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HP ProLiant High Availability Storage Servers User's Manual

1. NOTE Backups snapshots and replication are disabled in ASM for an Exchange storage group or a SQL Server database if one or more of the components of the Exchange storage group or SQL Server database are not hosted To host components for a storage group or database start the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard or Host a SQL Server Database Wizard as appropriate select the storage group or database and then select the components on the Select Storage Group Components page that are not currently hosted Scheduling and running snapshots From the Snapshots property tab you can configure schedules for snapshots If replication is enabled and the replication target is also running ASM snapshots are replicated to the target Snapshots cannot be scheduled on a target HP Storage Server running ASM the snapshot schedule must be set on the system that is hosting the component data IMPORTANT Snapshots are not supported on user defined iSCSI LUN applications 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder in the content pane 2 In the Actions pane click Snapshots and then click Configure Snapshot Schedule The Snapshots property tab displays 3 Click Add to add a snapshot to the snapshot schedule Select a snapshot frequency hourly daily weekly monthly for snapshots 5 Enter a start date for snapshots All in One Storage Manager 33 Enter q start time
2. The RAID level to which the virtual library s storage is configured See Logical Disks RAID Lel Customizing RAID levels on page 24 for more information The RAID stripe size to which the virtual library s storage is configured logical Disk RAID Sipe Size See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Virtual array Number of Hot The number of hot spares with which the virtual library storage is Spares configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information 58 Monitoring storage Properiy Value Virtual array Physical disk type Type of physical disk designated for the hot spare Physical disk types include SAS SATA and SCSI Warning Threshold tab Allows you to change the percent full warning threshold value for the user defined application See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 for more information Virtual Library tab Displays the virtual library s remaining storage capacity and the following virtual library details Table 24 Virtual Library tab Virtual library properties Property Value Device name Name of the virtual library Machine name Name of machine hosting the virtual library Device path Location of the virtual library Slot count Number of slots used for a virtual library Accessing properties for replication target components ASM provides properties information for replication target components on your HP Storage
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4. A snapshot of a shared folder cannot be exposed or unexposed using ASM Use the Shadow Copy Client to view snapshots of shared folders from a client computer Snapshots of a shared folder are stored on the same logical disk as the shared folder in a protected system folder To unexpose a snapshot 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database or user defined application in the content pane All in One Storage Manager 35 In the Actions pane click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots The Manage Snapshots dialog box displays Select an exposed snapshot from the snapshot list Click Unexpose Click Yes to confirm Reverting data to snapshots ASM allows you to revert data stored on your HP Storage Server to a snapshot This overwrites the existing data and reverts it to a past state NOTE Snapshots of shared folders cannot be reverted using ASM To revert a shared folder to a past snapshot use the Shadow Copy Client Snapshots of user defined applications that are configured as local storage only applications cannot be reverted using ASM because all data that is on the same volume as the application would also be reverted Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database or user defined application in the content pane In the Actions pane click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots The Manage Snapshots dialog box displays Select a snapshot from the list and click Revert Cli
5. OK The storage is online No alerts Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information Storage tab Displays the unallocated space used space free space on the volume and also details on your volume or logical disk properties depending on the application open Table 28 Storage tab HP Storage Server logical disk properties Property Value System Name Name the system uses to identify the logical disk Globally unique identifier s of the hard drive s used by the logical disk Physical Disks gretne Indicates if the logical disk is configured with exclusive storage See Table a 5 on page 23 for more information The RAID level to which the logical disk is configured See Customizing RAID Level RAID levels on page 24 for more information The RAID stripe size to which the logical disk is configured See Table RAID Stripe Size 5 on page 23 for more information Speeds up reads when enabled This setting is determined by the storage Read Cache array not ASM Write Cache Speeds up writes when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array not ASM The number of hot spares with which the logical disk is configured See Number old or spares Table 5 on page 23 for more information Unmanaged Data Space on the logical disk used to store data that is not managed by ASM Free Space Unused storage space on the logical d
6. Application Server View page 63 Monitoring the application servers with storage hosted on your HP Storage Server Storage Utilization View page 65 Monitoring the allocated storage values for specific applications and the shared folders pool the unallocated storage value and the storage value for data not managed by ASM Views are selected from the Actions pane You can also quickly view storage status on the content pane Status icons for warnings and critical conditions are displayed on top of icons in the content pane when storage status changes from OK to Warning or Critical EY NOTE Select an item in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane to view any alerts for the item O IMPORTANT During the ASM discovery process if ASM detects a user defined storage area that hosts SQL or Exchange data and the proper credentials have been set between ASM and the application server these user defined storage areas are moved to SQL or Exchange storage areas as appropriate For more information about setting application credentials between ASM and application servers see Configure Application Credentials on page 10 Application View Application View displays the used and allocated storage space and storage status of applications and shared folders hosted on your HP Storage Server in the content pane In the Actions pane select Application View To view all the application storage a
7. Application Server Volume Mount Paths Path the volume is mounted on Storage Utilization View Storage Utilization View displays the allocated 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 e In the Actions pane select Storage Utilization View All in One Storage Manager 65 The storage value for each application hosted the shared folders pool unallocated storage and data not managed by ASM is displayed according to its percentage of total capacity using colors selected in the Color Options window The total capacity of your HP Storage Server is divided into the following areas Exchange Storage allocated to host Exchange storage group components Shared Folders Storage allocated to host shared folders SQL Server Storage allocated to host SQL Server database components User defined Storage allocated to host user defined applications Data Protection Storage allocated to host snapshots backups and replicated data Unallocated Unused storage that is not allocated The unallocated space value is the total unused space on your HP Storage Server that has not been allocated to host application or shared folder storage Unallocated storage includes raw unconfigured storage and unused configured storage logical disks Unmanaged Storage used by data that is not man
8. Shared folder properties Property Value Application Path Path to the shared folder on the server Storage Server Host Name Name of your HP Storage Server Monitoring storage Properiy Value Name of the volume on your HP Storage Server where the shared folder Storage Server Volume Name is stored Status of the volume that holds the shared folder on your HP Storage Storage Server Volume Status S erver Storage Server Volume Mount Path to where the volume that holds the shared folder on your HP Paths Storage Server is mounted The RAID level to which the shared folder s storage is configured See u RAID level Customizing RAID levels on page 24 for more information The RAID stripe size to which the shared folder s storage is configured ee See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Virtual array Number of Hot The number of hot spares with which the shared folder s storage is Spares configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information f Type of physical disk designated for the hot spare Physical disk types Virtual array Physical disk type include SAS SATA and SCSI Shared Folder Type tab Shared folders Allows you to enable the types of client protocols that are allowed to connect to the shared folder Warning Threshold tab Shared folders Allows you to enable or disable the enforcement of the allocated space limit for the shared folder See Enfor
9. Console Microsoft Management Console snap in An application added to the Microsoft Management Console All in One Storage Manager is a MMC snap in Network attached storage This term is used to refer to a specialized type of file server The HP Storage Server provides NAS storage as well as iSCSI storage Navigation pane NFS percent full warning threshold Public store RAID RAID level RAID striping RAID stripe size restore revert scaling size snapshot Status bar tape library The left pane in the main window of the ASM user interface that allows you to quickly navigate between HP Storage Server Management applications Network file system The protocol used in most Unix environments to share folders or mounts The Create a Shared Folder Wizard does not create NFS shares but NFS shares can be created using the Shared Folder MMC snap in Percentage of capacity for a storage area storage allocated to an application component or shared folder at which an alert is generated This alert is displayed in the Content pane and sent to the Windows Event Log See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 for more information The component of a Microsoft Exchange storage group that contains public folder data Redundant array of intelligent disks Two or more hard drives configured to provide a storage with resilience to hard drive failure through the use of RAID striping and parity disks See f
10. Server Using properties information you can determine the status of all replication target component properties monitored by ASM and any warning or critical status indicators 1 In the Actions pane select Application View 2 From the Filter drop down menu select Data Protection or Show all 3 To select properties for the replication target component Select a replication target component in the Replication Sources area of the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane or Properties window Right click a replication target component in the Replication Sources area of in the content pane and select Properties General tab Displays the replicated data group or area name source data type total storage capacity of the source for storage areas and status Table 25 Operating status Replication target component properties Status indicator Value OK Replication target component is online No alerts Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information All in One Storage Manager 59 Details tab Displays the following replication target component values Table 26 Details tab Replication target component properties Property Value Replication source host name Name of server that hosts the replication source component Operational status of the server that hosts the replication source Status component
11. 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 See Using the Host a SQL Server migrating the SQL Server database Database Wizard on page 17 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 SQL Server All in One Storage Manager 13 Application Description Notes Allocate and configure storage for any remote application over the iSCSI protocol or any other application that requires storage on the HP Storage Server wizard assists you in allocating and configuring storage space The wizard does not migrate user defined User Defined application data to your HP Storage See Using the Host a User Defined Applications Server or reconfigure the application to Application Wizard on page 19 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 See Using the Create a Virtual Library Server A wizard assist
12. Volumes created on the iSCSI LUNs logical disks exported by ASM to the application servers Shared folders and application components same information displayed on Application View Do one of the following Select the item in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click the item in the content pane and select Properties See Accessing application and shared folder properties on page 48 for descriptions of shared folder and application component properties All in One Storage Manager 63 Accessing properties for application server volumes ASM provides properties information for application server volumes created on the iSCSI LUNs exported by ASM to the application server 1 In the Actions pane select Application Server View 2 Do one of the following Select an application server volume in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane Right click an application server volume in the content pane and select Properties 64 Monitoring storage 3 Click one of the following tabs General tab Displays the name of the volume on the application server the volume type and status Table 30 Operating status Application server volume properties Status indicator Value OK The storage is online Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information Storage tab Displays the unallocated space u
13. action is not available for shared folders Because ASM automatically discovers top level shared folders on your HP Storage Server the folder would just reappear after the next discovery process A shared folder is automatically removed from view when it is removed from your HP Storage Server To remove an application component or user defined application from view 1 Permanently remove storage from your AiO depending on the type of application The application component will still remain in the content pane 44 Managing storage Select the application component or user defined application to remove in the content pane In the Actions pane click Remove from View A confirmation dialog box opens 4 Do one of the following Click OK to remove the item from view e Click Cancel to cancel the action Changing permissions names descriptions or paths of shared folders ASM cannot be used to change permissions names descriptions or paths of top level or nested shared folders that reside on your HP Storage Server Use Windows Explorer or the Shared Folder MMC snap in to change permissions names descriptions or paths of shared folders that reside on your HP Storage Server ASM automatically discovers and adopts any changes you make to the permissions names descriptions or paths of shared folders using other applications You do not have to make any changes in ASM to implement the changes Click Refresh in the Actions pane or
14. all from the Filter drop down menu located at the top of the content pane Storage area properties are displayed in order of hierarchy in an expandable and collapsible view For example all the volumes on your HP Storage Server are displayed under the logical disks they reside on and all the applications and shared folders hosted on your HP Storage Server are displayed under the volumes on which they are stored Application components and individual shared folders are displayed under the application or shared folders pool to which they belong Click the Expand tree icon next to each logical disk name to view the volume s storage properties Click the Collapse tree icon next to expanded logical disks to hide the volume s storage properties ASM assigns a drive letter to each volume on a logical disk The drive letter can be viewed on the volume s Properties window See Accessing properties for HP Storage Server volumes on page 61 for more information 60 Monitoring storage EY NOTE A logical disk can only have one RAID configuration so an application s components will reside on more than one logical disk if different RAID levels are selected for the application components using the storage allocation wizard To view all the storage properties for an item listed in the content pane see Accessing storage area properties Accessing storage area properties When Storage View is selected in the Actions pane you can view the storage st
15. copies Accessing properties for shared folders ASM provides properties information for shared folders pool and for any shared folder on your HP Storage Server Using properties information you can determine details about shared folder status including allocated space whether shared folder storage is online or offline and any warning or critical status indicators 1 2 3 52 In the Actions pane select Application View From the Filter drop down menu select Shared Folders or Show all Do one of the following Select Shared Folders in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click Shared Folders in the content pane and select Properties General tab Shared folders pool shared folders Displays the shared folder name type of shared folder share path on your HP Storage Server share description and the shared folder operating status Table 13 General tab Shared folder properties Status indicator Value OK The storage is online The storage has surpassed the percent full warning threshold See the Alerts list for more information Warning Critical Shared folder storage has past the allocated storage limit and alerts are shown See the Alerts list for more information Storage tab Shared folders Displays the shared folder storage space including allocated space used space free space and the following storage allocation details Table 14 Storage tab
16. folder are stored on the same logical disk as the shared folder in a protected system folder To expose a snapshot 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database or user defined application in the content pane 2 In the Actions pane click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots The Manage Snapshots dialog box displays 3 Select either Latest data or a snapshot from the list and then click Expose The Expose Snapshot dialog box displays Latest data represents the most current data on the system The snapshot that is taken represents reflects the data that is on the system at that specific point in time 4 Do one of the following Select Mount as a volume on a remote Windows system running the All in in One Storage Manager Agent to expose the snapshot on a mount point on a remote server Type the IP address or hostname and mount path of the remote server in the provided fields Select Expose as a Windows share SMB protocol to expose the snapshot on a local Windows share Select Expose as an iSCSI LUN to an iSCSI Initiator to expose the snapshot to a remote iSCSI initiator Type the iSCSI Qualified Name of the iSCSI Initiator in the provided field 5 Click Expose Unexposing a snapshot After restoring from a snapshot you may choose to unexpose a snapshot unexposing a snapshot completely removes access to it Note that unexposing a Latest data will result in that snapshot also being removed NOTE
17. for ASM features Software Required for Preinstalled on All in One Storage Systems Preinstalled on ProLiant Storage Servers Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Hosting application storage Exchange and SQL Server and iSCSI based User Defined application storage Yes license key not required Data Protector Express Creating backups to tape other disks or other types of storage media Yes license key is preinstalled HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring version 5 0 2 or later Replication SWSM required on replication source and all replication targets No 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 or 1 On the application server that store
18. iSCSI is used to facilitate data transfers over intranets and to manage storage over long distances ASM works with the Microsoft iSCSI Target which builds the iSCSI infrastructure on application servers with data hosted on your HP Storage Server and on your HP Storage Server so that application data is stored on your HP Storage Server A type of LUN logical disk created on an application server by ASM when a storage allocation wizard is ran to host application storage When application storage is hosted using ASM all storage communication passes through the iSCSI LUN on the application server to the LUN on your HP Storage Server This allows data saved by the application to the iSCSI LUN on the application server to be transparently stored on your HP Storage Server instead The component of a Microsoft Exchange storage group or a Microsoft SQL Server database that contains log data Also known as a LUN A logical disk contains one or more volumes and spans multiple hard drives in an array RAID configuration of storage is performed at the logical disk level Also known as a logical disk ASM will grow a LUN make it larger when the LUN requires more of the storage space on an array The component of a Microsoft Exchange storage group that contains mailbox data The horizontal menu located at the top of the ASM user interface The menu bar is the Microsoft Management Console menu bar ASM is a snap in hosted by the Microsoft Management
19. of the restore job click Job Status in the Favorites pane 38 Managing data protection 7 Exit Data Protector Express Setting the password for the ASMbackup user account To set or change the ASMBackup user password 1 Use the Command Line interface CLI found at C Program Files HP HP All in One Storage Manager hpkacli exe The password may be set interactively allowing the password characters to be masked or it may be set with a single command Use the following command to display usage details gt hpkacli To specify a password type the following gt hpkacli set password This will bring up the following Current password for ASMbackup New password for ASMbackup Confirm new password for ASMbackup If the current password for ASM backup is blank press return when prompted Otherwise enter the current password Confirm the new password by typing in password again under Confirm new password The password has been set Using the Administrator account to change the ASMbackup password 1 2 6 Use the Command Line interface CLI found at C Program Files HP HP All in One Storage Manager hpkacli exe Type in the following gt hpkacli set password admin This will bring up the following Password of Admin user New password for ASMbackup Confirm new password for ASMbackup Type the Data Protector Express admin password Type in the new password for the ASMbackup account Confirm
20. 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 All in One Storage Manager 15 EY 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 A
21. storage or shared folder on your HP Storage Server For application storage ensure the following is true before you run the tasks You have an up to date backup of the application data and logs The application data and logs are not being accessed or modified Do one of the following To go back and change your selections click Back To run the listed tasks immediately click Finish The Task Viewer opens running the tasks required to configure storage and migrate data See Monitoring task completion status for more information To schedule tasks to run at a later time select Schedule tasks to run later enter a start date and time and then click Finish To select AM or PM for the start time click the up and down arrow buttons To use a calendar to select a start date click the down arrow button located to the right of the up and down arrow buttons to open a calendar To change the month displayed on the calendar click the previous and next buttons on the calendar or click on the month or year displayed at the top of the calendar to display drop down lists Monitoring task completion status The Task Viewer shows the status of ASM wizard tasks ASM wizard tasks allocate and configure storage host application storage and shared folders and configure data protection EY NOTE Click the Expand tree icon next to a task to view its subtasks Select a task to view its description in the Details box on the Task Viewe
22. the Data Protection page in any wizard select Replication The Add Replication Target window displays Enter the IP address or hostname of a server to add as q replication target for the storage component being configured and then click Add The Replication Target Properties dialog box displays Do one of the following Select Configure storage automatically to allow All in One Storage Manager to automatically provision disk space on the target replication system This option is available only if the target system is also running ASM Click Modify storage configuration to change the target storage configuration Select Manually choose a storage path to enter a drive and folder path where data will be replicated on the target system In the Replication set name field accept the default name or type a new name for the replication set From the Target network list select a network on the replication target through which to route all replication traffic Click OK To configure additional replication targets or to modify replication properties for this component click Modify advanced properties or click the box to the right of the Replication target field After you have selected and configured all data protection settings click Next All in One Storage Manager 29 Reviewing task summary and scheduling tasks j Review the list of tasks the wizard will perform lo allocate and configure storage and to host the application
23. 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 All in One Storage Manager 17 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 Select
24. to the space until you increase the size using the Allocate Space Wizard The only exception is for shared folders and local storage applications without an enforced allocated limit If there is unused storage space on the logical disk where a component without an enforced allocated limit resides data can be written to the component until the logical disk is full Physical disk type Type of physical disk to add for the hot spare You are able to choose SAS Serial Attached SCSI SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SCSI Small Computer System Interface for a physical disk type depending on your hardware RAID level Hard drive formatting that provides different levels of performance capacity and data protection For more information about RAID levels see Customizing RAID levels on page 24 Hot spare required A hot spare is a hard drive reserved as a spare for storage space configured as RAID 1 1 0 5 or 6 A hot spare automatically replaces a hard drive when it fails When the failed hard drive is replaced its replacement becomes the new hot spare A hot spare is assigned at the array level A LUN that does not require a hot spare may be assigned one anyway if another LUN on the same array requires a hot spare Minimum number of physical disks Assigned logical disk The minimum number of physical disks that the allocated storage will be spread across Storage may be p
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26. Also known as a virtual tape library A virtual library acts like a physical tape library except that hard drive arrays are used for storage instead of magnetic tapes Resides on a logical disk Volumes are assigned a drive letter on the file system and contain file directories See percent full warning threshold Index A accessing application and shared folder properties 48 accessing application server properties 63 accessing properties for SQL Server 53 for application server volumes 64 for Exchange 48 for HP Storage Server logical disks 61 for HP Storage Server volumes 61 for replication target components 59 for shared folders pools 52 for the user defined application pool 56 for virtual libraries 58 accessing storage area properties 61 All in One Storage Manager user interface options 9 Application Server View 63 application server volumes operating status values 65 Storage properties 65 Application Server View 47 application server volumes accessing properties 64 Application View 47 47 D Data file properties 55 Details properties Exchange storage groups 49 H HP Storage Server alerts operating status values 62 HP Storage Server logical disks Storage properties 62 HP Storage Server volumes Storage properties 63 HP Storage Server logical disks accessing properties 61 HP Storage Server volumes accessing properties 61 L log file properties for database 56 log properties fo
27. DG performance is lower than RAID 5 due to parity data updating on multiple drives It uses two disk for parity its fault tolerance allows two disks to fail simultaneously Usable capacity is N 2 where N is the number of physical drives in the logical array All in One Storage Manager 25 Setting a percent full warning threshold To receive a warning alert when storage capacity reaches a specified limit set the percent full warning threshold You can set a warning threshold for any application component user defined application and shared folder that ASM manages An iSCSI LUN application will not have a warning threshold By default the warning threshold is set to 80 To change it enter a new percent value on the Advanced window After you set a warning threshold ASM changes the status indicator for the application component user defined application or shared folder when this threshold has been surpassed This is a warning only no hard limits are enforced on storage capacity as a result of setting this value The warning is visible in these places A yellow warning icon appears on the application component user defined application or shared folder icon in the content pane Asan alert in the Properties window EY NOTE For shared folders and local storage applications you can set an enforceable limit or quota for allocated storage as well as a warning threshold For more information see Enforcing an allocated sto
28. HP StorageWorks All in One Storage Manager user guide Part number 452695 004 First edition November 2008 invent Legal and notice information Copyright 2006 2008 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Confidential computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license 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 Microsoft Windows Windows XP and Windows NT are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group Contents 1 All in One Storage Manager 7 ee peke NE EEE RE EE EEE 7 Se CAN ea ERE EE EE d Ma 7 Installing the All in One Storage Manager Agent LL Ek k k keke keke 8 Installing the All in One Storage Manager Agent on network application servers 8 Add an br 9 Remove an HP Storage Server seseeeceeeecceececcececeeceeeceeeeeae
29. Indicates bandwidth limit schedule status for the replication target component Compression Indicates the compression status for the replication target component Storage tab Displays the replication target component s storage space including allocated space used space free space and the replication target path Warning Threshold tab Allows you to change the Percent Full Warning Threshold value for the replication target component See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 for more information Bandwidth limit Snapshots tab Allows you to view the snapshot schedule of the replication target component The snapshot schedule can only be set or modified on the system that hosts the original data of the component Backup tab Allows you to schedule backups of the replication target component See Scheduling backups on page 36 for more information e Replication tab Allows you to configure data replication of the replication target component See Running replication on page 40 for more information Storage View Storage View displays the used and allocated storage space of the storage areas logical disks and volumes on your HP Storage Server that were created by ASM to store application data and shared folders e In the Actions pane select Storage View To view the storage area properties for all applications and shared folders hosted on your HP Storage Server select Show
30. P Storage Server Management console double click Data Protection and then click HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder in the content pane In the Actions pane click Configure Replication The Replication property tab is displayed Click Add The Add Replication Target dialog box displays 40 Managing data protection Enter the IP address or hostname of a server to add as q replication target for the storage component being configured and then click Add The Replication Target Properties dialog box displays Do one of the following Select Configure storage automatically to allow All in One Storage Manager to automatically provision disk space on the target replication system This option is available only if the target system is also running ASM Click Modify storage configuration to change the target storage configuration Select Manually choose a storage path to enter a drive and folder path where data will be replicated on the target system In the Replication set name field accept the default name or type a new name for the replication set From the Target network list select a network on the replication target through which to route all replication traffic Click OK To configure additional replication targets for this component click Add and repeat steps 4 through 9 When configuring multiple replication targets from
31. QL Server database Allows you to schedule backups of the database See Scheduling backups on page 36 for more information e Replication tab SQL Server database Allows you to configure data replication of the database See Running replication on page 40 for more information Storage tab SQL Server database component Displays the database component s storage space including allocated space used space free space and the following storage allocation details Table 17 Storage tab SQL Server database component properties Property Value Path to the file directory on the server that hosts SQL Server where the database component s data is saved by SQL Server The file directory is located on the volume created on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the server that hosts SQL Server Application Path Communication protocol used to transfer data between the server that Protocol hosts SQL Server and the database component and your HP Storage Server Application Server Host Name Name of server that hosts SQL Server and the database component 54 Monitoring storage Properiy Value Application Server Volume Name Name of the volume on the server that hosts SQL Server to which SQL Server saves the database component s data The volume resides on the iSCSI LUN logical disk exported by ASM to the server that hosts SQL Server Application Server Volume Status Status of the volume on th
32. a single replication source snapshots from the replication source are replicated to all replication targets NOTE By default compression is disabled for replication In order to enable compression and configure other settings such as bandwidth throttling and transmission schedules you must use the HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Management Console NOTE If replication is enabled and the replication target is an AiO snapshots are replicated to the target side Pausing and resuming replication When replication is paused all changed data is queued on the source system The changed data is not replicated to the target system until replication is resumed 1 In the content pane select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder that is currently replicating data in the content pane In the Actions pane click Replication and then click Pause replication to lt target gt Click Yes to confirm the pause operation To resume replication select the component in the content pane and in the Actions pane click Replication and then click Resume replication to lt target gt Click Yes to confirm the resume operation When replication is resumed Storage Mirroring executes a re mirror of the data All in One Storage Manager 41 42 Managing data protection 4 Managing storage After an application is hosted or shared folder is created on your HP Storage Serve
33. added to the Data Protector Express domain managed by the HP Storage Server Server platforms such as Windows Server 2003 will require one license per protected server The following license is required for server platforms such as Windows Server 2003 HP Data Protector Express Network Client Agent BB121AA You may use ASM to create and manage storage for Data Protector Express virtual libraries on the HP Storage Server You may then create backup jobs in Data Protector Express that use these virtual libraries as targets for Disk to Disk backups of your protected clients and servers See Using the Create a Virtual Library Wizard on page 20 for more information NOTE When manually creating or modifying backup jobs that were not created by ASM do not use the Data Protector Express ASMbackup account It is recommended that you create other Data Protector Express user accounts as needed Running replication From the Replication property tab you can configure data replication the process of copying live data and snapshots if the target system is also running ASM from your HP Storage Server to another system that is running HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring O IMPORTANT In order to use replication with the HP Storage Server HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring version 5 0 2 or later must be installed on the replication source and all replication targets To install a trial version of HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring in the H
34. aged by ASM The unmanaged value is the total storage being used to store data not managed by ASM such as application or shared folder data no longer managed by ASM because the application components or shared folder was removed from view see Removing application areas from view on page 44 and any other data saved on your HP Storage Server that is not managed by ASM NOTE Logical disks LUNs being used to store application data or shared folders cannot be grown increased in size by ASM using space on unused logical disks configured storage they can only be grown using raw storage Unused logical disks are reallocated by ASM when an unhosted application component shared folder or user defined application s storage is hosted using a storage allocation wizard and the advanced configuration settings selected in the wizard match those of the unused logical disk You can find the advanced configuration settings and capacities of unused and used logical disks on the Properties window for each logical disk see Accessing properties for HP Storage Server logical disks on page 61 All in One Storage Manager Alerts ASM generates an alert when the status of an application area or storage area changes from OK to Warning or Critical The alerts describe the condition that caused the storage status to change When an alert is generated a One or more alerts exist message appears in the ASM content pane Click the message to disp
35. ailable 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 10 All in One Storage Manager EY 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 On the Persistent Targets tab select the iSCSI target that resides on your HP Storage Server and then click Remove On the Targets tab select the iSCSI target that resides on your HP Storage Server and then click Details Select the target identifier from the list click Log off and then click OK 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 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 Netw
36. ata file properties on page 55 and Log file properties for database on page 56 for descriptions of the properties displayed 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 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 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 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 ap
37. ation View 2 From the Filter drop down menu select User Defined or Show all 3 To select properties for the user defined application pool Select User Defined in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane or e Right click User Defined in the content pane and select Properties For a user defined application Select any user defined application in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane or e Right click any user defined application in the content pane and select Properties Properties window General tab Displays the user defined application name name of the application server that runs the user defined application and the application area status Table 20 Operating status User defined application properties Status indicator Value OK Application storage is online No alerts Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information 56 Monitoring storage Storage tab Displays the user defined application s storage space including allocated space used space free space and the following storage allocation details Table 21 Storage tab User defined application properties Property Value Application Path Path to the file directory on the application server where the user defined application data is saved by the user defined application The file directory is located on the volume created o
38. atus alerts and properties for the following storage areas on your HP Storage Server Volumes e Logical disks Do one of the following Select the item in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click the item in the content pane and select Properties Accessing properties for HP Storage Server volumes ASM provides properties information for any volume on a logical disk on your HP Storage Server 1 In the Actions pane select Storage View 2 Do one of the following Select any Volume Vol area in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane Right click any Volume Vol area in the content pane and select Properties Accessing properties for HP Storage Server logical disks ASM provides properties information for the logical disks created on your HP Storage Server by ASM 1 In the Actions pane select Storage View 2 Do one of the following Select any logical disk in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click any logical disk in the content pane and select Properties Properties window ASM provides properties information for any logical disks and for any logical disk created on your HP Storage Server All in One Storage Manager 61 General tab Based on the application opened logical disks or volumes it will list the operating status for that application only Table 27 Operating status General tab Status indicator Value
39. brary 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 20 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders 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 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 E 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 fo support the rotation type you intend to use for scheduling backups to this virtual library See Planning for Media Rotation in the Data Pro
40. cation component user defined application or shared folder in the content pane In the Actions pane click Allocate Space to open the Allocate Space wizard Change the size value Highlight the storage size unit value and then enter a new value as necessary megabytes MB gigabytes GB or terabytes TB e Highlight the storage size number value and enter a new value or click the arrow buttons to change the value The Size Range field shows the minimum and maximum storage space that can be allocated to an application component user defined application or shared folder Whenever you change the storage space allocated to an application component or change an advanced configuration setting for an application component the maximum value for Size Range is recalculated for each application component shown 4 Click Next to open the Review Tasks Summary page see Reviewing task summary and scheduling tasks on page 30 for more information All in One Storage Manager 43 Changing the percent full warning threshold You can change the percent full warning threshold value for an application component user defined application or shared folder after storage is initially allocated and configured using a storage allocation wizard See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 for more information EY NOTE For shared folders you can set an enforced limit quota for allocated storage as well as a warning threshold Fo
41. ccessing 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 16 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders 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 Read Only 2 Enter a des
42. cing an allocated storage limit for shared folders and local storage applications on page 26 for more information Also allows you to change the shared folder s percent full warning threshold value See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 for more information Snapshots tab Shared folders Allows you to schedule snapshots of the shared folder For more information see Scheduling and running snapshots on page 33 Backup tab Shared folders Allows you to schedule backups of the shared folder See Scheduling backups on page 36 for more information Replication tab Shared folders Allows you to configure data replication of the shared folder See Running replication on page 40 for more information Accessing properties for SQL Server ASM provides properties information for SQL Server when SQL Server storage is hosted on your HP Storage Server 1 2 3 In the Actions pane select Application View From the Filter drop down menu select SQL Server or Show all Do one of the following Select one of the following SQL Server SQL Server database or a SQL Server database component in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click SQL Server SQL Server database or a SQL Server database component in the content pane and select Properties Properties window ASM provides properties information for the SQL server databases and database components when SQL Serve
43. ck Yes to confirm Scheduling backups From the Backup property tab you can schedule and configure backups EY NOTE On All in One replication target systems you must have snapshots scheduled in order to also schedule backups These scheduled backups use the latest available snapshot at the time the backup runs You should account for replication latency when scheduling the snapshot on the source HP Storage Server and the backup on the target HP Storage Server 36 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder in the content pane In the Actions pane click Configure Backup The Backup property tab displays Select Schedule backups to tape or another device to enable backups on a tape library or physical device Select Schedule backups to a local virtual library to enable backups to a virtual library that will be created on this HP Storage Server Select a Data Protector Express media rotation type from the list Type or use the arrows to indicate a time for the backup to begin Managing data protection For backups to tape or other devices select the backup device For local virtual library backups select the size for the virtual library A default value will be recommended based on the selected rotation type and component size Click Modify advanced storage properties to modify advanced storage settings such as RAID level and stripe size See Setting advanced st
44. ckups and replication NOTE Backups snapshots and replication are disabled in ASM for an Exchange storage group or a SQL Server database if one or more of the components of the Exchange storage group or SQL Server database are not hosted To host components for a storage group or database start the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard or Host a SQL Server Database Wizard as appropriate select the storage group or database and then select the components on the Select Storage Group Components page that are not currently hosted NOTE Snapshots are taken at the volume level See Storage View on page 60 for information on viewing volumes After you have selected and configured data protection settings click Next Scheduling snapshots 1 On the Data Protection page in any wizard click the button on the right side of the Snapshot Schedule box to open the Snapshot Schedule page Click Add to add a snapshot to the snapshot schedule Select a snapshot frequency hourly daily weekly monthly for snapshots Enter a start date for snapshots All in One Storage Manager 27 ON AH Enter a start time for snapshots To add another snapshot to the snapshot schedule repeat steps 2 through 5 To delete a snapshot from the snapshot schedule select the snapshot and click Remove Click OK to save your changes and return to the Data Protection page The Schedule box now displays the snapshot schedule or Mult
45. cription 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 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
46. ded in step 1 as follows a Using Windows Explorer navigate to the application data you want to host on your HP Storage Server Copy the application data and paste it to the application path on the application server recorded in step 1 For example if the application data is stored on C application data and the application path you recorded is G application data copy and paste the data in C application data lo G application data on the application server 3 Delete the application data from the old path optional Any data saved to the iSCSI LUN on the application server is now saved to a LUN on your HP Storage Server and not on the server All in One Storage Manager 31 32 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders 3 Managing data protection The All in One Storage Manager provides data protection through the use of snapshots backups and replication You can configure these data protection methods through the Data Protection page of ASM s application wizards or you can configure and modify data protection settings after running the wizards by accessing the Snapshots Backup and Replication actions in the ASM Actions pane For more information on available data protection methods see the following Scheduling and running snapshots on page 33 Managing snapshots on page 34 Scheduling backups on page 36 Managing backups on page 37 Running replication on page 40
47. e click Properties in the Actions pane click the Warning Threshold tab and then select the Enforce Allocated Limit Quota 26 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders EY NOTE If a Shared Folder is created outside of ASM you must use the Warning Threshold property tab on the particular folder to enable the Enforce Allocated Limit Quota setting To allocate space for a shared folder specify a size using the Allocate Space Wizard as described in Increasing or reducing the allocated storage on page 43 Selecting data protection Use the Data Protection window in the wizard to select the following e Snapshots Local disk backup Previous versions of data are retained on disk using virtual library backups and or volume snapshots for fast recovery See Scheduling snapshots on page 27 for more information Tape or Other Device Alternate location backup Data is copied off of this HP Storage Server to tape other disks or other types of storage media This enables long term storage and disaster recovery See Scheduling backups on page 28 for more information Replication Live backup Live data and snapshots for target HP Storage Servers running ASM are copied from this HP Storage Server to another system that is running HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring See Configuring replication for more information From this window you can also click Modify advanced properties to configure advanced settings for ba
48. e RAID and backups All in One Storage Manager 67 enforce allocated limit quota Exchange storage group exclusive storage file system hot spares iSCSI iSCSI LUN log file logical disk LUN Mail store Menu bar MMC snap in NAS 68 Glossary An enforced quota for the amount of storage available to a shared folder An enforce allocated limit prevents data from being saved to a shared folder once all the storage space allocated to the shared folder is used The fundamental unit of storage management in Microsoft Exchange Storage groups consist of Mail stores Public stores and log files An Advanced window option that allows you to dedicate a hard drive s for storing data for a specific application component or shared folder A method for storing and organizing computer files and the data they contain to make it easy to find and access them An Advanced window option that allows you to reserve one or two hard drives as spares A hot spare is a hard drive reserved as a spare for storage space configured as RAID 1 RAID 1 0 10 or 5 A hot spare automatically replaces a hard drive when it fails Internet small computer system interface Like an ordinary SCSI interface iSCSI is standards based and efficiently transmits block level data between a host computer such as a server that hosts Exchange or SQL Server and a target device such as an HP Storage Server By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks
49. e information 2 When you are done selecting the storage allocation and configuration settings click Next to open the summary page EY NOTE Setting After storage space is allocated and configured using a wizard only the following storage configuration settings can be changed e Allocated space size e Percent full warning threshold Enforce Allocated Limit shared folders and local storage applications After a logical disk is created its configuration cannot be changed 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 22 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders Table 5 provides q brief description of the items you can modify Table 5 Advanced Storage Properties items Physical storage ltem Description Notes Size The amount of storage that ASM allocates to the application component user defined application or shared folder you are configuring You are prevented from setting the size below 15 MB After the allocated storage space is full 100 percent used no further data can be stored
50. e server that hosts SQL Server where the database component is stored Application Server Volume Exclusive Storage Application Server Volume RAID Level Indicates if database component storage is configured with exclusive storage See Table 5 on page 23 for more information The RAID level to which the database component storage is configured See Customizing RAID levels on page 24 for more information Application Server Volume RAID Stripe Size The RAID stripe size to which the database component s storage is configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Application Server Volume Read Cache Speeds up reads when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array not ASM Application Server Volume Write Cache Speeds up writes when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array not ASM Application Server Volume Number of Hot Spares The number of hot spares with which the database component storage is configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Application Server Volume Mount Paths Path the volume is mounted on on the server that hosts SQL Server The volume is built on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the server that hosts SQL Server Warning Threshold tab SQL Server database component Allows you to change the percent full warning threshold value for the database component See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 for
51. e storage group component is stored Application Server Volume Mount Paths Path the volume is mounted on on the server that hosts Exchange The volume is built on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the server that hosts Exchange Storage server host name Name of your HP Storage Server Storage server volume Name Name of the volume on your HP Storage Server where the storage group component s data is stored Storage server volume Status Status of the volume that holds the storage group component on your HP Storage Server Storage server volume Mount paths Path to where the volume that holds the storage group component on your HP Storage Server is mounted Logical disk RAID Level The RAID level to which the storage group component storage is configured See Customizing RAID levels on page 24 for more information Logical disk RAID Stripe Size The RAID stripe size to which the storage group component s storage is configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Virtual array Number of Hot Spares The number of hot spares with which the storage group component storage is configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Virtual array Physical disk type Type of physical disk designated for the hot spare Physical disk types include SAS SATA and SCSI Warning Threshold tab Exchange storage group components Allows you to change the Percent Fu
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53. ed 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
54. ed folders pool Likewise if a critical status alert exists in an Exchange mail store that alert is also shown in the status for the Exchange storage group Accessing properties for Exchange Exchange storage group and Exchange storage group components ASM provides properties information for Exchange Exchange storage group and Exchange storage group components when Exchange storage is hosted on your HP Storage Server 1 In the Actions pane select Application View 2 From the Filter drop down menu select Exchange or Show all 3 To access Exchange Select Exchange in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click Exchange in the content pane and select Properties To access Exchange Storage groups and components Select any Exchange storage group or Exchange storage group component in the content pane and then click Properties in the Action pane e Right click any Exchange storage group or component in the content pane and select Properties 48 Monitoring storage Properties window ASM provides properties information for Exchange Exchange storage groups and components for storage hosted on your HP Storage Server The following lists the tabs available in the properties window and in parenthesis if it applies to Exchange Exchange storage groups or Exchange storage group components General tab Exchange Exchange storage groups and components Displays the name of the applicat
55. ed rotation type and component size Click Modify advanced storage properties fo modify advanced storage settings such as RAID level and stripe size See Setting advanced storage properties on page 22 for more information on advanced properties 10 Click OK 11 After you have selected and configured all data protection settings click Next Modifying backup job properties in Data Protector Express Although it is not required after you finish creating a backup job using a wizard or a components property page you can modify the backup job properties in Data Protector Express For example you may want to enable encryption or customize a media rotation type 1 28 Launch Data Protector Express Hosting storage for applications and shared folders 6 On the login window a Enter localhost in the Host name field b Enter ASMbackup in the User name field CAUTION The default password for ASMbackup is blank It can be changed in the Command Line Interface CLI c Click OK Click Jobs and Media in the Favorites pane located on the left side of the main window Double click ASMbackup on the right side of the main window Select the backup job for the application or shared folder whose backup schedule you want to edit Right click the file and select Properties See the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Users Guide and Technical Reference for more information Configuring replication 1 On
56. erties EL Ek ke k k k k 63 Storage tilization Yew asian 65 All in One Storage Manager Alena ee 66 VE en der DD 67 Tables T we XEP SI MMENDD MMNNHENHEENnnREHNnanE En JH J J JMDJD MMM aZ JZ Z2 D L gt L _ P PMnDaD J 7 2 Required software for ASM features EEE Eek kek kek k k r 8 3 Selecting storage group components to host kek 15 A Selecting database components to host kk ek k k k k e 18 5 Advanced Storage Properties items EE een 23 6 Descriptions of RAD Igel nee 25 7 General tab Exchange properties EEL a ee 49 8 Details tab Exchange storage group properties ee 49 9 Storage tab Exchange storage group component properties EE E 50 10 Mail Store tab Exchange storage group component properties EE EE 51 11 Public Store tab Exchange storage group component properties EEEEEE 51 12 Log tab Exchange storage group component properties EE ese 51 13 General tab Shared folder properties E Eek kek ee 52 14 Storage tab Shared folder properties u een ne 52 15 Operating status SQL Server properties EEE k k k k k 54 16 Details tab SQL Server database properties EELL keke 54 17 Storage tab SQL Server database component properties E 54 18 Data File tab SQL Server database component pro
57. est capacity and performance without data protection If you select this option you will experience data loss if a hard drive that holds the data fails However because no logical drive capacity RAID 0 Striping No Fault Tolerance is used for redundant data this method offers the best capacity This method offers the best processing speed by reading two stripes on different hard drives at the same time and by not having a parity drive Offers a good combination of data protection and performance RAID 1 or drive mirroring creates fault tolerance by storing duplicate sets of data on a minimum of two hard drives There must be an even number of drives for RAID 1 RAID 1 and RAID 1 0 10 are the most RAID 1 Mirroring costly fault tolerance methods because they require 50 percent of the drive capacity to store the redundant data RAID 1 mirrors the contents of one hard drive in the array onto another If either hard drive fails the other hard drive provides a backup copy of the files and normal system operations are not interrupted Offers the best combination of data protection and performance RAID 1 0 or drive mirroring creates fault tolerance by storing duplicate sets of data on a minimum of four hard drives There must be an even number of drives for RAID 1 0 RAID 1 0 10 and RAID 1 are the most costly fault tolerance methods because they require 50 percent of the drive capacity to store the redundant data RAID 1 0 10 first mir
58. f 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 Action Description Component s check box is not selected so ASM will not perform any Bone action Select check box to change action Storage space will be allocated and configured on your HP Storage Allocate Space Move Data 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 None Already Managed 2 To view the
59. f 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 Select an item in the Items list and a color in the Color drop down menu When your color selections are complete click Apply to apply the color settings to the content pane 4 Click OK All in One Storage Manager 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 Click the Sealing tab 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 crede
60. for snapshots To add another snapshot to the snapshot schedule repeat steps 2 through 5 To delete a snapshot from the snapshot schedule select the snapshot and click Remove Click OK 0 ON O Managing snapshots From the Manage Snapshots dialog box you can take delete expose unexpose and revert snapshots NOTE If replication is enabled and the replication target is an AiO snapshots are replicated to the target side IMPORTANT Snapshots are not supported on user defined iSCSI LUN applications Taking and deleting snapshots To take or delete a snapshot 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder in the content pane 2 In the Actions pane click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots The Manage Snapshots dialog box displays 3 To take a snapshot immediately click Take Snapshot and then click Yes to confirm To delete a snapshot select the snapshot from the snapshot list and click Delete When you are done making changes click Close NOTE You cannot take snapshots on a replication target system Snapshots can instead be scheduled on the source system and replicated to the target system where they can be exposed Exposing a snapshot You can view a read only copy of a snapshot of an Exchange storage group SQL Server database or user defined application by exposing the snapshot on your HP Storage Server Exposing a snap
61. g a virtual library backup If virtual library backup has been configured for this component you can run a virtual library backup from this location 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder that has backups scheduled in the content pane In the Actions pane click Backup and then click Run Virtual Library Backup Click Yes to confirm the backup operation Restoring data from backups ASM allows you to restore data to your HP Storage Server from the latest backups created using Data Protector Express You can choose to overwrite the existing data with the backup or restore the backup to an unused space on your HP Storage Server so you can selectively overwrite existing data All in One Storage Manager 37 If you want to restore data using a backup other than the latest backup see Selecting files for restoring in the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Users Guide and Technical Reference for more information 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder that has backups scheduled in the content pane 2 In the Actions pane click Backup and then click Restore from Backup The Restore From Backup Wizard displays 3 Do one of the following Select Overwrite Restore to overwrite the existing data with the backup Select Different Location Restore to save the backup to a different location and then enter the loca
62. he storage array not ASM Application Server Volume Number of Hot Spares The number of hot spares with which the database component storage is configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Application Server Volume Mount Paths Path the application server volume is mounted on The volume is built on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the application server Warning Threshold tab Allows you to change the percent full warning threshold value for the user defined application See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 for more information Snapshots tab Allows you to schedule snapshots of the user defined application For more information see Scheduling and running snapshots on page 33 Backup tab Allows you to schedule backups of the user defined application See Scheduling backups on page 36 for more information Replication tab Allows you to configure data replication of the user defined application See Running replication on page 40 for more information All in One Storage Manager 57 Accessing properties for virtual libraries ASM provides properties information for virtual libraries on your HP Storage Server Using properties information you can determine the status of all remote backup virtual libraries monitored by ASM and any warning or critical status indicators 1 In the Actions pane select Application View 2 From the Filter drop down menu se
63. ing The task is being processed Completed date The task completed without problems Cancelling The task is being cancelled Cancelled The task has been cancelled see Cancelling tasks Failed An error occurred during processing Cancelling tasks 1 To cancel an uncompleted task select the task and click Cancel Selected Task 2 Click Yes to confirm Tasks canceled after they have started may not cancel immediately A task will stop running when the last subtask started is completed All subtasks listed below the last completed subtask are not completed and cannot be restarted Migrating user defined application data from a remote application The Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard and Host a SQL Server Database Wizard automatically migrate application data from the application server to your HP Storage Server The Host a User Defined Application Wizard however does not migrate data for a user defined application from the application server to your HP Storage Server You must do this manually 1 Using ASM determine the path to the iSCSI LUN logical disk created on the application server by ASM as follows a b c d Select the user defined application in the content pane In the Actions pane select Properties The Properties window opens Click the Storage tab Record the Application Path information displayed Copy the application data to the path on the application server recor
64. ing 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 EY 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 Action Description Component s check box is not selected so ASM will not perform any Nene action Select check box to change action Storage space will be allocated and configured on your HP Storage Allocate Space Move Data 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 None Already Managed 18 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders To view the properties for a database component select the database component name and then click Properties See D
65. ion the total capacity reserved for the application and its operating status Table 7 General tab Exchange properties Status indicator Value OK Exchange is running and storage is online No alerts Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information Details tab Exchange storage groups Displays the following Exchange server values Table 8 Details tab Exchange storage group properties Property Value Exchange Server Name of server where Exchange storage is being hosted Exchange Version Version of Exchange Days before log file removal The number of days before log files are deleted from the server Directory Server The domain controller used by the server The type of Exchange installation Frontend or Back end ASM can only Server Type host storage from Back end Exchange servers because Front end Exchange installations do not actually store mailboxes and other Exchange data Clustered Indicates whether the server that hosts Exchange Server is part of a cluster Replication Type Type of Exchange replication enabled LCR status Indicates Exchange status for LCR LCR Copy Indicates if Exchange component is the original or a copy LCR Log Folder Copy Path to the LCR log file copies LCR System Folder Copy Path to LCR system file copies Snapshots tab Exchange storage groups Allows you to schedule snapshots
66. iple schedules if there is more than one snapshot schedule After you have selected and configured all data protection settings click Next Scheduling backups IMPORTANT Before you schedule alternate location backups install a tape library or other physical device and add it to the same Data Protector Express Management Domain as your HP Storage Server Installing a tape library that can accommodate the media rotation type required by your environment requires tape storage management experience See http www hp com sbso serverstorage ultimate html to learn more about tape storage 1 On the Data Protection page in any wizard select Tape or Other Device Backup Select the device for the virtual library to reside in the Device list Select Modify Advanced Properties This will open the Data Protection Advanced Properties window 4 Select Schedule backups to tape or another device to enable backups on a tape library or physical device 5 Select Schedule backups to a local virtual library to enable backups on a virtual library that resides on this HP Storage Server 6 Select a Data Protector Express media rotation type from the list 7 Type or use the arrows to indicate a time for the backup to begin 8 For alternate location backups select the device for the virtual library to reside 9 For local virtual library backups select the size for the virtual library A default value will be recommended based on the select
67. isk that is not allocated Table 29 Storage tab HP Storage Server volume properties Property Value Storage Server Host Name Name of your HP Storage Server Storage Server Volume Name Name of the volume on your HP Storage Server Storage Server Volume Status Status of the volume on your HP Storage Server Storage Server Volume Exclusive Indicates if volume is configured with exclusive storage See Table Storage 5 on page 23 for more information 62 Monitoring storage Properiy Value Storage Server Volume RAID The RAID level to which the volume is configured See Customizing RAID Level levels on page 24 for more information Storage Server Volume RAID The RAID stripe size to which the volume is configured See Table Stripe Size 5 on page 23 for more information Storage Server Volume Read Speeds up reads when enabled This setting is determined by the storage Cache array not ASM Storage Server Volume Write Speeds up writes when enabled This setting is determined by the storage Cache array not ASM Storage Server Volume Number The number of hot spares with which the shared folder s storage is of Hot Spares configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Storage Server Volume Mount Paths Path on which the volume on your HP Storage Server is mounted Application Server View Application Server View lists your HP Storage Server and the application servers
68. lay a list of current ASM alerts EY NOTE ASM rolls up any status alert to the highest level For instance if a shared folder has surpassed its percent full warning threshold and exceeded its allocated storage space a warning icon is shown on the shared folders pool icon Likewise if a critical status exists in an Exchange mail store the critical icon is also shown on the Exchange storage group icon 66 Monitoring storage Glossary This section defines the terms used to describe the ASM user interface and program features Actions pane Advanced Storage Properties dialog box allocated space application server array array controller backups backup application CIFS Content pane data migration data protection The right pane in the main window of the ASM user interface that provides a list of actions based on your current selection in the Content pane Along with other selectable items the Actions pane provides access to storage allocation wizards which help you allocate and configure storage A dialog box accessed by clicking the Advanced button in the Storage Allocation page in any of the storage allocation wizards This dialog box allows you to change the size of the allocated space and the default recommended advanced configuration settings Storage space that is being used by or reserved for application or shared folder storage server computer in a computer network dedicated to
69. lect Data Protection or Show all 3 To select properties for the virtual library Select a virtual library in the Remote Backup Virtual Libraries area of the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane or e Right click a virtual library in the Remote Backup Virtual Libraries area of in the content pane and select Properties Properties window General tab Displays the virtual library name storage area type the virtual library status Table 22 Operating status Virtual library properties Status indicator Value OK Virtual library is online No alerts Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information Storage tab Displays the virtual library s storage space including allocated space used space free space and the following storage allocation details Table 23 Storage tab Virtual library properties Property Value Application Path Path to the virtual library folder on the server Storage Server Host Name Name of the host server for your virtual library Name of the volume on your HP Storage Server where the virtual library Storage Server Volume Name is stored Status of the volume that holds the virtual library on your HP Storage Storage Server Volume Status S erver Storage Server Volume Mount Path to where the volume that holds the virtual library on your HP Paths Storage Server is mounted
70. ll Warning Threshold value for the storage group component See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 for more information Mail Store Public Store or Log tab Exchange storage group components One of these three tabs is available depending on whether the storage group component is a mail store public store 50 or log Monitoring storage server e Mail Store tab Displays the status and properties of the mail store reported byt the Exchange Table 10 Mail Store tab Exchange storage group component properties Value Description Mail Store Name Name of storage group mail store Online The storage group mail store is available for use Database File Streaming Database File Exchange 2003 only Path to the file that stores all messages submitted through MAPI as well as the database tables that define mailboxes messages folders and attachments Path to the file that stores Internet formatted messages such as native Multipurpose Internet Extensions MIME content Replication type Indicates if LCR is being used LCR Status Indicate Exchange warnings for LCR LCR Copy Copy of the active original exchange component LCR Database Copy File Path to LCR mailstore copy Public Store tab Displays the public store s free space and the following storage allocation details about the public store Table 11 Public Store tab Exchange storage group co
71. mance capacity and data protection level Unless you customize the advanced configuration settings the wizard configures the storage space with the default values shown on the Advanced window For Exchange and SQL Server the wizard suggests default settings based on HP storage best practices and specific recommendations for Exchange storage group and SQL Server database components You should generally accept these defaults For user defined applications and shared folders where industry standard recommendations cannot be determined the wizard provides default settings you can customize Table 6 shows how the different RAID levels affect Performance The speed at which data is read from and written to the hard drives The RAID level with the best performance rating provides the fastest reads and writes Capacity The available storage space on the hard drives The RAID levels with the best capacity rating require the least amount of storage space to store data Data protection The number of hard drives that can fail without data being lost The RAID level with the best data protection rating allows more hard drives to fail before data is lost 24 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders For more information on the different RAID levels see Table 6 Table 6 Descriptions of RAID levels RAID level Description No RAID oe no protection against disk failure If a disk drive fails data is Offers the great
72. more information Data File or Log tab SQL Server database component One of these two tabs is available depending on whether the database component is a data file or log Data File tab Displays the data file s free space and the following storage allocation details about the SQL Server data file Table 18 Data File tab SQL Server database component properties Value Description Data File Name Filename Name of database data file Relative path to where the database data file is stored on the server that hosts SQL Server File Group File group of data file This value is assigned by SQL Server Data File Space Available Free storage space available for data file All in One Storage Manager 55 Log tab Displays the log file s free space and the following storage allocation details about the SQL Server log file Table 19 Log tab SQL Server database component properties Value Description Log Name Name of database log file Relative path to where the database log file is stored on the server that File Name hosts SQL Server Accessing properties for user defined applications ASM provides properties information for the user defined applications on your HP Storage Server Using properties information you can determine the status of all user defined application areas monitored by ASM and any warning or critical status indicators 1 In the Actions pane select Applic
73. mponent properties Value Description Public Store Name Name of storage group public store Online The storage group public store is available for use Database File Path to the file that stores all messages submitted through MAPI as well as the database tables that define mailboxes messages folders and attachments Streaming Database File Exchange 2003 only Path to the file stores Internet formatted messages such as native Multipurpose Internet extensions MIME content Replication Type Indicates if LCR is being used LCR Status Indicate Exchange warnings for LCR LCR Copy Copy of the active original exchange component LCR Database Copy File Path to the LCR public folder copy log Log tab Displays the log s free space and the following storage allocation details about the Table 12 Log tab Exchange storage group component properties Description Path to the log file All in One Storage Manager 51 Value Description Indicates whether or not circular logging is enabled If enabled a Circular Logging new log entry will replace the oldest log entry when the size limit is reached Replication Type Indicates if LCR is being used LCR Status Indicate Exchange warnings for LCR LCR Copy Copy of the active original exchange component LCR Log Folder Copy Path to the LCR log file copies LCR System Folder Copy Path to LCR system file
74. n the iSCSI LUN that was exported by ASM to the application server Protocol Communication protocol used to transfer data between the server that hosts the user defined application and your HP Storage Server Application Server Host Name Application Server Volume Name Name of server that hosts the user defined application Name of the volume on the application server to which the user defined application saves its data The volume resides on the iSCSI LUN logical disk exported by ASM to the application server Application Server Volume Status Status of the volume on the application server where the user defined application data is stored Application Server Volume Exclusive Storage Indicates if user defined application storage is configured with exclusive storage See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Application Server Volume RAID Level The RAID level to which the user defined application storage is configured See Customizing RAID levels on page 24 for more information Application Server Volume RAID Stripe Size The RAID stripe size to which the user defined application storage is configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Application Server Volume Read Cache Speeds up reads when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array not ASM Application Server Volume Write Cache Speeds up writes when enabled This setting is determined by t
75. nd shared folders hosted on your HP Storage Server in the content pane select Show all from the Filter drop down menu located at the top of the content pane All in One Storage Manager 47 Application storage properties are displayed in order of hierarchy in an expandable and collapsible view Click the Expand tree icon next to each application to view the used and allocated storage properties for the hosted application components Click the Collapse tree icon next to expanded applications to hide the application component storage properties To view all the storage properties for an item listed in the content pane see Accessing application and shared folder properties Accessing application and shared folder properties When Application View is selected in the Actions pane you can view the storage status alerts and properties for the following Applications Application components e User defined applications Shared folders pool Shared folders Virtual libraries e Replication Target Components Do one of the following Select the item in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click the item in the content pane and select Properties EY NOTE ASM rolls up all status alerts to the highest level For instance if a top level shared folder has surpassed its percent full warning threshold and exceeded its enforced allocated storage space a warning message is shown in the shar
76. ntials 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 Av
77. of the storage group For more information see Scheduling and running snapshots on page 33 Backup tab Exchange storage groups Allows you to schedule backups of the storage group See Scheduling backups on page 36 for more information e Replication tab Exchange storage groups Allows you to configure data replication of the storage group See Running replication on page 40 for more information All in One Storage Manager 49 Storage tab Exchange storage group components Displays the storage group component s storage space including allocated space used space free space and the following storage allocation details Table 9 Storage tab Exchange storage group component properties Property Value Application Path Path to the file directory on the server that hosts Exchange where the storage group component s data is saved by Exchange The file directory is located on the volume created on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the server that hosts Exchange Application Server Host Name Name of server that hosts Exchange and the storage group component Application Server Volume Name Application Server Volume Status Name of the volume on the server that hosts Exchange to which Exchange saves the storage group component s data The volume resides on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the server that hosts Exchange Status of the volume on the server that hosts Exchange where th
78. ons 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 e 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 Li
79. or RAID level descriptions Writing data to hard drives in an array by interleaving bytes or groups of bytes across the multiple hard drives This allows more than one disk to be read from or written to simultaneously which increases the performance The number of bytes or kilobytes of data in a RAID stripe block of data To recover lost data using a backup To return stored data to a previous state using a snapshot Changes the display proportions of application component and shared folder storage in the Content pane You can choose to scale by the size capacity of the application component and shared folder s storage space or scale them all the same To change the scale setting select Tools gt Options The amount of storage that ASM allocates and configures for an application component or shared folder To change the size of the allocated storage for an application component or shared folder select the application component or shared folder in the Content pane and then select Allocate Space in the Actions pane A read only copy of a volume at a specific point in time Unlike a backup data is not copied to any media during a snapshot Instead when a file is modified after a snapshot is created the new updates are written to a new location The file system maintains records and pointers to keep track of the snapshot data and file changes A snapshot takes less than a second to create The area located at the bottom of the ASM
80. orage properties on page 22 for more information on advanced properties 9 Click OK 10 Click OK on the Review Task Summary dialog box to confirm the backup settings Managing backups After scheduling backups you can manage backups for Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folders Based on the backup features that have been configured you can run a device backup run a virtual library backup or run the Restore From Backup wizard IMPORTANT Backups are not supported on user defined iSCSI LUN applications For Exchange storage groups if the only configured backup is on an All in One replication target system the Exchange logs are not are not truncated as they normally would be after a successful backup To change this default behavior edit the hokas config xml file on the Exchange server located atc Program Files HP HP All in One Storage Manager Change the value of lt SendBackupSuccessOnReplicatedSnapshot gt from false to true Running a device backup If an alternative backup device has been assigned you can use Run Device Backup to run an alternative location backup for the selected component 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder that has backups scheduled in the content pane 2 In the Actions pane click Backup and then click Run Device Backup 3 Click Yes to confirm the backup operation Runnin
81. orks dialog box and then click OK On the Targets tab click Log On Check the Automatically restore this connection when the system boots check box and then click OK Click OK to close the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box All in One Storage Manager 11 12 All in One Storage Manager 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 Application Description Notes Allocate and configure storage for one or more Exchange storage group components A wizard assists you by discovering Exchange storage group components such as mail stores public stores and logs suggesting default See Using the Host an Exchange Storage storage configurations based on best Group Wizard on page 14 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 Exchange Create shared folders on your HP Storage Server A wizard assists you in allocating See Using the Create a Shared Folder and configuring storage space for shared Wizard on page 16 folders and creating shared folders Shared Folders Allocate and configure storage for SQL
82. perform any action in ASM to update the ASM user interface to display your changes You will need to know the path of a shared folder to change its permissions name description or path To find the path select the shared folder in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane The share path listed on the General tab is the path for the shared folder Deleting shared folders ASM cannot be used to delete top level or nested shared folders that reside on your HP Storage Server Use Windows Explorer or the Shared Folder MMC snap in to delete shared folders that reside on your HP Storage Server A shared folder is automatically removed from view on the ASM user interface when it is deleted from your HP Storage Server All in One Storage Manager 45 46 Managing storage 5 Monitoring storage ASM provides storage management functions so you can quickly view used and allocated storage and percent full warning thresholds settings for application and shared folder storage on your HP Storage Server You have a choice of these views for the content pane e Application View page 47 Monitoring the overall used and allocated storage values for specific applications and shared folders such as Exchange or SQL Server storage Storage View page 60 Monitoring the used and allocated storage values for the logical disks and volumes on your HP Storage Server that ASM created to host application storage and shared folders
83. perties EEE ereere 55 19 Log tab SQL Server database component properties LE Eke 56 20 Operating status User defined application properties EEE Eke 56 21 Storage tab User defined application properties E Ek 57 22 Operating status Virtual library properties LE keke 59 23 Storage tab Virtual library properties u a 58 24 Virtual Library tab Virtual library properties u 59 25 Operating status Replication target component properties E E 59 26 Details tab Replication target component properties EEE e 60 27 Operating status General tab ae en aa 62 28 Storage tab HP Storage Server logical disk properties EE e 62 29 Storage tab HP Storage Server volume properties E Eke 62 30 Operating status Application server volume properties E ke 65 31 Storage tab Application server volume properties 65 All in One Storage Manager 5 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 e 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 shar
84. plication 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 All in One Storage Manager 19 EY 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 Acti
85. r The Task Viewer has a filter drop down menu Each selection displays information about task completion status for different time periods Show All Displays all tasks that have been completed or failed to complete Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed and all scheduled tasks Today Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed all scheduled tasks and tasks that completed or failed today Last 3 Days Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed all scheduled tasks and tasks that completed or failed during the past three days including today Last 7 Days Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed all scheduled tasks and tasks that completed or failed during the past seven days including today Last 30 Days Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed all scheduled tasks and tasks that completed or failed during the past thirty days including today Errors Only Displays all tasks that have failed and provides information about problems that occurred during task processing The status of each task is provided and can be any one of the following 30 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders Scheduled The task has been scheduled to run at a specified time Verifying ASM is confirming the configuration you specified is valid Ready The task is ready to run and is waiting for other tasks or background processes to run Runn
86. r more information see Enforcing an allocated storage limit for shared folders and local storage applications on page 26 To change the percent full warning threshold from the Properties window 1 Select the application component user defined application or shared folder in the content pane In the Actions pane click Properties Click the Warning Threshold tab Change the percent full warning threshold value Click OK oF Sp Removing application areas from view You can remove application components and user defined applications from view on the ASM user interface This allows you to remove storage information from the content pane pertaining to storage allocations lost due to hard drive failure or storage for an application component or user defined application whose storage you plan to unhost Removing an application component or user defined application from view does not unhost its storage Its storage is still hosted on your HP Storage Server To permanently remove storage from your HP Storage Server you must first remove the storage that is hosted by ASM Depending on the type of storage see http h7 1028 www7 hp com ERC downloads 4AA 1 1026ENW pdf for information on how to remove different types of storage NOTE If you remove an application component or user defined application from view without unhosting the storage your HP Storage Server will re discover the applications immediately EY NOTE This
87. r storage groups 52 M Mailstore database 51 Microsoft Exchange Server operating status values 49 Microsoft Exchange storage group components Storage properties 50 Microsoft Exchange storage groups Details properties 49 Microsoft Exchange Server accessing properties 48 monitoring storage 47 O operating status values application server volumes 65 Exchange 49 HP Storage Server alerts 62 replication target properties 59 shared folders 52 user defined applications 56 virtual libraries 59 P PublicStore database 51 R replication target components operating status values 59 S shared folders operating status values 52 Storage properties 53 shared folders pool accessing properties 52 SQL Server accessing properties 53 All in One Storage Manager 71 SQL Server database components Storage properties 55 SQL Server properties operating status values 54 status icons 47 Storage properties Exchange storage group components 50 Storage properties shared folders 53 SQL Server database components 55 Storage View 47 60 U user defined application pool accessing properties 56 user defined applications operating status values 56 storage properties 57 V virtual libraries operating status values 59 storage properties 59 W Warning Threshold 44 55 72 Index
88. r storage is hosted on your HP Storage Server The following lists the tabs in the properties All in One Storage Manager 53 window and in parenthesis which applications are applicable SQL Server SQL Server databases or SQL Server database components General tab SQL Server SQL Server database SQL Server database component Displays the name of the application the total capacity reserved for the application and its operating status Table 15 Operating status SQL Server properties Status indicator Value OK SQL Server is running and storage is online No alerts Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information Details tab SQL Server database SQL Server database Displays the following SQL Server values Table 16 Details tab SQL Server database properties Property Value SQL Server Name of server where SQL Server storage is being hosted SQL server status Operational status of the SQL Server Version Version of SQL Server Database status Operational status of the SQL Server database Workload type Workload type of the SQL Server database Clustered Indicates whether the server that hosts SQL Server is part of a cluster Snapshots tab SQL Server database Allows you to schedule snapshots of the database For more information see Scheduling and running snapshots on page 33 Backup tab S
89. r using a storage allocation wizard you can manage its storage and data by Increasing or reducing the allocated storage page 43 Changing the percent full warning threshold page 44 Removing application areas from view page 44 Changing permissions names descriptions or paths of shared folders page 45 Deleting shared folders page 45 Increasing or reducing the allocated storage You can increase or reduce the storage allocated to an application component user defined application or shared folder after storage is initially allocated and configured using a storage allocation wizard Increasing the storage allocated requires ASM to grow the logical disk increase the amount of hard drive space allocated to the logical disk holding the data Reducing the allocated storage does not reduce the size of the logical disk holding the data because once hard drive space is allocated to a logical disk it cannot be unallocated due to the configuration of hard drives EY NOTE Unallocated storage on a logical disk is re allocated by ASM when new or additional storage is allocated to an application component or shared folder and the advanced configuration values selected for the storage matches those of the logical disk For example if an application component or shared folder s allocated storage is increased any unallocated space on the logical disk where it resides is used before the logical disk grows 1 Select the appli
90. rage limit for shared folders and local storage applications Enforcing an allocated storage limit for shared folders and local storage applications ASM provides a way to enforce an allocated storage limit for shared folders and local storage applications If enforced the system does not allow the amount of allocated space for a shared folder and local storage application to be exceeded If the capacity of the shared folder and or local storage application surpasses the percent full warning threshold and reaches the allocated space limit the status changes from Warning to Critical in the content pane and users are blocked from adding data to the shared folder and local storage application NOTE If you do not choose to enforce an allocated storage limit for a shared folder the ASM status indicator still goes from Warning to Critical in the content pane however users are not blocked from adding data to the shared folder as long as there is still unallocated storage space on the logical disk where the shared folder resides Data can be written to the shared folder until the logical disk is full By default the Enforce Allocated Limit Quota is set to No for all shared folders and local storage applications To change this setting do one of the following Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard change the Enforce Allocated Limit Quota setting on the Advanced window to Yes Select the shared folder in the content pan
91. rors each drive in the array to another and then stripes the data across the mirrored pair If a physical drive fails the mirror drive provides a backup copy of the files and normal system operations are not interrupted RAID 1 0 10 can withstand multiple simultaneous drive failures as long as the failed drives are not mirrored to each other RAID 1 0 Mirroring and Striping Offers the best combination of data protection and usable capacity while also improving performance over RAID 6 RAID 5 stores parity data across all the physical drives in the array and allows more simultaneous read operations and higher performance than data guarding If a drive fails the controller uses the parity data and the RAID 5 Distributed Data Guarding data on the remaining drives to reconstruct data from the failed drive The system continues operating with a slightly reduced performance until you replace the failed drive RAID 5 can only withstand the loss of one drive without total array failure It requires an array with a minimum of three physical drives Usable capacity is N 1 where N is the number of physical drives in the logical array Offers the best data protection and is an extension of RAID 5 RAID 6 uses multiple parity sets to store data and can therefore tolerate up to 2 drive failures simultaneously RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4 RAID 6 Advanced Data Guarding drives and is available only if the controller has an enabler Writer A
92. rovisioned across more disks but this setting determines the minimum number of disks reserved for the allocated storage The storage area can be assigned to an existing logical disk or it can be assigned a new disk which is created upon completion of the scheduled tasks for the storage wizard For better performance increase the minimum number of physical disks RAID stripe size The number of bytes or kilobytes of data in each RAID stripe block of data The RAID stripe size selected affects performance For the best performance select the stripe size closest to the size of the files being saved ASM provides the following values 8 KB 16 KB 32KB 64 KB 128 KB and 256 KB All in One Storage Manager 23 Physical storage Item Description Notes Snapshot storage Amount of storage space as a percentage of This value may be modified in order space percentage of the volume that is reserved for storing snapshots to match the change rate of the size of the storage area data in the storage area Other storage settings Percent full warning The percent full value that when reached The percent full warning threshold threshold changes the storage status to Warning and is set by default to 80 Percent full issues a warning alert The warning indicates warning threshold values are that storage use has surpassed the percentage ASM specific percent full warning full value For example if you en
93. running certain software applications whose job is to provide network access to software client server applications and sometimes the data that belongs to applications as well Also known as a JBOD just a bunch of disks A group of hard drives in an enclosure chassis that are controlled by an array controller Controls reads and writes to the hard drives in an array A read only copy of data copied to media such as hard drives or magnetic tape for data protection A full backup copies all the data selected to be backed up An incremental backup copies only data selected to be backed up that has changed since the last full backup Backups provide data protection in the event of system or hard drive failure because the data is stored on media separate from the system hard drives An application used to create manage and monitor backups Common Internet file system The protocol used in Windows environments for shared folders The center pane in the main window of the ASM user interface that displays storage utilization and the storage status of application components and shared folders The process of moving data from one storage device to another such as moving application data from an application server to your HP Storage Server ASM supports automatic data migration for Exchange and SQL Server data Protects data from being corrupted or lost as a result of hard drive failure Methods used to provide data protection includ
94. s data to be migrated insert the HP StorageWorks Storage System Recovery DVD 8 All in One Storage Manager EY 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 o
95. s you in choosing Wizard on page 20 size and storage allocation Data Protection 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 e 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 14 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders 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 o
96. 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 See Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group and Exchange Server 2007 Wizard on page 14 All in One Storage Manager 7 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 See Using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard on page 17 User defined applications 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
97. sed space free space on the volume and the following storage allocation details Table 31 Storage tab Application server volume properties Property Value Application Server Host Name Name of the application server where the volume resides Application Server Volume Name of the volume on the application server Volume is located Name on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM Application Server Volume Status Status of the volume on the application server Application Server Volume Indicates if the volume on the application server is configured with Exclusive Storage exclusive storage See Table 5 on page 23 for more information The RAID level to which the volume on the application server is configured See Customizing RAID levels on page 24 for more information Application Server Volume RAID Level Application Server Volume The RAID stripe size to which the volume on the application server RAID Stripe Size is configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information Application Server Volume Speeds up reads when enabled This setting is determined by the Read Cache storage array not ASM Application Server Volume Speeds up writes when enabled This setting is determined by the Write Cache storage array not ASM Application Server Volume The number of hot spares with which the volume on the application Number of Hot Spares server is configured See Table 5 on page 23 for more information
98. shot allows you to view the contents of a snapshot and selectively revert files If your HP Storage Server is a replication target you can expose a snapshot in order to retrieve and restore the data that has been replicated from the source system When exposing snapshots on a replication target you should consider replication latency the amount of time that is needed to copy the data from the replication source to the replication target Note that snapshots cannot be replicated and the Latest data snapshot cannot be exposed while data is being synchronized from the source HP Storage Server 34 Managing data protection The Manage Snapshots dialog box on All in One replication target systems indicates both the Source Date amp Time and local or target date and time that snapshots are taken Note that these time stamps are listed in the local time of the replication source and target systems If the replication source and target systems are in different time zones you should account for this factor when scheduling and exposing snapshots to ensure that the most current snapshot data has been replicated Compare these two columns to determine the replication latency between the replication source and target and configure your snapshot schedule accordingly NOTE snapshot of a shared folder cannot be exposed or unexposed using ASM Use the Shadow Copy Client to view snapshots of shared folders from a client computer Snapshots of a shared
99. tector Express User s Guide and Technical Reference for more information 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 All in One Storage Manager 21 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 e 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 e Highlight the storage size number value and enter a new value or click the arrow buttons to change the value EY 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 mor
100. ter 75 you threshold values selected in the see a warning yellow asterisk in the content Quota Management MMC snap in pane when storage is at 75 percent full are not adopted by ASM All other Quota Management MMC snap in settings are adopted by ASM See Setting a percent full warning threshold on page 26 Enforce allocated limit Sets an enforced quota for the amount of storage This item is available for shared quota available to a shared folder or local storage folders and local storage application When the storage space allocated component See Enforcing an to a component is full no further data can be allocated storage limit for shared saved to this component folders and local storage applications on page 26 Application server Indicates whether the storage area is hosted on This setting does not apply to volume mount type a mount point or drive letter shared folders After you have allocated and configured storage for an application component user defined application or shared folder using a wizard you can change the allocated space size change the percent full warning threshold and change the enforced allocated limit shared folders and local storage applications However you cannot change the RAID level RAID stripe size Hot Spares or Physical Disk Type Customizing RAID levels Before you customize the default RAID level setting review Table 6 to see how the different RAID levels affect perfor
101. the new password by typing it in again Installing Data Protector Express on other machines The Data Protector Express installation on the HP Storage Server acts as the master server for a Data Protector Express Management Domain If you wish to use the All in One system as a Disk To Disk D2D backup target for other clients or servers you may install Data Protector Express on those machines and join the management domain All in One Storage Manager 39 EY NOTE Installing Data Protector Express on other servers is not required to backup Exchange SQL Server or User Defined applications when those applications are hosted by All in One Storage Manager The instructions provided here are only needed if a user wishes to use AiO as a backup target for additional user data in their environment The HP Storage Server provides the Data Protector Express installer at c npnas components dpx This installer may be used to install Data Protector Express on 32 bit or 64 bit Windows operating systems As an alternative and for Linux installations you may also download and install Data Protector Express from http h18006 www 1 hp com products storage software datapexp 1 When installing Data Protector Express on another machine select Join an existing Data Protector Express domain 2 When prompted provide the hostname or IP address of the HP Storage Server An unlimited number of client platforms such as Windows XP and Vista may be
102. tion path where you want the backup saved on your HP Storage Server To browse for the location click Browse 4 Click Next 5 Click Launch DPX to launch Data Protector Express See Using DPX to restore data for Data protector Express instructions 6 After the restore is complete click Finish to exit the wizard Using DPX to restore data 1 When the login window appears do the following a Enter localhost in the Host name field b Enter ASMbackup in the User name field A CAUTION The default password for ASMbackup is blank It can be changed in the Command Line Interface CLI See Setting the password for the ASMbackup user account on page 39 for more information c Click OK Click Jobs and Media in the Favorites pane located on the left side of the main window Double click ASMbackup on the right side of the main window Select the restore job for the application or shared folder whose data you want to restore EY NOTE To modify properties of the job right click the Restore Job Properties For example you may want to choose a different device from which to restore or select different version of files to restore To restore version for files other than the latest backup refer to Selecting Files and File Versions in the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Users Guide and Technical Reference 5 Right click the restore job and click Run to perform the restore Click Yes to confirm the restore To view the status
103. user interface that displays server information and system alerts An enclosure filled with magnetic tape cartridges tape drives and a robot s The tapes are electronically labeled for identification and stored in library slots when not in use When data needs to be written or read from a tape the robot loads the tape cartridge into an available tape drive in the library All in One Storage Manager 69 Task Viewer toolbar top level share unallocated space user defined application virtual array virtual library volume warning threshold 70 Glossary A window that displays completed tasks scheduled tasks and errors To open the Task Viewer select Tools gt Task Viewer The area below the menu bar that contains icons for commonly used commands The toolbar is the Microsoft Management Console toolbar ASM is a snap in hosted by the Microsoft Management Console Top level shared folder in a directory hierarchy Unused storage that is not allocated Unallocated space includes raw unconfigured storage and unused configured storage logical disks Any remote application that runs under Windows Server 2003 and uses NTFS volumes for storage Hard drives in an array can be divided into groups to create two or more virtual arrays ASM grows a virtual array makes it bigger when a hard drive s must be added to the virtual array to obtain the required storage space A virtual array contains one or more LUNs
104. with storage hosted on your HP Storage Server Expand HP Storage Server to display the top level shared folders on your HP Storage Server Expand the application servers listed to display the application server volumes and the applications hosted on the volumes e In the Actions pane select Application Server View To view the properties for all application servers with storage hosted on your HP Storage Server select Show all from the Filter drop down menu located at the top of the content pane Application server properties are displayed in order of hierarchy in an expandable and collapsible view For example all the volumes created on the iSCSI LUNs logical disk exported by ASM to the application server are displayed under the application server and all the application components hosted from the application server are displayed under the application server Click the Expand tree icon next to each application server to view the used and allocated storage properties for the volume and application components Click the Collapse tree icon next to an expanded application server to hide the volume and application component storage properties To view all the storage properties for an item listed in the content pane see Accessing application server properties Accessing application server properties When Application Server View is selected in the Actions pane you can view the storage status alerts and properties for the following

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