold
  • Deleting storage pools
• 8 Working with virtual disks
  • Viewing the virtual disks list
  • Viewing virtual disk information
    • Virtual disk information—Storage Pool tab
    • Virtual disk information—PiT tab
    • Virtual disk information—Host Presentation tab
    • Virtual disk information—Data Path Module/VSM tab
    • Virtual disk information—Virtual Disk Segment tab
    • Virtual disk information—User Quota tab
    • Virtual disk information—Security tab
    • Virtual disk information—Virtual Disk Copy tab
    • Virtual disk information—Hierarchy tab
    • Virtual disk information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Creating virtual disks
  • Renaming virtual disks
  • Expanding virtual disks
  • Managing virtual disk permissions
    • Adding host permission
    • Changing host permission
    • Removing host permission
    • Changing the virtual disk LUN
  • Managing Data Path Modules
    • Changing the primary and secondary DPM
    • Changing the active DPM
  • Defining virtual disks as clustered
  • Adding applications to virtual disks
    • Adding an application to the applications list
    • Setting application types for virtual disks
  • Deleting virtual disks
• 9 Working with virtual disk groups
  • Viewing the virtual disk group list
  • Viewing VDG information
    • VDG information—Members tab
    • VDG information—PiT tab
    • VDG information—Host Presentation tab
    • VDG information—Data Path Module/VSM tab
    • VDG information—Security tab
    • VDG information—Hierarchy tab
    • VDG information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Creating VDGs
  • Adding members to virtual disk groups
    • Adding a single virtual disk or snapshot to a VDG
    • Adding any combination of members to a VDG
  • Removing members from VDGs
    • Removing a single virtual disk or snapshot from a VDG
    • Removing any combination of members from a VDG
  • Managing VDG permissions
    • Adding host permission to VDGs
    • Changing host permissions
    • Removing host permissions
  • Managing active and primary DPMs for a VDG
    • Changing the primary and secondary DPM for a VDG
    • Changing the active DPM for a VDG
  • Renaming VDGs
  • Configuring VDG cluster support
  • Deleting VDGs
• 10 Working with hosts
  • Supported operating systems and personalities
  • Viewing the hosts list
  • Viewing host information
    • Host information—HBA tab
    • Host information—Host Presentation tab
    • Host information—Personalities tab
    • Host information—Security tab
    • Host information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Defining hosts
  • Changing the UDH operating system or personality
  • Setting the preferred path
  • Removing the path preference
  • Changing the LUN range
  • Adding and removing host HBAs
  • Managing host online/offline state
  • Deleting hosts
• 11 Managing host bus adapters
  • Viewing the HBAs list
  • Viewing HBA information
    • HBA information—Host tab
    • HBA information—Access Path tab
    • HBA information—Security tab
    • HBA information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Adding HBAs to hosts
    • Adding HBAs to a host by right-clicking the host
    • Adding an HBA to a host by right-clicking the HBA
  • Removing HBAs from hosts
    • Removing an HBA by right-clicking the host
    • Removing an HBA by right-clicking the HBA
  • Deleting HBAs
  • Deleting access paths to HBAs
• 12 Working with Data Path Modules
  • Viewing the DPMs list
  • Viewing DPM information
    • DPM information—Back-End HBA tab
    • DPM information—Front End HBA tab
    • DPM information—Virtual Disks tab
    • DPM information—Personalities tab
    • DPM information—Security tab
    • DPM information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Failing over virtual disks from a DPM
  • Failing back virtual disks from a DPM
  • Replacing a DPM
  • Deleting DPMs
• 13 Working with DPM groups
  • Viewing the DPM groups list
  • Viewing DPM group information
    • DPM group information—DPM tab
    • DPM group information—Host tab
    • DPM group information—Virtual disk tab
    • DPM group information—Security tab
    • DPM group information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Creating DPM groups
  • Adding a DPM to an existing DPM group
  • Renaming a DPM group
  • Redistributing storage elements within a DPM group
  • Deleting DPM groups
• 14 Using snapshots
  • Working with PiTs
    • Creating PiTs
    • Viewing PiTs
    • Deleting PiTs
  • Working with snapshots and VDG snapshots
    • Creating snapshots
    • Viewing the snapshots list
    • Viewing snapshot information
      • Snapshot information—Storage Pool tab
      • Snapshot information—Temporary Virtual Disk tab
      • Snapshot information—Source PiT tab
      • Snapshot information— PiT tab
      • Snapshot information—Host Presentation tab
      • Snapshot information—Data Path Module/VSM tab
      • Snapshot information—Security tab
      • Snapshot information—Hierarchy tab
      • Snapshot information—Disabled Operations tab
    • Viewing the VDG snapshots list
    • Viewing VDG snapshot information
      • VDG snapshot information—Members tab
      • VDG snapshot information—Source PiT tab
      • VDG snapshot information—PiT tab
      • VDG snapshot information—Host Presentation tab
      • VDG snapshot information—Data Path Module/VSM tab
      • VDG snapshot information—Security tab
      • VDG snapshot information—Hierarchy tab
      • VDG snapshot information—Disabled Operations tab
    • Managing snapshot and VDG snapshot permissions
      • Adding host permission
      • Changing host permissions
      • Removing host permissions
      • Changing the LUN used to present a snapshot to hosts
    • Configuring the primary and secondary DPMs per snapshot or VDG snapshot
    • Changing the active DPM for a snapshot or VDG snapshot
    • Renaming snapshots or VDG snapshots
    • Deleting snapshots or VDG snapshots
  • Working with VSS snapshots and PiTs
    • Displaying VSS snapshots and PiTs
    • Recognizing VSS snapshots and PiTs in VSM
  • Navigating through snapshot hierarchies
  • Rolling back virtual disks and VDGs
  • Restoring from snapshots
  • Planning storage pool capacity for snapshots and PiTs
    • Built-in capacity protection
• 15 Using snapclones
  • Viewing the snapclone groups list
  • Viewing snapclone group information
    • Snapclone group information—Snapclone Task tab
    • Snapclone group information—Security tab
    • Snapclone group information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Creating snapclone groups
    • Creating snapclone groups on virtual disks or snapshots
    • Creating snapclone groups on VDGs
  • Adding snapclone tasks
    • Adding tasks to virtual disk or snapshot snapclone groups
    • Adding tasks to VDG snapclone groups
  • Suspending snapclone tasks and groups
  • Resuming suspended snapclone tasks
  • Deleting snapclone tasks and groups
  • Built-in capacity protection
• 16 Using migration
  • Viewing the migration groups list
  • Viewing migration group information
    • Migration Task tab fields
    • Security tab fields
    • Disabled Operations tab fields
  • Creating migration groups
    • Creating migration groups on virtual disks
    • Creating migration groups on VDGs
  • Suspending migration tasks
  • Resuming suspended migration tasks
  • Deleting Migration groups
  • Built-in capacity protection
• 17 Using mirroring
  • Asynchronous mirroring
    • Viewing asynchronous mirror groups
    • Viewing asynchronous mirror group information
      • Async mirror group information—Async Mirror Task tab
      • Async mirror group information—Source Domain's PiT tab
      • Async mirror group information—Source & Destination PiTs tab
      • Async mirror group information—Disabled Operations tab
    • Creating asynchronous mirror groups
      • Creating async mirror groups on virtual disks and snapshots
      • Creating asynchronous mirror groups on VDGs
    • Working with user PiTs
      • Creating user PiTs
      • Releasing user PiTs
    • Working with asynchronous mirror groups
      • Modifying async mirror groups
      • Suspending asynchronous mirror groups
      • Resuming async mirror groups
      • Detaching async mirror groups
      • Splitting async mirror groups
      • Merging an async mirror group
      • Deleting async mirror groups
      • Expanding async mirror groups
    • Working with asynchronous mirror tasks
      • Adding async mirror tasks
      • Modifying async mirror tasks
      • Suspending async mirror tasks
      • Resuming async mirror tasks
      • Detaching async mirror tasks
      • Deleting async mirror tasks
  • Synchronous mirroring
    • Viewing sync mirror groups
    • Viewing synchronous mirror group information
      • Sync mirror group information—Sync Mirror Task tab
      • Sync mirror group information—PiT tab
      • Sync mirror group information—Host Presentation tab
      • Sync mirror group information—Data Path Module/VSM tab
      • Sync mirror group information—Security tab
      • Sync mirror group information—Disabled Operations tab
    • Creating synchronous mirror groups on virtual disks
    • Working with synchronous mirror groups
      • Adding host permission to a group
      • Removing host permissions from a group
      • Changing the synchronous local mirror group mode
      • Resuming synchronous mirror groups
      • Resynchronizing synchronous mirror groups
      • Deleting synchronous mirror groups
      • Forcing group deletion
    • Working with synchronous mirror tasks
      • Adding synchronous mirror tasks
      • Detaching synchronous mirror tasks
    • Using snapshots with synchronous mirrors
    • Mirroring cluster virtual disks
    • Troubleshooting
      • Troubleshooting cluster virtual disks
    • Recovering from a site failure
• 18 Working with folders
  • Managing folders
    • Viewing the folders list
    • Viewing folder information
      • Folder information—Security tab
      • Folder information—Disabled Operations tab
    • Creating folders
    • Creating subfolders
    • Renaming folders
    • Moving folders
    • Deleting folders
    • Managing your My Objects folder
  • Managing entities in folders
    • Viewing folder contents
    • Viewing folder content information
    • Adding entities to folders
    • Moving entities between folders
    • Removing entities from folders
• 19 Searching VSM
  • Searching for objects in the local domain
    • Specifying advanced search criteria
• 20 Working with queries
  • Viewing the queries list
  • Viewing query information
    • Query information—Security tab
    • Query information—Disabled Operations tab
  • Creating new queries
  • Creating quick queries
  • Adding criteria to queries
    • Adding advanced query criteria
  • Removing criteria from queries
  • Running queries
  • Renaming queries
  • Deleting queries
• 21 Managing security and users
  • Configuring general security options
  • Managing users
    • Viewing the users list
    • Viewing user information
      • User information—User Group tab
      • User information—Security tab
      • User information—User Quota tab
    • Creating users
    • Configuring user permissions
    • Configuring users
    • Changing user passwords
    • Deleting users
    • Reassigning users’ quotas
  • Managing user groups
    • Viewing the user groups list
    • Viewing user group information
      • User group information—Users tab
      • User group information—Security tab
    • Creating user groups
    • Configuring user group permissions
    • Adding users to users groups
    • Removing users from user groups
    • Deleting user groups
  • Configuring security permissions for entities
    • Adding users or user groups to entities
    • Changing security permissions for entities
    • Removing users or user groups from entities
  • Working with permission templates
    • Viewing the permission templates list
    • Viewing permission template information
      • Permission template information—Security tab
      • Permission template information—Disabled Operations tab
    • Creating permission templates
    • Copying permissions from permission templates to entities
    • Exporting permissions from entities to new permission templates
    • Modifying permission templates
    • Deleting permission templates
• 22 Using the VSM event viewer
  • Viewing event logs
    • Viewing the event log for the local domain
    • Viewing event logs for specific entities
    • Viewing imported event logs
    • Refreshing event logs
    • Filtering event logs
    • Removing event log filters
    • Viewing, copying, and printing event details
  • Managing event logs
    • Exporting event logs
    • Printing event logs
    • Saving event logs
    • Saving a selection of events
    • Importing event logs from exported files
    • Importing event logs from VSM servers
    • Backing up event logs
    • Reloading the local domain event log
    • Deleting event logs
  • Configuring event log notifications
    • Creating new event log notification groups
    • Editing event log notification groups
    • Deleting event log notification group
  • Configuring the event log file
• 23 Performing maintenance activities
  • Erasing the VSM server configuration
  • Backing up the VSM server configuration
  • Creating the setup virtual disk
  • Creating SAN API virtual disks
  • Performing manual VSM server elections
  • Performing manual VSM server failovers
  • Managing multiple domain access paths
  • Managing limit definitions
• Glossary
• Index