HP Plug-in for SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management for Storage User Manual

HP Storage Plug-in 1.0 for SAP Landscape Virtualization Management User Guide

Abstract

This guide provides information about installing and using the HP Storage plug-in for SAP Landscape Virtualization Management. This guide is intended for the system and storage administrators who monitor and direct system configurations for HP Storage plug-in for SAP LVM. For the latest information about this product, see the HP Storage plug-in for SAP Landscape Virtualization Management Release Notes.

HP Part Number: 5697-2609 Published: August 2013 Edition: 1

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1 Introduction...............................................................................................4

Audience.................................................................................................................................4

2 System requirements....................................................................................5

Software requirements...............................................................................................................5

Hardware requirements.............................................................................................................5

3 Architecture...............................................................................................6

Architecture.............................................................................................................................6

HP Storage Provider..................................................................................................................7

HP Storage Library for SAP LVM.................................................................................................7

4 Installing HP Storage plug-in........................................................................8

HP Storage Provider..................................................................................................................8

Installing HP Storage Provider................................................................................................8

Verifying installation.............................................................................................................8

Uninstalling HP Storage Provider............................................................................................9

Configuring arrays using Storage Administrator portal...................................................................9

Deploying Central Storage Adapter on SAP LVM..........................................................................9

Configuring HP Library on the Managed SAP system.....................................................................9

5 Configuring HP Storage Adapters...............................................................11

Configuring HP Storage Adapter for HP 3PAR StoreServ..............................................................11

Configuring HP Storage Adapter for HP XP P9000 Storage Arrays................................................12

6 Cloning...................................................................................................13

Preparing the source and target SAP systems..............................................................................13

Configuring landscapes in SAP LVM..........................................................................................13

Cloning and Snapshot.............................................................................................................14

Full Clone.........................................................................................................................14

Snapshot..........................................................................................................................15

7 Troubleshooting........................................................................................17

8 Support and other resources......................................................................18

Contacting HP........................................................................................................................18

Typographic conventions.........................................................................................................18

9 Documentation feedback...........................................................................19

A Log Collection tool...................................................................................20

Features of the Log Collection tool.............................................................................................20

Using the Log Collection tool....................................................................................................20

Contents 3

1 Introduction

This chapter provides an overview of the HP Storage plug-in (HP Storage plug-in) for SAP Landscape Virtualization Management (SAP LVM) 1.0.

SAP LVM is a management tool that helps simplify and optimize provisioning, deployment, and management of SAP systems.

The key features of SAP LVM are as follows:

• Provides an automated framework for the system to clone, copy, refresh, and application

migration of the SAP systems.

• Allows the system to clone, start, stop, relocate and perform mass operations.

• Performs automatic capacity management.

• Provides Landscape virtualization.

• Provides end-to-end visibility and monitoring of all infrastructure layers.

• Provides support to third party softwares.

HP Storage plug-in for SAP LVM (HP Storage plug-in) integrates SAP LVM and HP Storage systems such as HP 3PAR StoreServ and HP XP P9000.

Audience

This guide is intended for SAP system administrators.

4 Introduction

2 System requirements

This chapter lists the minimum hardware and software requirements to install the HP Storage plug-in.

Software requirements

SAP LVM 1.0 must be running on the managing server, to install the HP Storage plug-in.

Hardware requirements

The following are the hardware requirements for installing the HP Storage plug-in:

• The HP Storage plug-in requires an additional 1 GB of RAM.

• The storage array connectivity to the managing server must be available.

NOTE:

• For more information on the software and hardware requirements for installing SAP LVM, see

the SAP Notes/PAM (Product Availability Matrix) at http://service.sap.com/pam.

• For more information on the supported hardware and software platforms, see the Single Point

of Connectivity Knowledge for HP Storage Products (SPOCK) at http://www.hp.com/storage/

spock

Software requirements 5

3 Architecture

Storage Provider

LVM

API

Management Server

Java NW 7.3

HP Storage Array

Storage Adapter

Source

SAP ABAP/JAVA

RHEL/SLES/HP-UX/Windows

Target

RHEL/SLES/HP-UX/Windows

Storage LibraryStorage Library

Web Service

Target LUN

Source LUN

HP 3PAR StoreServ SMI-S / P9000 RMI

This chapter provides an overview of the HP Storage plug-in.

Architecture

This section explains the architecture of the HP Storage plug-in.

The HP Storage Adapter communicates to SAP LVM using API integration and provides array related functionality for System Clone, System Copy, System Refresh, and Application Migration. The HP Storage Adapter sends requests to the common HP Storage Provider using web services to interact with the underlying HP Storage Arrays.

The HP Storage Provider implements the array functionality. The Storage Provider provides a common layer for the various HP storage arrays. The Common HP Storage Provider interprets the request from the Storage Adapter, separates the HP 3PAR StoreServ and XP P9000 requests and communicates with the underlying HP Storage Array through HP 3PAR StoreServ SMI-S or HP XP P9000 RMI.

HP Storage Library must be deployed on every managed SAP landscape. The Storage Library interacts with the SAP host agents and the underlying operating system.

6 Architecture

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