HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage User Manual

Hp storevirtual storage user guide

HP StoreVirtual Storage User Guide

Abstract

This guide provides instructions for configuring individual storage systems, as well as for creating storage clusters, volumes,
snapshots, and remote copies.

HP Part Number: AX696-96269
Published: March 2013
Edition: 10

Table of contents

Document Outline

HP StoreVirtual Storage User Guide
Contents
1 Getting started
- Creating storage with HP StoreVirtual Storage
- Configuring storage systems
- Creating a storage volume using the Management Groups, Clusters, and Volumes wizard
- Enabling server access to volumes
- Using the Map View
  - Using the display tools
  - Using views and layouts
- Setting preferences
  - Setting the font size and locale
  - Setting naming conventions
    - Changing naming conventions
- Troubleshooting
  - Storage systems not found
- Configuring remote support for HP StoreVirtual Storage
2 Working with storage systems
- Identifying the storage system hardware
- Storage system tasks
- Powering off or rebooting the storage system
- Upgrading LeftHand OS on storage systems
- Registering advanced features for a storage system
- Determining volume and snapshot availability
- Checking status of dedicated boot devices
  - Checking boot device status
    - Getting there
  - Replacing a dedicated boot device
3 Configuring RAID and Managing Disks
- Getting there
- Configuring and managing RAID
- RAID Levels
- Explaining RAID devices in the RAID setup report
  - RAID devices by RAID type
    - Virtual RAID devices
- Planning the RAID configuration
- Setting RAID rebuild rate
  - General guidelines for setting the RAID rebuild rate
  - Setting the RAID rebuild rate
- Reconfiguring RAID
  - To reconfigure RAID
  - Reconfiguring RAID for a P4800 G2 with 2 TB drives
- Monitoring RAID status
  - Data reads and writes and RAID status
  - Data redundancy and RAID status
- Managing disks
- Replacing a disk
- Troubleshooting
4 Managing the network
- Network best practices
- Changing network configurations
- Managing settings on network interfaces
- The TCP/IP tab
  - Identifying the network interfaces
  - Pinging an IP address
    - To ping an IP address
- Configuring the IP address manually
- Using DHCP
- Configuring network interface bonds
- Disabling a network interface
  - Configuring a disabled interface
- Using a DNS server
  - Editing DNS settings
- Setting up routing
- Configuring storage system communication
  - Selecting the interface used by the LeftHand OS
  - Updating the list of manager IP addresses
- Fibre Channel
5 Setting the date and time
- Management group time
- Getting there
- Refreshing the management group time
- Using NTP
- Editing the date and time
- Editing the time zone only
6 Managing authentication
- Managing administrative users
  - Adding an administrative user
  - Editing administrative users
- Managing administrative groups
  - Default administrative groups
    - Adding administrative groups
  - Editing administrative groups
- Using Active Directory for external authentication
7 Monitoring the SAN
- Monitoring SAN status
  - Customizing the SAN Status Page
  - Using the SAN Status Page
- Alarms and events overview
- Working with alarms
- Configuring events
- Working with events
- Configuring email notification
  - Configuring the email server
  - Configuring email recipients
- Configuring SNMP
- Running diagnostic reports
- Generating a hardware information report
- Using log files
- Exporting the management group support bundle
- Exporting the storage system support bundle
- Exporting the System Summary
8 Working with management groups
- Functions of management groups
- Planning management groups
- Creating a management group
- Configuration Summary overview
  - Reading the configuration summary
  - Configuration guidance
- Best Practice summary overview
- Management group maintenance tasks
- Shutting down a management group
  - If volumes are still connected to servers or hosts
  - Restarting the management group
    - Restarted management group in maintenance mode
    - Manually changing the management group to normal mode
- Removing a storage system from a management group
- Deleting a management group
9 Working with managers and quorum
- Managers overview
- Using the Failover Manager
- Using a virtual manager
10 Working with clusters
- Clusters and storage systems
- Creating a cluster
  - Cluster Map View
- Monitoring cluster usage
- Editing a cluster
- Maintaining storage systems in clusters
- Troubleshooting a cluster
  - Auto Performance Protection
    - Auto Performance Protection and the VSA
    - Auto Performance Protection and other clusters
  - Repairing a storage system
- Deleting a cluster
11 Provisioning storage
- Understanding how the capacity of the SAN is used
- Provisioning storage
- Provisioning volumes
- Provisioning snapshots
- Ongoing capacity management
12 Using volumes
- Volumes and server access
  - Prerequisites
- Planning volumes
- Characteristics of volumes
- Creating a volume
- Viewing the volume map
- Editing a volume
  - To edit a volume
- Deleting a volume
  - To delete the volume
13 Using snapshots
- Types of snapshots
  - Uses and best practices for snapshots
- Planning snapshots
  - Prerequisites for application-managed snapshots
- Creating snapshots
  - Editing a snapshot
- Scheduling snapshots
- Mounting a snapshot
- Rolling back a volume to a snapshot or clone point
  - Rolling back a volume to a snapshot or clone point
- Deleting a snapshot
- Troubleshooting snapshots
14 SmartClone volumes
- What are SmartClone volumes?
- Planning SmartClone volumes
- Defining SmartClone volume characteristics
- Naming SmartClone volumes
- Shared versus individual characteristics
- Clone point
- Shared snapshot
- Creating SmartClone volumes
- To create a SmartClone volume
- Viewing SmartClone volumes
  - Map view
    - Using views
    - Viewing clone points, volumes, and snapshots
- Editing SmartClone volumes
  - To edit the SmartClone volumes
- Deleting SmartClone volumes
  - Deleting the clone point
  - Deleting multiple SmartClone volumes
15 Working with scripting
16 Controlling server access to volumes
- Planning server connections to management groups
- Completing the iSCSI Initiator and disk setup
- Planning Fibre Channel server connections to management groups
- Clustering server connections
- Assigning iSCSI server connections access to volumes
  - Assigning server iSCSI connections from a volume
  - Assigning volumes from an iSCSI connection
- Assigning volumes to Fibre Channel servers
- Editing server connection and volume assignments
17 Monitoring performance
- Prerequisites
- Introduction to using performance information
  - What can I learn about my SAN?
    - Current SAN activities example
    - Workload characterization example
  - Fault isolation example
- What can I learn about my volumes?
  - Most active volumes examples
  - Activity generated by a specific server example
- Planning for SAN improvements
- Accessing and understanding the Performance Monitor window
- Monitoring and comparing multiple clusters
- Performance monitoring and analysis concepts
- Changing the sample interval and time zone
- Adding statistics
  - Viewing statistic details
- Removing and clearing statistics
- Pausing and restarting monitoring
- Changing the graph
- Exporting data
  - Exporting statistics to a CSV file
  - Saving the graph to an image file
18 Registering advanced features
- Evaluation period for using advanced features
  - Starting the evaluation period
  - Backing out of Remote Copy evaluation
- Scripting evaluation
  - Turn on scripting evaluation
  - Turn off scripting evaluation
- Registering advanced features
- Saving and editing your customer information
19 HP StoreVirtual Storage using iSCSI and Fibre Channel
- iSCSI and HP StoreVirtual Storage
- Fibre Channel and HP StoreVirtual Storage
  - Creating Fibre Channel connectivity
    - Zoning
  - Using MPIO with Fibre Channel
    - Adding the MPIO Device Hardware ID
20 Using the Configuration Interface
- Connecting to the Configuration Interface
- Logging in to the Configuration Interface
- Configuring administrative users
- Configuring a network connection
- Deleting a NIC bond
- Setting the TCP speed, duplex, and frame size
- Removing a storage system from a management group
- Resetting the storage system to factory defaults
21 Replacing hardware
- Replacing disks and rebuilding data
- Replacing the RAID controller
22 LeftHand OS TCP and UDP port usage
23 Third-party licenses
24 Support and other resources
- Contacting HP
  - Subscription service
- Rack stability
- Customer self repair
- HP Insight Remote Support Software
- Related information
  - HP websites
25 Documentation feedback
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