HP StorageWorks SB600c User Manual

HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager

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Contents

Aboutthisguide .......................... 7

Intendedaudience...................................... 7

Prerequisites ........................................ 7

Relateddocumentation.................................... 7

Documentconventionsandsymbols .............................. 8

Usingonlinehelp ...................................... 8

1All-in-OneStorageManager .................... 11

All-in-OneStorageManager.................................. 11

Softwarerequirements .................................. 11

Softwaresupport .................................. 11

Storagemanagementinfrastructure............................ 12

Managingstorageforapplicationservers....................... 12

Managingstorageforsharedfolders......................... 13

Abouttheuserinterface ................................ 14

Menubar .................................... 14

Toolbar ..................................... 15

Navigationpane ................................. 15

Contentpane................................... 15

Actionspane ................................... 15

Deﬁninguserinterfaceoptions............................ 17

AddanAll-in-OneStorageSystem .............................. 17

RemoveanAll-in-OneStorageSystem............................. 17

2Hostingstorageforapplicationsandsharedfolders ......... 19

UsingtheHostanExchangeStorageGroupWizard ...................... 20

EnteringanameofaserverthathostsExchange...................... 20

SelectingExchangestoragegroupcomponents....................... 20

LocalContinuousReplication(LCR)............................ 21

UsingtheCreateaSharedFolderWizard........................... 21

Namingasharedfolder ................................ 22

Settingpermissionsforasharedfolder .......................... 22

UsingtheHostaSQLServerDatabaseWizard......................... 22

SelectingaserverthathostsSQLServer.......................... 23

SelectingSQLServerdatabasecomponents........................ 23

Selectingadatabaseworkloadtype ........................... 24

Using the Host a User-DeﬁnedApplicationWizard ....................... 24

Choosetypeofapplication ............................... 25

Enteringanapplicationname.............................. 25

UsingtheCreateaVirtualLibraryWizard........................... 25

AccessingtheVirtualLibraryWizard........................... 25

Conﬁgureyourvirtuallibrary ............................ 25

Allocatingspaceforcomponents............................... 26

Selecting advanced conﬁgurationsettings......................... 27

Selectingdataprotection .................................. 31

Reviewingtasksummaryandschedulingtasks ......................... 33

Monitoringtaskcompletionstatus .............................. 33

Cancellingtasks.................................... 34

Migrating user-deﬁned application data to your HP All-in-One Storage System when using a remote

windows application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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3Dataprotection . . ....................... 37

DataProtectiontab .................................... 37

Selectinglocaloralternatebackup............................ 37

Managingsnapshotsandbackups............................ 38

Snapshots ........................................ 38

Schedulingsnapshots ................................. 38

Takingsnapshots ................................... 38

Exposingasnapshot.................................. 38

Unexposingasnapshot................................. 39

Revertingdatatosnapshots............................. 39

Schedulingandrunningbackups............................... 39

Managingbackups .................................. 39

Restoringdatafrombackups............................... 40

Selectingthesourcedevice ............................. 40

Selectingtherestoredestination ........................... 40

LaunchingDPX .................................. 40

UsingDPXtorestoredata.............................. 40

ResettingthepasswordfortheASMbackupuseraccount................. 41

SpecifyingapasswordforASMBackup........................ 41

UsingtheAdministrators’accounttochangeanASMbackuppassword .......... 41

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

Increasingorreducingtheallocatedstorage.......................... 43

Changingthepercentfullwarningthreshold.......................... 44

Removingapplicationareasfromview ............................ 44

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

Deletingsharedfolders................................... 45

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

ApplicationView ..................................... 47

Accessingapplicationandsharedfolderproperties..................... 47

DataProtection .................................... 56

StorageView....................................... 58

Accessingstorageareaproperties ............................ 58

ApplicationServerView .................................. 61

Accessingapplicationserverproperties.......................... 61

StorageUtilizationView .................................. 62

6Troubleshooting,servicing,andmaintenance ............ 65

Troubleshootingthestoragesystem.............................. 65

Operatingsystemproblemsandresolutions ........................ 65

Applicationsoftwareproblems.............................. 65

SQLServererrors ................................. 66

ASMalerts.................................... 66

Recoveringfromlogicaldiskfailure............................ 71

Glossary............................. 73

Index .............................. 77

Figures

Applicationstorageinfrastructure ......................... 13

Sharedfolderstorageinfrastructure ........................ 14

Exampleofalert ................................ 67

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Tables

1 2

Documentconventions............................... 8

Softwaresupport................................ 12

Actionspanequickreference........................... 15

Selectingstoragegroupcomponentstohost .................... 21

Selectingdatabasecomponentstohost ...................... 23

Advanced win

DescriptionsofRAIDlevels............................ 29

Operating s

Detailstab—Exchangestoragegroupproperties................... 49

Storagetab—Exchangestoragegroupcomponentproperties ............. 49

Mail Store tab—Exchange storage group component properties . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Public Store tab—Exchange storage group c omponent properties . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Logtab—Exchangestoragegroupcomponentproperties............... 51

Operatingstatus—Sharedfolderproperties..................... 52

Storagetab—Sharedfolderproperties....................... 57

16 O p e r a t i

Storagetab—SQLServerdatabasecomponentproperties .............. 53

DataFiletab—SQLServerdatabasecomponentproperties.............. 54

Logtab—SQLServerdatabasecomponentproperties ................ 54

Operating status—User-deﬁnedapplicationproperties................ 55

Storage tab—User-deﬁned application properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

22 Operatingstatus—DataProtectionproperties.................... 56

dowitems............................. 27

tatus—Exchangeproperties ...................... 48

ngstatus—SQLServerproperties ..................... 53

Storagetab—Sharedfolderproperties....................... 57

VirtualLibraryProperties............................. 58

Operatingstatus—Generaltab.......................... 59

Storagetab—HPAll-in-OneStorageSystemlogicaldiskproperties........... 60

Storagetab—HPAll-in-OneStorageSystemvolumeproperties............. 60

Operatingstatus—Applicationservervolumeproperties ............... 62

oragetab—Applicationservervolumeproperties ................. 62

Operatingsystemproblems ........................... 65

Alertdescriptions................................ 68

About this guide

This guide provides information about the HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Manager (ASM) software, including how to use the ASM storage-allocation wizards and user interface to:

• Host SQL Server, Exchange, and user-deﬁned application data on your HP All-in-One Storage

System.

• Create shared folders on your HP All-in-One Storage System.

• M anag e and monitor storage on your HP All-in-One Storage System.

• Backup and take snapshots of data stored on your HP All-in-One Storage System.

• Restore data to your HP All-in-One Storage System from backups.

• Revert data stored on your HP All-in-One Storage System to a past snapshot.

• Troubleshoot ASM storage alerts.

For easy access, this document is produced as a printable document (PDF) and shipped on the HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System documentation CD; however, all user information is also part of the ASM online help system, accessible from the ASM main menu. To learn more about this guide, related product documentation, and HP technical support refer to the following sections:

• Intended audience, page 7

• Prerequisites, page 7

• Related documentation,page7

•

Document conventions and symbols,page8

•

Using online help,page8

Intended audience

This doc Exchange Server 2003 (Exchange), Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (SQL Server), or other t ypes of application servers hosted by ASM.

ument is intended for network and IT administrators who are experienced with Microsoft

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for using ASM include:

• Install your HP All-in-One Storage System.

• Complete the Rapid Startup Wizard.

• If the application server(s) whose storage you plan to host on your HP All-in-One Storage System

is on a domain, add your HP All-in-One Storage System to the same domain.

• If the application server(s) whose storage you plan to host on your HP All-in-One Storage System

is conﬁguredtouseaDNSserver,conﬁgure your HP All-in-One Storage System to use the same or equivalent DNS server.

• Install the All-in-One Storage Manager agent on application server(s) with data you plan to host

on your HP All-in-One Storage System using the All-in-One Storage Manager Agent Installer on the H P StorageWorks All-in-One Storage Blade System Recovery DVD. See the HP StorageWorks All-in-OneStorageSystemquickstartinstructionsfor more information.

Related documentation

The following d ocuments provide related information:

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• HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System quick start instructions

• H P StorageWorks Data Protector Express users guide and technical reference

You can ﬁnd these documents on the HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System documentation CD and the HP documents web site: h

ttp://www.hp.com/support/manuals.

You can also ﬁnd online help for Microsoft iSCSI Target and other applications used with ASM in the HP All-in-One Storage System Management help window.

Document conv

Table 1 Document conventions

Convention

Blue text: Table 1

Blue, underlined text: h ttp://www.hp.com

Bold text

Italic text Text emphasis

Monospace text

Monosp

Monospace, bold text

CAUTION:

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

ace, italic text

entions and symbols

Element

Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses

Web site addresses

• Keys that ar

• Text typed i

• GUI elemen

menu and li

• File and directory names

• System output

• Code

• Commands, their arguments, and argument values

• Code variables

• Command variables

Emphasized monospace text

epressed

nto a GUI element, such as a box

ts that are clicked or selected, such as st items, buttons, tabs, and check boxes

NOTE:

Provides additional information.

Using online help

The ASM help system incorporates the following navigational features:

• Contents tab—Displays a table of contents (TOC) for the help system. Topics are organized in

books for efﬁcient retrieval. Click the icon located next to each folder to expand the outline and

lay topics. T o view a topic, click a topic.

disp

• Index tab—D isplays an index of help topics. To locate a topic, either scroll through the list, or

enter a keyword or phrase for which to search and then press Enter. To view a topic, click a topic. The topic displays in the right pane.

• Sea

rch tab—Allows you to search for words contained in topics. After the word is loc ated, the topics containing that word are displayed in a list. To view a speciﬁc topic, select the topic, and then click Go. The topic displays in the right pane.

About this guide

• Toolbar controls—The toolbar contains Hide, Back, and Print buttons, similar to those found in

Web browsers. These buttons let you hide the content pane, browse back through topics you have previously viewed, and print active panes.

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About this guide

1 All-in-O ne Storage Manager

All-in-One Storage Manager

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

•

Hosting storage for applications and shared folders, page 19

•

Conﬁguring data protection, page 37

•

Managing storage,page43

•

Monitoring storage,page47

ASM provides storage-allocation wizards that walk you through the process of allocating and conﬁguring storage on your HP All-in-One Storage System to host application data and shared folders. The storage-allocation wizards also allow you to schedule backups and snapshots of hosted application data and shared folders.

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

ASM is designed to work seamlessly with Windows administrator tools, the HP All-in-One Storage System Management application, Microsoft iSCSI Target, and Data Protector Express. For example, you can change your HP All-in-One Storage System’s:

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

using ASM, Windows administrator tools, and the HP All-in-One Storage System Management applications.

• Med ia 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 All-in-One Storage System or ﬁle directories created by ASM on application servers with storage hosted on your HP All-in-One Storage System. Doing so will break the iSCSI communication paths between your application servers and HP All-in-One Storage System, and make it so ASM can no longer locate allocated storage areas on your HP All-in-O ne Storage System.

Software requirements

ASM co

Software support

Only storage for application servers running on Windows Server 2003 and on the same domain as your HP All-in-One Storage System can be hosted.

ASM provides storage-management services for the following applications:

mes preinstalled on your HP All-in-One Storage System. A license key is not required for ASM.

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Table 2 Software support

Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and 2007

See “Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group

Wizard”onpage20.

File sharing services on local storage

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005

User-deﬁned applications

Microsoft iSCSI Target and Data Protector Express are required to host application storage and create backups using ASM. Microsoft iSCSI Target and Data Protector Express come preinstalled on your HP All-in-One Storage System. A license key is not required for Microsoft iSCSI Target. Your license key for Data Protec

tor Express comes preinstalled on your HP All-in-One Storage System.

Storage management infrastructure

The purpose of ASM is to simplify storage management, so that you do not need to understand the complexities of allocating and conﬁguring storage, and hosting application storage on your HP All-in-One Storage System. ASM handles two types of use models:

• M anaging storage for application servers,page12

•

Managing storage for shared folders, page 13

Managing storage for application servers

With ASM, you can allocate, conﬁgure, and host storage for applications residing on servers that hostExchange,SQLServer,anduser-deﬁned applications using the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard, Host a SQL Server Database Wizard, and Host a User-Deﬁned Application Wizard.

The wizards suggest a default storage size, plus default advanced conﬁguration settings, such as RAID level, for each application component. You can customize all the defaults to ﬁtyourstorageneeds. However, the default advanced settings provided for Exchange and SQL Server are based on HP storage, Exchan

ge, and SQL Server best practices and should generally not be changed.

See “Using the Create a Shared Folder

Wizard”onpage21.

See “Using the

Wizard”onpa

See “Using the Host a User-Deﬁned Application

Wizard”onpage24.

Host a SQL Server Database

ge 22.

For app stora

lication storage, ASM creates an iSCSI LUN on your HP All-in-One Storage System for each

ge group component, database component, or the user-deﬁned application you select to host in the storage-allocation wizard, and exports it to the application server whose storage will be hosted. ASM also creates a LUN on your HP All-in-One Storage System to host the storage group component, database component, or the user-deﬁned application you selected in the storage-allocation wizard. All storage

unication passes through the iSCSI LUN on the application server to the LUN on your HP All-in-One

comm Storage System. This allows data saved by the application to the iSCSI LUN on the application server to be automatically saved to your HP All-in-One Storage System instead (see Figure 1).

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Figure 1 App

NOTE:

The iSCSI communication path is transparent to the application, application server, and Windows Explorer. The application, application server, and Windows Explorer believe the data is stored on the applicati application server, not the LUN(s) on your HP All-in-One Storage System, using Windows Explorer.

ASM provides automated data migration for Exchange and SQL Server. ASM discovers Exchange storage group an d SQL Server database components and hosts the storage components you select through the storage-allocation wizards. ASM automatically migrates the data for the selected storage components to your HP All-in-One Storage System. ASM a lso conﬁgures the application to read and write data for the hosted storage component to the iSCSI LUNs created on the application server by ASM.

ASM does not provide automated data migration for user-deﬁned application servers. You must manually migrate the application data to your HP All-in-One Storage System after using the H ost a User-Deﬁned Application Wizard to allocate and conﬁgure storage space. See “Migrating user-deﬁned application data to your HP All-in -One Storage System” on page 34 for more information. You must also conﬁgure the application to read and write data to the iSCSI LUN created on the application ser ver by ASM. See the application’s documentation for more i nformation.

on server. So, to view the application data, you must navigate to the iSCSI LUN(s) on the

lication storage infrastructure

Managing storage for shared folders

With ASM, you can set up and monitor top-level shared folders (ﬁle shares) using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard. The wizard suggests a default storage size for each shared folder, plus default advanced conﬁguration settings, such as RAID level. You can customize all the defaults to ﬁtyourstorageneeds.

For shared folder storage, ASM creates a LUN on your H P All-in-One Storage System to hold the shared folder and then creates the shared folder (see Figure 2). Shared folders whose storage is conﬁgured with the same RAI D level are created on the same LUN.

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Figure 2 Shared folder storage infrastructure

ASM discovers any top-level and nested shared folders on your HP All-in-One Storage System during setup and afterwards on an ongoing basis. ASM allows you to m onitor and manage any top-level shared folders created on your HP All-in-One Storage System using ASM or other applications, such as Windows Explorer or the Shared Folder MMC snap-in.

After s hared folders are created, communication between client and host takes place over the Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol.

Nested shared folders, which are shared folders that reside inside top-level shared folders, cannot be created using ASM, but can be viewed in ASM by selecting the top-level shared folder in the content pane and then clicking Properties in the Action pane. Use other applications, such as Windows Explorer or the Shared Folder MMC snap-in, to create nested shared folders on your HP All-in-One Storage System.

About the user interface

Menu bar

The menu bar, located at the top of the ASM main window, is the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) menu bar. See the MMC online help for more information. To open MMC online help, click Help in the Actions pane.

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Toolbar

The toolbar, loc information. To open MMC online help, click Help in the Actions pane.

Navigation pane

The Navigation pane, located on the left side, allows you to quickly navigate between HP All-in-One Storage M anagement applications.

Content pane

The content pane, located in the center, displays application storage and storage component (logical disk and volum view based on hierarchy.

The information displayed in the content pane depends on the item selected in the Filters drop-down menu, located at the “Monitoring storage” on page 47 for more information on views and information displayed in the content pane.

Filters drop-down menu

Select an application from the Filters drop-down menu, located at the top of the content pane, to view information for only that application in the content pane. Select All from the Filters drop-down menu to view information for all applications and shared folders in the content pane.

ated just below the menu bar , is the MMC toolbar. See the MMC online help for more

e) properties, such as allocated and used space, using an expandable and collapsible

top of the content pane, and the view selected in the Actions pane. See

Actions pane

The Actions pane, located on the right side of the main window, provides a list of actions available to the item cur provides ac storage an

Table 3 Act

Application View

Storage View

Application Server View

Storage Utilization View

rently selected in the content pane. Along with other selectable items, the Actions pane cess to storage-allocation wizards that walk you through the process of hosting application

d creating shared folders.

ions pane quick reference

Displays the used and allocated storage space, a n d storage status of Exchange storage groups, SQL Server databases, user-deﬁned storage, and shared folders hosted on your HP All-in-One Storage System in the content pane. See “Application View”onpage47for more information.

Displays the used and allo cated storage space of the storage areas (logical disks and volumes) on your HP All-in-One Storage System that

eated by ASM to store application data and shared folders in the

were cr

tpane. See“Storage View” on page 58 for more information.

conten

Displays your HP All-in-One Storage System and the application servers with storage hosted on your HP All-in-One Storage System in the content pane. See “Application Server View”onpage61formoreinformation.

Displays the alloca ted storage values for speciﬁc applications and the shared folders pool, the unallocated storage value, and the storage value for data not managed by ASM in a pie chart. See “Storage

Utilization View”onpage62formoreinformation.

Description

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Tools > Task Viewer

Description

Opens the Task Viewer, where you can view the:

• Status of tasks completed or scheduled to run in the future.

• All tasks tha t failed and the errors reported.

The Task Viewer also allows you to cancel running and scheduled tasks. See “Monitoring task completion status” on page 33 for further information.

Displays the C

• Change the co

onﬁgure Options window, where you can:

lors used in the content pane to display the different

typesofstorage,volumes,andservers.

Tools > Display Options

• Changethescalingusedinthecontentpanesothesizeatwhich

each applic to the size at equal si

See “Deﬁni

ation area or shared folder is displayed is proportional

of its allocated storage space, or to display them all

ze.

ng user interface options” on page 17 for further information.

Refresh Refreshes the content pane.

Any one of the following items:

• Host an Exchange Storage

Group

• CreateaSharedFolder

• Host a SQL Server Database

Opens a storage-allocation wizard that helps you allocate and conﬁgure storage space on your HP All-in-One Storage System.

• Host a User-Deﬁned

Application

View > Customize

Help

This is a online h

Opens online help for ASM.

n MMC command. See the Microsoft Management Console

elp. To open MMC online help, click Help in the Actions pane.

Opens the Allocate Space Wizard where you can change the following storage conﬁgurations for the item selected in the content pane:

Allocate Space

• Size of allocated storage

• Percentage full warning threshold

• Enforced allocated limit (shared folders only)

See Table 6 on page 27 for more information.*

Removes the application component or user-deﬁned application selected in the content pane from view. Application areas removed from view can no longer be managed or monitored using ASM, but

Remove from View

the application storage remains hosted on your HP All-in-O ne Storage System.

See “Removing application areas from view”onpage44formore information.*

Opens the Properties window where you can view the properties for the item selected in the content pane. See “Accessing application

Properties

and shared folder properties”onpage47,“Accessing storage area properties” on page 58, and “Accessing application server properties” on page 61 for more information.*

Opens the Data Protection tab of the Properties window where you can schedule backups, run a backup, or restore data from a

Data Protection

backup. You can also schedule snapshots, take a snapshot, expose a snapshot, or revert data to a past snapshot. See “Conﬁguring data

rotection” on page 37 for more information.*

* These actions can also be selected by right-clicking an item in the content pane.

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Deﬁning user int

erface options

ASM allows you t

Changing color settings

Changing color settings customizes the color used in the content pane to display the different types of storage, volumes, and ser vers. Colors help distinguish the different t ypes of storage, storage areas, and servers from ea ch other.

1. In the Actions pane, select Tools > Options.

The Conﬁgure Op tions window o pens.

2. Click the Colors tab.

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

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

5. Click OK.

Scaling display settings

Changing the scaling settings customizes the size a t which each application area or shared folder is displayed in the content p ane. 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 Acti

The Conﬁgure Op tions window o pens.

2. Click the Scaling tab.

3. Select th

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

•Allasthe same size.

4. Click Apply to apply your change.

5. Click OK

o customize the user interface color and scale settings.

ons pane, select Tools > Options.

e storage-display proportion setting:

same size—Displays logical disks and volumes, and application areas as the

Add an All-in-One Storage System

You may add another All-in-One Storage System for the ease of managing more than one All-in-One from the same console. To add another All-in-One Storage System:

1. Click on Add All-in-One Storage System in the Actions pane.

2. A dialog box will open. Enter the hostname or IP address of the All-in-One Storage System to

add.

3. The added All-in-One Storage System will appear in the Navigation pane.

Remove an All-in-One Storage System

ove an added All-in-One Storage System:

To rem

1. Click on Remove All-in-One Storage System.

2. A window will appear, asking if you would like to remove the All-in-One Storage System

3. Click Yes.

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2 Hosting storage for applications andsharedfolders

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

Application

Exchange

Shared Folders

SQL Server

Description

Allocate and conﬁgure storage for individual Exchange storage group components. A wizard assists you by discovering Exchange storage group 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 All-in-One Storage System, deleting the Exchange storage group components you selected from the Exchange, and conﬁguring Exchange to store data on your HP All-in-One Storage System.

shared folders on your HP

Create

-One Storage System. A wizard

All-in assists you in allocating and conﬁguring

ge space for shared folders, and

stora 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 All-in-One Storage System, deleting the SQL Server database components you selected from the server t hat hosts SQL Server, and conﬁguring SQL Server to store data on your HP All-in-One Storage System.

See “Using the Host an Exchange

Storage Group Wizard”onpage20

dFolders. See“Using the Create

ed Folder Wizard”onpage21.

aShar

SQL database and components. See “Using the Host a SQL Server Database

Wizard”onpage22.

User-Deﬁned Applications

Allocate and conﬁgure storage for any remote application running under Windows Server 2003 that uses NTFS volumes for storage. A wizard assists you in allo cating and conﬁguring storage space.

User-Deﬁned Applications. See Using

the Host a User-Deﬁned Application Wizard.

The wizard does not migrate user-deﬁned application data to your HP All-in-One Storage System or reconﬁgure the application to store data on your HP All-in-One Storage System. Youmustdothismanuallyasdescribed in “Migrating user-deﬁned application

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Application

Data Protection

Description

Create a virtual library where data from aremotesystemisbackeduponyour All-in-One Storage System. A wizard assists you in choosing size and storage allocation.

data to your HP A System” on page

in the applica

tion’s documentation.

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34, and as described

Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard

The H ost an Exchange Storage Group Wizard automatically discovers the Exchange storage groups in your network domain and helps you allocate and conﬁ gure storage space for these components:

• Mail store

• Public stores—Contain the data in public folders.

• Logs—Providearecordofeverymessagestoredinastoragegroup.

Before you begin conﬁguring storage for Exchange

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

the HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System quick start instructions for more information.

• Make sure you have an up-to-date backup of your Exchange data and logs.

s—Contain the data in user mailboxes.

Accessing the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard

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

TheHostanExchangeStorageGroupWizardwelcomepageopens.

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

“Entering a name of a server that hosts Exchange” on page 20).

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 E xchange.

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 20).

lecting E xchange 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 All-in-One Storage

stem and manage using ASM.

o one of the following:

1.D

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

elect individual storage group components by expanding the list and checking the boxes

•S next to the components.

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You must select a ll the storage group components in a storage group i f 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 4 Selecting storage group components to host

Action Description

None

Allocate Spa

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.

Component’s d System. The component was removed from view. The component will be returned to view. See “Removing application areas from

view” on page

Storage space will be allocated and conﬁgured on your HP All-in-One Storage System. Component’s data will be migrated to your HP All-in-One Storage System.

Component’s data is already hosted on your HP All-in-One Storage System 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”onpage50,“PublicStore database properties”onpage51, 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 26).

Local Continuous Replication (LCR)

If the Lo option o the Sel the same manner as other Exchange components.

cal Continuous Replication (LCR) feature is enabled in Microsoft Exchange 2007, you have the

f migrating LCR components to your All-in-One Storage System. LCR components are shown in

ect Storage Group Components page in the wizard if this feature is enabled. They are selected in

ata is already hosted on your HP All-in-One Storage

44 for more information.

NOTE:

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

-One Storage System.

All-in

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 All-in-One Storage System, including allocating and conﬁguring the required storage.

NOTE:

You cannot create nested shared folders on your HP All-in-One Storage System 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 All-in-One Storage System.

You can view the nested shares in a top-level shared folder by selecting the top-level shared folder in the content pane, clicking Properties in the Action pane, and then clicking the Nested Shares tab.

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Accessing the Create a Shared Folder Wizard

1. In the Actions pane, select CreateaSharedFolder.

TheCreateaSharedFolderWizardwelcomepageopens.

2. Click Next to open the Enter a Shared Folder Name and Description page (see Naming a shared

folder).

Naming a shar

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

1. Enter the name for the shared folder.

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

ed folder

NOTE:

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

folder).

th ﬁeld is

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.

1. Select a permission level.

Click Next to open the Storage Allocation page (see “Allocating space for components”onpage26).

Using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard

The H ost 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 b egin con ﬁ guring storage for SQL Server

• Make

• Make sure you have an up-to-date backup of your SQL Server data and logs.

Accessing the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard

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

sure the ASM agent is installed on each server with SQL Server data you plan to host. See

HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System quick start instructions for more information.

the

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TheHostaSQLServerDatabaseWizardwelcomepageopens.

2. Click Next to open the Select a SQL Server page (see Selecting a server that hosts SQL Ser ver).

Selecting a ser

Use the Select a

ver that hosts SQL Server

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:

• E nter 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)

Selecting SQL Server database components

Use the Select Database Components page to select the SQL Server database and database components youwanttohostonyourHPAll-in-OneStorageSystem.

1. Do one of the following:

• Select the entire database 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 5 Selecting database components to host

Action Description

None

Allocate Spac e

ateSpace,MoveData

Alloc

None, Already Managed

Component’s check box is not selected, so ASM will not perform any action. Select check box to change action.

Component’s data is already hosted on your HP All-in-One Storage System. The component was removed from view. The component will be returned to view. See “Removing application areas from

view” on page 44 for more information.

Storage space will be allocated and conﬁgured on your HP All-in-One Storage System. Component’s data will be migrated to your HP All-in-One Storage System.

Component’s data is already hosted on your HP All-in-One Storage System and already managed by ASM. No action is possible.

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

click Properties.

See “Data ﬁle properties” on page 54 and “Log ﬁle properties for database” on page 54 for descriptions of the p roperties displayed.

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3. IfyoudonotwantASMtodeletetheoriginalﬁles for the selected database components from

the server that hosts SQL Server after it migrates the data to your HP All-in-One Storage System, clear the Delete original ﬁles after checkbox.

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

a database workload type).

Selecting a database workload type

UsetheSelecttheDatabaseWorkloadTypepagetoselecttheworkloadtypefortheSQLServerdatabase.

NOTE:

You can only select the database workload type while using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard. The database

1. Do one of the following:

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

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

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

“Allocating space for components” on page 26).

workload type cannot be changed later.

volumes of data requiring concurrent user access.

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

Using the Host a User-Deﬁned Application Wizard

The wizard helps you set up your All-in-One Storage System to store application data for various applications. Storage will be 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 the All-in-One Storage manager.

After storage is allocated and conﬁgured on your HP All-in-One Storage System for a remote application using the Host a User-Deﬁned Application Wizard, do the following:

• Manually migrate the remote application’s data to your H P All-in-One Storage System. See

“Migrating user-deﬁned application data to your HP All-in-One Storage System”onpage34 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

• Verify the remote application has the following characteristics:

• Runs under Windows Server 2003

•UsesNTFSvolumesforstorage

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

the HP StorageWorks All-in-One Storage System quick start instructions for more information.

• Make sure you have an up-to-date backup of your remote application data and logs.

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

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.

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