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HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual

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Contents

1 Overview of HP StorageWorks XP Auto LUN Software.....................................5

Overview of XP Auto LUN..........................................................................................................5
Volume Migration to Balance Workloads.....................................................................................5

2 About XP Auto LUN Operations....................................................................7

Components............................................................................................................................7
Overview of Volume Migration...................................................................................................7

Manual Volume Migration.....................................................................................................7
Automatic Volume Migration...............................................................................................12

Interoperability with Other Products...........................................................................................15

How to Calculate the Number of Concurrent Migration Plans...................................................25
Calculating Differential Tables Required for Mainframe Volume Migration.................................26
Calculating Differential Tables Required for Open-System Volume Migration...............................27
Notes on Migrating XP Thin Provisioning Virtual Volumes........................................................28

3 Using the XP Auto LUN GUI.......................................................................31

Using the XP Auto LUN Windows.............................................................................................31
Manual Plan Window of XP Auto LUN......................................................................................31
Auto Plan Window of XP Auto LUN...........................................................................................39
Attribute Window of XP Auto LUN............................................................................................43
History Window of XP Auto LUN..............................................................................................49

4 XP Auto LUN Operations...........................................................................52

Starting XP Auto LUN..............................................................................................................52
Reserving Migration Destinations for Volumes.............................................................................52
Migrating Volumes Manually....................................................................................................53
Automating Volume Migrations.................................................................................................55

Setting a Fixed Parity Group................................................................................................55
Changing the Maximum Disk Usage Rate for Each HDD Class.................................................56
Setting Auto Migration Parameters.......................................................................................56
Remaking Auto Migration Plans...........................................................................................58

Viewing the Migration History Log............................................................................................58

5 Using RAID Manager for Manual Volume Migration.....................................66

Sample Volume Migration........................................................................................................66
Volume Migration Errors..........................................................................................................67

6 Troubleshooting........................................................................................68

Troubleshooting XP Auto LUN...................................................................................................68
Troubleshooting When Using RAID Manager.............................................................................68
Calling HP Technical Support...................................................................................................76

7 Support and Other Resources.....................................................................77

Related Documentation............................................................................................................77
Conventions for Storage Capacity Values...................................................................................77
HP Technical Support..............................................................................................................78
Subscription Service................................................................................................................78

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