HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage User Manual

Hp storevirtual storage user guide

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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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