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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