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HP StorageWorks XP24000 External Storage Software User’s Guide Part number: T5206–96001 First edition: June 2007

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Figure46OutlineofRemoteCommandDevice Guidelines for Remote Command Devices Notices on remote command device are as follows: • You can map a command d

• HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array • HP StorageWorks XP12000 Disk Array • HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array • HP StorageWorks XP1024/XP128 Disk

Table 19 Restrictions on Remote Command Device Item Restriction Emulation type OPEN-V Number of LDEVsinanexternalvolume 1 Cache mode Disable Minimum

CL1-A Initiator Standard Port Block (All ports are in the Standard mode.) CL3-A External Standard CL5-A Initiator Standard CL7-A External Standard CL1

Figure 48 Example of Using Continuous Access or Continuous Access Journal with Remote Command Device Procedure to Use Initiator/External MIX Mode This

5. Start the operation of Continuous Access or Continuous Access Journal and operation of the remote command device using the port of the Initiator/E

106 Remote Command Devices

7 Troubleshooting If you have a problem with the Remote Web Console computer or Remote Web Console software, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000 Remote We

Error Corrective Action The displayed statuses are as follows: - Unknown Status: The status of the path is unknown. Reaction: The status of the pat

Error Corrective Action - Response error Status: The external storage system is in the blocked status caused by the abnormal reply (Response). You ma

About this Guide This user’s guide describes and provides instructions for performing External Storage operations on the HP storage system. The term s

Error Corrective Action - Unavailable Status: Thereply of theexternalstorage system was Unavailable. The external storage system demands to change the

Error Corrective Action The Disconnect Subsystem command or the Disconnect Volume command is executed, but the progress status information is not

112 Troubleshooting

AConnectingExternalStorage Systems TagmaStore AMS Storage System, TagmaStore WMS Storage System System Parameters for Connecting TagmaStore AMS Storag

Table 21 System Parameter Settings (TagmaStore AMS Storage System and TagmaStore WMS Storage System) Window Names Parameters Parameter Settings Boot O

Table 22 Relationship between Serial Number and Storage System Model of TagmaStore AMS Storage System, TagmaStore WMS Storage System Storage System Di

Table 24 Path Status and Examples of Recovery Procedure (For TagmaStore AMS Storage System, TagmaStore WMS Storage System) Path Status Examples of Rec

Table 25 System Parameter Settings (Thunder 9500V Storage System) Window Names Parameters Parameter Settings System Startup Settings Start Attribute

Note: When you use the Thunder 9500V storage system as an external storage system, the following versions are recommended. If you use a 9500V storage

Path Status and Examples of Recovery Procedure (For Thunder 9500V Storage System) This section describes errors which requires recovery operation on t

HP XP storage systems use the following values to calculate logical storage capacity values (logical devices): • 1KB(kilobyte)=1,024bytes • 1MB(mega

“Troubleshooting for External Storage” on page 107. If you cannot restore the path, call HP technical support. Table 29 Path Status and Examples of Re

Table 30 Path Status and Examples of Recovery Procedure (For TagmaStore USP Storage System, TagmaStore NSC Storage System) Path Status Examples of Rec

Table 31 Path Status and Examples of Recovery Procedure (For Lightning 9900V Storage System) Path Status Examples of Recovery Procedure External devic

Table 32 Path Status and Examples of Recovery Procedure (For Lightning 9900 Storage System) Path Status Examples of Recovery Procedure External device

Table 33 Path Status and Examples of Recovery Procedure (For SVS200 Storage System) Path Status Examples of Recovery Procedure External device setting

If you search for the logical volumes specifying the WWN indicating the EVA Port A in the configuration such as Figure 49 on page 125, the logical volu

380 Table 35 System Parameter Settings for Connecting Sun StorEdge 6120/6320 Parameter Parameter Setting port host SUN System Parameter Settings for C

BRequiredVolumeCapacityfor Each Emulation Type When you map an external volume as a storage system internal volume, you need to specify the emulation

Figure 51 on page 129 shows how to figure out the volume capacity using the example of the OPEN-3 case. Minimum LDEV Capacity Minimum Data Area Capacit

Figure 51 Example of How to Figure Out the Volume Capacity (In the Case of OPEN-3) Capacity List for Each Emulation Type This section explains the LDE

1 Overview of HP StorageWorks XP External Storage Software External Storage is a program product that enables you to operate multiple storage systems,

Table 39 LDEV Capacity Information for Each Emulation Type Emulation Type Minimum Data Area Capacity Base Data Area Capacity Control Information Area

Table 40 Volume Capacity Information on Each Emulation Type Emula-tion Type Base LDEV Capacity Minimum LDEV Capacity Maximum Capacity of External Vo

132 Required Volume Capacity for Each Emulation Type

C Adjusting Volume Capacities for Pairs When you create a pair, the capacity of S-VOL must be the same as that of P-VOL. To set a desired volume to a

To adjust the capacity of the external volume to create a pair: 1. Map the external volume (A) as an internal volume (B) of the local storage system.

DAcronymsand Abbreviations Table 41 Acronyms and Abbreviations channel adapter CHA CV custom-sized volume ESCON enterprise system connection FICON fibr

13 6 Acronyms and Abbreviations

Index A Attributes list of emulation type,22 audience,11 B Block management, ExG,21 C Cache logical partition,22 memory,22 Channels escon or ficon,29 C

VW Volume Operation Window,51 websites HP,12 HP Subscriber’s Choice for Business,12 product manuals,11 13 8

Figure 1 Unifying Copy Operations between Different Storage Systems Unifying Connections from a Host to Different Storage Systems When a system has mu

Figure 2 Unifying Connections from a Host to Different Storage Systems XP24000 External Storage Software User’s Guide 15

Overview of HP StorageWorks XP External Storage Software 16

2 About External Storage Operations This chapter explains the functions and the applications of External Storage. This user’s guide uses the follow

Figure 3 Concept of External Storage By mapping an external volume as an internal volume using External Storage as shown in Figure 3 on page 18, it be

Figure 4 External Storage Components This section describes the details on the storage systems, cross-subsystem paths, volumes and mapping paths as sh

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This document sometimes uses the term external volume or mapped external volume to mention an internal volume where an external volume is mapped (see

• How to configure external volume groups (see “Registering a Volume to an External Volume Group (ExG)”onpage21). • What external volume att

You need to assign numbers to external volume groups. See “External Storage Requirements” on page 43 for details on a maximum number of external volum

Cross-subsystemPaths A cross-subsystem path is a route from a local storage system port to an external storage system port. To prepare for possible fa

Figure 5 Example of Alternate Path Setting Figure 6 on page 24 illustrates an example of setting an alternate path when a switch is used. In Figure 6

Figure 7 Example of Unavailable Alternate Path Setting Examples of Switching I/O Execution Paths to Alternate Paths This section describes the case ex

Figure 8 When the Path Mode is Multi Mode • When the path mode is Single mode Figure 9 on page 27 shows an example of the case when the path mode is

Figure 9 When the Path Mode is Single Mode • When the path mode is Single mode and there is at least one alternate path in the Standby status Figure1

Figure 10 Single Mode with Alternate Paths in Normal and Standby 28 About External Storage Operations

Figure 11 Single Mode with Alternate Paths in Standby only Connecting Mainframe Volumes Mainframe volumes, that pre-exist on an external storage syste

Contents AboutthisGuide ... 11 IntendedAudience... 11 RelatedDocumentation...

Note: If you format the mapped volume of the external storage system from the external storage system side, the existing data before formatting cannot

external port and limit the scope to search WWNs. If you can specify which external port to search for, you can reduce the operation time by executing

Figure 12 Storing the New Data in the Mapped External Volume Using Existing Data in the Mapped External Volume To use the existing data in the mapped

Figure 13 Using the Existing Data in the Mapped External Volume Interoperability with other Products and Functions Youcan usethe storagesystemprogram

• Do not combine LDEVs of multiple external volumes to create a LUSE volume. Only the LDEVs in the same external volume can be used to configure the L

Universal Replicator for Mainframe Mapped volumes can be used for Universal Replicator for Mainframe. For adjusting volume capacity, see “Adjusting Vo

Note: To migrate the existing data in the mapped external volume to the local storage system volume using Auto LUN, set the emulation type to OPEN-V a

For details on the mapping operation, see “Mapping an External Volume Automatically”onpage69. 2. If you set the emulation type for the open sys

1. Use External Storage to map the volume in the external storage system as an internal volume of the local storage system, which is used as RCU for

Figure 16 Example of the Continuous Access Journal Operation Business Copy Operations Figure 17 on page 40 shows the use of an external volume for the

HPStorageWorksXPSnapshot... 35 SNMPAgent ... 35 ExamplesofUsingExternalVolumeswithOther

For the volume formatting operation procedure and the Write to Control Blocks operation procedure, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000 Virtual LVI/LUN (VL

Figure 18 Example of the XP Snapshot Operation XP24000 External Storage Software User’s Guide 41

42 About External Storage Operations

3 Preparing for External Storage Operations This chapter describes the requirements, preparations, and notes on the External Storage operations. Syste

Table2ExternalStorageRequirements Item Requirement Maximum number of ports in the connected external storage system (WWN is used as a port identificati

Table3WhentheEmulationTypeoftheExternalVolumeisforOPEN Application HDD Type FC SATA Database Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) Not Recommended No

Figure 19 Example of External Volume of 2 TB or Less • You cannot access the data that is stored in the field over the maximum capacity of the externa

Figure 21 When the External Volume Capacity is Smaller than the Basic Capacity of Specified Emulation Type Guidelines for Mainframe Volumes • If you p

The examples of external storage system settings which require the re-mapping of external volume are as follows: • Changing WWNs of target ports whic

Installing External Storage You need to install External Storage using the license key to perform the External Storage operations on the Remote Web

ConfiguringCross-subsystemPath ... 81 Changing the ConfiguredCross-subsystemPathPriority ... 82 Canceling the

50 Preparing for External Storage Operations

4UsingtheExternalStorageGUI External Storage involves the Volume Operation window, the Path Operation window and the Port Operation window. When you

• Note: To update all items in the window including the Ext. VOL Status column, make sure the button name isStatus:Enable,thenclick File and Refresh o

• Tree Thefollowing itemsare displayedintreeformat. Thecontentsdisplayed in thelist(rightofthe window) switch corresponding to the items clicked in t

Figure 23 Volume Operation List when Subsystem or a Product Name is Clicked The Volume Operation list consists of: • External Subsystem The following

Figure 24 Volume Operation List when Path Group is Clicked TheVolumeOperation list consists of: • External Volumes The following items are displayed:

• Multi: For the Multi mode, all of the cross-subsystem paths that you configured are used at thesametime. Themultiplepaths areusedtoexecute theI/Osto

Table8Pop-up Menu in theExternalVolumes (Volume Operation Window) Pop-up menu Reference Description Mapping Path Information Section Checking the Ext

Preview dialog box disappear, and the list of the External Storage windows is displayed normally. When you click Cancel on the External Storage window

Figure 26 Path Operation Window The Path Operation window consists of: • Path Operation Tree (left of the window) The left pane of the window is comp

Path Status and Examples of Recovery Procedure (For TagmaStore USP Storage System, TagmaStore NSCStorageSystem)... 120

Table 10 The Items Clicked in the Path Operation Tree and the Contents Displayed Items selected in the drop-down list Items displayed in the tree (Cli

• Fibre - Local Subsystem: Displays ports in the local storage system. • Fibre - External Subsystem: Displays ports (WWNs) in the external storage s

Table 11 Status of the Cross-subsystem Path displayed in the Status Displayed Item Description Normal The cross-subsystem path is normal. -The status

• Path Watch: The time from when the connection of all the cross-subsystem paths to the external volume have been down to when the external volume is

Figure 30 Port Operation Window The Port Operation window consists of: • Port OperationTree(left of thewindow) The left pane of the window is compose

Port Operation Tree The Port Operation tree is a tree on the left side of the Port Operation window consisting of a tree and a drop-down list which

The total number of ports in the Port Operation list (Total Number of Ports)isdisplayed. • Pop-up Menu Right-click a row in the Port Information to

5 Performing External Storage Operations External Storage enables you to perform the operation to access the external volume, such as setting the port

4. Map the external volume to the internal volume. You can map external volumes automatically or manually in the Volume Operation window. For the di

Note: When you connect a TagmaStore AMS storage system or a TagmaStore WMS storage system, use LUN Manager to set the data transfer speed of the exter

...Figures 1 UnifyingCopyOperationsbetweenDifferentStorageSystems ... 14

Caution: Do not specify 01 for the LDKC number when you map a volume of which the emulation type is 3380 series except for 3380-3, 3380-3A, 3380-3B, 3

Note: Delete the external volume that you do not want to map in the Add Volume dialog box. To delete the external volume, right-click the external vol

• Emulation Type: emulation type of the external volume that you configured when you mapped the external volume. • LDEV: LDKC:CU:LDEV number which is

Figure 33 Set External Volume Parameter Dialog Box The Set External Volume Parameter dialog box consists of: • ExG (1-16384) Group number of the conn

LDEV Mapping (Auto) Dialog Box The LDEV Mapping (Auto) dialog box allows you to specify the LDEV number only to the first LDEV in the external volume.

the LDEV number. Select a cell for the internal volume on the LDEV map, the selected cell turns to blue, and the LDEV number which the cell indicates

When you select two or more external volumes in the LDKC:CU:LDEV, the other cells are automatically added to match the number of external volumes that

Figure 37 Set SSID Dialog Box SSID (0004–FFFE):Selectthe SSID from theSSIDdrop-down list. You canselect the valuefor an SSID from 0x0004 to 0xFFFE. •

5. Make the settings to all the LDEVs in the LDKC:CU:LDEV column (repeat step 2 through step 4). 6. Click OK. The specified numbers are assigned to t

You can change the priority, add and delete the cross-subsystem path in the Configure Cross-subsystem Paths dialog box. The Volume Operation window d

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Figure 40 Port Discovery Dialog Box The Port Discovery dialog box displays the list of the external ports in the local storage system. When you click

Configuring Cross-subsystem Path You can configure the cross-subsystem path using the Configure Cross-subsystem Paths dialog box. This section explains

Figure 41 Pop-up Menu of Configure Cross-subsystem Paths Dialog Box Changing the Configured Cross-subsystem Path Priority To change the cross-subsystem

Canceling the Cross-subsystem Path Confi guration You can cancel the configuration of the cross-subsystem path using the Configure Cross-subsystem Pat

LDEV Information Dialog Box The LDEV Information dialog box displays the information on the LDEVs created in the external volumes. Each row displays o

Figure 43 Mapping Path Information Dialog Box The Mapping Path Information dialog box consists of: • List • Priority: Priority of the mapping path.

Table 17 Status of the Mapping Paths in the Mapping Path Information Dialog Box Displayed Item Description Normal The mapping path is normal. -The st

• Close button Close the Mapping Path Information dialog box. • Pop-up menu The Mapping Path Information dialog box does not have a pop-up menu tha

For the procedure to execute the Check Paths & Restore Volume command, see “Checking Connection Status and Resuming External Volume Operation

the local storage system on. It is necessary to execute the Check Paths & Restore Volume command to resume using the mapped external volume. The

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Caution: The cautions on the Disconnect Subsystem command and the Disconnect Volume command are as follows: • After you have executed the Disconnect

Apop-up menuis displayed. 5. Click Disconnect Volume in the pop-up menu. The settings are displayed in blue and italics. 6. Verify the settings in t

resumed, the Ext. VOL Status changes to Normal. If the external storage system can not be resumed, the Ext. VOL Status changes to Blockade. Resumin

Restoring the Paths to the External Volume (Check Paths) You use the Check Paths command to resume using the cross-subsystem path which was stopped

6. Verify the settings in the Preview dialog box (see “Preview Dialog Box”onpage57). 7. Click Apply in theVolumeOperation window. The settings are a

The settings are applied to the local storage system and the Path Operation window is displayed normally. When an error occurs, an error message is d

Figure 45 Edit Policy Dialog Box The Edit Policy dialog box consists of: • Pattern: Mapping policies. Default Policy is prepared. • Policy: The co

All the data in the cache memory must be written into the mapped external volume using the Disconnect Subsystem command or the Disconnect Volume comma

98 Performing External Storage Operations

6 Remote Command Devices This chapter describes remote command device. Overview of Remote Command Devices A remote command device is a device in the l