Hp HA-Fabric Manager transition guide

HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager transition guide

HAFM SW 08.08.00

Part number: AA–RV1MD–TE/958–000384–003 Fourth edition: January 2006

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HA-Fabric Manager transition guide

About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Intended audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Document conventions and symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Rack stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

HP technical support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

HP-authorized reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Helpful web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Contents

1 Upgrading to HAFM 8.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

HAFM platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Remote client system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Upgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Upgrade and migration procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Upgrading an existing HAFM appliance from HAFM 7.x to 8.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Before upgrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Upgrading to HAFM 8.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Migrating data to HAFM 8.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Upgrading an existing HAFM appliance from HAFM 8.x to 8.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Before upgrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Upgrading to HAFM 8.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Migrating data to HAFM 8.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Data migration from HAFM 7.x to 8.x. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Data migrated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

User information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

E-mail event configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

FAF libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Firmware library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Nicknames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Sessions configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

SNMP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Switch identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Threshold alert configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Zoning configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Data not migrated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Post-upgrade configuration tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

General HAFM configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Upgrading remote clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Reverting to HAFM 8.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Removing the HAFM application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Removing HAFM services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Product license and feature keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

License keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Obtaining a license key. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Activating optional software modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Feature keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Enabling a feature key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

2 Comparing HAFM 7.x and 8.x features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Finding HAFM 7.x functions in HAFM 8.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

A Configuring HAFM through a firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Polling client function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Faster logins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Forcing a client to be a polling client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Forcing all clients to be polling clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configuring TCP port numbers to allow firewall access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

HAFM function with RMI at TCP port level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Forcing the RMI registry to use a TCP port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

HAFM_sc.bat file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

HAFM_c.bat file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Forcing the server and client to export a port number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

HAFM_sc.bat file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

HAFM_c.bat file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Figures

1 1U-high rack-mount HAFM appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 HAFM 8.8 Login dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3 HAFM appliance and client communications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Tables

1 Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Windows

3 Solaris system requirements for remote clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

4 Linux

6 AIX system requirements for remote clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

5 HP-UX system requirements for remote clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

7 HAFM 7.x and 8.x function locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

® system requirements for remote clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

® system requirements for remote clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

About this guide

This guide provides information to help you transition from earlier versions of HP StorageWorks High Availability Fabric Manager (HAFM) to HAFM 8.8.

Intended audience

This book is intended for use by system administrators and service technicians who are experienced with the following:

• Fibre Channel technology

• StorageWorks Fibre Channel switches

Document conventions and symbols

Table 1 Document conventions

Convention Element

Medium blue text: Figure 1 Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses

Medium blue, underlined text (http://www.hp.com

Bold font • Key names

Italics font Text emphasis

Monospace font • File and directory names

Monospace, italic font • Code variables

Monospace, bold font Emphasis of file and directory names, system output, code, and

)

Web site addresses

• Text typed into a GUI element, such as into a box

• GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu and

list items, buttons, and check boxes

• System output

• Code

• Text typed at the command line

• Command-line variables

text typed at the command line

WARNING! Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death.

CAUTION: Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.

IMPORTANT: Provides clarifying information or specific instructions.

NOTE: Provides additional information.

TIP: Provides helpful hints and shortcuts.

Rack stability

WARNING! To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to equipment:

• Extend leveling jacks to the floor.

• Ensure that the full weight of the rack rests on the leveling jacks.

• Install stabilizing feet on the rack.

• In multiple-rack installations, secure racks together.

• Extend only one rack component at a time. Racks may become unstable if more than one

component is extended.

HP technical support

Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP support web site:

http://www.hp.com/support/

Collect the following information before calling:

• Technical support registration number (if applicable)

• Product serial numbers

• Product model names and numbers

• Applicable error messages

• Operating system type and revision level

• Detailed, specific questions

For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.

HP strongly recommends that customers sign up online using the Subscriber's choice web site:

ttp://www.hp.com/go/e-updates.

• Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the latest product

enhancements, newest versions of drivers, and firmware documentation updates as well as instant access to numerous other product resources.

• After signing up, you can quickly locate your products by selecting Business support and then

Storage under Product Category.

HP-authorized reseller

For the name of your nearest HP-authorized reseller:

• In the United States, call 1-800-345-1518.

• Elsewhere, visit the HP web site: http://www.hp.com

and telephone numbers.

. Then click Contact HP to find locations

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Helpful web sites

For other product information, see the following HP web sites:

• http://www.hp.com

• http://www.hp.com/go/storage

• http://www.hp.com/support/

• http://www.docs.hp.com

1 Upgrading to HAFM 8.8

This chapter provides instructions and considerations for upgrading software and migrating data from HAFM 7.x or 8.x to HAFM 8.8. Information is also included on configuration tasks that you should perform after upgrading.

This chapter includes:

• HAFM platform, page 9

• Remote client system requirements, page 10

• Upgrade considerations, page 11

• Upgrade and migration procedures, page 12

• Data migration from HAFM 7.x to 8.x, page 18

• Post-upgrade configuration tasks, page 20

• Reverting to HAFM 8.x, page 21

• Removing the HAFM application, page 21

• Removing HAFM services, page 21

• Product license and feature keys, page 21

HAFM platform

HAFM 8.x is supported only on the 1unit-high (1 U-high) rack-mount HAFM appliance. Due to memory and other limitations of previous notebook server platforms, you cannot install HAFM 8.x on a notebook sever. The HAFM appliance is required for release 8.x and all future HAFM releases.

The HAFM appliance and related applications provide a GUI to monitor and manage HP products. The HAFM appliance is a dedicated hardware and software solution that should not be used for other tasks. HP tests the HAFM application installed on the HAFM appliance, but HP does not test for compatibility with third-party software.

CAUTION: Modifications to the HAFM appliance hardware or installation of additional software

(including patches or service packs) may interfere with normal operation.

Figure 1 shows the 1U-high rack-mount HAFM appliance.

Figure 1 1U-high rack-mount HAFM appliance

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Remote client system requirements

You can install HAFM client software on remote computers and log in to the HAFM appliance to control and monitor SAN components. Verify that remote systems where you install the client software meet the following minimum requirements, according to their operating systems.

Table 2 Windows

® system requirements for remote clients

Item Requirement

Processor 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® III and up Hardware CD-ROM Operating system • Windows 2000 Professional with service

pack 3 or later

• Windows 2003

Memory 1 GB RAM (minimum) Disk space 350 MB disk space Video requirements 8 MB video RAM Resolution 256 colors

Table 3 Solaris system requirements for remote clients

Item Requirement

Models Ultra 10 and up Processor UltraSparc IIi and up Hardware CD-ROM Operating system Solaris 8 or 9 Memory 512 MB RAM (minimum) Disk space 350 MB disk space Video requirements 8 MB video RAM Resolution 256 colors

Table 4 Linux® system requirements for remote clients

Item Requirement

Processor 1 GHz Intel Pentium III and up Hardware CD-ROM Operating system • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0

• Red Hat 8.0 kernel v.2.4.20-8

• Red Hat 9.0 kernel v.2.4.18-14

Memory 512 MB RAM (minimum)

Upgrading to HAFM 8.810

Table 4 Linux® system requirements for remote clients (continued)

Item Requirement

Disk space 350 MB disk space Video requirements 8 MB video RAM Resolution 256 colors

Table 5 HP-UX system requirements for remote clients

Item Requirement

Models 9000/785/B2000 models Processor 400 MHz PA-RISC Hardware CD-ROM Operating system HP-UX version 11.x or later Memory 512 MB RAM (minimum) Disk space 350 MB disk space Video requirements HP VISUALIZE-FXE color, 1280x1024 48

planes

Resolution 256 colors

Table 6 AIX system requirements for remote clients

Item Requirement

Models RS/6000 44P Model 170 Processor 333 MHz Power3-II Hardware CD-ROM Operating system AIX 4.3.3 or later Memory 512 MB RAM (minimum) Disk space 350 MB disk space Video requirements 16 MB video RAM Resolution 256 colors

Upgrade considerations

The following considerations apply when upgrading to this HAFM 8.8 release:

• You cannot install a HAFM 8.x package on an existing notebook server due to memory and

other limitations.

• You can upgrade only an HAFM appliance running HAFM 07.02.00 or later to HAFM 8.x.

• After installing HAFM 8.x on an HAFM appliance, you must re-install the client application on

all remote clients running earlier versions of the HAFM.

• Once the HAFM appliance is upgraded to HAFM 8.x, any downgrade of HAFM to an earlier

release results in the loss of saved firmware files.

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• When migrating data from a notebook server to an HAFM appliance that is running HAFM 8.x,

you can migrate data from the notebook server as a mapped (shared) drive. Both the notebook server and HAFM appliance must be on the same physical network. This restriction may require additional hardware, such as a hub or switch, if an unused Ethernet port is not available.

• Exit all HAFM software running on the HAFM appliance and remote systems before upgrading.

HAFM services must be stopped on the appliance.

• The earlier HAFM 7.2 version is not removed from an existing HAFM appliance during the

HAFM 8.x upgrade process. After installing HAFM 8.x, you must uninstall the previous HAFM

7.x version before rebooting, because HAFM services for both versions start after reboot. Current HAFM data is not removed, however, and is available for migration to the new HAFM version.

• Upon failure of communication between the HAFM Appliance and any resource (switch) data,

the migration continues. Data and settings for such a switch may not be completely migrated. There is no recovery from a switch being unavailable before the start of migration other than running the installation again.

• When upgrading a notebook server to an HAFM appliance running HAFM 8.x or upgrading an

HAFM appliance to HAFM 8.x from an earlier version, make sure that you obtain the serial number (on the software CD jewel case) and your license key for your installation. See ”Product

license and feature keys” on page 21 for general information on license and feature keys.

• You must have system administrator user rights for the earlier versions of HAFM from which you

are migrating. Obtain a login ID and password with those rights.

• The notebook server must be at HAFM 6.0 or later before you can migrate data to an HAFM

appliance running HAFM 8.x. If the notebook server is not at 6.0 or later, upgrade to HAFM 7.1. See the upgrade instructions for the HAFM to which you are upgrading.

• The firmware on switches and directors managed by HAFM 8.x must be 4.0 or later. However, if

you want HAFM management and administrative support for features in later versions of firmware, you should upgrade switches to that version.

Upgrade and migration procedures

This section describes upgrade and migration procedures for the following situations:

• Upgrading an existing HAFM appliance from HAFM 7.x to 8.8, page 12

• Upgrading an existing HAFM appliance from HAFM 8.x to 8.8, page 16

Upgrading an existing HAFM appliance from HAFM 7.x to 8.8

This section includes procedures to upgrade HAFM 7.x to HAFM 8.8 on the 1U-high rack mount HAFM appliance.

NOTE: Be sure to keep the current version of your software. If you need to restore a previous

version in the future, you need to reinstall your previous version before installing your new version in order to ensure that the backup functionality functions correctly. For more information, see the HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager user guide.

Upgrading to HAFM 8.812

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