HP System Reporter Software Licenses User Manual

HP 3PARInfo 1.2 User Guide

Abstract

This guide provides information about installing and using HP 3PARInfo. It is intended for system and storage administrators who monitor and direct system configurations and resource allocation for HP 3PAR Storage Systems. For the latest information about this product, see the HP 3PARInfo Release Notes.

HP Part Number: 5697-2599 Published: June 2013 Edition: 3

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The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

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

Overview................................................................................................................................4

HP 3PARInfo environment...........................................................................................................4

2 Installing HP 3PARInfo.................................................................................5

For UNIX platform.....................................................................................................................5

Prerequisites........................................................................................................................5

To install, uninstall, or upgrade HP 3PARInfo on a UNIX platform...........................................5

For Windows platform...............................................................................................................5

Prerequisites........................................................................................................................5

To install or uninstall HP 3PARInfo on a Windows platform...................................................5

Installation.................................................................................................................5

Uninstallation.............................................................................................................5

HP 3PARInfo directory structure...................................................................................................6

Components............................................................................................................................6

Installing HP 3PARInfo...............................................................................................................6

UNIX platforms....................................................................................................................6

Windows platform...............................................................................................................7

Removing HP 3PARInfo..............................................................................................................7

UNIX platforms ...................................................................................................................7

Windows platform...............................................................................................................8

3 Working with HP 3PARInfo..........................................................................9

Command options....................................................................................................................9

Get version information........................................................................................................9

Get help.............................................................................................................................9

Get LUNs..........................................................................................................................10

Get list of LUNs separated by specified delimiter....................................................................10

Get LUN information..........................................................................................................11

Log files.................................................................................................................................12

4 Troubleshooting HP 3PARInfo.....................................................................14

Unable to view a specific device file..........................................................................................14

Invalid values displayed for LUNs that are removed from the host..................................................14

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5 Support and other resources......................................................................16

Contacting HP........................................................................................................................16

Related information.................................................................................................................16

Glossary....................................................................................................18

Contents 3

1 Introduction

This chapter describes HP 3PARInfo 1.2, its features, and the working environment.

Overview

HP 3PARInfo is provided with HP 3PAR System Reporter apart from being available as a web download. You can use this utility to obtain configuration information about HP 3PAR LUNs that are exposed to the host from HP 3PAR array.

You can obtain the following information using HP 3PARInfo:

• List of LUNs exposed to hosts

• Information about a specific LUN that is exposed to the host

HP 3PARInfo environment

For information on the list of supported environments, see HP 3PARInfo under HP Storage SPOCK, available at:

http://h20272.www2.hp.com/Pages/spock2Html.aspx?htmlFile=sw_array_3par.html

4 Introduction

2 Installing HP 3PARInfo

This section describes how to install and uninstall HP 3PARInfo. It also lists the various components of HP 3PARInfo.

For UNIX platform

Prerequisites

The following are the prerequisites for installing, removing and executing HP 3PARInfo on a UNIX platform:

• Ensure root user access to the system is available.

• The unix_local_install.sh script must have executable permissions. If it does not have

the same, run the following command:

#chmod +x ./unix_local_install.sh

• For Linux, libstdc++.so.6 or later version must be installed on the system.

• For HP-UX 11.23, the Portability Package must be installed on the system. This package

provides new HP-UX APIs, and adds enhancements to the existing HP-UX APIs, for the HP-UX 11i v2 release.

For more information, check https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayInstallInfo.do?

productNumber=PortPkg

To install, uninstall, or upgrade HP 3PARInfo on a UNIX platform

To Install HP 3PARInfo on UNIX, run the following install script:

./unix_local_install.sh

Install, uninstall, or upgrade is performed based on these scenarios:-

• If HP 3PARInfo is not installed on the system, then a fresh copy is installed by the installer.

• If a same version of HP 3PARInfo is available, then the installer prompts for an uninstallation.

• If an older version of HP 3PARInfo is available, then the installer identifies the same and

prompts for an upgrade.

NOTE: The unix_local_install.sh is a common script for all UNIX platforms. The

unix_local_install.sh script detects supported platform and installs accordingly.

If a platform is not supported, "Operating system is not supported" warning message is displayed.

For Windows platform

Prerequisites

You must have Administrator privileges to install and execute HP 3PARInfo.

To install or uninstall HP 3PARInfo on a Windows platform

Installation

Navigate to HP3PARInfo-windows folder, and execute the 'setup.exe' file. You will be guided through the installation steps.

Uninstallation

Uninstall the HP 3PARInfo from the 'Add or Remove Programs' screen.

For UNIX platform 5

NOTE:

• Default destination folder on windows is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\3PAR\HP 3PARInfo

• Shortcut is created under the following location:

Start > All Programs > HP 3PAR > HP 3PARInfo 1.2

HP 3PARInfo directory structure

The HP 3PARInfo tar file HP3PARInfo.tar contains the following folders:

• HP3PARInfo-aix

• HP3PARInfo-ESXi

• HP3PARInfo-hpux-1123

• HP3PARInfo-hpux-1131

• HP3PARInfo-linux-32

• HP3PARInfo-linux-x86_64

• HP3PARInfo-windows

• README

• unix_local_install.sh

Each of the above folders, except HP3PARInfo-windows, contains bin and lib folders within. HP3PARInfo-windows folder contains the setup.exe in it.

Components

The software components of HP 3PARInfo are:

• bin directory — This directory contains the binary.

• lib directory — This directory contains the library files.

• unix_local_install.sh — This script is used to install, uninstall, or upgrade HP 3PARInfo

on UNIX platforms.

• setup.exe — This file is used to install HP 3PARInfo on Windows.

• README — This file contains prerequisites and instructions to install, remove and upgrade HP

3PARInfo.

Installing HP 3PARInfo

UNIX platforms

Transfer the HP3PARInfo.tar file to the target system and untar it. Run the unix_local_install.sh script to install HP 3PARInfo. The syntax is:

./unix_local_install.sh

When you run this command:

• The binary is copied to /usr/bin directory.

• The libraries are copied to:

/usr/lib/ directory on Linux x86_32◦

◦ /usr/lib64/ directory on Linux x64

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