HP 418800-B21 - StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 70 Storage... User manual

HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions
Manager 4.0.1
user guide
Part number: T3680-96308
Fourth edition: June 2008

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Contents
Aboutthisguide .......................... 17
Intendedaudience..................................... 17
Prerequisites ....................................... 17
Relateddocumentation................................... 17
Documentconventionsandsymbols ............................. 18
HPtechnicalsupport.................................... 18
Subscriptionservice .................................... 19
HPwebsites ....................................... 19
Documentationfeedback .................................. 19
Productfeedback ..................................... 19
1ReplicationSolutionsManager .................. 21
Findingreplicationdocuments................................ 21
LoggingintotheGUI ................................... 21
What’snew........................................ 22
Newsupport ..................................... 22
NewGUIfeatures................................... 22
Newjobfeatures ................................... 22
Newjobtemplates................................... 22
Newjobcommands.................................. 22
NewCLUIfeatures................................... 22
ReleaseHistory .................................... 23
Overview......................................... 25
Capabilities...................................... 25
Localreplication.................................... 25
Remotereplication................................... 26
Serversoftware .................................... 26
Hostagentsoftware .................................. 27
CLUIsoftware..................................... 27
Jobs,templates,andcommands............................. 27
Simulationmode.................................... 28
Replicationkitsanddownloads ............................. 29
GUI........................................... 29
GUIwindowoverview ................................. 29
Configurationwindow ................................. 30
Contentpane..................................... 31
CLUIwindow(intheGUI)................................ 31
Keyboardandright-clickshortcuts ............................ 32
Menubar ...................................... 33
Navigationpane ................................... 34
Onlinehelpanduserguide............................... 34
Statusbar ...................................... 34
Toolbar ....................................... 34
Tooltips ....................................... 34
Viewhistory ..................................... 35
Configuration....................................... 35
Accessing the configurationwindow ........................... 35
CLUI ports configuration ................................ 36
RSM database configuration .............................. 36
RSMdatabasecleanup................................. 36
Internet Protocol configurations.............................. 36
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Jobs e-mail server configuration ............................. 37
Jobs run history configuration .............................. 37
Licenses configuration(applications) ........................... 37
Logs configuration................................... 37
Oracle security credentials configuration ......................... 38
Security credentials configuration............................. 38
Securitycredentialsvs.tasks............................... 39
Simulationmode.................................... 40
Singlesign-on(SSO)withHPCommandViewEVA..................... 41
Storage management server configuration......................... 41
User preferences configuration.............................. 41
RSMdatabase ...................................... 41
AbouttheRSMdatabase................................ 41
Aboutexports..................................... 41
Aboutimports..................................... 42
ExportinganRSMdatabase............................... 42
ImportinganRSMdatabase............................... 43
ImportingaremoteRSMdatabase............................ 43
Completingimports .................................. 44
Troubleshooting...................................... 44
Troubleshooting-General................................ 44
Allstorageresourcesinunknownstate ........................ 44
Browserwindowisblank.............................. 45
Database filenameextensionismissing........................ 45
Documentsarenotvisiblewhenselected ....................... 45
Enablingfailsafeonunavailablememberinamanagedsetfails ............. 45
Illegalcharacters ................................. 46
InvalidDRgrouppair-sourceandsource....................... 46
Invalid DR group settings - failsafe on unavailable member with synchronous replication . . . 47
Jobinstancefailswithgeterrorlockmessage ..................... 47
Jobinteractswithwrongarray............................ 47
Jobwithhostvolumeremountfailsafteranuncleanunmount............... 48
Logicalvolumesandvolumegroupsinjobcommands.................. 48
Low-levelrefreshreturnsanerror........................... 48
MaximumDRGrouplogsizeerror.......................... 49
Monitorjobwindowhasnodetails.......................... 49
Pop-upwindowsarenotvisible ........................... 49
Resourceisnotselectable.............................. 50
Scheduledjobeventsdonotrun........................... 50
Scheduledjobeventruntimesarewrong(AM/PM)................... 50
Secondsnapcloneofthesamestoragevolumeorhostvolumefails ............ 51
Slowlogintimes.................................. 51
UnabletoresumeaDRgroup............................ 51
Troubleshooting-HP-UX ................................ 52
Hostagentdiscoveryhangsandtimesout-HP-UX ................... 52
JobwithCreateHostVolumecommandfails-HP-UX................... 52
JobwithMountEntireVolumeGroupcommandfails-HP-UX................ 53
HostvolumewithPVLinksmultipathing ........................ 53
Troubleshooting-Linux ................................. 53
Jobthatcreatesahostvolumerunsslowly-Linux.................... 53
Jobwithvolumegroupremountfails-Linux ...................... 54
Troubleshooting-Windows ............................... 54
Explorerdoesnotshowahostvolumeafterajobisrun-Windows ............ 54
Troubleshooting-Tru64UNIX .............................. 55
JobwithAdvFSreplicationfails-Tru64UNIX ..................... 55
2 Replication resources ...................... 57
Workingwithresources................................... 57
Bestpracticesforautomaticrefresh............................ 57
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Copyingproperties .................................. 57
Copyingproperties-tips ................................ 57
Filteringdisplayedresources............................... 58
Globalrefreshmonitor ................................. 58
Organizingdisplayedresources............................. 59
Refreshingdisplaypanes................................ 60
Refreshingresources(automatic)............................. 60
Refreshingresources(global) .............................. 61
Refreshingindividualresources.............................. 61
Selectionofmultipleresources.............................. 62
Simulationmode.................................... 62
Resourceconcepts..................................... 62
Aboutreplicationresources ............................... 62
Resourcestates .................................... 63
ResourcenamesandUNCformats............................ 64
Simulationmode.................................... 65
Licenses ....................................... 66
Licensedisplays.................................. 66
Licensestates ................................... 67
Oracle-integrationlicensesoverview ......................... 67
Oracle-integrationlicensepolicies .......................... 67
Replicationlicensesoverview ............................ 68
Replicationlicensepolicies ............................. 68
Dynamiccapacitymanagementlicensepolicy..................... 69
SecurityCredentials .................................. 69
Securitycredentialsfortheserver........................... 69
Securitycredentialsforenabledhosts......................... 69
SecuritycredentialsforOracledatabases ....................... 70
Securitycredentialsvs.tasks............................. 71
Topologyviews ...................................... 72
Abouttopologyviews ................................. 72
Displayingthetopologytab............................... 74
DRgroupstopologyview................................ 74
Hostvolumestopologyview............................... 76
Virtualdiskstopologyview ............................... 78
Filtersfortopologyviews ................................ 80
Tips(topologyviews).................................. 81
3DRGroups........................... 83
WorkingwithDRgroups .................................. 83
AboutDRgroupresources ............................... 83
DRgroupactionssummary ............................... 83
DRgroupactionscrossreference............................. 84
DRgrouppropertiessummary.............................. 86
DRgroupviews .................................... 86
AddingDRgroupstoamanagedset........................... 87
AddingvirtualdiskstoaDRgrouppair.......................... 87
CreatingaDRgrouppair................................ 88
DeletingaDRgrouppair................................ 88
EditingDRgroupproperties............................... 89
EnablingfailsafeonunavailablememberforaDRgrouppair ................ 89
Disablingthefailsafeonunavailablemember ....................... 90
FailingoveraDRgrouppair .............................. 90
Forcingafullcopy................................... 91
Launchingthedevicemanager.............................. 91
Listingindividualresourceevents............................. 91
Low-levelrefreshingDRgroups.............................. 92
RemovingDRgroupsfromamanagedset......................... 92
RemovingvirtualdisksfromaDRgrouppair........................ 92
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ResumingaDRgrouppair ............................... 93
RevertingaDRgrouppairtohome............................ 93
SuspendingaDRgrouppair .............................. 94
UsingDRgroups.................................... 94
ViewingDRgroups................................... 97
ViewingDRgroupproperties .............................. 97
DRgroupconcepts..................................... 97
DRgrouppairs(sourceanddestination).......................... 97
Autosuspend..................................... 99
Cascadedreplication.................................. 99
Copystate ...................................... 100
Destinationaccessmode ................................ 100
DRgroupstatesandicons ............................... 100
Failover ....................................... 101
Failsafeonlink-down/power-up ............................. 101
Failsafeonunavailablemember............................. 101
Failsafestates..................................... 102
Fullcopymode .................................... 102
Home ........................................ 102
I/Othrottling ..................................... 103
Jobcommandprocessing................................ 103
Logs......................................... 104
Logoverviewandstates .............................. 104
Loganddiskgroupplanning ............................ 105
Logsize ..................................... 105
Logging ..................................... 106
Logmerging ................................... 106
Logdiskandstates................................... 107
Low-levelrefresh.................................... 107
ManagedsetsofDRgroups............................... 107
Normalization..................................... 108
Operationalstate-blocked ............................... 108
Remotereplicationguidelines .............................. 109
Suspendonfailover .................................. 110
Suspensionstate.................................... 110
Writemode(async/syncreplication) ........................... 111
Writemodetransitions................................. 112
4Enabledhosts.......................... 113
Workingwithenabledhosts................................. 113
Aboutenabledhostresources .............................. 113
EnabledHostsactionssummary ............................. 113
Enabledhostsactionscrossreference........................... 113
Enabledhostspropertiessummary............................ 114
Enabledhostsviews .................................. 114
Addingenabledhosts ................................. 115
Addingenabledhoststoamanagedset ......................... 115
Deletingenabledhosts................................. 116
Executing a host script, command or batch file....................... 116
Low-levelrefreshingenabledhosts ............................ 117
Removingenabledhostsfromamanagedset ....................... 117
Settingsecuritycredentialsforenabledhosts........................ 118
Viewingenabledhosts ................................. 118
Viewingenabledhostproperties............................. 118
Enabledhostconcepts ................................... 119
Enabledandstandardhosts............................... 119
Hostnamesandports ................................. 119
Low-levelrefreshofenabledhosts ............................ 119
Securitycredentialsforenabledhosts........................... 119
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5Hostvolumes.......................... 121
Workingwithhostvolumes ................................. 121
Abouthostvolumeresources............................... 121
Hostvolumeactionssummary.............................. 121
Hostvolumeactionscrossreference ........................... 122
Hostvolumepropertiessummary............................. 126
Hostvolumeviews................................... 126
Addinghostvolumestoamanagedset.......................... 128
Cancelling(removing)replicasfromroundrobinrotation................... 128
CreatingaDRgrouppair(fromhostvolume)........................ 128
Creatingamanagedsetforahostdiskdevicecontainer .................. 129
Creatingamanagedsetofcontainersforhostvolumes ................... 129
Creatingamanagedsetofcontainersforhostvolumegroups ................ 130
Creatinghostvolumes ................................. 130
Creatinglocalreplicas................................. 131
Creatinground-robinreplicas .............................. 131
Deletingreplicas.................................... 131
Deletinghostvolumes,hostvolumegroups,andhostdiskdevices............... 132
Editingreplicaproperties................................ 132
Flushing the filesystemcacheofhostvolumesandhostvolumegroups............. 132
Mountinghostvolumes(assigningadriveletter) ...................... 133
Removinghostvolumesfromamanagedset........................ 133
Restoringhostvolumes(InstantRestore) .......................... 133
Unmountinghostvolumes(removingadriveletter) ..................... 134
Usingsnapclones ................................... 134
Usingsnapshots.................................... 135
Usinglogicalvolumesandvolumegroups......................... 135
Usingrawdisks.................................... 135
Viewinghostvolumeresources.............................. 136
Viewinghostvolumeresourceproperties ......................... 136
Extendinghostvolumecapacity ............................. 137
Shrinkinghostvolumecapacity ............................. 137
Settingadynamiccapacitypolicy ............................ 138
Editingadynamiccapacitypolicy ............................ 138
Removingadynamiccapacitypolicy........................... 138
Hostvolumeconcepts ................................... 139
Hostvolumesoverview................................. 139
HostvolumesFAQ................................... 140
DiskDevices ..................................... 141
Filesystemtypes.................................... 141
InstantRestore..................................... 141
Logicalvolumesandvolumegroups ........................... 141
LUN......................................... 142
Mirrorclones-fractured................................. 142
Mirrorclones-synchronized ............................... 143
MirrorcloneFAQ.................................... 144
Mirrorcloneguidelines ................................. 144
Mirrorclonestates ................................... 145
Mountingalllogicalvolumesinareplicatedvolumegroup.................. 146
Mountpoints(driveletters)anddevicenames ....................... 146
Partitionsandslices .................................. 147
Rawdisks ...................................... 149
Localreplicationwizard ................................ 149
ReplicaRepository................................... 149
Roundrobinreplicas(wizard) .............................. 150
Snapclones(hostvolume)................................ 150
Snapshots(hostvolume) ................................ 151
SnapshotFAQ..................................... 151
Snapshottypes(allocationpolicy) ............................ 151
Types(components) .................................. 152
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Dynamiccapacitymanagement ............................. 152
Dynamic capacity management overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
DC-Managementoperation............................. 153
Methods for resizing a host volume filesystemandvirtualdisk .............. 153
DC-Managementsupport.............................. 154
Selectingtheproperdynamiccapacitypolicythresholds................. 156
UsingDC-Managementwithreplication........................ 157
DC-ManagementFAQ ............................... 157
DC-Managementbestpractices ........................... 158
DC-Managementexamples ............................. 158
6Jobs.............................. 161
Workingwithjobs..................................... 161
Aboutjobs ...................................... 161
Jobactionssummary.................................. 161
JobPlanning-Tru64UNIX ............................... 162
SuspendingI/ObeforereplicatingAdvFSvolumes-Tru64UNIX ............. 162
Jobactionscrossreference ............................... 163
Jobpropertiessummary ................................ 164
Jobviews....................................... 164
Abortingjobinstances ................................. 165
Continuingjobinstances ................................ 166
Copyingjobs..................................... 166
Creatingjobs..................................... 167
Deletingjobs ..................................... 167
Deletingjobinstances ................................. 167
Developingjobs.................................... 168
Editingjobs...................................... 168
Jobeditingtipsandshortcuts .............................. 169
Editingindividualcommands(tasks) ........................... 170
Generatingjobtemplates................................ 171
Importinglegacyjobs ................................. 171
Importingoverview................................. 171
Preparingtoimport ................................ 172
LegacyBC2.xjobcommandequivalence....................... 172
Logicalvolumesandvolumegroupsinjobcommands.................... 175
Monitoringandmanagingjobinstances ......................... 176
Pausingjobinstances.................................. 176
Resourceisnotselectable................................ 177
Scheduledjobeventsdonotrun............................. 177
Runningjobs ..................................... 178
Selectingvaluesforarguments.............................. 178
Schedulingjobevents ................................. 179
Creatingscheduledjobevents............................ 179
Editingscheduledjobevents............................. 179
Enablinganddisablingscheduledjobevents ..................... 179
Choosingaruninterval............................... 180
Removingscheduledjobevents ........................... 181
Viewingscheduledjobevents ............................ 181
Validatingjobs .................................... 181
Viewingjobstatus................................... 182
Viewingjobsandjobinstances ............................. 182
Viewingjobproperties................................. 183
Jobconcepts ....................................... 183
Joblanguageoverview................................. 183
Jobs,templates,andcommands............................. 184
Jobinstances ..................................... 185
Abortedjobinstances ................................. 185
Arguments ...................................... 185
Argumentlists..................................... 186
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Assignments(variables)................................. 186
Branches....................................... 186
Commands...................................... 187
Commandresultvalues................................. 187
Comments ...................................... 192
E-mailfromjobs.................................... 192
Exits......................................... 192
Implicitjobs...................................... 193
Implicitjobstartup................................... 193
Importedjobs..................................... 193
Jobcommandslist................................... 194
Jobtemplateslist ................................... 200
Labels ........................................ 201
Pauseandcontinue .................................. 202
ResourcenamesandUNCformats............................ 202
Simultaneousjobinstances ............................... 204
Statusandstates.................................... 205
Transactions ..................................... 205
Validation ...................................... 206
Wait/nowaitargument................................. 207
Jobtemplates....................................... 208
Emptytemplate .................................... 208
Fracturehostvolumes,mounttoahost(template)...................... 208
Instantrestorestoragevolumestootherstoragevolumes(template) .............. 210
Mountexistingstoragevolumes(template)......................... 212
Performcascadedreplication(template).......................... 213
Performplannedfailover(template)............................ 217
Performunplannedfailover(template)........................... 219
Replicate (via snapclone) a host volume multiple times, mount to a host (template) . . . . . . . . 220
Replicatehostdiskdevices,mounttoahost(template).................... 223
Replicatehostvolumegroup,mountcomponentstoahost(template) ............. 224
Replicatehostvolumegroup,mountentiregrouptoahost(template) ............. 227
Replicatehostvolumes(template)............................. 229
Replicatehostvolumes,mounttoahost(template) ..................... 230
Replicatehostvolumes,mounttoahost,thentoadifferenthost(template) ........... 233
Replicate host volumes via preallocated replication, mount to a host (template) . . . . . . . . . 235
Replicatehostvolume,mountcomponentstoahost(template) ................ 237
Replicaterawstoragevolumesmount(raw)toahost(template)................ 239
Replicatestoragevolumes(template) ........................... 240
Replicatestoragevolumesviapreallocatedreplication(template)............... 242
ReplicateOracletablespaces(template).......................... 244
ReplicateOracletablespaces,mounttoahost(template) .................. 245
Replicate Oracle tablespaces via preallocatted replication, mount to a host (template) . . . . . . 247
RestoreOracletablespaces(template)........................... 250
SetupContinuousAccess(remotereplicationtemplate) ................... 251
ThrottlereplicationI/O(remotereplicationtemplate) .................... 253
Unmountanddeleteexistinghostvolumes(template) .................... 254
Unmountexistinghostvolumes(template) ......................... 255
Jobcommands ...................................... 256
//(comment)..................................... 256
AddAllOracleTablespacesToRepository .......................... 256
AddDrGroupMember ................................. 257
AddOracleArchiveLogFilesToRepository .......................... 258
AddOracleTablespacesToRepository ........................... 258
AddReplicaToReplicaRepository ............................. 259
AddReplicasToReplicaRepository............................. 259
CombineLists ..................................... 260
ConvertStorageVolumeIntoContainer ........................... 260
ConvertStorageVolumesInManagedSetIntoContainers .................... 261
ConvertStorageVolumesIntoContainers .......................... 261
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ConvertStorageVolumesIntoContainersUsingRepository.................... 262
CreateContainer.................................... 262
CreateContainerForHostDiskDevice............................ 263
CreateContainersForHostVolume............................. 264
CreateContainersForHostVolumeGroup .......................... 264
CreateDiskDevice ................................... 265
CreateDrGroup .................................... 266
CreateDrGroupFromHostVolume............................. 267
CreateHostVolume................................... 269
CreateHostVolumeDiscrete ............................... 270
CreateHostVolumeFromDiskDevices............................ 271
CreateHostVolumeGroup ................................ 272
CreateHostVolumesUsingRepository ........................... 273
CreateOracleRepository ................................ 274
CreateRestoredHostVolumesUsingRepository........................ 274
CreateReplicaRepository ................................ 275
CreateStorageVolume ................................. 276
DeleteContainer.................................... 277
DeleteDrGroup .................................... 277
DeleteDrGroupMember................................. 278
DeleteHostVolume................................... 278
DeleteHostVolumeGroup ................................ 279
DeleteHostVolumesUsingRepository............................ 280
DeleteOracleRepository................................. 281
DeleteReplicaRepository ................................ 281
DeleteStorageVolume.................................. 281
DeleteStorageVolumes ................................. 282
DeleteStorageVolumesInManagedSet........................... 282
DeleteStorageVolumesUsingRepository .......................... 283
DetachMirrorclones .................................. 283
DiscoverDiskDevice .................................. 284
DiscoverDiskDevices.................................. 284
DiscoverDiskDevicesForDrGroup............................. 285
DiscoveryRefresh(obsolete) ............................... 286
Exit ......................................... 286
Export........................................ 287
FailoverDrGroup.................................... 287
FailoverDrGroups ................................... 288
FlushCache...................................... 288
ForceFullCopyDrGroup................................. 289
FractureHostDiskDeviceMirrorclone............................ 290
FractureHostVolumeGroupMirrorclones .......................... 290
FractureHostVolumeMirrorclones............................. 291
FractureMirrorclones .................................. 292
Import........................................ 292
InstantRestoreFromMirror ................................ 293
InstantRestoreFromSnapshot............................... 294
Launch........................................ 294
LaunchJob ...................................... 295
Log ......................................... 296
MirrorcloneHostDiskDeviceToContainer .......................... 296
MirrorcloneHostDiskDeviceToContainerInManagedSet.................... 297
MirrorcloneHostVolumeGroupToContainers ........................ 298
MirrorcloneHostVolumeGroupToContainersInManagedSet .................. 299
MirrorcloneHostVolumeToContainers ........................... 300
MirrorcloneHostVolumeToContainersInManagedSet..................... 301
MirrorcloneStorageVolumeToContainer .......................... 302
MountEntireVolumeGroup................................ 303
MountHostVolume................................... 304
MountHostVolumesUsingRepository............................ 304
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MountVolumeGroupComponent ............................. 305
Pause ........................................ 306
PresentStorageVolume ................................. 306
PresentStorageVolumes................................. 307
RemoveDiskDevice................................... 308
ResyncMirrorclone................................... 308
ResyncMirrorclones................................... 309
RetainLatestRoundRobinReplicasForHostStorageVolume ................... 309
RetainLatestRoundRobinReplicasForHostVolume....................... 310
RetainLatestRoundRobinReplicasForHostVolumeGroup.................... 311
SendEmail ...................................... 312
SetDiskGroupForSnapclone............................... 312
SetDrGroupAutoSuspend................................ 313
SetDrGroupComments ................................. 313
SetDrGroupDestinationAccess.............................. 314
SetDrGroupFailsafe .................................. 314
SetDrGroupFailsafeOnLinkDownPowerUp ......................... 315
SetDrGroupHome ................................... 315
SetDrGroupIoMode .................................. 316
SetDrGroupMaxLogSize ................................ 316
SetDrGroupName................................... 317
SetDrGroupSuspend.................................. 317
SetHostDiskDeviceWriteCacheMode ........................... 318
SetHostVolumeGroupWriteCacheMode.......................... 319
SetHostVolumeWriteCacheMode............................. 320
SetHostVolumesWriteCacheMode ............................ 322
SetListVariable..................................... 322
SetMountPointsPrefixInRepository............................. 323
SetNotificationPolicy.................................. 324
SetOracleModeUsingRepository............................. 325
SetStorageVolumeName ................................ 325
SetStorageVolumeWriteCacheMode ........................... 326
SetStorageVolumesWriteCacheMode........................... 326
SetVariable...................................... 327
SetWriteCacheModesUsingRepository .......................... 327
SnapcloneDiskDevice.................................. 328
SnapcloneHostDiskDeviceToContainerInManagedSet .................... 329
SnapcloneHostVolume ................................. 330
SnapcloneHostVolumeGroup .............................. 331
SnapcloneHostVolumeGroupToContainersInManagedSet................... 332
SnapcloneHostVolumeToContainers............................ 333
SnapcloneHostVolumeToContainersInManagedSet ..................... 334
SnapcloneOracleToContainersUsingRepository....................... 335
SnapcloneOracleUsingRepository ............................ 336
SnapcloneStorageVolume................................ 337
SnapcloneStorageVolumeToContainer........................... 338
SnapcloneStorageVolumesToContainers.......................... 338
SnapshotDiskDevice .................................. 339
SnapshotHostDiskDeviceToContainerInManagedSet..................... 340
SnapshotHostVolume.................................. 341
SnapshotHostVolumeGroup............................... 342
SnapshotHostVolumeGroupToContainersInManagedSet ................... 343
SnapshotHostVolumeToContainers ............................ 344
SnapshotHostVolumeToContainersInManagedSet...................... 345
SnapshotOracleToContainersUsingRepository ....................... 346
SnapshotOracleUsingRepository............................. 347
SnapshotStorageVolume ................................ 348
SnapshotStorageVolumeToContainer ........................... 348
SnapshotStorageVolumesToContainers .......................... 349
SwitchOracleArchiveLogFilesUsingRepository........................ 350
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TestJobState...................................... 350
UnmountEntireVolumeGroup............................... 351
UnmountHostVolume.................................. 352
UnmountHostVolumes ................................. 352
UnmountHostVolumesUsingRepository........................... 353
UnpresentStorageVolume ................................ 354
UnpresentStorageVolumes................................ 354
ValidateHost ..................................... 355
ValidateHostVolume .................................. 355
ValidateHostVolumeDoesNotExist ............................ 356
ValidateHostVolumeGroup ............................... 357
ValidateHostVolumeMirrorclones............................. 357
ValidateOracleDatabase ................................ 358
ValidateOracleTablespaces ............................... 359
ValidateSnapcloneHostVolume.............................. 359
ValidateSnapcloneHostVolumeGroup........................... 360
ValidateSnapcloneStorageVolume ............................ 361
ValidateSnapshotHostVolume .............................. 361
ValidateSnapshotHostVolumeGroup ........................... 362
ValidateSnapshotStorageVolume............................. 363
ValidateStorageSystem................................. 363
ValidateStorageVolume................................. 364
ValidateStorageVolumes ................................ 364
Wait......................................... 365
WaitDrGroupNormalization............................... 365
WaitDrGroupSynchronizationTransition .......................... 366
WaitForHostDiskDeviceWriteCacheFlush.......................... 366
WaitForHostVolumeGroupWriteCacheFlush ........................ 367
WaitForHostVolumeWriteCacheFlush ........................... 367
WaitForHostVolumesWriteCacheFlush........................... 368
WaitForJob...................................... 369
WaitForStorageVolumeDiscovery............................. 370
WaitForStorageVolumesDiscovery ............................ 370
WaitForStorageVolumeWriteCacheFlush.......................... 371
WaitForStorageVolumesWriteCacheFlush ......................... 371
WaitForWriteCacheFlushUsingRepository ......................... 372
WaitHostDiskDeviceNormalization............................ 372
WaitHostVolumeNormalization ............................. 373
WaitStorageVolumeNormalization ............................ 373
WaitStorageVolumesNormalization............................ 374
WaitUntil....................................... 374
WaitVolumeGroupNormalization............................. 375
7Managedsets ......................... 377
Workingwithmanagedsets................................. 377
Aboutmanagedsets.................................. 377
Managedsetactionssummary ............................. 377
Managedsetactionscrossreference ........................... 377
Managedsetpropertiessummary ............................ 378
Managedsetviews .................................. 378
Addingresourcestoamanagedset ........................... 379
Creatingmanagedsets................................. 379
Deletingmanagedsets................................. 380
Renamingmanagedsets ................................ 380
Removingresourcesfrommanagedsets.......................... 380
Viewingmanagedsets................................. 381
Viewingmanagedsetproperties............................. 381
Managedsetsconcepts................................... 381
Managedsetsoverview................................. 381
ManagedsetsofDRgroups............................... 382
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Managedsetsofvirtualdisks(orcontainers)........................ 382
8Oracle............................. 385
WorkingwithOracleresources ............................... 385
AboutOracleresources................................. 385
Replicating(backingup)Oracleresources......................... 385
ReplicatingOracleresourcesusingtheGUI ...................... 385
ReplicatingOracleresourcesusingjobs........................ 386
ReplicatingOracledatabasesusingpreallocatedsnapclones............... 387
ReplicatingOracledatabasesusingsnapclones .................... 387
ReplicatingOracledatabasesusingsnapshots..................... 387
ReplicatingOracletablespacesusingpreallocatedsnapclones.............. 388
ReplicatingOracletablespacesusingsnapclones.................... 388
ReplicatingOracletablespacesusingsnapshots .................... 389
Restoring(recovering)Oracleresources.......................... 389
RestoringOracleresourcesusingtheGUI ....................... 389
RestoringOracleresourcesusingjobs......................... 389
Oracleactionssummary ................................ 390
Oracleactionscrossreference.............................. 391
Oraclepropertiessummary............................... 392
Oracleviews ..................................... 393
CheckingOracle-integrationlicenses............................ 394
CreatingrepositoriesofOracleresources ......................... 394
DeletingrepositoriesofOracleresources ......................... 394
SettingsecuritycredentialsforOracledatabases...................... 395
ViewingOracleresources................................ 395
ViewingOracleresourceproperties............................ 395
Oracleresourceconcepts.................................. 396
Oraclereplication(backup)andrestore(recovery)overview ................. 396
Oracle-integrationlicensesoverview ........................... 397
Oracle-integrationlicensepolicies ............................ 397
Oracleresourceguidelines ............................... 397
Oraclearchivedredologs ............................... 398
Oracle control files................................... 398
Oracledatabases ................................... 398
Oracle datafiles.................................... 398
Licensedisplays.................................... 398
Licensestates ..................................... 399
MountpointsforOraclerestores............................. 399
Oracleonlineredologs ................................ 399
Oracleresourcesmode................................. 400
RepositoriesforOracleresources............................. 400
SecuritycredentialsforOracledatabases ......................... 400
Oracletablespaces .................................. 401
9 Storage systems . . . . ..................... 403
Workingwithstoragesystems................................ 403
Aboutstoragesystemresources ............................. 403
Storagesystemactionssummary............................. 403
Storagesystemactionscrossreference .......................... 403
Storagesystempropertiessummary............................ 404
Storagesystemviews.................................. 404
Addingstoragesystemstoamanagedset......................... 405
Checkingandprintingstoragesystemlicenses....................... 405
Launchingthedevicemanager.............................. 405
Listingindividualresourceevents............................. 406
Removingstoragesystemsfromamanagedset....................... 406
Viewingstoragesystems ................................ 406
Viewingstoragesystemproperties ............................ 407
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Storagesystemconcepts .................................. 407
Replicationlicensesoverview .............................. 407
Replicationlicensepolicies ............................... 407
Controllersoftwarefeatures............................... 408
Controllersoftwarefeatures-localreplication ....................... 408
Controllersoftwarefeatures-remotereplication ...................... 409
Diskgroups...................................... 411
Storagesystemtypes.................................. 411
10Virtualdisks.......................... 413
Workingwithvirtualdisks.................................. 413
Aboutvirtualdiskresources............................... 413
Virtualdiskactionssummary .............................. 413
Virtualdiskactionscrossreference............................ 414
Virtualdiskpropertiessummary ............................. 415
Virtualdiskviews ................................... 416
Addingvirtualdiskstoamanagedset .......................... 416
Creatingcontainersforvirtualdisks ........................... 417
CreatingaDRgrouppair................................ 417
Creatingmirrorclones ................................. 418
Creatingsnapclones(preallocated)............................ 418
Creatingsnapclones(standard) ............................. 418
Creatingsnapshots(preallocated) ............................ 419
Creatingsnapshots(standard).............................. 419
Creatingvirtualdisks.................................. 420
Deletingvirtualdisks.................................. 420
Detachingmirrorclones................................. 421
Editingvirtualdiskproperties .............................. 421
Fracturingmirrorclones................................. 421
Launchingthedevicemanager.............................. 422
Listingindividualresourceevents............................. 422
Restoringvirtualdisks(InstantRestore)........................... 423
Low-levelrefreshingvirtualdisks ............................. 423
Presentingvirtualdisks ................................. 423
Removingvirtualdisksfromamanagedset ........................ 424
RemovingvirtualdisksfromaDRgrouppair........................ 424
Restoringvirtualdisks(InstantRestore)........................... 425
Resynchronizingmirrorclones .............................. 425
Unpresentingvirtualdisks................................ 426
Viewingvirtualdisks.................................. 426
Viewingvirtualdiskproperties.............................. 427
Virtualdiskconcepts.................................... 427
Virtualdisksoverview ................................. 427
Controllersoftwarefeatures............................... 427
Controllersoftwarefeatures-localreplication ....................... 428
Controllersoftwarefeatures-remotereplication ...................... 428
Cachepolicies .................................... 430
Containers ...................................... 430
Containerguidelines.................................. 431
Diskgroups...................................... 432
CrossVraidreplication................................. 432
CrossVraidFAQ.................................... 432
Diskgroups...................................... 432
CrossVraidguidelines ................................. 433
Instantrestoreoverview(virtualdisks)........................... 434
Instantrestorefrommirrorclones ............................. 434
Instantrestorefromsnapclones.............................. 435
Instantrestorefromsnapshots .............................. 435
Instantrestore..................................... 435
Normalization..................................... 436
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Low-levelrefreshofvirtualdisks ............................. 436
LUN......................................... 436
Preferredcontroller................................... 436
Presentation(tohost).................................. 437
Remotereplicationguidelines .............................. 437
Redundancylevel(Vraid) ................................ 438
Snapclones...................................... 438
SnapcloneFAQ.................................... 439
Snapcloneguidelines.................................. 439
Snapshots ...................................... 439
SnapshotFAQ..................................... 440
Snapshotguidelines .................................. 441
Snapshotspervirtualdisk................................ 441
Snapshottypes(allocationpolicy) ............................ 441
Tru64UNIXhostvolumes................................ 442
Types ........................................ 442
Virtualdiskguidelines ................................. 443
11Events ............................ 445
Workingwithevents.................................... 445
Aboutevents ..................................... 445
Eventactionssummary................................. 445
Eventactionscrossreference .............................. 445
Refreshingdisplaypanes................................ 446
Organizingdisplayedevents .............................. 446
Viewingevents .................................... 447
Viewingthetracelog.................................. 448
Filteringdisplayedevents................................ 448
Eventconcepts ...................................... 448
Eventsoverview.................................... 448
Eventslog ...................................... 449
Eventlogviews .................................... 450
Eventseverity..................................... 450
Tracelog....................................... 450
12CLUI ............................. 451
AccessingtheCLUIviaGUI................................. 451
CLUIdocumentation .................................... 451
CopyingCLUIcommandresponses.............................. 451
LegacyHPEVMCLcommandscrossreference ......................... 452
ReusingCLUIcommands .................................. 453
UsingCLUIhelp...................................... 453
13Glossary ........................... 457
Glossary......................................... 457
Index .............................. 459
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Tables
1Documentconventions.............................. 18
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About this guide
This guide describes how to use HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager (the replication
manager).
For the latest information about this product, see HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager release
notes. The location of this and other documents and web sites mentioned in this guide is provided in
“Related documentation” on page 17.
Intended audience
This guide is intended for operators and administrators of storage area networks (SANs) that include
supported HP storage arrays. Readers should be familiar with:
•Local area networks
•Storage areanetworks
•Operating systems, including Windows
•Oracle administration, if using the replication manager to replicate Oracle databases
Prerequisites
Use of this product requires:
•HP storage array and controller software
•Array management software
•Local and/or remote replication licenses
•Replication manager server and host agent software
•Application integration license (optional)
For supported storage arrays, management server hardware and software, and replication environments,
including restrictions, see HP StorageWorks EVA software compatibility reference on the HP StorageWorks
Continuous Access EVA or HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA web site.
Related documentation
To find the following documents, browse to the Manuals page of the HP Business Support Center web site:
http://www.hp.com/support/manuals. In the Storage section, click Storage software and then select
the product.
Replication Solutions Manager
•HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager online help
•HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager user guide
•HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager job command reference
•HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager command line user interface reference
•HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager administrator guide
•HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager installation guide
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Other
•HP StorageWorks Replication Solutions Manager release notes
•HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array compatibility reference
•HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array license key installation instructions
•HP StorageWorks Business Copy EVA administrator guide
•HP StorageWorks Continuous Access EVA administrator guide
Document conventions and symbols
Table 1 Document conventions
Convention Element
Blue text: Table 1 Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses
Blue, underlined text: http://www.hp.com Web site addresses
Bold text
•Keys that are pressed
•Text typed into a GUI element, such as a box
•GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such
as menu and list items, buttons, tabs, and check
boxes
Italic text Text emphasis
Monospace text
•File and directory names
•System output
•Code
•Commands, their arguments, and argument values
Monospace, italic text •Code variables
•Command variables
Monospace, bold text Emphasized monospace text
CAUTION:
Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.
IMPORTANT:
Provides clarifying information or specific instructions.
NOTE:
Provides additional information.
TIP:
Provides helpful hints and shortcuts.
HP technical support
Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP support web site:
http://www.hp.com/support/.
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Collect the following information before calling:
•Technical support registration number (if applicable)
•Product serial numbers
•Product model names and numbers
•Error messages
•Operating system type and revision level
•Detailed questions
For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.
Subscription service
HP recommends that you register your product at the Subscriber’s Choice for Business web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates.
After registering, you will receive e-mail notification of product enhancements, new driver versions,
firmware updates, and other product resources.
HP web sites
For additional information, see the following HP web sites:
•h
ttp://www.hp.com
•http://www.hp.com/go/storage
•http://www.hp.com/service_locator
•http://www.docs.hp.com
Documentation feedback
HP welcomes your feedback.
To make comments and suggestions about product documentation, please send a message to
[e-mail]. All submissions become the property of HP.
Product feedback
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a message to [e-mail].
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