HP Storage Essentials Enterprise Edition Software User Manual

Hp storage essentials srm 6.0 user guide

HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide

for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM

Software

Second edition: July 2008

This manual is related to the following products:

Storage Essentials Standard Edition SRM Software

Table of contents

Document Outline

HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide
Contents
About this Guide
- Intended Audience
- Prerequisites
- Related Documentation
- Document Conventions and Symbols
- HP Technical Support
  - HP-Authorized Reseller
  - Helpful Websites
Overview
- About This Product
- Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition
- Suggested Topics for First-Time Users
- Product Components
  - Management Server Components
- The User Interface on the SE Home Page
- Installing the Java Plug-in
- Installing the Software Security Certificate
- Restarting the Service for the Management Server
Discovering Switches, Storage Systems, NAS Devices, and Tape Libraries
- About Discovery
- Discovery Steps
- Discovering Switches
- Discovering Storage Systems
- Discovering NAS Devices and Tape Libraries
  - Discovering NAS Devices
  - Discovering HP and IBM Tape Libraries
- Discovery Data Collection
- Other Discovery Features
Discovering Applications, Backup Hosts and Hosts
- Step 1 - Discovering Your Hosts and Backup Manager Hosts
  - Step A - Set Up Discovery for Hosts
  - Step B - Discovery Data Collection
- Step 2 - Setting Up Discovery for Applications
- Step 3 - Discovering Applications
- Changing the Oracle TNS Listener Port
- Changing the Password for the Managed Database Account
Host and Application Clustering
- About Clustering
- Discovering Clusters
- Clustering in System Manager
- Clustering in Topology
- Clustering in Capacity Manager
Managing Security
- About Security for the Management Server
- Managing User Accounts
- Managing Roles
- Managing Organizations
- Changing the Password of System Accounts
- Using Active Directory/LDAP for Authentication
Managing Licenses
- About the License
- Importing a License File
- Viewing Cumulative Licenses
- Viewing a Specific License
- Deleting a License
- License Setup for Array Performance Pack
- Upgrading License from Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition
Configuring the Management Server
- Trap Generation
  - Changing the Default to SNMPv2
- Setting Up E-mail Notification
- Configuring Print Settings
- Setting the Date and Time for Scheduled Tasks
- Managing Getting Discovery Details
- Modifying Collector Settings for Newly Discovered Elements
- Managing Product Health
- Managing Logging
- Managing the Display of Events
- Managing File System Viewer
- Managing Backup Collection
- Managing Reports
- Managing Performance Collection
- Editing the Locale and Currency Settings
- Process Names
  - Process names on Windows
  - Process Names on Unix Systems
- Editing a Collector Schedule
Database Maintenance and Management
- Database Maintenance Window
- Overview of Backups
- Database Mode
  - Archive Mode
  - No-Archive Mode
- Architectural Overview of RMAN Backups
  - Data Saved During a Backup
  - Backing up the Database Manually
- Performing an RMAN Hot Backup
- Scheduling RMAN Hot Backups
- Viewing Results from RMAN Backup
- About the Database Admin Utility
Viewing Element Topology and Properties
- About System Manager
- Accessing System Manager
- About Cisco Switches and VSANs in System Manager
- About the User Interface for System Manager
- Viewing Storage Elements
- Setting Up Custom Commands
- Using External Tools
  - The External Tools Feature
  - Setting up External Tools
- About the Navigation Tab
  - Finding the Status of a Port on a Switch
  - Accessing the Navigation Tab
- Viewing Element Properties
- Viewing Element Topology
- Creating a Virtual Application
- The Provisioning Tab
- About the Events Tab
- Asset Attributes of an Element
- About the Collectors Tab
- About the Monitoring Tab
- About the Policies Tab
- Determining If a Host Belongs to a File System
- About the Data from CXFS File Systems
Event Management
- About Event Manager
  - Accessing Event Manager
  - Event Manager Icons
- Viewing Event Details
- Clearing Events
- Configuring the Clearing of Events
- Configuring the Deletion of Events
- Deleting Events
- Sorting Events
- Adding Journal Entries
- Changing the CLARiiON Event Polling Interval
- Brocade Events
  - Brocade Switch Events
  - Supported Brocade Events
- Filtering Events
Finding an Element’s Storage Capacity
- About Capacity Manager
- Accessing Capacity Manager
- The Toolbars in Capacity Manager
- Finding the Capacity of an Element
- Obtaining Utilization Reports
- Printing Elements in Capacity Manager
- Viewing Capacity Charts
- Viewing Trending Information for Storage Capacity
- Different Results for the df -k Command and Capacity Manager
Managing Policies
- About Policy Manager
- Accessing Policy Manager
- Creating Policies
- Modifying Policies
- Viewing Policies
- Deactivating a Policy
- Deleting Policies
- Providing E-mail Notification for a Policy
- Providing Event Generation for a Policy
- Providing a Custom Command for a Policy
Viewing Performance Data
- About Performance Manager and Array Performance Pack
  - Array Performance Pack Requirements
  - EVA Metrics and Considerations
    - EVAPerf Considerations
- General Considerations for Performance Manager
- Accessing Performance Manager
- Creating Performance Charts
- The Toolbars in Performance Manager
- Comparing the Performance of Different Elements
- Viewing Summary Charts
- Viewing Trending Information for Performance
- Removing Performance Data from a Graph
- Setting a Custom Period
- Monitoring Options
- Managing Late Data or Errors
- Monitoring with Direct Attached Storage
- Supported Host Configurations for Monitoring
- Sudden Dips Displayed in Certain Charts in Performance Manager
- Values Continue to Increase in Charts for Aggregated Drives and Aggregate Volumes
Running Reports
- About Reporter
  - Available Reports
  - Troubleshooting Reporter
- Accessing Reporter
- Viewing Reports
  - Report Parameters
- Viewing Report Collectors for an Element
- Refreshing a Report
- Changing the Formatting of a Report
- Opening a Report in a New Window
- Maximizing the Screen Space for a Report
- Filtering Data in Global Reports
- Sending a Report by E-mail
- Managing E-mail Schedules for Reports
- Creating Custom Reports
Provisioning Manager
- About Provisioning Manager
  - About Provisioning Brocade Switches After Upgrading
- Managing Zones
- Managing Storage
Managing Backups
- About Backup Manager
- Viewing Sessions that are Running
- Determining if the Last Scheduled Backup was Successful
- About the User Interface
- About the Summary Backup Charts
- About the Tabs in the Topology Lower Pane
- Sorting Information in the Lower Pane
- Modifying Summary Backup Charts
- Viewing Charts for a Backup Manager Host
- Printing Summary Charts
Path Provisioning
- About Path Provisioning
- How Path Provisioning Works
- How to Use Path Provisioning
- About the User Interface
- Default System Action Templates
- Creating a System Action Template
- Modifying a System Action Template
- Adding a Host
- Creating a Host Security Group
- Scheduling Provisioning Jobs
- Executing Provisioning Jobs
- Monitoring Provisioning Jobs
- Deleting Multiple Jobs
- Naming Conventions
- Using Multipathing with Path Provisioning
- Customizing Path Provisioning
- Assigning a Template to a Role
Chargeback Manager
- About Chargeback Manager
- Setting Up Chargeback Manager
- Accessing Chargeback Manager
- Creating an Asset Record
- Changing the Status of an Element
- Saving Chargeback Manager Information
- Viewing Assets
- Defining Storage Tiers
- Adding Asset Information
- Managing Departments
- Setting the Infrastructure Cost
  - About Asset-based and Storage-based Infrastructure Cost
- Setting Up Asset and Storage Based Chargeback Manager
- Viewing Chargeback
- Chargeback Reports
- Filtering Assets
Business Tools
- About the Business Tools
- Using Business Tools in Remote AD/LDAP Authentication Mode
- Using the HBA Replacement Automator
  - Installing New HBA with Old HBA
  - Installing New HBA by Itself
- Setting up Risk Analysis
- Global Change Management
Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Installation/Upgrade
- Configuring the Java Console
- java.lang.SecurityException: Failed to validate one time key
- “Data is late or an error occurred” Message
- appstorm..log Filled with Connection Exceptions
- Receiving HTTP ERROR: 503 When Accessing the Management Server
- Permanently Changing the Port a CIM Extension Uses (UNIX Only)
- Configuring UNIX CIM Extensions to Run Behind Firewalls
- Volume Names from Ambiguous Automounts Are Not Displayed
- Installing the Software Security Certificate
  - Installing the Certificate by Using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
  - Changing the Security Certificate to Match the Name of the Server
    - Windows
    - Linux
- Troubleshooting Discovery and Discovery Data Collection
- Troubleshooting Topology Issues
- Troubleshooting the Java Plug-in
- Troubleshooting Provisioning
- Troubleshooting CLI Errors
  - Using the CLI Command While Upgrading
  - NoSuchElement Error
- Troubleshooting Hardware
Glossary
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Index