HP Storage Mirroring V5 Software - Manual (Page 3)

Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ...........................................................................................................1-1
Intended audience .................................................................................................................... 1-1
Conventions used in this guide ............................................................................................... 1-1
Resources .................................................................................................................................. 1-1
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Chapter 2: Storage Mirroring Overview ................................................................................2-1
Storage Mirroring operations ................................................................................................. 2-2
Mirroring ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-2
Replication ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2-3
Failure monitoring and failover ............................................................................................................................................................ 2-4
Restoration ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-5
Storage Mirroring add-ons and features ................................................................................ 2-6
Storage Mirroring Application Manager ............................................................................................................................................ 2-6
Server Recovery Option ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2-6
Full-Server Failover ................................................................................................................................................................................ 2-7
Storage Mirroring Reporting Center ................................................................................................................................................. 2-8
Storage Mirroring Dashboard .............................................................................................................................................................. 2-8
Storage Mirroring Enterprise Install Console .................................................................................................................................. 2-8
Storage Mirroring for VMware Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................. 2-8
Sample configurations ............................................................................................................. 2-9
One-to-one, active/standby .................................................................................................................................................................. 2-9
One-to-one, active/active ................................................................................................................................................................... 2-10
Many-to-one ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-11
One-to-many ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-12
Chained ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-13
Single server ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-14
Virtual systems ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2-15
Chapter 3: Installation .............................................................................................................3-1
System Requirements .............................................................................................................. 3-1
Installation and upgrade notes ................................................................................................ 3-2
Installing or upgrading Storage Mirroring ............................................................................. 3-4
Installing or upgrading Storage Mirroring automatically .................................................... 3-6
Uninstalling Storage Mirroring ............................................................................................... 3-9
Uninstalling Storage Mirroring automatically ..................................................................... 3-10
Chapter 4: Clients ....................................................................................................................4-1
Management Console .............................................................................................................. 4-1
Logging on and off of Storage Mirroring ........................................................................................................................................... 4-2
Managing the Management Console Tree ........................................................................................................................................ 4-3
Groups .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4-3
Servers .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 4-4
Sharing group and server configuration .................................................................................................................................... 4-5
Storage Mirroring workspaces ................................................................................................ 4-5