HP X1800sb G2 Network Storage Blade - Manual (Page 5)

1 Automated Storage Manager Overview
This documentation is intended for the person who administers HP StorageWorks X1000 Network
Storage Systems running Automated Storage Manager software.
ASM provides storage-allocation wizards that walk you through the process of allocating and
configuring storage on your HP Storage System to host application data and shared folders. The
storage-allocation wizards also allow you to schedule backups and snapshots of hosted application
data and shared folders.
Other wizards are provided to help you set up Exchange Server storage, SQL Server database
storage, user-defined application storage, and shared folders storage.
ASM is designed to work seamlessly with Windows administrator tools, HP Storage System
Management applications, Microsoft iSCSI Target, and Data Protector Express. For example, you
can change your HP Storage System's:
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Storage allocations (quotas), shared folder permissions and names, and snapshot schedules
using ASM, Windows administrator tools, and the HP Storage System Management
applications.
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Media rotation type using ASM and Data Protector Express.
IMPORTANT: Do not use Windows administrator tools to change the paths to storage configured
on your HP Storage System or file directories created by ASM on application servers with storage
hosted on your HP Storage System. Doing so will break the iSCSI communication paths between
your application servers and HP Storage System, and make it so ASM can no longer locate allocated
storage areas on your HP Storage System.
Software requirements
ASM comes preinstalled on your HP Storage System. A license key is not required for ASM.
Software support
Storage for application servers running on Windows Server 2003 with SP1 through Windows
Server 2008 R2 that are on the same domain as your HP Storage System can be hosted. Windows
domain controllers (such as Windows Small Business Server) are supported by ASM as managed
application servers.
ASM provides storage-management services for the following applications:
Table 1 Storage support on ASM
See “Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard”
(page 10) .
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with SP1 or later,
Exchange Server 2007, and Exchange Server 2010
See “Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard” (page 12) . File sharing services on local storage
See “Using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard”
(page 14) .
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with SP4 or later, SQL Server
2005 with SP2 or later, SQL Server 2008, and SQL Server
2008 R2*
See “ Using the Host a User-Defined Application Wizard”
(page 15) .
User-defined applications
* ASM does not support SQL Server 2008 databases that utilize FILESTREAM data type storage.
ASM does not support Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). When entering or configuring IP address
settings using ASM, use Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses.
In order to use some Automated Storage Manager features, your HP Storage System must have
supporting software installed. Microsoft iSCSI Software target is preinstalled. HP Data Protector
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