HP ProLiant DL185 User Manual

HP StorageWorks

All-in-One Storage Manager

user guide

Part number: 452695-004 First edition: November 2008

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Contents

1 All-in-One Storage Manager ............................................................... 7

Software requirements ................................................................................................................. 7

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 Storage Networks ......................................................................................................10

Resetting iSCSI connections ................................................................................................. 11

2 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders ............................. 13

Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard ..................................................................... 14

Entering a name of a server that hosts Exchange .................................................................... 14

Selecting Exchange storage group components ...................................................................... 15

Local Continuous Replication (LCR) ....................................................................................... 15

Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard .................................................................................... 16

Choosing shared folder types .............................................................................................. 16

Naming a shared folder ..................................................................................................... 16

Setting permissions for a shared folder .................................................................................. 17

Using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard ............................................................................ 17

Selecting a server that hosts SQL Server ................................................................................ 18

Selecting SQL Server database components ........................................................................... 18

Selecting a database workload type ..................................................................................... 19

Using the Host a User-Defined Application Wizard ........................................................................ 19

Choose type of application .................................................................................................. 20

Entering an application name .............................................................................................. 20

Using the Create a Virtual Library Wizard .................................................................................... 20

Accessing the Virtual Library Wizard .................................................................................... 21

Configure your virtual library ......................................................................................... 21

Allocating space for components ................................................................................................ 21

Setting advanced storage properties ..................................................................................... 22

Selecting data protection ........................................................................................................... 27

Reviewing task summary and scheduling tasks .............................................................................. 30

Monitoring task completion status ...............................................................................................30

Cancelling tasks ................................................................................................................. 31

Migrating user-defined application data from a remote application ................................................. 31

3 Managing data protection ............................................................... 33

Scheduling and running snapshots .............................................................................................. 33

Managing snapshots ................................................................................................................. 34

Taking and deleting snapshots ............................................................................................. 34

Exposing a snapshot .......................................................................................................... 34

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Unexposing a snapshot ....................................................................................................... 35

Reverting data to snapshots ................................................................................................. 36

Scheduling backups .................................................................................................................. 36

Managing backups ................................................................................................................... 37

Running a device backup .................................................................................................... 37

Running a virtual library backup ........................................................................................... 37

Restoring data from backups ................................................................................................ 37

Using DPX to restore data ............................................................................................. 38

Setting the password for the ASMbackup user account ..................................................... 39

Using the Administrator account to change the ASMbackup password ................................ 39

Installing Data Protector Express on other machines .......................................................... 39

Running replication ................................................................................................................... 40

Pausing and resuming replication ......................................................................................... 41

4 Managing storage ........................................................................... 43

Increasing or reducing the allocated storage ................................................................................ 43

Changing the percent full warning threshold ................................................................................. 44

Removing application areas from view ......................................................................................... 44

Changing permissions, names, descriptions, or paths of shared folders ............................................ 45

Deleting shared folders .............................................................................................................. 45

5 Monitoring storage ........................................................................... 47

Application View ...................................................................................................................... 47

Accessing application and shared folder properties ................................................................ 48

Storage View ........................................................................................................................... 60

Accessing storage area properties ........................................................................................ 61

Application Server View ............................................................................................................ 63

Accessing application server properties ................................................................................. 63

Storage Utilization View ............................................................................................................ 65

All-in-One Storage Manager Alerts ............................................................................................. 66

Glossary ............................................................................................ 67

Index ................................................................................................. 71

Tables

Storage support on ASM ........................................................................................... 71

Required software for ASM features ............................................................................. 82

Selecting storage group components to host ............................................................... 153

Selecting database components to host ...................................................................... 184

Advanced Storage Properties items ........................................................................... 235

Descriptions of RAID levels ....................................................................................... 256

General tab: Exchange properties ............................................................................. 497

Details tab: Exchange storage group properties .......................................................... 498

Storage tab: Exchange storage group component properties ........................................ 509

Mail Store tab: Exchange storage group component properties ..................................... 5110

Public Store tab: Exchange storage group component properties ................................... 5111

Log tab: Exchange storage group component properties .............................................. 5112

General tab: Shared folder properties ....................................................................... 5213

Storage tab: Shared folder properties ........................................................................ 5214

Operating status: SQL Server properties ..................................................................... 5415

Details tab: SQL Server database properties ............................................................... 5416

Storage tab: SQL Server database component properties ............................................. 5417

Data File tab: SQL Server database component properties ........................................... 5518

Log tab: SQL Server database component properties ................................................... 5619

Operating status: User-defined application properties .................................................. 5620

Storage tab: User-defined application properties ......................................................... 5721

Operating status: Virtual library properties ................................................................. 5922

Storage tab: Virtual library properties ........................................................................ 5823

Virtual Library tab: Virtual library properties ............................................................... 5924

Operating status: Replication target component properties ........................................... 5925

Details tab: Replication target component properties .................................................... 6026

Operating status: General tab .................................................................................. 6227

Storage tab: HP Storage Server logical disk properties ................................................ 6228

Storage tab: HP Storage Server volume properties ....................................................... 6229

Operating status: Application server volume properties ................................................ 6530

Storage tab: Application server volume properties ....................................................... 6531

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1 All-in-One Storage Manager

HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) is a storage hosting and management tool that radically simplifies:

• Hosting storage for applications and shared folders, 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 wizards also allow you to schedule backups, snapshots, and replication of hosted application data and shared folders.

Other wizards are provided to help you set up Exchange Server storage, SQL Server database storage, storage for user-defined applications, and storage for shared folders.

ASM is designed to work seamlessly with Windows administrator tools, HP Storage Server System Management applications, Microsoft iSCSI Target, and Data Protector Express. For example, you can change your HP Storage Server's:

• Storage allocations (quotas), shared folder permissions and names, and snapshot schedules using

ASM, Windows administrator tools, and the HP Storage Server Management applications.

• Media rotation type using ASM and Data Protector Express.

However, you should not use Windows administrator tools to change the paths to storage configured on your HP Storage Server or file directories created by ASM on application servers with storage hosted on your HP Storage Server. Doing so will break the iSCSI communication paths between your application servers and HP Storage Server, and make it so ASM can no longer locate allocated storage areas on your HP Storage Server.

Software requirements

ASM comes preinstalled on your HP Storage Server. A license key is not required for ASM.

Software support

Storage for application servers running on Windows Server 2003 with SP1 and Windows Server 2008 that are on the same domain as your HP Storage Server can be hosted. Windows domain controllers (such as Windows Small Business Server) are supported by ASM as managed application servers.

ASM provides storage-management services for the following applications:

Table 1 Storage support on ASM

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with SP1 or later and Exchange Server 2007

See “Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group

Wizard” on page 14.

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File sharing services on local storage

See “Using the Create a Shared Folder

Wizard” on page 16.

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with SP4 or later, SQL Server 2005 with SP2 or later, and SQL Server 2008*

User-defined applications

See “Using the Host a SQL Server Database

Wizard” on page 17.

See “Using the Host a User-Defined Application

Wizard” on page 19.

* ASM does not support SQL Server 2008 databases that utilize FILESTREAM data type storage.

In order to use some All-in-One Storage Manager features, your 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 or you are required to install them. The following table lists the supporting software and installation requirements. If your HP Storage Server does not come preinstalled with these software programs, go to http://www.hp.com/go/storageservers to obtain them.

Table 2 Required software for ASM features

Required for:Software

Preinstalled on All-in-One Storage Systems

Preinstalled on ProLiant Storage Servers

Hosting application storage Microsoft iSCSI Software Target

(Exchange and SQL Server) and

iSCSI-based User-Defined application

storage

Yes (license key not required)

Data Protector Express

HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring version 5.0.2 or later

Creating backups to tape, other disks,

or other types of storage media

Replication (SWSM required on

replication source and all replication

targets)

Yes (license key is preinstalled)

NoNo

Installing the All-in-One Storage Manager Agent

If you plan to perform data migration tasks for any application servers on your network using the wizards that are available in the All-in-One Storage Manager, you must first install the All-in-One Storage Manager Agent on those application servers. Follow these instructions before performing any data migration operations.

Installing the All-in-One Storage Manager Agent on network application servers

To install the All-in-One Storage Manager Agent on a network application server:

1. Locate the file at c:\\hpnas\components\allinonestoragemanager\agent.

2. Copy the file to the application server(s) you will use to perform data migration tasks.

3. Run the copied file on each application server to install the All-in-One Storage Manager Agent.

1. On the application server that stores data to be migrated, insert the HP StorageWorks Storage

System Recovery DVD.

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NOTE:

If the application server is in a remote location, use Remote Desktop Connection to access the server, copy the Agent installation files, and run the Agent installation.

2. Navigate to the \All-in-One Storage Manager\Agent folder on the DVD.

3. Double-click asmagentinstaller.exe.

4. Follow the on-screen installation instructions.

After completing the All-in-One Storage Manger Agent installation on the application servers, you can then schedule data migration using the HP All-in-One Storage Manager wizards.

Add an HP Storage Server

You may add another HP Storage Server for the ease of managing more than one server from the same console. To add another HP Storage Server:

1. Click on Add HP Storage Server in the Actions pane.

2. A dialog box will open. Enter the hostname or IP address of the HP Storage Server to add.

3. The added HP Storage Server 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 user interface color and scale settings.

Changing color settings

Changing color settings customizes the color used in the content pane to display the different types of storage, volumes, and servers. Colors help distinguish the different types of storage, storage areas, and servers from each other.

1. In the Actions pane, click Configure Display Options.

The Display Options dialog box opens.

2. Select an item in the Items list and a color in the Color drop-down menu.

3. When your color selections are complete, click Apply to apply the color settings to the content

pane.

4. Click OK.

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Scaling display settings

Changing the scaling settings customizes the size at which each application area or shared folder is displayed in the content pane. You can choose to scale each application area and shared folder so that it is displayed in proportion to its capacity (allocated storage size), or so that all the application areas and shared folders are displayed at the same size.

1. In the Actions pane, click Configure Display Options.

The Display Options dialog box opens.

2. Click the Scaling tab.

3. Select the storage-display proportion setting:

• According to capacity, using automatic scaling—Displays logical disks and volumes, and application areas according to relative size, but leaves the display readable.

• All as the same size—Displays logical disks and volumes, and application areas 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 credential status of an application server.

2. If the Credential Status column reads OK or Not required, no action is required for that application.

3. If the Credential Status column reads Failed or Not set, select the application row and then click

Update Credentials. An Enter Credentials dialog box is displayed.

4. Type the user name and password of a user with sufficient privileges as described in the dialog

and then click OK.

5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each application server.

Configure Storage Networks

Use the Storage Networks dialog box to configure a preferred private storage network for iSCSI traffic between your HP Storage Server and any connected servers that use the iSCSI protocol. This dialog box appears the first time you use the Host an Exchange Storage Group wizard, Host a SQL Server Database wizard, or Host a User-Defined Application wizard. Settings configured in this dialog box affect only iSCSI traffic.

HP strongly recommends configuring all iSCSI-based storage for application servers on a dedicated Ethernet subnet. The purpose of a private LAN for iSCSI traffic is to is to guarantee dedicated network bandwidth for storage as well as increased security.

To configure storage networks for iSCSI traffic:

1. Under Preferred Storage Network, select a network that will be designated to manage all iSCSI

traffic.

2. Under Available for Failover, select a network that can be used to manage iSCSI traffic in the

event that the preferred storage network fails. In the event of iSCSI initiator failure, iSCSI traffic fails over to the designated network.

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NOTE:

Any existing iSCSI connections must be reset before changes take effect.

Resetting iSCSI connections

If you use the Storage Networks dialog box to configure a preferred private storage network for iSCSI traffic and there are one or more existing iSCSI connections on the system, the new setting will not take effect until the existing connections are reset through iSCSI Initiator on the connected systems.

To reset an iSCSI connection:

1. On the system that contains the iSCSI initiator whose connection has been changed, open

Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.

2. On the Persistent Targets tab, select the iSCSI target that resides on your HP Storage Server and

then click Remove.

3. On the Targets tab, select the iSCSI target that resides on your HP Storage Server and then click

Details.

4. Select the target identifier from the list, click Log off, and then click OK.

5. On the Discovery tab, under Target Portals select the IP address that was previously designated

for iSCSI traffic between the application server and the HP Storage Server and click Remove.

6. Click Add. In the IP address or DNS name field, type the IP address that was enabled for iSCSI

traffic in the All-in-One Storage Networks dialog box and then click OK.

7. On the Targets tab, click Log On.

8. Check the Automatically restore this connection when the system boots check box and then click

OK.

9. Click OK to close the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box.

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2 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders

The All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) radically simplifies hosting application storage and shared folders on your HP Storage Server, using storage-allocation wizards. Use storage-allocation wizards to allocate and configure storage for these applications:

NotesDescriptionApplication

Allocate and configure storage for one or more Exchange storage group components. A wizard assists you by discovering Exchange storage group

Exchange

components (such as mail stores, public stores, and logs), suggesting default storage configurations based on best practices for Exchange, migrating the Exchange storage group components you selected to your HP Storage Server, and configuring Exchange to store data on your HP Storage Server.

See “Using the Host an Exchange Storage

Group Wizard” on page 14 .

Shared Folders

SQL Server

Create shared folders on your HP Storage Server. A wizard assists you in allocating and configuring storage space for shared folders, and creating shared folders.

Allocate and configure storage for SQL Server databases. A wizard assists you by discovering servers that host SQL Server and SQL Server database components (such as data files and logs), 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 to store data on your HP Storage Server.

See “Using the Create a Shared Folder

Wizard” on page 16 .

See “Using the Host a SQL Server

Database Wizard” on page 17.

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User-Defined Applications

Data Protection

Allocate and configure storage for any remote application over the iSCSI protocol or any other application that requires 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 “Migrating user-defined application

data from a remote application” on page 31, and as

described in the application's documentation.

Create a virtual library that backs up data from a remote system on your HP Storage Server. A wizard assists you in choosing size and storage allocation.

NotesDescriptionApplication

See “Using the Host a User-Defined

Application Wizard” on page 19.

See “Using the Create a Virtual Library

Wizard” on page 20.

Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard

The Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard automatically discovers the Exchange storage groups on your application server and helps you allocate and configure storage space for these components:

• Mail stores—Contain the data in user mailboxes.

• Public stores—Contain the data in public folders.

• Logs—Provide a record of every message stored in a storage group.

Before you begin configuring storage for Exchange

• Make sure the ASM agent is installed on each server with Exchange data you plan to host.

• Make sure you have a current backup of your Exchange data and logs.

Accessing the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard

1. In the Actions pane, select Host an Exchange Storage Group.

TheHost an Exchange Storage Group Wizard welcome page opens.

2. Click Next to open the Specify Exchange Server page (see

“Entering a name of a server that hosts Exchange” on page 14).

Entering a name of a server that hosts Exchange

Use the Specify Exchange Server page to provide ASM with the name or the Internet Protocol (IP) address of a remote server in your current domain that hosts Exchange.

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1. Do one of the following:

• Enter the host name of a server that hosts Exchange (exactly as it is registered in the domain).

• Enter the IP address of a server that hosts Exchange.

2. Click Next to open the Select Storage Group Components page (see

“Selecting Exchange Server storage group components” on page 15).

Selecting Exchange storage group components

Use the Select Storage Group Components page to select the Exchange storage group and storage group components (mail stores, public stores, and logs) you want to host on your HP Storage Server and manage using ASM.

1. Do one of the following:

• Select the entire storage group (including all of its components) by checking the box next to

the storage group.

• Select individual storage group components by expanding the list and checking the boxes

next to the components.

You must select all the storage group components in a storage group if you want to run backups or take snapshots of the Exchange storage group using ASM.

The table below lists the action ASM will perform for each storage group component selected.

Table 3 Selecting storage group components to host

DescriptionAction

None

Allocate Space, Move Data

None, Already Managed

Component's check box is not selected, so ASM will not perform any action. 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 properties for a storage group component, select the storage group component name

and then click Properties.

See “MailStore database properties” on page 51, “PublicStore database properties” on page 51, and “Log properties for storage group” on page 51 for descriptions of the properties displayed.

3. When you are done, click Next to open the Storage Allocation page (see

“Allocating space for components” on page 21).

Local Continuous Replication (LCR)

If the Local Continuous Replication (LCR) feature is enabled in Microsoft Exchange 2007, you have the option of migrating LCR components to your HP Storage Server. LCR components are shown in the Select Storage Group Components page in the wizard if this feature is enabled. They are selected in the same manner as other Exchange components.

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NOTE:

It is not recommended to host both the LCR and the original Exchange components on a single HP Storage Server.

Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard

The Create a Shared Folder Wizard walks you through 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 Shared Folder MMC snap-in, to create nested shared folders on your HP Storage Server.

Accessing the Create a Shared Folder Wizard

1. In the Actions pane, select Create a Shared Folder.

The Create a Shared Folder Wizard welcome page opens.

2. Click Next to open the Choose Shared Folder Types page (see

“Choosing shared folder types” on page 16).

Choosing shared folder types

Use the Choose Shared Folder types page to enable the types of client protocols that are allowed to connect to the shared folder.

1. Select the Share this folder as a Windows share check box to allow Windows clients and clients

running the Server Message Block (SMB) and Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocols to connect to the shared folder.

2. Select the Share this folder as a UNIX/Linux share check box to allow clients running the Network

File System (NFS) protocol to connect to the shared folder.

NOTE:

If the folder is shared as a UNIX/Linux share, NFS user names must be mapped to Windows users before clients can connect to the share.

If you are running a Windows-only environment, you should not select the UNIX/Linux share option.

Naming a shared folder

Use the Enter a Shared Folder Name and Description page to provide ASM with a name and description for the shared folder.

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1. Enter the name for the shared folder.

NOTE:

The path to the shared folder is created by ASM and is based on the shared folder name. The Share Path field is

2. Enter a description of the shared folder (optional).

3. Click Next to open the Set Shared Folder Permissions page (see

“Setting permissions for a shared folder” on page 17).

Read Only

Setting permissions for a shared folder

Use the Set Shared Folder Permissions page to set network user read and write permissions for the shared folder.

NOTE:

Permissions can be further customized using Windows administration tools, such as Windows Explorer and the Shared Folder MMC snap-in.

This page will display either Windows Share Security options, UNIX/Linux Share Security options, or both Windows and UNIX/Linux options depending on which shared folder types you previously selected on the Choose Shared Folder types page.

For Windows Share Security:

1. For Windows Share Security, select a permission level. Users can have read/write permissions

(full control), read-only, or no access.

2. For UNIX/Linux Share Security, select the Allow anonymous access check box to allow anonymous

access with the default user identifer (UID) and group identifier (GID) of 2. Select the level of anonymous access (No Access, Read-Only, or Read-Write) from the Type of access list. Select

Allow root access to allow access to the root directory of the UNIX/Linux share.

3. Click Next to open the Storage Allocation page (see

“Allocating space for components” on page 21).

Using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard

The Host a SQL Server Database Wizard automatically discovers the servers that host SQL Server and SQL Server databases on your domain, and helps you allocate and configure storage space for each database component you select:

• Data file—Contains pointers to database files, storage for system tables and objects, and storage

for database data and objects.

• Log file—Holds all the transaction log information for the database. Every database has exactly

one log file, which cannot be used to hold any other 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.

• Make sure you have a current backup of your SQL Server data and logs.

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Accessing the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard

1. In the Actions pane, select Host a SQL Server Database.

The Host a SQL Server Database Wizard welcome page opens.

2. Click Next to open the Select a SQL Server page (see

“Selecting a server that hosts SQL Server” on page 18).

Selecting a server that hosts SQL Server

Use the Select a SQL Server page to select one of the servers that hosts SQL Server discovered on your domain by the wizard.

1. Do one of the following:

• Enter the host name of a server that hosts SQL (exactly as it is registered in the domain).

• Enter the IP address of a server that hosts SQL.

2. Click Next to open the Select Database Components page (see

“Selecting SQL Server database components” on page 18).

Selecting SQL Server database components

Use the Select Database Components page to select the SQL Server database and database components you want to host on your HP Storage Server.

1. Do one of the following:

• Select all components (including all of its components) by checking the box next to the component.

• Select individual database components by expanding the list and checking the boxes next to the components.

You must select all the database components, including the log file, in a database if you want to run backups and/or take snapshots of the database using ASM.

NOTE:

ASM cannot migrate system databases; for example, ASM cannot migrate master, model, msdb and tempdb.

The following table lists the action ASM can perform for each database component listed.

Table 4 Selecting database components to host

DescriptionAction

None

Allocate Space, Move Data

Component's check box is not selected, so ASM will not perform any action. 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.

None, Already Managed

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Component's data is already hosted on your HP Storage Server and already managed by ASM. No action is possible.

2. To view the properties for a database component, select the database component name and

then click Properties.

See “Data file properties” on page 55 and “Log file properties for database” on page 56 for descriptions of the properties displayed.

3. If you do not want ASM to delete the original files for the selected database components from

the server that hosts SQL Server after it migrates the data to your HP Storage Server, clear the

Delete original files after successful migration checkbox.

4. When you are done, click Next to open the Select the Database Workload Type page (see

“Selecting a database workload type” on page 19).

Selecting a database workload type

Use the Select the Database Workload Type page to select the workload type for the SQL Server database.

NOTE:

You can only select the database workload type while using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard. The database workload type cannot be changed later.

1. Do one of the following:

• Select Transaction processing (TP) for frequently updated, fast growing databases with large

volumes of data requiring concurrent user access.

• Select Decision support systems (DSS) for databases designed to handle queries on large

amounts of data, typically used for data-mining applications.

2. When you are done, click Next to open the Storage Allocation page (see

“Allocating space for components” on page 21).

Using the Host a User-Defined Application Wizard

This wizard helps you set up your HP Storage Server to store application data for various applications. Storage is allocated for the application, optionally exposed to another server using the iSCSI protocol, and an NTFS file volume may be optionally created on the remote application server. Upon 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 application's data to your HP Storage Server. See

“Migrating user-defined application data from a remote application” on page 31 for more information.

• Configure the remote application to store its data on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the

application server as described in the application's documentation.

Before you begin configuring storage for a user-defined application

• Make sure the ASM agent is installed on each application server with data you plan to host.

• Make sure you have a current backup of your remote application data and logs.

• For an iSCSI LUN application, you will need the iSCSI qualified name.

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NOTE:

For a remote Windows application, you 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 to the iSCSI LUN is displayed on the application's Properties window on the Storage tab.

To access the Host a User-Defined Application Wizard

1. In the Actions pane, select Host a User-Defined Application.

The Host a User-Defined Application Wizard welcome page opens.

2. Click Next to open the Choose type of Application page (see

“Choose type of application” on page 20).

Choose type of application

1. Select the type of application for hosting a user-defined application:

• Remote Windows Application- ASM will provision storage for the application and expose the storage to the given server as an NTFS volume over the iSCSI protocol. This is the recommended option for most scenarios. The All-in-One Storage Manager agent must be installed on the application server to use this option.

• iSCSI LUN- Exposes a LUN to the remote server so the server can store data on the LUN. You will need to install an iSCSI initiator on your host server. Storage is provisioned for these applications.

• Local storage only- Creates a volume on your HP Storage Server. Storage is provisioned for these applications.

2. Click Next to open the Enter an Application Name page (see

“Entering an application name” on page 20).

Entering an application name

Use the Enter an Application Name page to enter a name for the application. This name will be used anywhere the application is referenced in ASM, so it must be a unique name.

1. Enter a name for the application.

2. When you are done, click Next to open the Storage Allocation page (see

“Allocating space for components” on page 21).

Using the Create a Virtual Library Wizard

This wizard helps you create a virtual 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 Protector Express on additional servers you need to backup. See “Installing Data Protector Express on other devices” on page 39 for more information.

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Accessing the Virtual Library Wizard

To access the Create a Virtual Library Wizard

1. In the Actions pane, select Create a Virtual Library.

The Create a Virtual Library welcome page opens.

2. Click Next to open the Configure virtual library page (see

“Configure your virtual library” on page 21).

Configure your virtual library

To configure your virtual library, do the following:

1. In the name dialog box, type a name for your virtual library.

2. In the Number of slots field, type or use the arrows to indicate how many slots are needed for

your virtual library.

3. When you are done, click Next to open the Storage Allocation page (see

“Allocating space for components” on page 21).

NOTE:

The number of slots needed for your virtual library will depend on the media rotation type chosen for the backups that will use the virtual library. The number of slots must be high enough to support the rotation type you intend to use for scheduling backups to this virtual library. See

Technical Reference

Planning for Media Rotation

for more information.

in the

Data Protector Express User's Guide and

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 values are provided.

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1. Do one of the following:

•Click Next to accept the default values that ASM has provided for the components, user-defined application, or shared folder selected.

• Change the default size values:

• Select a row to edit.

• Highlight the storage size unit value and then enter a new value as necessary: megabytes

(MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).

• Highlight the storage size number value and enter a new value, or click the arrow buttons

to change the value.

NOTE:

The Size Range column shows the minimum and maximum storage space that can be allocated to each application component, user-defined application, or shared folder listed. Whenever you change the allocated space size or an advanced configuration setting for an application component, the maximum value for Size Range is recalculated for all the application components listed.

NOTE:

To change the advanced configuration settings for an application component, user-defined application, or shared folder listed, select the item to edit and then click Advanced. See “Setting advanced storage properties” on page 22 for more information.

2. When you are done selecting the storage allocation and configuration settings, click Next to

open the summary page.

NOTE:

After storage space is allocated and configured using a wizard, only the following storage configuration settings can be changed:

• Allocated space size

• Percent full warning threshold

• Enforce Allocated Limit (shared folders and local storage applications)

After a logical disk is created, its configuration 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 configured using a wizard, you can change the allocated space size using the Allocate Space Wizard. See Increasing or reducing the allocated storage for more information.

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