HP P9000 User manual

HP StorageWorks
P9000 Documentation Roadmap
Abstract
This guide provides an overview of tasks that can be performed on HP StorageWorks P9000 disk arrays and the related
documentation for the tasks.
HP Part Number: AV400-96383
Published: May 2011
Edition: Second

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Revision History
DescriptionDateEdition
Applies to microcode version 70-01-01-00/00 or later.October 2010First
Applies to microcode version 70-02-01-00/00 or later.May 2011Second

Contents
1 P9000 tasks and related manuals.................................................................4
Required setup tasks..................................................................................................................4
General task list...................................................................................................................4
1. Installation tasks...............................................................................................................4
2. Startup tasks....................................................................................................................5
3. Basic system administration tasks.......................................................................................5
4. Provisioning and configuration tasks...................................................................................5
5. Storage virtualization tasks................................................................................................6
6. Data replication and disaster recovery tasks........................................................................6
Optional setup tasks ................................................................................................................6
1. Provisioning and configuration...........................................................................................7
2. Performance monitoring and tuning tasks............................................................................7
3. Troubleshooting and other tasks.........................................................................................7
2 P9000 user guides.....................................................................................8
P9000 user guides by topic.......................................................................................................8
Contents 3

1 P9000 tasks and related manuals
This section provides an ordered task list with pointers to the P9000 user guide that provides the
instructions for the task.
Required setup tasks
The following tables included the required tasks that must be completed to set up a P9000 storage
system.
General task list
The following table provides high-level steps for the installation and configuration tasks. The tables
following it provide detailed task lists. See the related user guides for detailed task lists and
instructions.
User guideInstallation task
HP StorageWorks P9000 Site Preparation Guide1. Install the system
HP StorageWorks P9000 Owner Guide2. Turn on system power
NoneInstall software
(authorized service personnel)
HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console User Guide3. Set up Remote Web Console user accounts,
enable software licenses
See “4. Provisioning and configuration tasks” (page 5)4. Provision and configure the system
See “5. Storage virtualization tasks” (page 6)5. Set up virtualization
See “6. Data replication and disaster recovery tasks” (page 6)6. Set up replication
•HP StorageWorks P9000 Audit Log User Guide
•HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console User Guide
7. Set up monitoring, logs, and alerts
•HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide
8. Tune system for performance
HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console Messages9. Troubleshoot and maintain system
1. Installation tasks
User guideStorage management task
HP StorageWorks P9000 Site Preparation GuideInstall the system
1. Create installation plan.
2. Prepare the facility
3. Prepare the location where the system will
be installed
4. Assist service personnel as needed.
5. Connect the system to a host.
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2. Startup tasks
User guideStorage management task
HP StorageWorks P9000 Owner Guide1. Verify that power to the rack is correct and
turned on
2. Verify that all PDU breakers and switches are
ON.
3. Turn on system power
4. Verify that the ready LED is on.
3. Basic system administration tasks
User guideStorage management task
HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console User Guide1. Log in
2. Change admin password
3. Set up user accounts
4. Enable license keys
4. Provisioning and configuration tasks
User guideStorage management Task
•HP StorageWorks P9000 Provisioning for Open Systems User
Guide
•HP StorageWorks P9000 Spreadsheet Guide
Provision the P9000 system for use with open
systems.
1. Verify that the system on which you are
installing the software meets the minimum
requirements for the software release.
2. Prepare the fibre-channel HBAs for the
installation.
3. Connect the system to a host.
4. Verify recognition of the new devices.
5. Verify device files and the driver.
6. Create open-systems volumes
7. Partition disk devices, create file systems,
and set device parameters.
8. Create mount directories, mount and verify
the file systems, and set and verify
auto-mount parameters.
9. Configure hosts and ports.
10. Define paths to volumes.
11. Assign access attribute to volumes.
12. Implement dynamic allocation of disk space
on an as-needed basis.
HP StorageWorks P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User
Guide
Provision the P9000 system for use with
mainframe systems.
1. Create mainframe volumes.
Required setup tasks 5

5. Storage virtualization tasks
User guideStorage management task
•HP StorageWorks P9000 External Storage for Open and
Mainframe Systems User Guide
•HP StorageWorks P9000 Cache Partition User Guide
•HP StorageWorks P9000 Spreadsheet Guide
1. Connect external storage systems to P9000
system for storage virtualization.
2. Set up virtual volumes.
6. Data replication and disaster recovery tasks
User guideStorage management task
HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous User GuidePerform synchronous remote replication and
disaster recovery in open systems.
HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous for
Mainframe Systems User Guide
Perform synchronous remote replication and
disaster recovery in mainframe systems.
HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Journal User GuidePerform asynchronous remote replication and
disaster recovery in open systems.
HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe
Systems User Guide
Perform asynchronous remote replication and
disaster recovery in Mainframe systems.
HP StorageWorks P9000 External Storage Access Manager User
Guide
Enabling host-based applications to failover
between storage systems without requiring
restart of the applications.
HP StorageWorks P9000 Business Copy User GuidePerform local replication in open systems.
HP StorageWorks P9000 Business Copy for Mainframe Systems User
Guide
Perform local replication in mainframe systems.
HP StorageWorks P9000 Business Copy for Mainframe Systems User
Guide
Create point-in-time snapshot copies of data
volumes to accelerate backup and recovery
processes.
HP StorageWorks P9000 Snapshot User GuideCreate point-in-time sns to accelerate backup
and recovery processes.
HP StorageWorks P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring User
Guide
Manipulate IBM FlashCopy pairs for full-.volume
and data-set-level copy.
HP StorageWorks P9000 for Compatible XRC User GuideUse the Compatible XRC software to perform
asynchronous remote replication.
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager Installation and
Configuration User Guide
Install RAID Manager (CCI).
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager User GuideUse RAID Manager commands to perform data
replication.
Optional setup tasks
The following tables list the optional setup tasks that you can use to customize your storage system.
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1. Provisioning and configuration
User guideStorage management task
HP StorageWorks P9000 Spreadsheet GuideRun scripted spreadsheets to make large-scale
configuration changes to your storage system,
and perform remote replication for mainframe.
HP StorageWorks P9000 SNMP Agent User GuideUse SNMP-based reporting on status and alerts
for the storage system
HP StorageWorks P9000 Database Validator User GuideProtect the storage system against writing of
invalid data in Oracle database environment
HP StorageWorks P9000 DKA Encryption User GuideEncrypt data as needed
HP StorageWorks P9000 Volume Shredder for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide
Delete data from volumes to prevent it from
being restored
2. Performance monitoring and tuning tasks
User guideStorage management task
HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide
Monitor performance statistics of disk drives,
volumes, and other storage components
HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide
Improve data access speed using cache
HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide
Create and managing virtual cache partitions
HP StorageWorks P9000 for Parallel Access Volumes User GuideImprove data access speed by enabling multiple
I/O requests to be issued to single logical
devices (LDEVs) on IBM mainframe computers
HP StorageWorks P9000 Auto LUN User GuideThis row is profiled for HP
Integrate volumes to balance resource utilization
and remove bottlenecks from the storage system
3. Troubleshooting and other tasks
User guideStorage management task
HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console MessagesReview information about Remote Web
Console messages
HP StorageWorks P9000 Audit Log User GuideReview the log of operations to investigate
causes of errors and avoid potential errors
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager Reference GuideReview syntax of RAID Manager commands
Optional setup tasks 7

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P9000 user guides by topic
The following table provides a list of all P9000 user documentation, by topic.
Manual nameType of guide/topic
HP StorageWorks P9000 Documentation RoadmapIntroductory
HP StorageWorks P9000 Site Preparation GuideHardware
HP StorageWorks P9000 Owner Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Provisioning for Open Systems User Guide
Covers tired storage, dynamic provisioning, LUN manager, LUSE, virtual LUN,
and data retention.
Provisioning
HP StorageWorks P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Spreadsheet Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Open-Systems Host Attachment GuideHost Configuration
HP StorageWorks P9000 Mainframe Host Attachment and Operations Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 External Storage for Open and Mainframe Systems
User Guide
Virtualization
HP StorageWorks P9000 Cache Partition User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Business Copy User GuideReplication, Open System
HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Snapshot User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Journal User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 External Storage Access Manager User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Business Copy for Mainframe Systems User GuideReplication, Mainframe
HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe Systems
User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe Systems User
Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 for Compatible XRC User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 External Storage Access Manager User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager User GuideRAID Manager
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager Installation and Configuration User
Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager Reference Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console User GuideRemote Web Console
HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console Messages
HP StorageWorks P9000 DKA Encryption User GuideSecurity
HP StorageWorks P9000 Volume Shredder for Open and Mainframe Systems
User Guide
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Manual nameType of guide/topic
HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance for Open and Mainframe Systems User
Guide
Performance
HP StorageWorks P9000 for Parallel Access Volumes User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Auto LUN User GuideData Migration
HP StorageWorks P9000 SNMP Agent User GuideSystem Maintenance
HP StorageWorks P9000 Audit Log User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Cache Manager User GuideServer-based
HP StorageWorks P9000 Dataset Replication User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Data Exchange User Guide
HP StorageWorks P9000 Database Validator User GuideOther
P9000 user guides by topic 9