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HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide Part number: 452695-004 First edition: November 2008 - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 2
L.P. Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 3
Software support ...7 Installing the All-in-One Storage Manager Agent 8 Installing the All-in-One Storage Manager Agent on network application servers 8 Add an HP Storage Server ...9 Remove an HP Storage Server ...9 Configuring display options ...9 Configure Application Credentials 10 Configure - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 4
password for the ASMbackup user account 39 Using the Administrator account to change the ASMbackup password 45 Deleting shared folders ...45 5 Monitoring storage 47 Application View ...47 Accessing properties 61 Application Server View ...63 Accessing application server properties 63 Storage - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 5
Tables 1 Storage support on ASM 7 2 Required software for ASM features 8 3 Selecting storage group HP Storage Server logical disk properties 62 29 Storage tab: HP Storage Server volume properties 62 30 Operating status: Application server volume properties 65 31 Storage tab: Application server - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 6
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, page 13 • Data protection, page 33 • Managing storage, page 43 • Monitoring storage, page 47 ASM provides storage-allocation wizards that walk you through the process of allocating and configuring storage on your HP Storage Server to host application data and shared folders. The storage-allocation - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 8
HP Storage Server must have supporting software installed. Depending on your HP Storage Server model, these software programs are either preinstalled on the HP Storage Server Storage Manager Agent on those application servers. Follow these instructions before performing any data migration operations - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 9
will appear in the Navigation pane. Remove an HP Storage Server To remove an added HP Storage Server: 1. Click on Remove HP Storage Server. 2. A window will appear, asking if you would like to remove the HP Storage Server. 3. Click Yes. Configuring display options ASM allows you to customize the - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 10
as the same size. 4. Click Apply to apply your change. 5. Click OK. Configure Application Credentials Use the Application Credentials dialog box to set or update user name and password security credentials applicable to the HP Storage Server. 1. Expand the nodes of the tree in order to view the - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 11
the Storage Networks dialog box to configure a preferred private storage network for designated for iSCSI traffic between the application server and the HP Storage Server and click Remove. 6. Click Add restore this connection when the system boots check box and then click OK. 9. Click OK - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 12
12 All-in-One Storage Manager - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 13
suggesting default storage configurations based on best practices for SQL Server, migrating the SQL Server database components you selected to your HP Storage Server, optionally deleting the SQL Server database components you selected from the server that hosts SQL Server, and configuring SQL Server - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 14
storage on the HP Storage Server. A wizard assists you in allocating and configuring storage space. The wizard does not migrate user-defined application data to your HP Storage Server or reconfigure the application to store data on your HP Storage Server. You must do this manually as described in - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 15
. Select check box to change action. Storage space will be allocated and configured on your HP Storage Server. Component's data will be migrated to your HP Storage Server. Component's data is already hosted on your HP Storage Server and already managed by ASM. No action is possible. 2. To view the - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 16
the process of creating a top-level shared folder (file share) on your HP Storage Server, including allocating and configuring the required storage. NOTE: You cannot create nested shared folders on your HP Storage Server using ASM. You may use other applications, such as Windows Explorer or the - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 17
select the Allow anonymous access check box to allow anonymous access with the default user identifer (UID) and group identifier (GID) of 2. Select data. Before you begin configuring storage for SQL Server • Make sure the ASM agent is installed on each server with SQL Server data you plan to host - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 18
. Select check box to change action. Storage space will be allocated and configured on your HP Storage Server. Component's data will be migrated to your HP Storage Server. Component's data is already hosted on your HP Storage Server and already managed by ASM. No action is possible. 18 Hosting - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 19
completion, you can monitor and manage storage for the application through the All-in-One Storage Manager. After storage is allocated and configured on your HP Storage Server for a remote application using the Host a User-Defined Application Wizard, do the following: • Manually migrate the remote - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 20
need to know the path to the iSCSI LUN on the application server to configure the remote application to store data on the iSCSI LUN. The path library for disk-to-disk backup of other client or servers to your HP Storage Server and manage the storage for the virtual library through ASM. Install Data - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 21
enough to support the rotation Guide and Technical Reference for more information. Allocating space for components Use the Storage Allocation page in the wizards to specify the allocated space size and advanced configuration settings for each application component or shared folder listed. Default - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 22
cannot be changed. Setting advanced storage properties Use the Advanced Storage Properties dialog box in the ASM wizards to change the allocated space size and default advanced configuration settings for each application component, user-defined application, and shared folder listed. After storage is - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 23
RAID levels on page 24.* Hot spare required A hot spare is a hard drive reserved as a spare for storage space configured as RAID 1, 1+0, 5, or 6. A hot spare automatically replaces a hard drive when it fails. When the failed hard drive is replaced, its replacement becomes the new hot spare. A hot - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 24
you customize the advanced configuration settings, the wizard configures the storage space with the default values shown on the Advanced window: • For Exchange and SQL Server, the wizard suggests default settings based on HP storage best practices and specific recommendations for Exchange storage - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 25
costly fault tolerance methods because they require 50 percent of the drive capacity to store the redundant data. RAID 1 mirrors the contents of one hard drive in the array onto another. If either hard drive fails, the other hard drive provides a backup copy of the files and normal system operations - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 26
when this threshold has been surpassed. This is a warning only; no hard limits are enforced on storage capacity as a result of setting this value. can be written to the shared folder until the logical disk is full. By default, the Enforce Allocated Limit (Quota) is set to No for all shared folders - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 27
information. • Replication (Live backup) Live data and snapshots (for target HP Storage Servers running ASM) are copied from this HP Storage Server to another system that is running HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring. See Configuring replication for more information. From this window, you can also - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 28
enable backups on a virtual library that resides on this HP Storage Server. 6. Select a Data Protector Express media rotation type the size for the virtual library. A default value will be recommended, based on OK. 11. After you have selected and configured all data protection settings, click Next. - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 29
to change the target storage configuration. • Select Manually choose a storage path to enter a drive and folder path where data will be replicated on the target system. 4. In the Replication set name field, accept the default name or type a new name for the replication set. 5. From the Target - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 30
Review the list of tasks the wizard will perform to allocate and configure storage, and to host the application storage or shared folder on your HP Storage Server to configure storage and migrate data. See Monitoring task completion and provides information about problems that occurred during task - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 31
-ASM is confirming the configuration you specified is valid. (date)-The task completed without problems. • Cancelling-The task is being server to your HP Storage Server. You must do this manually. 1. Using ASM, determine the path to the iSCSI LUN (logical disk) created on the application server - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 32
32 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 33
scheduled on a target HP Storage Server running ASM; the supported on user-defined iSCSI LUN applications. 1. Select an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database, user-defined application, or shared folder in the content pane. 2. In the Actions pane, click Snapshots and then click Configure - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 34
are replicated to the target side. IMPORTANT: Snapshots are not supported on user-defined iSCSI LUN applications. Taking and deleting snapshots an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database, or user-defined application by exposing the snapshot on your HP Storage Server. Exposing a snapshot allows - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 35
the replication source and target and configure your snapshot schedule accordingly. NOTE snapshot: 1. Select an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database, or user-defined application in the content reflects the data that is on the system at that specific point in time. 4. Do one of the following: - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 36
scheduling the snapshot on the source HP Storage Server and the backup on the target HP Storage Server. 1. Select an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database, user-defined application, or shared folder in the content pane. 2. In the Actions pane, click Configure Backup. The Backup property tab - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 37
the only configured backup is on an All-in-One replication target system, the Exchange logs are not are not truncated as they normally would be after a successful backup. To change this default behavior, edit the hpkas-config.xml file on the Exchange server, located at c:\Program Files\HP\HP All-in - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 38
other than the latest backup, see Selecting files for restoring in the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Users Guide and Technical Reference for more information. 1. Select an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database, user-defined application, or shared folder that has backups scheduled in - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 39
for the ASMbackup account. 6. Confirm the new password by typing it in again. Installing Data Protector Express on other machines The Data Protector Express installation on the HP Storage Server acts as the master server for a Data Protector Express Management Domain. If you wish to use the All - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 40
, you may also download and install Data Protector Express from http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software configure data replication, the process of copying live data and snapshots (if the target system is also running ASM) from your HP Storage Server to another system that is running HP - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 41
configuration. • Select Manually choose a storage path to enter a drive and folder path where data will be replicated on the target system. 6. In the Replication set name field, accept the default pane, select an Exchange storage group, SQL Server database, user-defined application, or shared folder - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 42
42 Managing data protection - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 43
application is hosted or shared folder is created on your HP Storage Server using a storage-allocation wizard, you can manage its the data, because once hard drive space is allocated to a logical disk, it cannot be unallocated due to the configuration of hard drives. NOTE: Unallocated storage on - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 44
allocated and configured using a storage lost due to hard drive failure or storage HP Storage Server. To permanently remove storage from your HP Storage Server, you must first remove the storage that is hosted by ASM. Depending on the type of storage, see http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/downloads - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 45
or paths of top-level or nested shared folders that reside on your HP Storage Server. Use Windows Explorer or the Shared Folder MMC snap-in to change . Click Refresh in the Actions pane (or perform any action in ASM) to update the ASM user interface to display your changes. You will need to know the - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 46
46 Managing storage - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 47
your HP Storage Server. • Storage Utilization View, page 65-Monitoring the allocated storage values for specific applications and the shared folders pool, the unallocated storage value, and the storage value for data not managed by ASM. Views are selected from the Actions pane. You can also quickly - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 48
, Exchange storage group, and Exchange storage group components when Exchange storage is hosted on your HP Storage Server. 1. In the Actions pane, select Application View. 2. From the Filter drop-down menu storage group or component in the content pane and select Properties. 48 Monitoring storage - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 49
storage groups, and components for storage hosted on your HP Storage Server. The following lists the tabs available in the properties more information. • Replication tab - (Exchange storage groups) Allows you to configure data replication of the storage group. See "Running replication" on page 40 - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 50
holds the storage group component on your HP Storage Server is mounted. Logical disk - RAID Level The RAID level to which the storage group component storage is configured. See Customizing RAID levels on page 24 storage group component is a mail store, public store, or log. 50 Monitoring storage - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 51
• Mail Store tab-Displays the status and properties of the mail store reported byt the Exchange server. Table 10 Mail Store tab: Exchange storage group component properties Value Description Mail Store Name Online Database File Streaming Database File (Exchange 2003 only) Replication - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 52
including allocated space, used space, free space, and the following storage allocation details: Table 14 Storage tab: Shared folder properties Property Value Application Path Storage Server Host Name Path to the shared folder on the server. Name of your HP Storage Server. 52 Monitoring storage - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 53
Volume - Mount Path to where the volume that holds the shared folder on your HP Paths Storage Server is mounted. Logical disk - RAID Level The RAID level to which the shared folder's storage is configured. See Customizing RAID levels on page 24 for more information. Logical disk - RAID Stripe - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 54
on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the server that hosts SQL Server. Communication protocol used to transfer data between the server that hosts SQL Server (and the database component) and your HP Storage Server. Name of server that hosts SQL Server and the database component. 54 Monitoring storage - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 55
Spares The number of hot spares with which the database component storage is configured. See Table 5 on page 23 for more information. Application Server Volume - Mount Paths Path the volume is mounted on, on the server that hosts SQL Server. The volume is built on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 56
-defined applications ASM provides properties information for the user-defined applications on your HP Storage Server. Using properties information, you can determine the status of all user-defined application areas monitored by ASM, and any warning or critical status indicators. 1. In the Actions - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 57
Number of Hot Spares The number of hot spares with which the database component storage is configured. See Table 5 on page 23 for more information. Application Server Volume Mount Paths Path the application server volume is mounted on. The volume is built on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 58
your HP Storage Server. Using properties information, you can determine the status of all remote backup virtual libraries monitored by library on your HP Paths Storage Server is mounted. Logical Disk- RAID Level The RAID level to which the virtual library's storage is configured. See Customizing - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 59
target components ASM provides properties information for replication target components on your HP Storage Server. Using properties information, you can determine the status of all replication target component properties monitored by ASM, and any warning or critical status indicators. 1. In the - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 60
Replication tab - Allows you to configure data replication of the replication target drive letter to each volume on a logical disk. The drive letter can be viewed on the volume's Properties window. See Accessing properties for HP Storage Server volumes on page 61 for more information. 60 Monitoring - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 61
A logical disk can only have one RAID configuration, so an application's components will reside on more you can view the storage status, alerts, and properties for the following storage areas on your HP Storage Server: • Volumes • Logical disks Do one of the following: • Select the item in the - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 62
Name of the volume on your HP Storage Server. Storage Server Volume - Status Status of the volume on your HP Storage Server. Storage Server Volume - Exclusive Indicates if volume is configured with exclusive storage. See Table Storage 5 on page 23 for more information. 62 Monitoring storage - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 63
of Hot Spares configured. See Table 5 on page 23 for more information. Storage Server Volume - Mount Paths Path on which the volume on your HP Storage Server is mounted. Application Server View Application Server View lists your HP Storage Server and the application servers with storage hosted - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 64
server. 1. In the Actions pane, select Application Server View. 2. Do one of the following: • Select an application server volume in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane. • Right-click an application server volume in the content pane and select Properties. 64 Monitoring - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 65
is configured. See Table 5 on page 23 for more information. Application Server Volume Mount Paths Path the volume is mounted on. Storage Utilization View Storage Utilization View displays the allocated storage values for specific applications and the shared folders pool, the unallocated storage - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 66
You can find the advanced configuration settings and capacities of unused (and used) logical disks on the Properties window for each logical disk (see Accessing properties for HP Storage Server logical disks on page icon is also shown on the Exchange storage group icon. 66 Monitoring storage - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 67
of the allocated space and the default (recommended) advanced configuration settings. allocated space Storage space that server to your HP Storage Server. ASM supports automatic data migration for Exchange and SQL Server data. Protects data from being corrupted or lost as a result of hard drive - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 68
your HP Storage Server instead. log file logical disk LUN The component of a Microsoft Exchange storage group or a Microsoft SQL Server database that contains log data. Also known as a LUN. A logical disk contains one or more volumes and spans multiple hard drives in an array. RAID configuration - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 69
you to quickly navigate between HP Storage Server Management applications hard drives configured to provide a storage with resilience to hard drive -only copy of a volume at a specific point in time. Unlike a backup, data after a snapshot is created, the new updates are written to a new location. The - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 70
. Unallocated space includes raw (unconfigured) storage and unused configured storage (logical disks). user-defined application Any remote application that runs under Windows Server 2003 and uses NTFS volumes for storage. virtual array Hard drives in an array can be divided into groups to create - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 71
, 50 Microsoft Exchange storage groups Details properties, 49 Microsoft Exchange Server accessing properties, 48 monitoring storage, 47 O operating status values application server volumes, 65 Exchange, 49 HP Storage Server alerts, 62 replication target properties, 59 shared folders, 52 user - HP DL160 | HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager user guide (452695-004, No - Page 72
operating status values, 54 status icons, 47 Storage properties Exchange storage group components, 50 Storage properties shared folders, 53 SQL Server database components, 55 Storage View, 47, 60 U user-defined application pool accessing properties, 56 user-defined applications operating status
HP StorageWorks
All-in-One Storage Manager
user guide
Part number: 452695-004
First edition: November 2008