HP P6000 Command View Software SuiteUser GuideAbstractThis document describes how to use HP P6000 Command View (formerly HP Command View EVA) to manag
Figure 2 Array-based configuration324514. Browsing computer1. LAN5. Hosts2. SAN3. HP EVA4400 storage systemsFigure 2 (page 10) shows multiple HP EVA44
• WSAME Dest Other Req/s —The average number of WRITE SAME requests arrived persecond, where the destination LUN is owned by other controller, calcula
11 Support and other resourcesContacting HPHP technical supportTelephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP support website:
• HP Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge (SPOCK):http://www.hp.com/storage/spock• HP SAN manuals:http://www.hp.com/go/sdgmanuals• HP Support Center
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A HP array event code formats and descriptionsThis appendix describes how the hexadecimal number for the event code is formed.Event code formatControl
Table 12 HP array software component IDs (continued)DescriptionIDFault Management4Fibre Channel Services6Container Services7RAID Services8Storage Syst
Table 13 HP array event information packet (EIP) types (continued)DescriptionTitleCodeA physical disk drive state change occurred.Storage System State
Dump/restart control codesTable 15 HP array dump/restart control codesDescriptionCodePerform crash dump then restart.0Do not perform crash dump, just
GlossaryThis glossary defines terms that are used in this guide or are related to the software.Aarray A synonym of storage array, storage system, and
Jjob A repeatable custom script that automates replication tasks. A job can be simple (for example,create a DR group) or complex (for example, perform
For more information, see the online help or the HP Management Integration FrameworkAdministrator Guide and the HP Management Integration Framework Ma
Vvirtual array Synonymous with disk array and storage system, a group of disks in one or more disk enclosurescombined with control software that prese
IndexAadding hosts, 32arraymonitoring performance, 74Bblower power supply, failed, 70browserrefreshing, 69right-click menu, 67Ccachesetting mode, 42CL
individual hosts, 58hostsadding, 32empty controller host ports, 69HPsupport website, 101technical support, 101HP P6000 Continuous Access , 43HP P6000
demand allocated, 38description, 37in jobs, 42of destination virtual disks, 42optimizing performance, 42using containers, 41specifying the output, 85s
Point of view selectorsLocated on the lower left of the window, these selectors enable you to select the point of view thatis displayed. The selector
Content paneThe content pane displays information and actions that you can perform on the storage system orcomponent that is selected in the Navigatio
For information about combining multiple machines in a Management Group, see the HPManagement Integration Framework Administrator Guide. For more info
2. Using the network name or IP address of the HP EVA4400, P63x0, or P65x0 storage array,enter:https://array_name or IP_address:2374/SPoGThe HP P6000
2 Managing security and passwordsThis chapter explains how to use HP P6000 Command View to manage your storage environment.NOTE: See the HP P6000 Comm
• The following numeric characters are allowed: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9• The following special characters are allowed: ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * +
To disable HP P6000 Command View to manage a password-protected storage system from thesettings point of view:1. In the session pane, click Management
4. On the affected storage system, enter the new password using the OCP. See the user guidefor your storage system.5. In HP P6000 Command View, store
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3 Licensing HP P6000 EVA storage systemsLicenses to use and license keysLicense typesThe following types of licenses to use (LTUs) are available for H
Data migration licensesHP P6000 Command View and the MPX200 iSCSI controller support the Data Migration licenses.Figure 5 Initalized Storage System Pr
displays to inform you that the upgrade license is not in effect because there is no permanentunlimited license.Obtaining license keysTo obtain a lice
Retrieving licensesLicense keys can be retrieved from HP P6000 Command View using the Export Licenses optionwithin Server options. To store a copy of
Adding an LTU1. In the HP P6000 Command View navigation pane, select the specific storage system to license.The Initialized Storage System Properties
Displaying temporary license expiration dateYou can view the expiration date for the temporary license on the Initialized Storage SystemProperties pag
4 Provisioning storageProvisioning is the industry-standard term for providing networked storage to application servers.With HP P6000 EVA storage syst
Disk typesThe disk type specifies the type of physical disk drives that can be included in a disk group. Thetypes are:Online disk type. All physical d
Number of physical disks in a group• With online and near-online disk types, the minimum number of physical disks is 8.• With the solid state drive di
• Available, Vraid5. Shows the estimated capacity, if the entire disk group was used for Vraid5virtual disks.• Available, Vraid6. Shows the estimated
Contents1 Overview...7Prerequisites...
your system uses large capacity disk drives (1 TB or larger), reconstruction time may increasethe risk of a second disk drive failure occurring prior
NOTE: In case of EVA 6100 and 8100 array models, if the number of virtual disks is more than250, there will be a noticeable delay in displaying the Pr
When unlocking a virtual disk, consider the following:◦ Do not unlock a virtual disk that was locked by another user or by an application.For more inf
Considerations• To access storage on a storage system, you must explicitly add a host using HP P6000Command View or HP Storage System Scripting Utilit
Mirrorclone migrationXCS 10000000 and later controller software supports online mirrorclone migration, which allowsyou to switch the identities (LUN W
For more information on how to configure email notifications, see the P6000 Command ViewOnline Help.You can use SSSU to view the amount of virtual dis
5 Replicating storageReplication is an industry-standard term for making copies or backing up data. With HP P6000EVA storage systems, entire virtual d
• The redundancy (Vraid) level of a snapclone can be any level relative to the source.• Until a snapclone is normalized, another snapclone of the same
Monitoring snapshot spaceDemand-allocated snapshots must be able to grow as the source or snapshot is modified, otherwiseall snapshots in the disk gro
• XCS 10000000 and later supports online mirrorclone migration, which allows you to switchthe roles of a source virtual disk with its synchronized mir
Minimizing the number of snapshots...42Setting virtual disk cache to
Mirrorclone statesThe following mirrorclone states are reported by the replication manager.RemarksMirrorclone stateThere is no replication activity be
Optimizing replication performancePlanning for host I/O workloadsFor the best snapshot and snapclone performance, create and delete snapshots and snap
Minimizing snapclone workloadsA snapclone copies the entire source disk without stopping. However, creating a snapclone createsan additional workload
HP P6000 Continuous Access softwareHP P6000 Continuous Access is a licensed feature of HP P6000 EVA storage systems that enablesyou to:• Create DR gro
(only a portion of the display is shown)Creating DR groupsYou can use server-based HP P6000 Command View to create DR groups, remotely replicatevirtua
Fibre Channel switches typically offer two types of frame routing between N_Ports:• Source ID/Destination ID (SID/DID) routing, which transfers all ex
6 Maintaining and managing HP P6000 EVA storagesystemsThis chapter describes how to use HP P6000 Command View to maintain the storage systems.Initiali
4. Enter the following commands at the system prompts:C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\svctools\common\bin> desta snmp onWhich host(s) should recei
4. Enter your name and reason for suppressing support calls in the Reason box.5. Enter the amount of time for the storage system to remain in service
Figure 8 HSV300 controller rear viewFigure 9 HSV400 controller rear viewFigure 10 HSV450 rear viewFigure 11 HSV340/HSV360 controller enclosure (FC ver
Restarting the HP P6000 Command View service...67Using the right-click menu...
Figure 13 P6000 EVA iSCSI/FCoE controller enclosure (rear view)Resynchronizing controllersIf a controller is in an inconsistent operational state or c
host ports, device ports (physical disk drive ports), and the enclosure. You can also perform actionssuch as performing a code load or shutting down t
2. Click System Options.The system options menu appears.3. Under Service, select Perform remote service test.The Perform Remote Service Test page open
6. If you want to change management for another storage system, repeat Step 3 through Step5.If the management server now managing the storage system i
When restoring the iSCSI configuration, select the appropriate configuration backup file and thenrestore the configuration.54 Maintaining and managing
7 Monitoring storage system eventsThis chapter describes how to manage events using HP P6000 Command View.Events overviewEvents track the progress of
A normal event is informational and requires no action by you. An example of a normal eventwould be the controller reporting that creation of a virtua
2. Select the filter parameters, and then click View Events.The following information is provided for each controller event or controller termination
Viewing additional informationYou can view additional information for controller and controller termination events by clicking thefollowing links in t
3. Select Configure SNMP host notification list.4. Click Modify host list.The Modify Host Notification window opens.5. In the Host Name box, enter the
HP EVA physical disk group...97HP EVA DR tunnels...
7. When you finish configuring event notification, click OK.The System Options window opens. You will now receive only events of the severity youselec
To obtain the updated parse file:1. Contact HP Support and request an updated parse file. For contact information, see “HPtechnical support” (page 101
Sending the event fileIf you contact HP Support for assistance, be prepared to provide a copy of the current event file,which is the current output tr
8 Configuring HP P6000 Command View (advanced tasks)This chapter describes configuration options for the HP P6000 Command View user interface andis fo
Setting audit logging optionsWith server-based management, use the Audit Logging Options feature to capture activities thatoccur in the HP P6000 Comma
IMPORTANT: If you change the log location to the local server, you must enter the new locationin the Log location box in the Log to a file section of
Running HP P6000 Command View in a multi-homed environmentWhen HP P6000 Command View is installed in a multi-homed environment, the services at startu
9 Troubleshooting HP P6000 Command ViewThis chapter provides recommendations for optimizing performance and describes issues you mayencounter and how
No security component could be found errorProblemDuring periods of heavy use, the user session logs out. Attempts to reconnect to HP P6000 CommandView
port and listing a command status state for each port. The Path test output identifies the controllerhost ports by the controller worldwide name, not
1 OverviewThis chapter provides an overview of the HP P6000 Command View software suite.IMPORTANT: General references to HP P6000 Command View can als
For more information about optical loop-back connectors, contact your HP-authorized serviceprovider.Failed entities reported on the disk enclosureProb
Troubleshooting access to array-based HP P6000 Command ViewProblemThe log on to array-based HP P6000 Command View indicates Access Denied.Explanation
Explanation / ResolutionCurrently, only IPv4 addresses are supported.Unexpected behavior when using older Windows HBA driverProblemUnexpected behavior
Ensure that only one Command View protocol is defined in the WEBES Managed Entity Protocolpage. Use a common set of credentials to ensure WEBES mainta
10 Monitoring array performance using HP P6000Performance Data CollectorWith HP P6000 Command View server-based management, you can use HP P6000 Perfo
These components are applicable only when the server and client are installed together. Wheninstalled individually, the contents of the directory vary
Table 2 HP P6000 Performance Data Collector valid object_type values (continued)Information displayed by the commandValue of object_typeDisk state cha
For object types not listed in Table 3 (page 77), retrieval by object_id is not supported and thecommand will show an error message if object_id is sp
followed by a service restart. HP P6000 Performance Data Collector data collection servicerestart does not cause loss of the configured HP P6000 Comma
You can configure HP P6000 Performance Data Collector parameters to customize the performancedata collector service. A sample configuration file can b
This document describes how to use HP P6000 Command View and HP P6000 Performance DataCollector. For information about other components of the softwar
Table 4 HP P6000 Performance Data Collector logging configuration file parametersDescriptionParameterControls the tracking and logging of state change
parameter evapdcs.SslEnabled needs to be set to true in evaperf.conf file to enableSSL mode operations.Note the following:• Authentication is required
Table 5 HP P6000 Performance Data Collector server-client compatibility matrixIssuesPossibility of remotecollection of metricsHP Command View EVAPerfs
2. Enter the evaperf fn [short] command.The fnames.conf file is created. Any friendly name information that exists for the managementservers running H
Using short namesIf the friendly names you created in HP P6000 Command View are impractical for the HP P6000Performance Data Collector command line in
Using the command line interfaceYou can use the HP P6000 Performance Data Collector command line interface to display storagesystem performance data i
Filtering dataYou can filter the data that is collected for specific items, such as a word or a host port name. Forexample, enter the following comman
6. (Optional:) In the TLViz title box, enter a title for the TLViz-formatted files that will be generated.The formatting of the evaperf vd and evaperf
Table 6 HP P6000 Performance Data Collector commands (continued)DescriptionCommandPerforms the following series of tasks:fn [short]• Scans the hosts o
Table 6 HP P6000 Performance Data Collector commands (continued)DescriptionCommandGraphs virtual disk transfer size histograms for all LUNs or a given
Figure 1 Server-based configuration1623454. Browsing computer1. LAN5. Hosts2. SAN6. HP EVA storage systems3. Management serverFigure 1 (page 9) shows
Table 7 HP P6000 Performance Data Collector command modifiers (continued)DescriptionModifierDisplays the WWNs, GroupId, DRMGroupId, and HostName along
located on different storage systems. The instance name indicates the storage system on which thevirtual disk is located.Remote performance monitoring
To view a description of a counter, select a counter, and then click Explain.4. Click Use local computer counters and, in the adjacent box, select the
This creates the evapmfilt.conf file.4. To filter data for specific virtual disks, enter the following command with the virtual disk names:pfvd [vdisk
management, or communication with other applications. The value is always equal to or lessthan the % Processor Time counter and the difference is the
owning controller that must be returned to the requesting host through the proxy controller.Reported mirror traffic is always outbound from the refere
initial copy data traffic for a replicated virtual disk is reported by the owning controller in thesource volume prefetch statistics.HP EVA host conne
• Read Req/s—The number of read requests (per second) sent to physical disks.• Read MB/s—The rate at which data is read (per second) from physical dis
HSV200, and HSV300 controller series, and as FP1, FP2, FP3, and FP4 for the HSV210 andHSV340 series onwards.The counters are:• Round Trip Delay—The av
• Log drain Req/s—The rate at which requests to remove data from the log disk owned bythis DRM group to send to the destination via the DRM tunnel com
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