HP StorageWorks All-in-One SB600c - Storage Blade User Manual
Hp storageworks all-in-one storage manager user guide (452695-003, june 2008)
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- Page 1 HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide Part number: 452695-003 First edition: June 2008...
- Page 2 Legal and notice information © Copyright 2006, 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U.S.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents 1 All-in-One Storage Manager ............... 7 Software requirements ......................... 7 Software support ........................7 Add an All-in-One Storage System ....................8 Remove an All-in-One Storage System ................... 8 Configuring display options ......................8 Configure Application Credentials ....................9 Configure Storage Networks ......................9 Resetting iSCSI connections .................... - Page 4 Scheduling backups ........................34 Managing backups ........................34 Running a device backup ....................34 Running a virtual library backup ................... 35 Restoring data from backups ....................35 Using DPX to restore data ..................... 35 Setting the password for the ASMbackup user account ............. 36 Using the Administrator account to change the ASMbackup password ........
- Page 5 Figures Example of alert ..................... 66 HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager...
- Page 6 Tables Software support ...................... 8 Selecting storage group components to host ............... 13 Selecting database components to host ..............17 Advanced Storage Properties items ................21 Descriptions of RAID levels ..................23 General tab: Exchange properties ................47 Details tab: Exchange storage group properties ............47 Storage tab: Exchange storage group component properties ........
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Page 7: All-In-One Storage Manager
1 All-in-One Storage Manager HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) is a storage hosting and management tool that radically simplifies: • Hosting storage for applications and shared folders, page 11 • Data protection, page 31 • Managing storage, page 41 •... -
Page 8: Add An All-In-One Storage System
ASM provides storage-management services for the following applications: Table 1 Software support Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with SP1 or later “Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group and Exchange Server 2007 Wizard” on page 12. “Using the Create a Shared Folder File sharing services on local storage Wizard”... -
Page 9: Configure Application Credentials
Select an item in the Items list and a color in the Color drop-down menu. When your color selections are complete, click Apply to apply the color settings to the content pane. Click OK. Scaling display settings Changing the scaling settings customizes the size at which each application area or shared folder is displayed in the content pane. -
Page 10: Resetting Iscsi Connections
To configure storage networks for iSCSI traffic: Under Preferred Storage Network, select a network that will be designated to manage all iSCSI traffic. Under Available for Failover, select a network that can be used to manage iSCSI traffic in the event that the preferred storage network fails. -
Page 11: Hosting Storage For Applications And Shared Folders
2 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders The All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) radically simplifies hosting application storage and shared folders on your HP All-in-One Storage System, using storage-allocation wizards. Use storage-allocation wizards to allocate and configure storage for these applications: Application Description Notes... -
Page 12: Using The Host An Exchange Storage Group Wizard
Application Description Notes Allocate and configure storage for any remote application over the iSCSI protocol or any other application that requires storage on the All-in-One Storage System. A wizard assists you in allocating and configuring storage space. The wizard does not migrate user-defined “Using the Host a User-Defined User-Defined application data to your HP All-in-One... -
Page 13: Selecting Exchange Storage Group Components
Do one of the following: • Enter the host name of a server that hosts Exchange (exactly as it is registered in the domain). • Enter the IP address of a server that hosts Exchange. Click Next to open the Select Storage Group Components page (see “Selecting Exchange Server storage group components”... -
Page 14: Using The Create A Shared Folder Wizard
NOTE: It is not recommended to host both the LCR and the original Exchange components on a single All-in-One Storage System. Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard The Create a Shared Folder Wizard walks you through the process of creating a top-level shared folder (file share) on your HP All-in-One Storage System, including allocating and configuring the required storage. -
Page 15: Setting Permissions For A Shared Folder
Enter the name for the shared folder. NOTE: The path to the shared folder is created by ASM and is based on the shared folder name. The Share Path field is Read Only . Enter a description of the shared folder (optional). Click Next to open the Set Shared Folder Permissions page (see “Setting permissions for a shared folder”... -
Page 16: Selecting A Server That Hosts Sql Server
• Make sure you have a current backup of your SQL Server data and logs. Accessing the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard In the Actions pane, select Host a SQL Server Database. The Host a SQL Server Database Wizard welcome page opens. Click Next to open the Select a SQL Server page (see “Selecting a server that hosts SQL Server”... -
Page 17: Selecting A Database Workload Type
Do one of the following: • Select all components (including all of its components) by checking the box next to the component. • Select individual database components by expanding the list and checking the boxes next to the components. You must select all the database components, including the log file, in a database if you want to run backups and/or take snapshots of the database using ASM. -
Page 18: Using The Host A User-Defined Application Wizard
Do one of the following: • Select Transaction processing (TP) for frequently updated, fast growing databases with large volumes of data requiring concurrent user access. • Select Decision support systems (DSS) for databases designed to handle queries on large amounts of data, typically used for data-mining applications. When you are done, click Next to open the Storage Allocation page (see “Allocating space for components”... -
Page 19: Entering An Application Name
recommended option for most scenarios. The All-in-One Storage Manager agent must be installed on the application server to use this option. • iSCSI LUN- Exposes a LUN to the remote server so the server can store data on the LUN. You will need to install an iSCSI initiator on your host server. -
Page 20: Allocating Space For Components
When you are done, click Next to open the Storage Allocation page (see “Allocating space for components” on page 20). NOTE: The number of slots needed for your virtual library will depend on the media rotation type chosen for the backups that will use the virtual library. The number of slots must be high enough to support the rotation type you intend to use for scheduling backups to this virtual library. -
Page 21: Setting Advanced Storage Properties
NOTE: After storage space is allocated and configured using a wizard, only the following storage configuration settings can be changed: • Allocated space size • Percent full warning threshold • Enforce Allocated Limit (shared folders and local storage applications) After a logical disk is created, its configuration cannot be changed. Setting advanced storage properties Use the Advanced Storage Properties dialog box in the ASM wizards to change the allocated space size and default advanced configuration settings for each application component, user-defined... - Page 22 Physical storage Item Description Notes Hot spare required A hot spare is a hard drive reserved as a spare A hot spare is assigned at the array for storage space configured as RAID 1, 1+0, level. A LUN that does not require 5, or 6.
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Page 23: Descriptions Of Raid Levels
Customizing RAID levels Before you customize the default RAID level setting, review Table 5 to see how the different RAID levels affect performance, capacity, and data protection level. Unless you customize the advanced configuration settings, the wizard configures the storage space with the default values shown on the Advanced window: •... - Page 24 RAID level Description Offers the best combination of data protection and performance. RAID 1+0 or drive mirroring creates fault tolerance by storing duplicate sets of data on a minimum of four hard drives. There must be an even number of drives for RAID 1+0. RAID 1+0(10) and RAID 1 are the most costly fault tolerance methods because they require 50 percent of the drive capacity to store the redundant data.
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Page 25: Selecting Data Protection
NOTE: For shared folders and local storage applications, you can set an enforceable limit (or quota) for allocated storage, as well as a warning threshold. For more information, see Enforcing an allocated storage limit for shared folders and local storage applications. -
Page 26: Scheduling Snapshots
• Replication (Live backup) Live data is copied from this All-in-One Storage System to another system that is running HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring. See Configuring replication for more information. From this window, you can also click Modify advanced properties to configure advanced settings for backups and replication. - Page 27 Scheduling backups IMPORTANT: • Before you schedule alternate location backups, install a tape library or other physical device and add it to the same Data Protector Express Management Domain as your HP All-in-One Storage System. • Installing a tape library that can accommodate the media rotation type required by your environment requires tape storage management experience.
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Page 28: Reviewing Task Summary And Scheduling Tasks
Click Jobs and Media in the Favorites pane, located on the left side of the main window. Double-click ASMbackup on the right side of the main window. Select the backup job for the application or shared folder whose backup schedule you want to edit. -
Page 29: Monitoring Task Completion Status
Do one of the following: • To go back and change your selections, click Back. • To run the listed tasks immediately, click Finish. • The Task Viewer opens, running the tasks required to configure storage and migrate data. Monitoring task completion status for more information. -
Page 30: Cancelling Tasks
Cancelling tasks To cancel an uncompleted task, select the task and click Cancel Selected Task. Click Yes to confirm. Tasks canceled after they have started may not cancel immediately. A task will stop running when the last subtask started is completed. All subtasks listed below the last completed subtask are not completed and cannot be restarted. -
Page 31: Managing Data Protection
3 Managing data protection The All-in-One Storage Manager provides data protection through the use of snapshots, backups, and replication. You can configure these data protection methods through the Data Protection page of ASM's application wizards, or you can configure and modify data protection settings after running the wizards by accessing the Snapshots, Backup and Replication actions in the ASM Actions pane. -
Page 32: Managing Snapshots
Click OK . Managing snapshots From the Manage Snapshots dialog box, you can take, delete, expose, unexpose, and revert snapshots. IMPORTANT: Snapshots are not supported on user-defined iSCSI LUN applications. Taking and deleting snapshots To take or delete a snapshot: Select an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database, user-defined application, or shared folder in the content pane. -
Page 33: Unexposing A Snapshot
Do one of the following: • Select Mount as a volume on a remote Windows system running the All-in-in-One Storage Manager Agent to expose the snapshot on a mount point on a remote server. Type the IP address or hostname and mount path of the remote server in the provided fields. •... -
Page 34: Scheduling Backups
In the Actions pane, click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots. The Manage Snapshots dialog box displays. Select a snapshot from the list and click Revert. Click Yes to confirm. Scheduling backups From the Backup property tab, you can schedule and configure backups. Select an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database, user-defined application, or shared folder in the content pane. -
Page 35: Running A Virtual Library Backup
Running a virtual library backup If virtual library backup has been configured for this component, you can run a virtual library backup from this location. Select an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database, user-defined application, or shared folder that has backups scheduled in the content pane. In the Actions pane, click Backup and then click Run Virtual Library Backup. -
Page 36: Setting The Password For The Asmbackup User Account
Click Jobs and Media in the Favorites pane, located on the left side of the main window. Double-click ASMbackup on the right side of the main window. Select the restore job for the application or shared folder whose data you want to restore. NOTE: To modify properties of the job, right-click the Restore Job Properties. -
Page 37: Installing Data Protector Express On Other Machines
New password for ASMbackup: Confirm new password for ASMbackup: Type the Data Protector Express admin password. Type in the new password for the ASMbackup account. Confirm the new password by typing it in again. Installing Data Protector Express on other machines The Data Protector Express installation on the All-in-One Storage System acts as the master server for a Data Protector Express Management Domain. -
Page 38: Pausing And Resuming Replication
IMPORTANT: In order to use replication with the All-in-One Storage System, HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring version 5.0.2 or later must be installed on the replication source and all replication targets. To install a trial version of HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring, in the HP All-in-One Storage System Management console, double-click Data Protection and then click HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring. -
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To resume replication, select the component in the content pane, and in the Actions pane, click Replication and then click Resume replication to
. Click Yes to confirm the resume operation. When replication is resumed, Storage Mirroring executes a re-mirror of the data. HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager... - Page 40 Managing data protection...
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Page 41: Managing Storage
4 Managing storage After an application is hosted or shared folder is created on your HP All-in-One Storage System using a storage-allocation wizard, you can manage its storage and data by: • Increasing or reducing the allocated storage, page 41 •... -
Page 42: Changing The Percent Full Warning Threshold
Changing the percent full warning threshold You can change the percent full warning threshold value for an application component, user-defined application, or shared folder after storage is initially allocated and configured using a storage-allocation wizard. See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 24 for more information. -
Page 43: Changing Permissions, Names, Descriptions, Or Paths Of Shared Folders
Permanently remove storage from your AiO, depending on the type of application. The application component will still remain in the content pane. Select the application component or user-defined application to remove in the content pane. In the Actions pane, click Remove from View. A confirmation dialog box opens. - Page 44 Managing storage...
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Page 45: Monitoring Storage
5 Monitoring storage ASM provides storage-management functions so you can quickly view used and allocated storage, and percent full warning thresholds settings for application and shared folder storage on your HP All-in-One Storage System. You have a choice of these views for the content pane: •... -
Page 46: Accessing Application And Shared Folder Properties
Application storage properties are displayed in order of hierarchy in an expandable and collapsible view. Click the Expand tree icon next to each application to view the used and allocated storage properties for the hosted application components. Click the Collapse tree icon next to expanded applications to hide the application component storage properties. -
Page 47: General Tab: Exchange Properties
Properties window ASM provides properties information for Exchange, Exchange storage groups, and components for storage hosted on your HP All-in-One Storage System. The following lists the tabs available in the properties window, and in parenthesis, if it applies to Exchange, Exchange storage groups, or Exchange storage group components. -
Page 48: Storage Tab: Exchange Storage Group Component Properties
• Storage tab—(Exchange storage group components) Displays the storage group component's storage space, including allocated space, used space, free space, and the following storage allocation details: Table 8 Storage tab: Exchange storage group component properties Property Value Path to the file directory on the server that hosts Exchange where the storage group component's data is saved by Exchange. -
Page 49: Mail Store Tab: Exchange Storage Group Component Properties
• Mail Store tab—Displays the status and properties of the mail store reported byt the Exchange server. Table 9 Mail Store tab: Exchange storage group component properties Value Description Mail Store Name Name of storage group mail store. Online The storage group mail store is available for use. Path to the file that stores all messages submitted through MAPI, as Database File well as the database tables that define mailboxes, messages, folders,... -
Page 50: General Tab: Shared Folder Properties
Value Description Indicates whether or not circular logging is enabled. If enabled, a Circular Logging new log entry will replace the oldest log entry when the size limit is reached. Replication Type Indicates if LCR is being used. LCR Status Indicate Exchange warnings for LCR. - Page 51 Property Value Name of the volume on your HP All-in-One Storage System where the Storage Server Volume - Name shared folder is stored. Status of the volume that holds the shared folder on your HP All-in-One Storage Server Volume - Status Storage System.
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Page 52: Operating Status: Sql Server Properties
properties window, and in parenthesis, which applications are applicable: SQL Server, SQL Server databases or SQL Server database components. • General tab—(SQL Server, SQL Server database, SQL Server database component) Displays the name of the application, the total capacity reserved for the application, and its operating status: Table 14 Operating status: SQL Server properties Status indicator Value... -
Page 53: Data File Tab: Sql Server Database Component Properties
Property Value Name of the volume on the server that hosts SQL Server to which SQL Server saves the database component's data. The volume resides on the Application Server Volume - Name iSCSI LUN (logical disk) exported by ASM to the server that hosts SQL Server. -
Page 54: Log Tab: Sql Server Database Component Properties
• Log tab—Displays the log file's free space and the following storage allocation details about the SQL Server log file. Table 18 Log tab: SQL Server database component properties Value Description Log Name Name of database log file. Relative path to where the database log file is stored on the server that File Name hosts SQL Server. -
Page 55: Storage Tab: User-Defined Application Properties
• Storage tab—Displays the user-defined application's storage space, including allocated space, used space, free space, and the following storage allocation details: Table 20 Storage tab: User-defined application properties Property Value Path to the file directory on the application server where the user-defined application data is saved by the user-defined application. -
Page 56: Operating Status: Virtual Library Properties
Accessing properties for virtual libraries ASM provides properties information for virtual libraries on your HP All-in-One Storage System. Using properties information, you can determine the status of all remote backup virtual libraries monitored by ASM, and any warning or critical status indicators. In the Actions pane, select Application View. -
Page 57: Virtual Library Tab: Virtual Library Properties
Property Value Type of physical disk designated for the hot spare. Physical disk types Virtual array - Physical disk type include SAS, SATA, and SCSI. • Warning Threshold tab — Allows you to change the percent full warning threshold value for the user-defined application. -
Page 58: Storage View
• Details tab — Displays the following replication target component values: Table 25 Details tab: Replication target component properties Property Value Replication source host name Name of server that hosts the replication source component. Operational status of the server that hosts the replication source Status component. -
Page 59: Accessing Storage Area Properties
To view all the storage properties for an item listed in the content pane, see Accessing storage area properties. Accessing storage area properties When Storage View is selected in the Actions pane, you can view the storage status, alerts, and properties for the following storage areas on your HP All-in-One Storage System: •... -
Page 60: Storage Tab: Hp All-In-One Storage System Logical Disk Properties
Status indicator Value See the Alerts list for more information. See Table 32 on page 67 for alert Critical descriptions. Storage tab—Displays the unallocated space, used space, free space on the volume, and also details on your volume or logical disk properties, depending on the application open: Table 27 Storage tab: HP All-in-One Storage System logical disk properties Property Value... -
Page 61: Application Server View
Property Value Storage Server Volume - Write Speeds up writes when enabled. This setting is determined by the storage Cache array, not ASM. Storage Server Volume - Number The number of hot spares with which the shared folder's storage is of Hot Spares configured. -
Page 62: Operating Status: Application Server Volume Properties
Do one of the following: • Select an application server volume in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane. • Right-click an application server volume in the content pane and select Properties. Click one of the following tabs: •... -
Page 63: Storage Utilization View
Storage Utilization View Storage Utilization View displays the allocated storage values for specific applications and the shared folders pool, the unallocated storage value, and the storage value for data not managed by ASM in a pie chart. • In the Actions pane, select Storage Utilization View. The storage value for each application hosted, the shared folders pool, unallocated storage, and data not managed by ASM is displayed according to its percentage of total capacity, using colors selected in the Color Options window (see ???). - Page 64 NOTE: ASM rolls up any status alert to the highest level. For instance, if a shared folder has surpassed its percent full warning threshold and exceeded its allocated storage space, a warning icon is shown on the shared folders pool icon. Likewise, if a critical status exists in an Exchange mail store, the critical icon is also shown on the Exchange storage group icon.
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Page 65: Troubleshooting, Servicing, And Maintenance
6 Troubleshooting, servicing, and maintenance Troubleshooting the storage system Use the references and general guidelines in this section to troubleshoot your HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System. Operating system problems and resolutions Use the suggestions below to help resolve operating system issues. Table 31 Operating system problems Problem Action... -
Page 66: Application Software Problems
Install the current drivers. Application software problems If your application software locks up, perform the following actions: • Check the application log and operating system log for entries indicating why the software failed. • Check for incompatibility with other software on the server. •... -
Page 67: Alert Descriptions
The following table lists all possible ASM alerts and provides descriptions, possible causes, and solutions for each alert. Table 32 Alert descriptions Object Alert text Description Possible cause Solution Directory permission Change directory is preventing ASM permissions back to application from determining the Directory size default permissions set by... -
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Object Alert text Description Possible cause Solution Credentials failure on
. Go Use the Application to the Credentials for the Credentials dialog box to Application application server on specify the credentials for Credentials the remote system may this application. See application dialog to not be set or may... - Page 69 Object Alert text Description Possible cause Solution The Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard typically The Exchange Use Exchange tools on migrates both of these Database and your Exchange server to databases to the same the Streaming migrate the streaming volume to ensure Database are database to the same...
- Page 70 Object Alert text Description Possible cause Solution The share may have Remove this component Share not been manually from view or manually found at given removed from this create the share at the path. path. same path. This data file could not be found in the The database exists...
- Page 71 Object Alert text Description Possible cause Solution Logical disk is configured as RAID 1 Health: Failed or RAID 1+0(10). Replace failed hard drive redundancy One of the pair of Hard drive has failed. immediately to restore but one mirror mirrored hard drives redundancy.
- Page 72 Object Alert text Description Possible cause Solution Health should return to This logical disk is Health: normal. You can use the currently rebuilding. Resyncing tools available with the HP During this time you mirrors or Array Configuration Utility may notice a rebuilding to view any logs that may performance...
- Page 73 Object Alert text Description Possible cause Solution Use the StorageWorks The contents of the A manual Storage Mirroring replication target remirror is Management Console to changed outside of required. initiate a mirror operation normal replication. manually. Use the StorageWorks Replication The replication target Storage Mirroring target is not...
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Page 74: Recovering From Logical Disk Failure
Object Alert text Description Possible cause Solution The replication An invalid license key Obtain a valid license key license state was entered for and use the SWSM for this system StorageWorks Management Console to could not be Storage Mirroring. enter the new license key. determined. -
Page 75: Maintenance Updates
NOTE: Snapshots cannot be used to recover data lost as a result of logical disk failure. Snapshots of Exchange storage groups, SQL Server databases, user-defined applications, and shared folders are stored on the same logical disks as the original data, and therefore are also lost. Maintenance updates Regular updates to the storage system are supplied on the HP All-in-One Storage System Service Release DVD. -
Page 76: Firmware Updates
Firmware updates Firmware is software that is stored in Read-Only Memory (ROM). Firmware is responsible for the behavior of the system when it is first switched on and for passing control of the server to the operating system. When referring to the firmware on the system board of the server, it is called the System ROM or the BIOS. -
Page 77: Glossary
Glossary This section defines the terms used to describe the ASM user interface and program features. Actions pane The right pane in the main window of the ASM user interface that provides a list of actions, based on your current selection in the Content pane. Along with other selectable items, the Actions pane provides access to storage-allocation wizards, which help you allocate and configure storage. - Page 78 enforce allocated An enforced quota for the amount of storage available to a shared folder. An limit (quota) enforce allocated limit prevents data from being saved to a shared folder once all the storage space allocated to the shared folder is used. Exchange storage The fundamental unit of storage management in Microsoft Exchange.
- Page 79 Network-attached storage. This term is used to refer to a specialized type of file server. The HP All-in-One Storage System provides NAS storage as well as iSCSI storage. Navigation pane The left pane in the main window of the ASM user interface that allows you to quickly navigate between HP All-in-One Storage System Management applications.
- Page 80 tape library An enclosure filled with magnetic tape cartridges, tape drives, and a robot(s). The tapes are electronically labeled for identification and stored in library slots when not in use. When data needs to be written or read from a tape, the robot loads the tape cartridge into an available tape drive in the library.