Page 1 SVOS 7.3 System Administration Guide This document describes and provides instructions for system administration tasks for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200, G400, G600, and G800 storage systems and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F400, F600, and F800 all-flash arrays. MK-94HM8016-09 October 2017...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Installing Storage Advisor with the application installer........32 Installing Storage Advisor with the virtual appliance..........34 Installing Hitachi Storage Advisor in a DHCP environment......34 Installing Hitachi Storage Advisor in a static environment....... 36 Changing the root password immediately after installation........38 Logging in to Storage Advisor................
Page 4 Creating parity groups..................55 Using the maintenance utility.................. 57 Starting from Hitachi Command Suite..............58 Starting from Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator........58 Accessing a storage system without management software........59 3 Configuring the storage system.............61 System administration tasks at a glance..............62 System administration using Hitachi Storage Advisor..........64...
Page 5 Changing network communication settings..........122 Changing network permissions..............122 Creating a login message................123 Forcing the system lock to release..............123 Registering the primary SVP host name............124 Changing the administrator password..............125 System administration using NAS Manager............. 126 Changing the system date and time of the NAS modules........126 Miscellaneous system administration considerations..........
Page 6 Creating resource groups and managing storage system resources.....167 When to use resource groups ..............167 System configuration using resource groups..........167 Resource group examples................168 Meta_resource..................171 Resource lock....................171 User groups....................171 Resource group assignments..............172 Operations in a resource group for NAS modules......... 172 Resource group rules, restrictions, and guidelines........
Page 7 SMU user authentication..................228 Active Directory user authentication..............229 Using Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Active Directory authentication... 230 Configuring Active Directory servers..............230 Configuring Active Directory groups..............233 User authentication through RADIUS servers (HNAS server only)......238 Displaying list of RADIUS servers..............239 Adding a RADIUS server..................239 Displaying details of RADIUS server..............241 Configuring SMU security (NAS module only)............
Page 8 Examples of license information............... 268 License key expiration...................269 8 Configuring audit logs................ 271 Audit log settings....................272 Setting up a syslog server................272 Exporting an audit log..................273 Send test message to syslog server..............274 9 Managing storage system reports............275 About storage system reports................276 Viewing configuration reports................
Page 9 DkuTempMaxInfo.csv..................322 DkuTempMinInfo.csv..................323 ELunInfo.csv....................324 EnvMonInfo.csv....................326 FcSpNameInfo.csv..................327 FcSpPortInfo.csv..................... 327 HduInfo.csv....................328 IscsiHostInfo.csv.....................328 IscsiPortInfo.csv..................... 329 IscsiTargetInfo.csv..................331 JnlInfo.csv......................331 LdevCapaInfo.csv....................332 LdevCountInfo.csv..................332 LdevInfo.csv....................333 LdevStatus.csv....................335 LPartition.csv....................335 LunInfo.csv....................336 LunPortInfo.csv....................337 MicroVersion.csv..................... 338 MlcEnduranceInfo.csv..................339 ModePerLpr.csv....................340 MpPathStatus.csv....................340 MpPcbStatus.csv.....................341 PcbRevInfo.csv....................341 PdevCapaInfo.csv................... 342 PdevInfo.csv....................342 PdevStatus.csv....................344 PECBInfo.csv....................344 PkInfo.csv......................
Page 10 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 11: Preface
Preface This document provides information and instructions to help you use the maintenance utility and some of the functions in Device Manager - Storage Navigator as needed to perform system administration tasks and change settings for VSP Gx00 models or VSP Fx00 models. It explains the GUI features and provides basic navigation information.
Page 12: Intended Audience
Readers of this document should be familiar with the following: • Data processing and RAID storage systems and their basic functions. • Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200, G400, G600, G800 or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F400, F600, F800 storage systems.
Page 13: Document Conventions
This document uses the following storage system terminology conventions: Convention Description VSP Gx00 models Refers to all of the following models, unless otherwise noted. • Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200 • Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400 • Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G600 •...
Page 14: Conventions For Storage Capacity Values
This document uses the following icons to draw attention to information: Icon Label Description Note Calls attention to important or additional information. Provides helpful information, guidelines, or suggestions for performing tasks more effectively. Caution Warns the user of adverse conditions and/or consequences (for example, disruptive operations, data loss, or a system crash).
Page 15: Accessing Product Documentation
Getting help Hitachi Vantara Support Connect is the destination for technical support of products and solutions sold by Hitachi Vantara. To contact technical support, log on to Hitachi Vantara Support Connect for contact information: https:// support.hitachivantara.com/en_us/contact-us.html.
Page 16 Preface System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 17: System Administration Overview
System administration overview This chapter provides a high-level view of system administration tasks for the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200, G400, G600, G800 or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F400, F600, F800 storage systems. It describes: • Software architecture and access to system administration tools from management software (Hitachi Storage Advisor and Hitachi Command Suite).
Page 18: System Management Architecture
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F400, F600, F800 storage systems, including those with NAS modules. Users with storage systems that do not have NAS modules use Hitachi Storage Advisor (HSA), Device Manager - Storage Navigator, and the maintenance utility to administer block operations. If your storage system...
Page 19: Overview Of Storage Advisor
(MK-90RD7009), which you can access from the Documentation page of NAS Manager. Overview of Storage Advisor Hitachi Storage Advisor is a unified software management tool that reduces the complexity of managing storage systems by simplifying the setup, management, and maintenance of storage resources.
Page 20: Unified Management Of Block Storage And File Storage
• A REST-based API to provide full management programmability and control in addition to unified file-based management support. • Storage Advisor enables automated SAN zoning during volume attach and detach. Optional auto-zoning eliminates the need for repetitive zoning tasks to be performed on the switch. Unified management of block storage and file storage Storage Advisor can be used to onboard and configure both block storage and file storage if NAS modules are included in the chassis of a supported storage...
Page 21: Dashboard
Capacity is also displayed for each storage system in the Storage System detail page. Three views of capacity are available: file only, block only, or a unified view of block and file. Dashboard Once a storage system has been onboarded to Storage Advisor, the dashboard displays as soon as you log in.
Page 22 • Alert tiles: Four alert tiles represent various aspects of the health of the storage system. When Storage Advisor detects a problem with a storage system environment, a number appears in the tile. The number indicates the number of alerts for that aspect of the storage system. Click the alert tile to go directly to a summary of the problems.
Page 23 If you do not have any parity groups configured on the storage system, this number is zero and all other data points in the capacity visualization are zero. Note: To understand uninitialized raw capacities, review the available unused disks on the detail page for each storage system. •...
Page 24 one or more storage systems and may need to add disks to increase storage capacity. Review the information gauge for each storage system to identify which storage system needs additional capacity. In addition, check disks for each storage system to determine if there is unused capacity available for parity group creation.
Page 25 hardware issues in the environment, no failed jobs in the last 24 hours and that the data protection is working without any issues. If there are any alerts, you can drill down to the relevant alert page to investigate the cause. Storage Advisor provides alerts for capacity utilization, hardware, data protection, and jobs status.
Page 26: Inventory And Resource Information
Analyzing tier metrics As parity groups are created, the various disk types become categorized into tiers. The tiers and corresponding disk types are shown below. Table 1 Tier definitions Tier Disk type Platinum SSD, FMD, and FMD DC2 Gold SAS 15 k Silver SAS 10 k Bronze...
Page 27: Device Manager - Storage Navigator
has NAS modules, resources will also include file pools, virtual file servers, file systems, and shares and exports. Common actions can be performed on the inventory pages, such as the following: • You can select one or more resources and delete them. When you delete a storage system, you disassociate it from Storage Advisor.
Page 28: Maintenance Utility
Maintenance utility The maintenance utility allows you to perform administration tasks on VSP Gx00 models or VSP Fx00 models. You can access this tool from either HDvM - SN, SMU, or the management software. You can use the maintenance utility to configure settings such as licenses, syslog, alerts, and network configuration.
Page 29: Nas Manager
The maintenance utility online help provides procedural information for supported storage system administration tasks. Links to storage system tasks, search functions, and a glossary are included. Note: Self-service features that are used to install and remove hardware components and to update the firmware are currently available for use only by customer support personnel or by authorized service providers.
Page 30 System administration overview System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 31: Preparing Your Management Software
Preparing your management software Use the information in this chapter to prepare the management software you want to use to administer your storage system. Installing Storage Advisor □ Using Device Manager - Storage Navigator □ Onboarding and configuring a storage system □...
Page 32: Installing Storage Advisor
Installing Storage Advisor Storage Advisor is deployed on a virtual machine and accessed by a client computer. Review the minimum requirements before installing. Installing Storage Advisor with the application installer You can install Storage Advisor on Linux, where Docker v1.11.2 is already installed.
Page 33 Procedure On the Linux environment, configure the network interface that will be used to access Storage Advisor. Storage Advisor supports user interface and API access via an IPv4 address. Copy the tar file installer.tar.gz from the installation media to any folder in the Linux environment and unzip it.
Page 34: Installing Storage Advisor With The Virtual Appliance
Use the virtual appliance installation to install in either a static environment or in a DHCP environment. Installing Hitachi Storage Advisor in a DHCP environment If your environment includes DHCP servers, you can use the Virtual Appliance Manager to set up your Storage Advisor server.
Page 35 User name: service Password: Chang3Me! Change your password. a. Click and select Change password. b. Enter your new password. From the Virtual Appliance Manager menu, click Network to configure the network settings. a. If your data center is using the IP address scheme 172.17.*.*, make sure you provide another IP range that is not currently used in your environment.
Page 36: Installing Hitachi Storage Advisor In A Static Environment
Storage Advisor installation package comes with a self-signed certificate that you can use to initially log in to Storage Advisor. Installing Hitachi Storage Advisor in a static environment If you do not have a DHCP server, use the command line interface to indicate the static IP address of the Storage Advisor server.
Page 37 User name: service Password: Chang3Me! Enter the command ip-change. The Change IP Address Utility opens. Enter your settings at the prompts. Reboot the VM to ensure that it has the IP address. Open a browser and enter https://ip-address/vam in the address bar. User name: service Password: Chang3Me! Change your password.
Page 38: Changing The Root Password Immediately After Installation
Adding NTP servers verifies that the Storage Advisor servers are synchronized with the storage system environment. a. Click + to add a field for an NTP Server. b. Enter the host name of the NTP server. c. Click Submit. Next steps •...
Page 39: Logging In When Storage Advisor Is Not Available
G1500, or VSP F1500 storage systems. • You must have an administrator login account with the required permissions. For information about creating user accounts in Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator, see the System Administrator Guide for your storage system.
Page 40: Generating And Installing A Signed Ssl Certificate
• For VSP G800 and VSP F800 storage systems, enter: https://IP- address-or-host-name-of-the-SVP/dev/storage/8360004XXXXX/ emergency.do (where the model number is '8360004' and '4XXXXX' indicates the system serial number) The following actions might be required to open the login dialog box, depending on your environment: •...
Page 41: Using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
Click Submit. Using Device Manager - Storage Navigator To configure the storage system using Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator, set up a client computer, and then log in to Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator. Setting up a management client Before running Device Manager - Storage Navigator on a management client, certain web browser guidelines must be observed.
Page 42: Requirements For Management Clients
Requirements for management clients The Device Manager - Storage Navigator administrator is responsible for setting up management clients. The administrator's responsibilities include: • Ensuring that Device Manager - Storage Navigator management clients run on supported versions of Windows and UNIX/Linux operating systems. •...
Page 43: Software Requirements
Item Requirement Resolution: 1280 x 1024 or better Keyboard and mouse You cannot use the mouse wheel feature. Ethernet LAN card for TCP/IP network 100BASE-TX 1000BASE-T Software requirements Java Runtime Operating system Architecture Browser Adobe Flash Player Environment (JRE) Windows 7 SP1 32 bit or 64 bit Internet Explorer 11.0 JRE 7.0 Update 67...
Page 44: Setting Up Tcp/Ip For A Firewall
unpredictable results such as the inability to operate program windows. Therefore, contact customer support to use other combinations or versions. To see the latest platform listed in the applicable product documents, visit our web site from the following URL: https://knowledge.hds.com/Documents. Hardware requirements Item Requirement...
Page 45: Configuring The Web Browser
For details about setting up the SVP, see the Hardware Installation and Reference Guide for your storage system. Configuring the web browser To configure the client web browser, note the following: • The browser must allow first-party, third-party, and session cookies. •...
Page 46: Requirements For Using Hdvm - Sn Secondary Windows
Note: Do not click Discard in the message window, or you will be unable to operate for a while until the error (20020-108000) appears. Click OK to close the error and operate again. If you don't want to wait for the error to appear, close Chrome and log in to Device Manager - Storage Navigator again.
Page 47: Logging In To Device Manager - Storage Navigator
Logging in to Device Manager - Storage Navigator You can log in to Device Manager - Storage Navigator in different ways. If you are an administrator, you can log in to Device Manager - Storage Navigator with a one-time only initial login. If you are a super-user, you can log in first to Device Manager - Storage Navigator to create other user accounts.
Page 48 Procedure In your web browser, specify the following URL: https://IP-address-or-host-name-of-SVP If you changed the port number of the protocol HTTP from the initial value (443), specify the following URL: https://IP-address-or-host-name-of-SVP:port-number-of-the- protocol-HTTPS/ If the loading window displays in Device Manager - Storage Navigator, wait until the service status changes to Ready (Normal).
Page 49: Changing Your Password
If a local storage area pop-up dialog box of Adobe Flash Player Setting appears, click Allow to open the Device Manager - Storage Navigator main window. The cache function of Adobe Flash Player optimizes the process of Device Manager - Storage Navigator. Denial of the request might delay the processing speed of Device Manager - Storage Navigator.
Page 50: Adding Your Svp To The Trusted Sites Zone For Windows Server Computers
Adding your SVP to the trusted sites zone for Windows Server computers If you are using Device Manager - Storage Navigator on a Windows Server computer, the following message may appear during login. If it does, you must add the SVP to the trusted sites zone. The message below may appear differently depending on the Windows version you are using.
Page 51: Adding The First Storage System
Onboarding a storage system is the process of associating it with Storage Advisor. After the storage system is onboarded, manage it from the Storage Advisor dashboard. If the storage system includes NAS modules, the file storage is automatically added with the block storage. Storage Advisor requires access to all resources groups on the storage system so that the workflows function correctly.
Page 52 • Verify the storage system initial settings. • Create parity groups. Note: Parity groups are created by a service representative. Parity groups for a Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000, VSP G1500, or VSP F1500 storage system are created outside of Storage Advisor. Preparing your management software...
Page 53: Adding A Fabric Switch
Adding a fabric switch You can add a fabric switch after onboarding a storage system. Add, update, and delete fabric switches in the Storage Advisor interface. After a fabric switch is added, you can choose to auto-create zones during volume provisioning. A fabric switch is required for any operations that use auto-select, such as host group creation and auto-selection of ports while attaching volumes to servers.
Page 54: Adding Servers
Enter the following information from the configuration of the switch you are adding: • Virtual Fabric ID: For Cisco switches, the VSAN ID. Not applicable to Brocade switches. • Fabric Switch Type: Select Brocade or Cisco. • Fabric Switch IP Address To add or update a core switch, use the Management IP address of the switch or the Active CP IP address.
Page 55: Creating Parity Groups
• Click the upper plus sign (+) to browse for the CSV file or drag the file to the plus sign. The values from the file will populate the page. Example: Name,Description,IPAddress,OSType,WWNS Esxi,ESXI HOST,10.30.90.200,VMWARE_EX, 10:00:00:05:33:26:f7:21 Win,WINDOWS HOST, 10.30.91.80,WIN_EX,"10:00:00:05:33:26:f7:37,10:00:00:05:33: 26:f7:36" ESXi_Cisco_1,ESXi HOST connected to Cisco Fabric,,VMWARE_EX,"10:00:00:05:33:26:e0:fc, 10:00:00:05:33:26:e0:fd"...
Page 56 Click the plus sign (+). In the Create Parity Groups window, review the list of unused disk types in the storage system. This information is grouped by disk type, disk speed, and disk capacity, and includes the following details: • Number of available disks. •...
Page 57: Using The Maintenance Utility
Using the maintenance utility To configure the storage system using the maintenance utility, start the maintenance utility from Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator. Note: • Click in the window to see the help menu for the description of the Maintenance Utility.
Page 58: Starting From Hitachi Command Suite
Starting from Hitachi Command Suite Procedure Start Hitachi Command Suite. In the Hitachi Command Suite main window, click the Resources tab, and then click Storage Systems from the tree view. Expand the tree, and then right-click a storage system and click Other Functions.
Page 59: Accessing A Storage System Without Management Software
Procedure Start a web browser. Enter the following URL: • For the VSP G200 storage system, enter: https://IP-address-or-host-name-of-the-SVP/dev/storage/ 8320004XXXXX/emergency.do (where the model number is '8320004' and '4XXXXX' indicates the system serial number) • For VSP G400, G600 and VSP F400, F600 storage systems, enter: https://IP-address-or-host-name-of-the-SVP/dev/storage/ 8340004XXXXX/emergency.do (where the model number is '8340004'...
Page 60 https://IP-address-or-host-name-of-the-SVP/dev/storage/ 8360004XXXXX/emergency.do (where the model number is '8360004' and '4XXXXX' indicates the system serial number) The following actions might be required to open the login dialog box, depending on your environment: • If a message indicates that the enhanced security configuration is enabled on the computer, select In the future, do not show this message and click OK.
Page 61: Configuring The Storage System
Configuring the storage system This chapter provides information about configuring the storage system. System administration tasks at a glance □ System administration using Hitachi Storage Advisor □ System administration using Device Manager - Storage Navigator □ System administration using the maintenance utility □...
Page 62: System Administration Tasks At A Glance
System administration tasks at a glance The following table summarizes key system administration tasks. The tool used to perform these tasks depends on whether the storage system contains NAS modules. Table 2 System administration tasks at a glance Block-only storage Block and file storage systems (NAS Task systems (no NAS...
Page 63 Block-only storage Block and file storage systems (NAS Task systems (no NAS modules installed) modules installed) Configuring the storage system on page 61 Force the system lock to Maintenance utility NAS Manager release Configuring the See the Network Administration Guide storage system on (MK-92HNAS008) page 61...
Page 64: System Administration Using Hitachi Storage Advisor
NAS Manager Managing license keys Managing license keys on page 257 on page 257 System administration using Hitachi Storage Advisor Configure block storage Use Storage Advisor to configure the block storage. Enabling or disabling port security Before a host storage domain (HSD) can be created on a port, port security must be enabled.
Page 65: Adding A Fabric Switch
Select one or more ports and click Enable/Disable Security to open the Update Storage Port page. For a VSP G1000, VSP G1500, or VSP F1500 storage system, you can update port attributes by selecting one of the following: • Target: Fibre target port •...
Page 66 Procedure On the Storage Advisor dashboard, select Fabric Switches to open the Fabric Switches page. Click the plus sign (+) to open the Add Fabric Switches page. Enter the following information from the configuration of the switch you are adding: •...
Page 67: Creating Parity Groups
System requirements for Brocade switches Model Fiber OS version Type 5300 6505 6510 6520 7800 DCX 8510-4 DCX 8510-8 with firmware v6.4 System requirements for Cisco switches Storage Advisor supports the Cisco MDS 9000 Series of switches. Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 6.2(9) or later is required. Creating parity groups Parity groups are the basic units of storage capacity.
Page 68 Storage Advisor parity group concepts Storage Advisor provides a simple one-click method of parity group creation that is based on best practices applicable to the disks in the storage system. An advanced method of parity group creation is also available. You can choose to use the advanced method if there is not a need to rely on best practices.
Page 69 ○ Advanced option: The advanced option allows the user to fully configure the RAID layout of the parity group by selecting the specific disks to assign for parity group creation. Enabling parity group encryption in Storage Navigator Click Open the Parity Groups page in Storage Navigator to enable parity group encryption.
Page 70 • The number of parity groups that can be created. • The total usable capacity that is available based on the number of parity groups and the RAID configuration. Decide if the recommended RAID configuration for each disk type is acceptable.
Page 71 • Creates the required number of parity groups for the requested RAID layout. • Creates and quick formats the necessary volumes on the parity group so that it is ready for pool creation. • The job may create sub-jobs when multiple parity groups are being created.
Page 72 Select a RAID Type and a RAID Layout. RAID Type RAID Layout RAID5 3D+1P, 4D+1P, 6D+1P, 7D+1P RAID6 6D+2P, 12D+2P, 14D+2P RAID1+0 2D+2D (Optional) Click Encryption ON if you want to use encryption. Prerequisites for enabling encryption: • The storage system must have an Encryption Disk Board. •...
Page 73 Managing free and spare disks You can set free disks to spare and spare to free. Note: Disk management is not available for VSP G1000, VSP G1500, and VSP F1500 storage systems. If you choose to use the basic method to create parity groups, Storage Advisor will automatically review the available spare disks and allocate more spare disks if needed.
Page 74 You can perform the following actions on this page: • If there are hardware alerts related to the parity groups, you can click the Hardware Alerts tile to view details for different types of components on the Monitoring page for the storage system. •...
Page 75 create the parity group are no longer in use. You can delete the parity group if you want to reconfigure the storage system with some other RAID configuration or simply decommission the array. Note: The following parity groups cannot be deleted: •...
Page 76 ○ IN_USE: Parity group is being used by a storage pool. ○ UNINITIALIZED: The parity group either has no volumes or at least one of the pool volumes is in Blocked status, or one or more partitions is uninitialized and has a size greater than 16,787,456 blocks. ○...
Page 77: Creating A Pool
• Savings %: Displays the percentage of the capacity reduced by data compression with respect to the used capacity before the data compression. This will not display a value until data is compressed. If the savings percentage for a pool is not high enough, you can provision additional pool volumes to the pool from the parity groups using FMD DC2 drives.
Page 78 View pool details in either a tile view or a list view. Capacity utilization is represented by a color bar: • Green: Below 70%. • Orange: From 70% to 80%. • Red: Over 80%. A key in a tile or row indicates that the pool is encrypted. You can filter the volumes as follows: •...
Page 79 • Pool Tier: Filter by the pool tier: Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, or External. • Active Flash Enabled: Filter by whether Active Flash is enabled. • Encryption: Filter by whether encryption is used. Select YES, NO, PARTIAL, or UNKNOWN. • FMD DC2 Compression: Filter by whether a pool is using a parity group that is enabled for accelerated compression.
Page 80 License requirements: • For a Tiered pool: Dynamic Tiering • For a Thin pool: Dynamic Provisioning • For a Snap pool: Thin Image • For active flash: active flash Procedure On the Storage Advisor dashboard, click Storage Systems to see the inventory of registered storage systems.
Page 81 • If you select two or three tiers, the system creates Tiered pools. Table 3 Tier definitions Tier Disk type Platinum SSD, FMD, and FMD DC2 Gold SAS 15 k Silver SAS 10 k Bronze SAS 7.2 k Click a selected tier to view the available storage capacity and select a capacity size.
Page 82 Note: If your parity groups do not meet these requirements, you can only use the advanced method of pool creation. • Based on the Storage System model, Storage Advisor determines the maximum pool size. • Storage Advisor then displays the pools in increasing order of pool size. Creating a pool, advanced method You can use the advanced method of pool creation to select parity groups filtered by disk type, speed, layout, and RAID level.
Page 83 Click the plus sign (+) to open the Create Pool page and click Advanced. Enter a Pool Label. Pool labels can contain only alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores. Initial hyphens are not allowed. Click the Type list and choose one of the following; Thin, Tiered, or Snap.
Page 84 Next steps • Check the status of the pool-creation job by clicking Jobs. • Create volumes. Pool details To access pool details, click Storage Systems. Then click a storage system to view all resources. Click Pools and then click a pool tile. Note: A External pool cannot be edited or deleted.
Page 85 ○ Data Reduction: The ratio of logical used capacity to the physical used capacity, for all compression and deduplication technologies. It is calculated as follows: – For disk-based compression = Capacity 1 / Capacity 2. – For controller-based compression = Capacity 3 / Capacity 4. –...
Page 86: Create And Attach Volumes To Servers
• Attached: the volume is attached to a server. • Unattached: the volume is not attached to a server. • Unmanaged: the volume has only a LUN path associated. For example, a volume may be attached to a server that is not known to Storage Advisor.
Page 87 Before you begin • Create parity groups. • Create pools. • Add servers. Procedure On the Storage Advisor dashboard, click Servers to see the inventory of servers. Do one of the following to open the Create, Attach and Protect Volumes page: •...
Page 88 g. (Optional) Select the pool from the list of available pools. The default selection is Auto Selected, which means that Storage Advisor selects the best pool for provisioning the volume based on utilization and tier requirements. If desired, select a type of Capacity Saving: Compression or Deduplication and Compression.
Page 89 mode options, those settings are prepopulated with the same settings in the host groups. Select the LUN Alignment. By default, Storage Advisor uses the LUN number that is common to the servers. If attachment is to only one server, this setting has no effect. The Auto Create Zone is set to No by default.
Page 90: Managing Storage Systems
• To manually create a path, click a WWN and a port to connect them with a blue connector line. Click the connector again and then click Delete Selected to delete the connection. When you are satisfied with the paths, click Next to view options for protecting volumes.
Page 91 From the storage systems page you can view and manage individual storage systems. View storage system details in either a tile view or a list view. Capacity utilization is represented by a color bar: • Green: Below 70%. • Orange: From 70% to 80%. •...
Page 92 • Click Settings in the upper-right corner to launch either of the following: ○ Device Manager - Storage Navigator to perform any advanced storage management operations that are not available in Storage Advisor. ○ Configure storage system encryption using Storage Navigator. ○...
Page 93 Field Description Offline Offline - The cluster node is no longer exchanging heartbeats with the other cluster members. This might be caused by a reboot or a fault condition. Services cannot be migrated to a cluster node in this state. Dead No heartbeats from this cluster node for a significant period.
Page 94 In the login dialog, use the user account assigned to you by your security administrator. The tasks that you can do on the system depend on the user role assigned to the user groups to which you belong. Security administrators with view and modify privileges are responsible for setting up user accounts in Device Manager - Storage Navigator.
Page 95 Role Capabilities Storage Administrator • Configuring caches (Provisioning) • Configuring volumes, pools, and virtual volumes • Formatting and shredding volumes • Configuring external volumes • Configuring Dynamic Provisioning • Configuring host groups, paths, and WWN • Configuring Volume Migration except splitting Volume Migration pairs when using •...
Page 96 This section describes the types of NAS storage system administrators and defines their expected roles in managing the system and the associated storage subsystems. • Global Administrators can manage everything in the system: file systems, file services, or file system related features and functions, storage devices and their components.
Page 97: Managing Servers
The Tier Management page displays the tier definitions. You can edit the tier names (Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and External). Access the Tier Management page in one of these ways: • Click Settings and select Tier Management. • In the detail page for a storage system, click Tier Management. Updating a storage system Update the user name and password for a storage system.
Page 98 • SOLARIS • TRU64 • VMWARE • VMWARE_EX • WIN • WIN_EX Procedure On the Storage Advisor dashboard, click Servers. Then click the plus sign (+) to open the Add Server page. On the Add Server page, do one of the following: •...
Page 99 To find the server you are looking for, you can either search by server ID or narrow down the list of servers using filters available. You can click server tiles on this page to access details of individual servers and manage their volumes. The following actions are available on this page: •...
Page 100 On the dashboard, click Servers to open the Servers inventory page. Then click a server tile to open the Server <ID> detail page for the selected server. You can perform the following actions at the server level: • Click Delete to remove the server. •...
Page 101: Managing Volumes
• If a WWN has been updated, all host groups with the old WWN are updated with the new one. All zones created in Storage Advisor have the old WWN removed and new address populated. • If a WWN is deleted, it will be removed from any host group that has it.
Page 102 • Set up compression, or deduplication and compression for the volume. Before you begin • Create parity groups. • Create pools. • Add servers (optional). Procedure On the Storage Advisor dashboard, click Storage Systems to see the inventory of storage systems and capacity information. Click a storage system to see its configuration of servers, pools, ports, volumes, and parity groups.
Page 103 Attaching existing volumes to a server If there are volumes that have not been attached to servers, you can use this procedure to attach them. Before you begin • Enable security on ports. • Add servers. • Create volumes. Procedure To select volumes and servers, do one of the following: •...
Page 104 Storage Advisor identifies all host groups containing any of the server WWNs. If all of those host groups have the same host mode and host mode options, those settings are prepopulated with the same settings in the host groups. Default values are set only for VMWARE EX and WIN EX host modes. The default for all other Host Modes is none.
Page 105 • To manually create a path, click a WWN and a port to connect them with a blue connector line. Click the connector again and then click Delete Selected to delete the connection. Suggest paths requires that both server and storage ports be logged into the fabric switches in the Storage Advisor inventory.
Page 106 View volume details in either a tile view or a list view. Capacity utilization is represented by a color bar: • Green: Below 70%. • Orange: From 70% to 80%. • Red: Over 80%. Note: Volumes labeled HSA-reserved are created automatically when file pools are created and no operations can be performed on them in Storage Advisor.
Page 107: Configure File Storage
• Select a volume and click Edit to update the volume by editing the name. If the volume is unprotected you can also expand the capacity. • Select one or more volumes to perform one of the following actions: ○ To delete volumes, click Delete. When you delete a volume, it is de- provisioned and removed from the storage system.
Page 108 Storage Advisor employs the following best practices in file pool creation: • For creation of the related block pool, use of RAID6 with a minimum of four parity groups for SAS or one parity group for SSD, FMD, or FMD DC2. Note: This best practice is highly recommended.
Page 109 Use this page to view file pool information in a tile or list view, and to delete or expand existing pools, as well as to create new pools. The colored bars display used capacity, physical capacity allocated for use on the underlying block storage, and the file over-commit capacity.
Page 110 group for SSD, FMD, or FMD DC2 drives. If another RAID layout is selected, a warning displays. The information gauge displays the total capacity, with the physical block capacity and estimated over-commit capacity also detailed. The Estimated Max Potential: in IOPS displays after each type of capacity is selected.
Page 111: Managing Virtual File Servers
• Select a file system and mount or unmount it. Expanding a file pool File pool capacity may need to be expanded when the used capacity approaches the capacity of the underlying block pool. You can also relabel a file pool or change utilization thresholds. To access the Expand File Pool page do one of the following: •...
Page 112: Managing File Systems
Creating a virtual file server Create virtual file servers so you can create file systems. Before you begin • Configure ports. • Obtain the required IP address and subnet mask information for the virtual file server. Procedure On the Virtual File Servers page, click the plus sign (+) to open the Create Virtual File Server page.
Page 113: Creating File Systems
You can search for a specific file system by searching for its file system label in the search box. You can also use the Free Space and File Systems Size filters to find specific file systems, or filter by virtual file server. View file system details in either a tile view or a list view, including capacity utilization and whether or not the file system is mounted.
Page 114: Managing Shares And Exports
Access the File System detail page from the File Systems page. Use this page to create and manage shares and exports. You can also view information about a file system and access the associated file pool and virtual file server. The following actions are available: •...
Page 115 Use this page to add, edit, and delete shares and exports. You can also access related resources. The following actions are available: • To add a share or export, click the plus sign (+) to open the Create Shares/Exports page. •...
Page 116 Procedure Access the Update Export page by clicking Edit in an Export detail page. (Optional) Enter a new path in the File System Path field. (Optional) In the Access Configuration field, enter IP addresses, host names, or the NIS netgroups of the clients who are allowed to access the NFS export (up to 5957 characters).
Page 117 Before you begin The account domain group and CIFS setup must already exist. Procedure On the detail page for a share, click the plus sign (+) to open the Create Groups page. In the Group Name field, type in a user group name from the account domain.
Page 118: System Administration Using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
Note: The order in which you specify the entries is important. Take the following two lines: • *(ro) • 10.1.2.38(rw) The first grants read-only access to all clients, whereas the second grants read/write access to the specified client. The second line is redundant, however, as the first line matches all clients.
Page 119: Backing Up Hdvm - Sn Configuration Files
Click Apply. The task is now registered. If the Go to tasks window for status check box is checked, the Task window opens to show the status of the task. Backing up HDvM - SN configuration files Before replacing an SVP, you must make a backup copy of the Device Manager - Storage Navigator configuration files on the SVP.
Page 120: Restoring Hdvm - Sn Configuration Files
Tip: • If you do not specify a folder in which to save the file, the system automatically creates a default file in the following location: SVP-root\wk\Supervisor\MappIniset \LogsyyyyMMddHHmmss.tgz where yyyyMMddHHmmss is the year, month, date, and time that the file was created. •...
Page 121: System Administration Using The Maintenance Utility
Type a key to close the message, and then close the command prompt. Set the service to run automatically when starting the SVP. Reboot the SVP. It takes about 10 minutes to complete the startup process. Related tasks • Backing up HDvM - SN configuration files on page 119 System administration using the maintenance utility Changing the date and time...
Page 122: Enabling Ipv6 Communication
Click Date and Time. Click Change date and time. The Date and Time Settings window opens. Set the date and time, then click OK to save the settings and close the window. Enabling IPv6 communication You should assign the SVP the same type of IP addresses (IPv4 or IPv6) that are used on the storage system.
Page 123: Creating A Login Message
Procedure In the maintenance utility, click Administration to expand the Administration navigation pane. Click Network Settings. The Network Settings window displays the current network settings and permissions. In the Network Settings window, click Set Up Network Permissions. To enable HTTP blocking, click Enable. To disable HTTP blocking, click Disable.
Page 124: Registering The Primary Svp Host Name
possibly leave the system in an unknown state. Check with any users that are logged on. Wait until their processes are complete before releasing the system lock. Before you begin You must have the Storage Administrator (View & Modify) role to complete this procedure.
Page 125: Changing The Administrator Password
• Specify a host name instead of an IP address when accessing Device Manager - Storage Navigator. • Obtain the public key certificate for SSL-encrypted communication from the CA (Certificate Authority). You must register the server name as the host name to the DNS server or the hosts file. The server name is entered in the certificate as a common name.
Page 126: System Administration Using Nas Manager
When the system date and time are set by NAS Manager, they are also reflected in the system date and time of the storage system. Tip: See the Hitachi NAS Platform Server and Cluster Administration Guide for more details about changing the system date and time of the NAS modules.
Page 127: Miscellaneous System Administration Considerations
b. Enter the IP address or the name of the NTP server in NTP Server IP/Name field, and then click add. When using the Active Directory server, enter the IP address or the name of the NTP server. When setting without using the NTP server: a.
Page 128: Viewing The Port Number Used In Svp
The following table describes the port number key names and the initial value of the port number. Port number key Corresponding SVP Protocol Initial port number name software version MAPPWebServer HTTP 83-01-20-XX/00 or later MAPPWebServerHttps HTTPS 83-01-20-XX/00 or later RMIClassLoader 51099 83-01-20-XX/00 or later RMIClassLoaderHttps...
Page 129: Effects Of Changing Svp Port Numbers
Logging in to Device URL for Device Manager - Manager - Storage Navigator on MAPPWebServerHttps Storage Navigator login page In Hitachi Command Suite: Hitachi Command Suite Installation and Configuration You must change the HCS port Guide number to be the same number.
Page 130: Changing The Svp Port Number
User reference guide on Port number key name Effects changing the SVP port number You must change the SMI-S Hardware Reference Guide for port number to the same your storage system number. SMIS_CIMOM You must change the SMI-S Hardware Reference Guide for port number to the same your storage system number.
Page 131: Initializing The Svp Port Number
• If the SVP software version of the registered storage system does not support changing the port number, update the SVP software. • Port numbers 1 to 1023 are reserved for other application programs, so do not use these numbers. If you use these numbers and encounter a problem, change the number to 1024 or higher.
Page 132: Reassigning An Automatically Assigned Port Number
In the folder where the .bat file is located, execute the following command: C:\MAPP\wk\Supervisor\MappIniSet>MappSetPortInit.bat An initialization confirmation message box displays. If you want to continue, enter Y, and then press the Enter key. If you want to cancel the task, enter N, and then press the Enter key. A service restart message box displays, followed by a completion message box.
Page 133: Initializing And Reassigning An Automatically Assigned Port Number
If you omitted the serial number, it is executed for the storage system of 83-03-01-XX/00 or later that is registered in the Storage Device List window. A confirmation message box displays. If you want to continue, enter Y, and then press the Enter key. If you want to cancel the task, enter N, and then press the Enter key.
Page 134: Changing The Range Of An Automatically Assigned Port Number
• If you want to cancel the task, enter N, and then press the Enter key. Press any key to acknowledge the message and close the message box. Reassign the port number for all the registered storage systems by executing Steps 7 through 9. Close the Windows command prompt.
Page 135: Initializing The Range Of An Automatically Assigned Port Number
• You can specify multiple port-number-key-name and port-number- range. For example: MappPortRangeSet.bat PreRMIServer 51200-55000 SMIS_CIMOM 5989-6244,8000 Press any key to acknowledge the message and close the message box. Close the Windows command prompt. Initializing the range of an automatically assigned port number You can initialize the range of the port number that is automatically assigned to the storage system.
Page 136 Configuring the storage system System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 137: User Administration
User administration This chapter describes various user roles, permissions, and groups available to manage your storage system. User administration for maintenance utility □ Managing users, user groups, and accounts □ User Administration for NAS Manager □ User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 138: User Administration For Maintenance Utility
User administration for maintenance utility The maintenance utility allows you to set up and manage user accounts. Required roles for operating Maintenance Utility You can control the availability of using each operation window of Maintenance Utility for a user by registering the user in the user group and assigning the user with the appropriate role.
Page 139: Setting Up User Accounts
Maintenance Utility operation window Required role name Administration Menu Power Management System Management Resetting GUM Notes: 1. Support Personnel means operations performed by the service personnel. User Maintenance means operations performed by the user Setting up user accounts You can create up to 20 users, including the built-in user. Procedure In the Maintenance Utility window, click Administration >...
Page 140 Item Description User Name Account Status The following statuses are available: Enable: User can use the account. Disable: User cannot use the account or log in to the storage management software. Authentication The following methods are available: Local: Does not use authentication server. Uses a dedicated password for storage management software.
Page 141: Disabling User Accounts
When the completion message appears, click Close. Disabling user accounts Observe the following guidelines: • Log into an account that is different from the user account that you want to disable (you cannot disable the current login user account). • To disable the user account specified by the registered storage system in the Storage Device List window, click Stop Service for the registered storage system.
Page 142 Click the Users tab, and then select the user account to disable. Click Edit. For Account Status, click Disable, and then click Finish. User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 143 Confirm the settings, and then click Apply. User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 144 When a completion message appears, click Close. User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 145: Removing User Accounts
Removing user accounts Security administrators can remove a user account when the account is no longer in use. Built-in user accounts cannot be deleted. If deleting the current login user account, you can continue the storage management software operation until you log out. Note: To delete the user account specified by the registered storage system in the Storage Device List window, click Stop Service of the registered storage system.
Page 146 Click the Users tab, and then select the user to remove. Click Remove. The Confirm window opens. In the Confirm window, confirm the settings, and then click Apply. User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 147: Backing Up User Accounts
At the completion message, click Close. Backing up user accounts User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 148: Restoring User Account Information
Procedure Click User Account Information > Backup. Specify a storage destination and a file name in the displayed window and download the file. When the following message appears, click Close. Restoring user account information Procedure Click User Account Information > Restore The Restore User Account window opens.
Page 149 When a completion message appears, click Close. User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 150: Managing Users, User Groups, And Accounts
Managing users, user groups, and accounts This chapter describes how to define the users and user groups that will manage your storage system. User administration overview Read and understand the following information before managing users or user groups. • When a user is assigned to multiple user groups, the user has the permissions of all the roles in each user group that are enabled on the resource groups assigned to each user group.
Page 151: Administrator Tasks
• Create user accounts and assign permissions. See Creating user accounts on page 152. • Change, disable, or delete user passwords and permissions. See Changing user passwords on page 155. Administrator tasks To authenticate a user using an authentication server, specify settings for connecting to the server.
Page 152: Creating User Accounts
Related tasks • Creating user accounts on page 152 • Changing user passwords on page 155 • Changing user permissions on page 156 • Enabling or Disabling user accounts on page 157 • Deleting user accounts on page 158 Creating user accounts You must create a user account and register the account to a user group with appropriate permissions.
Page 153: Character Restrictions For User Names And Passwords
Length in Item Characters that can be used characters When you use a Windows computer, you can also specify a backslash (\). When you use a UNIX computer, you can also specify a slash (/). Procedure In the Device Manager - Storage Navigator Administration tree, select User Groups.
Page 154 Item Length in characters Characters that can be used User name 1-20 • Alphanumeric (ASCII code) characters 1, 3 • The following symbols - . _ Password 6-63 • Alphanumeric (ASCII code) characters 1, 2 • The following symbols - , . : @ _ Note: If the host on which CCI is installed is running on UNIX, a slash (/) can be specified.
Page 155: Changing User Passwords
You can change or reissue passwords for other users by using Device Manager - Storage Navigator. Caution: When using Hitachi Command Suite, you need to change information, such as passwords, registered in Hitachi Command Suite. For details, see the section describing how to change storage system settings in the Hitachi Command Suite User Guide.
Page 156: Changing User Permissions
Before you begin • Security administrators with View & Modify roles can change user passwords on Device Manager - Storage Navigator. • If the target user has a local user account for Device Manager - Storage Navigator, the security administrator can use Device Manager - Storage Navigator to change the target user's password.
Page 157: Enabling Or Disabling User Accounts
Adding a user Procedure In the Device Manager - Storage Navigator Administration tree, select User Groups. On the User Groups tab, select the user group that has the role you want the user to have, and then add or remove users. To add users to the selected groups: a.
Page 158: Deleting User Accounts
Click Finish. In the Confirm window, check the settings. Click Apply. The task is now registered. If the Go to tasks window for status check box is checked, the Task window opens to show the status of the task. Deleting user accounts Security Administrators can delete a user account when the account is no longer in use.
Page 159: Session Timeout
Procedure In the Administration tree, select User Groups. On the User Groups tab, click a user group to which the locked-out user belongs. On the User tab, select the user you want to unlock. On the User tab, click More Actions > Release Lockout. The Release Lockout window opens.
Page 160: Roles
To implement the above configuration, assign the users to the user groups as shown below. User group to be Roles to be assigned to the user Resource group to be User registered group assigned to user group Administr user group 1 Security Administrator (View &...
Page 161: Built-In Groups, Roles, And Resource Groups
Role Capabilities Storage Administrator • Configuring settings for CLPR (System Resource • Configuring settings for MP unit Management) • Deleting tasks and releasing exclusive locks of resources • Configuring LUN security • Configuring Server Priority Manager • Configuring tiering policies Storage Administrator •...
Page 162 Resource Built-in group Role group • Storage administrator (Initial Configuration) • Storage Administrator (System Resource Management) • Storage Administrator (Provisioning) • Storage Administrator (Performance Management) • Storage Administrator (Local Copy) • Storage Administrator (Remote Copy) System All Resource • Security Administrator (View & Modify) Groups •...
Page 163: Verifying The Roles Available To A User Group
Resource Built-in group Role group • Support Personnel Related tasks • Checking if a role is available to a user group on page 163 Verifying the roles available to a user group You can use Device Manager - Storage Navigator to verify the roles that are available to use with any user group.
Page 164: Creating A New User Group
Task window opens to show the status of the task. Changing a user group name You can change the name of a user group by using Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator. User administration...
Page 165: Changing User Group Permissions
Changing user group permissions You can change the permissions that are assigned to user groups by using Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator. Before you begin • You must have the Security Administrator (View & Modify) role to perform this task.
Page 166: Changing Assigned Resource Groups
Deleting a user group You do not have to retain a user group for the life of the project. You can delete it at any time by using Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator. Before you begin • You must have the Security Administrator (View & Modify) role to perform this task.
Page 167: Creating Resource Groups And Managing Storage System Resources
To avoid such problems, use Hitachi Resource Partition Manager software to set up resource groups that allow you to manage one storage system as multiple virtual private storage systems.
Page 168: Resource Group Examples
• External volumes • Ports • Host group IDs • iSCSI target IDs Note: Before you create LDEVs, you can reserve the desired number of LDEV IDs and assign them to a resource group for future use. You can also reserve and assign host group IDs and iSCSI target IDs in advance because the number of host groups or iSCSI targets per port is limited.
Page 169 The Security Administrator in the system division creates resource groups for each division in the storage system and assigns them to the respective divisions. The Storage Administrator in Division A can manage the resource groups for Division A but cannot access the resource groups for Division B. In the same manner, the Storage Administrator in Division B can manage the resource groups for Division B but cannot access the resource groups for Division A.
Page 170 The Security Administrator assigns the resource groups to the user groups. The Storage Administrator in the system division sets a port. The Security Administrator assigns resources to the resource groups. The Security Administrator assigns the Storage Administrators to the appropriate user groups. After the above procedures, the Storage Administrators in Divisions A and B can manage the resource groups assigned to their own division.
Page 171: Meta_Resource
The Security Administrator in the system division creates resource groups for each division in the storage system and assigns them to the respective divisions. The Storage Administrator in Division A can manage the resource groups for Division A but cannot access the resource groups for Division B. In the same manner, the Storage Administrator in Division B can manage the resource groups for Division B but cannot access the resource groups for Division A.
Page 172: Resource Group Assignments
allowed to a particular user are determined by the user group or groups to which the user belongs. The Security Administrator assigns resource groups to user groups. A user group might already be configured, or a new user group might be required for certain resources.
Page 173: Managing Resource Groups
• A Storage Administrator with the Security Administrator (View & Modify) role can create resource groups and assign resources to resource groups. • Resources removed from a resource group are returned to meta_resource. • Only a Security Administrator (View & Modify) can manage the resources in assigned resource groups.
Page 174 Before you begin You must have Security Administrator (View & Modify) role to perform this task. Procedure In the Explorer pane, expand the Storage Systems tree, click the Administration tab, and then select Resource Groups. Click Create Resource Groups. In the Create Resource Groups window, enter the name for the new group, select the desired resources for the new group, and click Add to add the new group to list of resource groups to be added.
Page 175 • To add or delete DP pool volumes, you must first add or delete DP pools. Before you begin You must have Security Administrator (View & Modify) role to perform this task. Procedure In the Explorer pane, click the Administration tab, and then select Resource Groups.
Page 176: Operations
Click Delete Resource Groups. Enter a task name or accept the default, and then click Submit. If you select View task status, the Tasks & Alerts tab opens. Resource access requirements for Device Manager - Storage Navigator operations When you log on to Device Manager - Storage Navigator, your user access privileges determine the resources you can view and the operations you can perform.
Page 177 Operation name Condition Edit encryption keys When you specify a parity group and open the Edit Encryption window, the specified parity group and LDEVs carved from the parity group must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them. When you open the Edit Encryption window without specifying a parity group, more than one parity group and LDEVs carved from the parity group must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group...
Page 178 Operation name Condition must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them. Edit ports The specified port must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them. Create alternative LUN The specified host groups and all the LDEVs where the paths are set paths to the host groups must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them.
Page 179: Performance Monitor Operations
Operation name Condition When you select the Apply same settings to the HBA WWN of all ports check box, all the iSCSI targets where the specified HBA WWNs are registered must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them. Remove hosts The specified iSCSI target must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them.
Page 180 Operation name Condition Create pairs Both primary volume and secondary volumes must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them. Split pairs Primary volumes must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them. Suspend pairs Resynchronize pairs Release pairs Access requirements for Thin Image...
Page 181 Operation name Condition Edit Ports Specified ports must be assigned to the user. Add Remote Connection Specified initiator ports must be assigned to the user. Edit Remote Connection Operation can be performed with no conditions. Options Create Pairs Primary volumes must be assigned to the user. Initiator ports of remote paths that are connected with the primary volume in the remote storage must be assigned to the user.
Page 182 Operation name Condition If primary volumes are specified, the initiator ports of remote paths that are connected with the primary volume in the remote storage must be assigned to the user. Edit Pair Options Primary volumes must be assigned to the user. Add Remote Paths Specified initiator ports must be assigned to the user.
Page 183 Operation name Condition Initiator ports of remote paths that are connected with the primary volume in the remote storage must be assigned to the user. Delete Mirrors All data volumes configured to a mirror must be assigned to the user. Edit Pair Options Primary volumes must be assigned to the user.
Page 184 Operation name Condition assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them. Disconnect external volumes The specified external volume and all the LDEVs allocated to the external volumes must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them. Reconnect external volumes The specified external volume and all the LDEVs allocated to the external volumes must be assigned to the Storage Administrator...
Page 185 Operation name Condition Create LDEVs When you specify a parity group and open the Create LDEVs window, the parity group must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them. When you create an internal or external volumes parity groups where the LDEV belongs and ID of the new LDEV must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them.
Page 186 Operation name Condition Migrate parity groups When you specify virtual volumes, the specified LDEV must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them. When you specify a parity group, the specified parity group must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them.
Page 187: Creating Configuration Files
Operation name Conditions Initialization All ports must be assigned to the Storage Administrator group permitted to manage them. Set threshold Creating configuration files Authentication servers and authorization servers must be configured using configuration files. Configuration files can be created for LDAP, RADIUS, and Kerberos authentication protocols.
Page 188 Required / Attribute Description Default value Optional The name of an authentication auth.server.name Required None server. When registering a primary and a secondary server, use a comma to separate the names. The name of the server, including the primary name, secondary name, and the comma (1 byte) must be 64 bytes or less.
Page 189 Required / Attribute Description Default value Optional • Flat model: An attribute name for a user entry's RDN sAMAccountName is used for Active Directory. auth.ldap.<server_na DN of the user for searching. If Otional None me>.searchdn omitted, [value_of_attr]=[Login_ID],[value_ of _basedn] is used for bind authentication.
Page 190: Creating A Radius Configuration File
Required / Attribute Description Default value Optional To use symbols such as + ; , < = and >, enter a backslash (\) before each symbol. When using multiple symbols, each symbol must have a backslash before it. For example, to enter abc++ in the searchdn field, use \+ instead of + as shown here: abc\+\+ To enter \ , /, or ", enter a backslash and then enter the ASCII code in hex for the following symbols:...
Page 191 The attributes are defined in the following tables. Table 7 RADIUS definition (for authentication server) Required / Default Attribute Description Optional value auth.server.type Type of an authentication server. Specify Required None radius. auth.server.name The name of an authentication server. Required None When registering a primary and secondary server, use a comma to...
Page 192 Required / Default Attribute Description Optional value auth.radius.server- Identifier for the RADIUS server to find Optional None name.attr.NASIdentifier SVP. Specify this value if the attr.NAS- Identifier attribute is used in your RADIUS environment. ASCII codes up to 253 bytes long are accepted. auth.radius.server- IPv4 address of the SVP.
Page 193: Creating A Kerberos Configuration File
Required / Default Attribute Description Optional value When you choose ldap, specify "true" to "auth.radius.domain-name.dns_lookup" auth.radius.domain- A host name, an IPv4 address or an IPv6 Optional None name.host address of the LDAP server. An IPv6 address must be enclosed in square brackets ([ ]).
Page 194 Caution: If you save the configuration file when using the Windows standard Notepad application, specify ANSI for the letter code. If you use an editor other than the memo pad and have the YTF-8 BOM setting, specify No BOM then save. auth.server.type=kerberos auth.group.mapping=<value>...
Page 195 Required / Attribute Description Default value Optional not searched with the information registered in the SRV records by specifying "true". auth.kerberos.clockske The acceptable range of the Optional difference in time between the SVP and the Kerberos server where the SVP is operating. Must be between 0 and 300 seconds.
Page 196 Attribute Description Required / Optional Default value • ldaps: Uses LDAP over SSL/TLS. • starttls: Uses StartTLS. auth.group.<realm_na A port number of the Optoinal me>.port LDAP server. Must be between 1 and 65535. auth.group.<realm_na DN of the user for Required None me>.searchdn searching.
Page 197: User Administration For Nas Manager
Attribute Description Required / Optional Default value To use symbols such as + ; , < = and >, enter a backslash (\) before each symbol. When using multiple symbols, each symbol must have a backslash before it. For example, to enter abc++ in the searchdn field, use \+ instead of + as shown here: abc\+\+ To enter \ , /, or ", enter a backslash and then the ASCII code in hex for these symbols.
Page 198: Adding An Smu User (An Administrator)
features and functions such as snapshots, quotas, and migration policies and schedules. • Server+Storage Administrators manage servers, clusters, and storage devices, as specified in the administrator profile created by the Global Administrator. Server+Storage administrators can manage everything Server Administrators and Storage Administrators can manage: file systems, file services, or file system related features and functions, and they can also manage storage devices and their components.
Page 199 Field/Item Description Name The name of the new user account. This name will be requested when logging in to the SMU. The rules for user names are: • For Global administrators only, if the user will access the SMU through the CLI, the user name: Must start with a letter or an underscore, and may consist of up ○...
Page 200 Field/Item Description • RADIUS users are those whose passwords are defined and authenticated in an external RADIUS servers. The RADIUS administrator must add a user name and password to all RADIUS servers. Password Enter the password that will be used when this user account logs in. The password cannot exceed 256 characters.
Page 201 Field/Item Description Note: Read-only users can not access the CLI, and a user with CLI access may not be read-only. If either of these options is checked, the other one is disabled. SMU CLI Access If the administrator is allowed to log in and access the SMU CLI of an (for Global external SMU, select the SMU CLI Access check box.
Page 202: Changing User Passwords
For Global Administrators only, if the administrator is allowed to log in and access the SMU command line interface (CLI) of an external SMU, select the SMU CLI Access check box. Using the Available Servers and the Selected Servers lists, specify the servers the administrator can access or the servers with the storage the administrator can manage.
Page 203: Changing Another User's Password
The following table describes the fields on this page: Field/Item Description User Name Displays your user login name (cannot be changed). Current Password Displays a series of dots representing the currently specified password (the actual password cannot be displayed). New Password The new password.
Page 204 Procedure Navigate to Home > SMU Administration > SMU Users to display the SMU Users page. Click details to display the SMU User Details page. Item/Field Description Name Administrator’s user name. Cannot be changed. User Type Describes if the user is authenticated by the SMU itself (local users), or if the user is authenticated by a RADIUS server.
Page 205 Item/Field Description file services, or file system related features and functions, and they cannot manage users. • Server Administrators manage servers and clusters, as specified in the administrator profile created by the Global Administrator. Server Administrators cannot manage storage devices. Server Administrators can manage file systems and file services such as CIFS Shares, NFS Exports, and they can manage file system related features and functions such as...
Page 206: Changing An Smu User Profile
Item/Field Description For storage administrators, lists HNAS servers that have attached storage that the administrator can manage. Note that a storage administrator cannot manage these servers, only the storage attached to these servers. For server+storage administrators, lists HNAS servers that the administrator can manage.
Page 207 Item/Field Description Name Administrator’s user name. Cannot be changed. User Type Describes if the user is authenticated by the SMU itself (local users), or if the user is authenticated by a RADIUS server. Password and Confirm For users authenticated by the SMU only (local users). These fields do not apply for users authenticated by a RADIUS server.
Page 208 Item/Field Description You cannot change the User Type or User Level of a user. If such a change is needed, delete the old user and create a new user. Read-Only Access Indicates if a user is defined as read-only, or not. When displaying the details of an existing user, the read-only attribute is shown but cannot be modified.
Page 209 • To grant management privileges for a server or the storage attached to a server, move the server from the Available Servers list to the Selected Servers list. • To revoke management privileges for a server or the storage attached to a server, move the server from the Selected Servers list to the Available Servers list.
Page 210 User administration System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 211: Setting Up Security
Setting up security This chapter describes how to set up security on your storage system. Setting up TCP/IP for a firewall □ Working with certificates □ Setting up authentication and authorization □ SMU user authentication □ Setting up security System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 212: Setting Up Tcp/Ip For A Firewall
SVP and the storage system. Managing HCS certificates This topic explains how to set or delete certificates for Hitachi Command Suite (HCS) that are used to check the server's reliability when SSL communication for HCS external authentication is performed.
Page 213: Deleting Hcs Certificates
Procedure Close all Device Manager - Storage Navigator sessions on the SVP. Open a command prompt window with administrator permissions. In the folder where the certificate update tool is located, execute the following command: C:\MAPP\wk\Supervisor\MappIniSet>MappHcsCrtEntry.bat absolute-path-of-signed-public-key-certificate-file Note: A space is required between MappHcsCrtEntry.bat and the signed public key certification file path.
Page 214: Flow Of Ssl Communication Settings
Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator User ID and password that is exchanged during each visit (or session). SSL certificates consist of small data files that digitally bind a cryptographic key to an SVP's log on credentials. When installed on the SVP, SSL activates the padlock and the HTTPS protocol, allowing secure connections between the SVP and the storage system.
Page 215 Creating a private key A private key is required to create an SSL keypair. The following procedure for Windows 7 creates a private key file called server.key in the c:\key folder. Before you begin Download openssl.exe from the OpenSSL website. Procedure If the read-only attribute is set, release it from the c:\openssl folder.
Page 216: Obtaining A Signed Certificate
217. Note: When you send a request to a certificate authority, specify the SVP as the host name. Hitachi recommends that self-signed certificates be used only for testing encrypted communication. Setting up security System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 217: Verifying And Releasing An Ssl Certificate Passphrase
Obtaining a self-signed certificate To obtain a self-signed certificate, open a command prompt and execute the following command: c:\key>c:\openssl\bin\openssl x509 -req -sha256 -days 10000 -in server.csr -signkey server.key -out server.crt Note: This command uses SHA-256 as a hash algorithm. MD5 or SHA-1 is not recommended for a hash algorithm due to its low security level.
Page 218: Converting Ssl Certificates To Pkcs#12 Format
If Enter pass phrase for server.key: is displayed, the passphrase is set. Enter the passphrase. The passphrase in the SSL private key will be released, and the SSL certificate can be applied to the SVP. Example (when passphrase is set) C:\key>c:\openssl\bin\openssl rsa -in server.key -out server.key Enter pass phrase for server.key: "Enter passphrase"...
Page 219: Updating A Signed Certificate
Updating a signed certificate To use SSL-encrypted communication, you must update and upload the private key and the signed server certificate (public key) to the SVP. Before you begin • You must have the Storage Administrator (Initial Configuration) role to perform this task.
Page 220: Returning The Certificate To Default
• Certificates for RMI communication are updated asynchronously. The process takes about two minutes. • If the service processor certificate is updated while Hitachi Command Suite is being set up, the setup operation will fail. • Updating the SSL certificate might change the system drastically and may lead to service processor failure.
Page 221: Selecting A Cipher Suite
Selecting a cipher suite Before you begin You must have the Storage Administrator (View & Modify) role to complete this procedure. Procedure In the maintenance utility Menu navigation tree, click System Management. Click Select Cipher Suite. Select the type of communication to use between the SVP and the storage system.
Page 222: Updating The Certificate Files
Updating the certificate files The Update Certificate Files window is used to update the certificates that are used for communication between the SVP and the storage system. Before you begin • You must have the Storage Administrator (View & Modify) role to complete this procedure.
Page 223: Releasing Http Communication Blocking
Browse to the certificate file and click Open. The File Upload window closes and returns you to the Update Certificate Files dialog box. In the Web Server Password: field, enter the certificate password. Enter the password again in the Web Server Re-enter Password: field. Select a Connect to SVP certificate file to update.
Page 224: Blocking Http Communication To The Svp
In the folder where the HTTP setting tool is located, execute the following command: C:\MAPP\wk\Supervisor\MappIniSet>MappHttpRelease.bat A completion message box displays. Press any key to acknowledge the message and close the message box. Close the command prompt window. Blocking HTTP communication to the SVP If the web server supports SSL (HTTPS), you can use the HTTP setting tool to block or allow access to the HTTP communication port as needed.
Page 225: Authentication Server Protocols
The following figure shows the login workflow with an authentication server: If an authorization server works together with an authentication server, the user groups that are registered in the authorization server can be assigned to a user for Device Manager - Storage Navigator. The following figure shows the login workflow when an authentication server and an authorization server are used in combination: You can use the authentication server without knowing the host names and...
Page 226: Authorization Server Requirements
One of the following encryption types must be used for the Kerberos server: Windows • AES128-CTS-HMAC-SHA1-96 • RC4-HMAC • DES3-CBC-SHA1 • DES-CBC-CRC • DES-CBC-MD5 Solaris or Linux • DES-CBC-MD5 Authorization server requirements The authorization server must satisfy the following requirements if it works together with the authentication server: Prerequisite OS •...
Page 227: Connecting Authentication And Authorization Servers
If you search for a server using information registered in the SRV records in the DNS server, confirm that the following conditions are satisfied: Note: For RADIUS servers, you cannot use the SRV records. LDAP server conditions: • The environmental setting for the DNS server is completed at the LDAP server.
Page 228: Naming A User Group In Device Manager - Storage Navigator
In the folder where the .bat file is located, execute the following command specifying the configuration file path and the certificate file path: C:\MAPP\wk\Supervisor\MappIniSet>MappSetExAuthConf "C:\auth \auth.properties" "C:\auth\auth.cer" After you complete the settings and verify that you can use the authentication and authorization servers, back up the connection settings for the authentication server.
Page 229: Active Directory User Authentication
The user profile: • Indicates if the user is to be authenticated locally,or through a RADIUS server. • Specifies the user's access (privilege) level, meaning it specifies if the user is a: ○ Global administrator. ○ Storage administrator. ○ Server administrator. ○...
Page 230: Using Transport Layer Security (Tls) With Active Directory Authentication
server, it attempts to contact the second server and so on. When a connection is made and an authentication response received (either positive or negative) it is treated as definitive. It does not then contact further servers because all servers are assumed to have identical content. Using Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Active Directory authentication TLS is a cryptographic protocol which provides security between applications...
Page 231 Note: On the NAS system, local users and Active Directory groups can be created with read-only access. A read-only user has permission to view most pages of the NAS Manager; however, they are not generally allowed to perform any actions on the NAS Manager that would trigger a system or configuration change Procedure Navigate to Home >...
Page 232 Field/Item Description secured LDAP communications for Active Directory authentication. Search User Credentials Distinguished Name The LDAP distinguished name for a user that has search capabilities. Password The password for the search user. Servers IP Address or DNS Name The address of one or more Active Directory servers for the domain.
Page 233: Configuring Active Directory Groups
• Enter the fully qualified domain name or IP address of the server, and click Add. • Click find servers.The list of discovered servers is displayed. Note: The DNS server or servers must be configured for the SMU (under Name Services) for find servers to work. ○...
Page 234 Procedure Navigate to the Home > SMU Administrator > Active Directory Groups to display the Active Directory Groups page. This page shows all Active Directory groups that have been added. Note that Active Directory groups can be associated with a group access level. For example, it is possible to define a group of users who only have server level of access.
Page 235 Field/Item Description Note: Read-only users can not access the CLI, and a user with CLI access may not be read-only. If either of these options is checked, the other one is disabled. details Click the details button in the right-hand column to view details of the associated group.
Page 236 Field/Item Description and data. Users in a read-only group have permission to view most pages of the NAS Manager; however, they are not allowed to perform any actions that would trigger a system or configuration change. The Active Directory Group Details page will not allow the read-only attribute to be modified.
Page 237 Active directory users are given the same access level to all managed HNAS servers. Click OK to save the group. The SMU will perform a test to check the group exists in Active Directory and displays warning if it is not, giving the user the opportunity to modify the group.
Page 238: User Authentication Through Radius Servers (Hnas Server Only)
Field/Item Description and have the same meanings. The default is Global , but the level can be modified by selecting one of the other radio buttons. No details can be modified for a group, so the OK button is disabled. cancel Returns to the Active Directory Groups page.
Page 239: Displaying List Of Radius Servers
server, then the next server, until the SMU has tried to contact all the RADIUS servers in the list. Displaying list of RADIUS servers Procedure Navigate to Home > SMU Administration > RADIUS Servers. Adding a RADIUS server Procedure Navigate to Home > SMU Administration > RADIUS Servers to display the RADIUS Servers page.
Page 240 Field/Item Description RADIUS server IP To connect with the RADIUS server, specify an IPv4 or IPv6 address, address or DNS name or a host name (host name is not recommended). An IP address is preferred, both because it eliminates the dependency on the network DNS sever(s), and to improve login performance.
Page 241: Displaying Details Of Radius Server
Displaying details of RADIUS server Procedure Navigate to Home > SMU Administration > RADIUS Server to display the RADIUS Server page. Select a RADIUS server, and click details to display the RADIUS Server Details page. Field/Item Description RADIUS server IP address The RADIUS server IP address or DNS name.
Page 242 The SMU can be configured to control the hosts that can access the SMU and auxiliary devices managed by the SMU. Note: If you have a standby SMU, it may take up to 5 minutes after a configuration change to be synchronized with the active SMU Procedure Navigate to Home >...
Page 243 Note: Take care before disabling cipher suites, because not all cipher suites are supported by all browsers. Optionally, to disable protocols, at Enable HTTPS Protocols, uncheck the check box next to a protocol to change its state to disabled. It is necessary to have at least one protocol remain enabled.
Page 244 Setting up security System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 245: Alert Notifications
Alert notifications Use alert notifications to monitor the storage system for changes in configuration or status. Viewing alert notifications □ Configuring alert notifications □ Sending test messages □ Using the Windows event log □ Alert notifications System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 246: Viewing Alert Notifications
• Syslog: Check the messages on the Syslog server to view alert information sent there. • SNMP traps: To view SNMP trap information, use the SNMP Manager in Device Manager - Storage Navigator. See the Hitachi SNMP Agent User Guide for information about using SNMP traps. Configuring alert notifications Procedure In the maintenance utility, click the SNMP tab to display it.
Page 247: General Settings
General settings Procedure In the maintenance utility Administration pane, select Alert Notifications. In the Alert Notifications window, click Set Up. The Set Up Alert Notifications window displays the Email tab by default. Select the type of report to send. • Host Report: Sends alerts only to the hosts for which a SIM report setting is made.
Page 248: Email Settings
Email settings Procedure To send email notices, click Enable, next to Email Notice. Click Disable to not send email notices. Click Add to add an email address to the list of registered addresses. Enter the email address and then use the pull-down menu to select the type of address: To, Cc, or Bcc.
Page 249 Select the type of transfer protocol to use. In Primary Server: a. Click Enable to use the server or Disable not to use it. b. Select the type of IP address to use for the server: IPv4 or IPv6. c. In Client Certificate File Name, click Browse to select a client certificate file.
Page 250: Snmp Settings
SNMP settings Procedure Click the SNMP tab. In SNMP Agent, click Enable to use the agent or Disable not to use it. In Trap Destination, click the type of address to send the SNMP trap information: Community or Public. Click Add to add an SNMP trap address. In Community, create a new community name or select an existing one.
Page 251: Sending A Test Email Message
Reference code. The same code as the one reported by SNMP traps. Detail Failure details. The same information as the one reported by SNMP traps. See the Hitachi SNMP Agent User Guide for reference codes and failure details. Sending a test Syslog message Procedure Click the Syslog tab.
Page 252: Sending A Test Snmp Trap
Sending a test SNMP trap Procedure Click the SNMP tab. The SNMP tab displays the current settings for the storage system name, contact, location, SNMP trap, and SNMP manager. Click Send Test SNMP Trap. A completion notice displays. Click OK to acknowledge the notice and close the message. Using the Windows event log Some failure information is output to the Windows event log.
Page 253: Viewing The Windows Event Log
VSP G200: 2000 VSP G400 or VSP F400, VSP G600 or VSP F600: 4000 VSP G800 or VSP F800: 6000 For example, for a VSP G600 that has the serial number 400102, the value is 834000400102. Execute the following batch file: eventlog.bat action monitoring-period...
Page 254: Output Example Of The Failure Information
Output example of the failure information The storage system delivers a report after you send failure information to the event log. The storage system failure information will look similar to the following example: Item Description Overview of the Displays the overview of the event information event info Detail of the Displays the selected information...
Page 255 Displays the computer name on which the event occurred *For reference code, failure details, and alert level, see the SNMP failure trap reference code section in the Hitachi SNMP Agent User Guide. Alert notifications System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 256 Alert notifications System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 257: Managing License Keys
Managing license keys This storage system includes base and optional software features for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200, G400, G600, G800 or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F400, F600, F800 storage systems that must be enabled by installing license keys. This chapter describes the types of available licenses, license capacity calculation, and instructions for installing, enabling, disabling, and uninstalling license keys.
Page 258: Overview
Overview When you install a license key, it is automatically enabled and the timer on the license starts at that time. To preserve time on a term key license, you can disable it without uninstalling it. When you need the software, enable the license again.
Page 259: Using The Term Key
installed), Grace Period displays in the status field of the License Keys window. You can continue to perform the same operations, but the deficient amount of license capacity must be purchased within 30 days. Using the term key You can purchase the term key to use the software application for a specific number of days.
Page 260: Cautions On License Capacities In License-Related Windows
You can also use the emergency key if the configuration of the software application that is installed by the temporary key remains in the changed status and cannot be restored to the original status. For example, if you do not plan to purchase the software application after using the temporary key for trial purposes, you can restore the changed configuration to the original status by temporarily enabling the software application with the emergency key.
Page 261 See the Provisioning Guide for an explanation of accelerated compression. Unlimited capacity You can use the software regardless of the volume capacity. Table 12 Software bundle licensed capacity for VSP G200, G400, G600, G800 Software bundle VSP G200...
Page 262: Calculating Licensed Capacity For A Normal Volume
The used capacity for Remote Replication is the sum of TrueCopy and Universal Replicator. Table 13 Software bundle licensed capacity for VSP F400, F600, F800 Software bundle VSP F400, F600, F800 Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System Unlimited (SVOS) Hitachi Remote Replication...
Page 263: Calculating Licensed Capacity For An External Volume
Item Value 5,809,860 MB / 1,024 5,673.70 GB 5,673.70 GB / 1,024 5.55 TB Estimated required capacity At least 6 TB Calculating licensed capacity for an external volume Use the following equation to calculate the licensed capacity for an external volume: External Volume Capacity (KB) = Volume Capacity (number of blocks) X 512 (bytes) / 1,024...
Page 264 Use NAS Manager to install and enable both block and file license keys on VSP Gx00 models with NAS modules. Using NAS Manager, you can install both block and file licenses but only remove file licenses. To remove block licenses, you must use the maintenance utility. Caution: If you use Dynamic Provisioning, the licensed capacity might become insufficient because the used capacity of Dynamic Provisioning pools could increase even if you do not add any volumes.
Page 265: Installing Block And File Licenses Using Nas Manager
Installing block and file licenses using NAS Manager Use NAS Manager to install and enable both block and file license keys on VSP Gx00 models with NAS modules. Using NAS Manager, you can install both block and file licenses but only remove file licenses. To remove block licenses, you must use the maintenance utility.
Page 266: Installing Block Licenses Using Maintenance Utility
Note: After adding a license key, if a reboot is required in order to start a service/protocol or enable a feature, you are instructed to reboot or restart the system. For a file license, you can either enter the key manually or import it from a file.
Page 267: Disabling A License
Procedure From the Maintenance Utility menu, click License Keys to open the License Keys window. Select the license to enable. You can select from one to all of the licenses listed in the window at the same time. Click Enable to display the License Keys window. Check the settings and click Apply.
Page 268: Removing A Data Retention Utility License
Note: To reinstall a license key after uninstalling it, contact Hitachi Data Systems customer support to reissue the license key file. Related tasks • Removing a Data Retention Utility license on page 268 Removing a Data Retention Utility license Caution: When you remove a Data Retention Utility license, an error might occur, even if the Permitted Volumes column of the License Keys window indicates that the licensed capacity is 0 TB.
Page 269: License Key Expiration
License key status Status Key type Licensed capacity Term (Days) (example) A term key or an Not installed blank Blank Blank emergency key was installed, but has expired. Installed with the Not Enough License permanent or term Permitted and Used permanent key or the term key, but the licensed capacity was insufficient.
Page 270 Managing license keys System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 271: Configuring Audit Logs
Configuring audit logs This chapter describes how to change the audit log settings in the maintenance utility. Audit log settings □ Configuring audit logs System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 272: Audit Log Settings
Audit log settings This section shows the procedures to configure the audit log settings. The Audit Log Settings window shows the current audit log settings. Select one of more of the three tabs to change the settings. Related tasks • Setting up a syslog server on page 272 •...
Page 273: Exporting An Audit Log
Exporting an audit log Use the following procedure to send a display an audit log file on the screen or to save it to a file on the SVP or your laptop. Before you begin You must have the Audit Log Administrator (View Only) role to perform this task.
Page 274: Send Test Message To Syslog Server
Click Save. The file auditlog.txt file is saved. Send test message to syslog server Use the following procedure to send a test audit log message to the syslog server. Before you begin You must have the Audit Log Administrator (View Only) role to perform this task.
Page 275: Managing Storage System Reports
Managing storage system reports Device Manager - Storage Navigator can generate a standard set of reports that provide views of various aspects of the storage system. In addition to these views, you can generate custom reports for specific areas of the system.
Page 276: About Storage System Reports
About storage system reports Device Manager - Storage Navigator can generate a standard set of reports that provide views of various aspects of the storage system. In addition to these views, you can generate custom reports for specific areas of the system.
Page 277: Viewing Configuration Reports In The Reports Window
Open a CSV file in the folder extracted-folder\csv. Viewing configuration reports in the Reports window You can view only HTML format reports in the Reports window. Procedure Expand the Storage Systems tree, and then click Reports. Click the name of the report to display. The report is displayed in the Reports window.
Page 278: Collecting Dump Files Using The Dump Tool
Procedure Expand the Storage Systems tree, and then click Reports. Select the report to delete. Click Delete Reports. Click Apply. Collecting dump files using the Dump tool Use the Dump tool to download dump files onto a management client. The downloaded dump files can be used to: •...
Page 279 Move the current directory to the folder where the tool is available. (For example: <SVP-root-directory>\DKC200\mp\pc). Specify the output destination of the dump file and execute Dump_Detail.bat or Dump_Normal.bat. For example, if you are storing the result of Dump_Detail.bat to C: \Result_832000400001, enter the following: C:\MAPP\wk\832000400001\DKC200\mp\pc>Dump_Detail.bat C: \Result_832000400001...
Page 280 Managing storage system reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 281 Examples of storage configuration reports The following examples show various storage configuration reports in table, graph, and CSV formats. Reports in table view □ Reports in graphical view □ CSV files □ Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 282: Reports In Table View
Reports in table view Some Device Manager - Storage Navigator reports appear in table format. The following figure provides examples of reports in table format. The icons are displayed before the names of the reports in table view. If the icons are not displayed correctly, update the window.
Page 283: Disk Boards Report
Item Description Port Location Name of the port User Name Name of the CHAP user for authentication iSCSI Target Alias Alias of the iSCSI target iSCSI Target Name Name of the iSCSI target Disk Boards report The following figure shows an example of a Disk Boards report. The table following the figure describes the items in the report.
Page 284: Host Groups / Iscsi Targets Report
Item Description Number of LDEVs The number of the logical volumes that are inaccessible from the host and belong to (Unallocated) the parity groups controlled by the disk board. Total LDEV Capacity (MB) Total capacity of the logical volumes belonging to the parity groups that the disk board controls.
Page 285: Hosts Report
Item Description Total LDEV Capacity (MB) Total capacity of the logical volumes accessible from the hosts in the host group. This is the total capacity of LDEVs referred to in "Number of LDEVs". Port Security Security of the port iSCSI target method authentication settings Authentication : Method •...
Page 286: Logical Devices Report
Item Description Host Group Name / iSCSI Name of the host group / alias of the iSCSI target Target Alias iSCSI Target Name Name of the iSCSI target Host Mode Host mode of the host group Host Mode Option Host group host mode option. When more than one host mode option is specified, they are separated by semicolons (;) Host Name Name of the host that can access the LU path through the port...
Page 287 Item Description A hyphen (-) is displayed as RPM when the drive is SSD. Drive Type-Code Type code of the drive of the parity group where the logical volume belongs Drive Capacity Capacity of the drive of the parity group where the logical volume belongs. PG Members List of the drive locations of the parity group where the logical volume belongs Allocated...
Page 288: Luns Report
LUNs report The following figure shows an example of an LU path definitions report. A record is created for each LU path. The table following the figure describes the items in the report. Item Description Port Location Name of the port HBA WWN / iSCSI Name Port WWN or name of the iSCSI (16 digits in hexadecimal) Port Security...
Page 289: Mp Unit Details Report
Item Description MP Unit ID MP unit ID Auto Assignment Auto assignment attribute for the MP unit Number of Resources (LDEV) Number of LDEVs that the MP unit controls Number of Resources Number of journals that the MP unit controls (Journal) Number of Resources Number of external volumes that the MP unit controls (includes volumes for FICON...
Page 290: Parity Groups Report
Parity group number • If the number starts with "E" (for example, E1-1), the parity group contains external volumes (Hitachi Universal Volume Manager User Guide). • If the number starts with "M" (for example, M1-1), the parity group contains volumes for FICON DM.
Page 291: Physical Devices Report
Item Description Drive Type-Code The type code of the drive in the parity group. • The type code of the first drive in the parity group. • If the parity group contains external volumes, the drive type code displays the vendor, the model, and the serial number of the storage system.
Page 292 Item Description Location Name of physical devices C# and R# to define physical devices Output as "XX/YY" Parity group of physical devices Emulation Type Parity group of physical devices Drive type Drive type of physical devices • • Revolutions-per-minute (RPM) in the parity group •...
Page 293: Ports Report
Ports report The following figure shows an example of part of a ports report. The actual report includes several more columns of information. The table following the figure describes the items in the report. Item Description Name of the channel board Type Package type of the channel board Port Location...
Page 294 Item Description IPv6 global address 2 of the port. IPv6 : Global Address 2 Output example: xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx (hexadecimal) IPv6 : Assigned Default Assigned IPv6 default gateway Gateway Selective ACK Selective ACK mode • Enabled • Disabled Ethernet MTU Size (Byte) MTU settings (binary) •...
Page 295: Power Consumption Report
Item Description Number of PGs The number of the parity groups having the logical volumes that can be accessed through the port Number of DKBs The number of the disk boards controlling the parity group that contains the logical volumes that can be accessed through the port Power Consumption report The following figure shows an example of a power consumption report.
Page 296: Spare Drives Report
Minimum (Temperature in degrees Celsius) in degrees C), • XX: DB number TEMP:DB00-DBPS00-2 Average (Temperature in 00 to 07 (VSP G200) degrees C), 00 to 23 (VSP G400, G600, VSP F400, F600) TEMP:DB00-DBPS00-2 Maximum (Temperature in degrees C), 00 to 47 (VSP G800 or VSP F800) •...
Page 297: Ssd Endurance Report
Item Description Drive Capacity Capacity of the spare drive Drive Type-Code Type code of the spare drive Location Location of the spare drive SSD Endurance report The following figure shows an example of an SSD endurance report. The table following the figure describes the items in the report. Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 298: Storage System Summary Report
Item Description Drive Type-Code Type code of the SSD Drive Capacity Capacity of the SSD Location Location of the SSD Used Endurance Indicator Used endurance of the SSD Storage System Summary report The following figure shows an example of part of a Storage System Summary report.
Page 299 Figure 1 Storage System Summary report (VSP G200) Figure 2 Storage System Summary report (VSP G200) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 300 Figure 3 Storage System Summary report (VSP G400, VSP G600) Figure 4 Storage System Summary report (VSP G400, VSP G600) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 301 Figure 5 Storage System Summary report (VSP G800) Figure 6 Storage System Summary report (VSP G800) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 302: Reports In Graphical View
Item Description Storage System Type Type of the storage system Serial Number Serial number of the storage system IP Address IP address of the SVP Software Versions Version of the following programs. • Main • • ROM BOOT • RAM BOOT •...
Page 303: Cache Memories Report
This report shows cache memory data, including shared memory, main board, and DIMM capacity. The total cache memory is displayed for each module. Figure 7 Cache Memories report (VSP G200) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 304 Figure 8 Cache Memories report (VSP G400, G600, VSP F400, F600) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 305: Channel Boards Report
Figure 9 Cache Memories report (VSP G800, VSP F800) Total capacity of the cache memory and shared memory is displayed separately for each module. Channel Boards report This report shows the channel boards and the ports and types of channel boards for each channel board.
Page 306 Figure 10 Channel Boards (VSP G200) Figure 11 Channel Boards report (VSP G400, G600, VSP F400, F600) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 307 Figure 12 Channel Boards Report (when a NAS module is mounted) Figure 13 Channel Boards report (VSP G800, VSP F800) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 308 Figure 14 Channel Boards report (when a channel board box is connected) Figure 15 Channel Boards report (when a NAS module is mounted) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 309: Physical View Report
Physical View report This report shows disk controller chassis and drive boxes, and includes channel boards, disk boards, data drives, spare drives, and free drives. It also shows the storage system type, serial number, and software version. You can check the legend for disk units, such as SAS, SSD, Spare, Free, or Not Installed.
Page 310 Figure 16 Physical View report (VSP G200) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 311 Figure 17 Physical View report (VSP G400, G600, VSP F400, F600) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 312 Figure 18 Physical View report (when a NAS module is mounted) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 313 Figure 19 Physical View report (VSP G800, VSP F800) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 314 Figure 20 Physical View report (when a channel board box is connected) Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 315: Csv Files
Figure 21 Physical View report (when a NAS module is mounted) CSV files This topic describes reports that are saved in CSV format. AllConf.csv This is the concatenated file of all the csv files. Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 316: Cacheinfo.csv
Hypervisor usage within the total cache memory capacity in controller board. • Blank if Unified Mode of DkcInfo.csv is Off. This item is not displayed for VSP G200. ChapUserInfo.csv This CSV file contains information about the iSCSI CHAP authenticated user registered to the port in the channel board.
Page 317: Chastatus.csv
Table 18 ChapUserInfo.csv file Title: <<CHAP User Information>>) Item Content Port Port name User Name Name of the CHAP authenticated user iSCSI Target ID The iSCSI number of the target (00 to fe, hexadecimal) Notes: If the character string contains a comma, the comma is converted to a tab. For the target information, see the record information with the same iSCSI target ID in IscsiTargetInfo.csv.
Page 318: Dkainfo.csv
Item Content • Blank if "Equip Status" is Not Equipped DkaInfo.csv This CSV file contains information about disk boards (DKBs). A record is created for each DKB. Table 21 DkaInfo.csv file (Title: <<DKB Information>>) Item Content DKB Location DKB name Package Type DKB type Output example:...
Page 319: Dkutempaveinfo.csv
DkuTempAveInfo.csv shows the average temperature as DB temperature data. The total number of items depends on the model (VSP G200: 17, VSP G400/VSP G600/VSP F400/VSP F600: 49, VSP G800/VSP F800: 97). The DB temperature data displayed in DkuTempAveInfo.csv (average temperature only), DkuTempMaxInfo.csv (maximum temperature only), and...
Page 320: Dkutempinfo.csv
DkuTempInfo.csv shows the average temperature, maximum temperature, and minimum temperature as DB temperature data. The total number of items depends on the model (VSP G200: 49, VSP G400/ VSP G600/VSP F400/VSP F600: 145, VSP G800, VSP F800: 289). The DB temperature data displayed in DkuTempAveInfo.csv (average temperature only), DkuTempMaxInfo.csv (maximum temperature only), and...
Page 321 DB number. The following tables list DBxx and DBPSxxy: xx values, where xx is a value from 00 to 07 (VSP G200), 00 to 23 (VSP G400, G600, VSP F400, VSP F600), or 00 to 47 (VSP G800, VSP F800).
Page 322: Dkutempmaxinfo.csv
DkuTempMaxInfo.csv shows the maximum temperature as DB temperature data. The total number of items depends on the following model: • VSP G200: 17 • VSP G400/VSP G600/VSP F400/VSP F600: 49 • VSP G800/VSP F800: 97 The DB temperature data displayed in DkuTempAveInfo.csv (average...
Page 323: Dkutempmininfo.csv
Maximum temperature (°C) for the two-hour period of DB47 DBPS472 Temperature maximum value For VSP G200, item shows up to DB07 DBPS072. For VSP G400, VSP G600, VSP F400, VSP F600, item shows up to DB23 DBPS232. Note: An item name is displayed as DBxx DBPSxxy. The names are listed in ascending order of the DB number.
Page 324: Eluninfo.csv
For details of external volumes, see Hitachi Universal Volume Manager User Guide. Information about the NAS module is not displayed in this CSV file.
Page 325 Item Content • Single • ALUA Port Name of a local port from which the external path is connected to the external storage system Port identifier number of the external storage system Blank if "Package Type" is iSCSI LU number set for the external volume. Priority Priority of the paths between the storage systems to be used for connection with the external volume.
Page 326: Envmoninfo.csv
Item Content IP Address IP address for an iSCSI target of an external storage system • IPv6: XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX (hexadecimal) • IPv4: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (decimal) • Blank if "Package Type" is iSCSI. TCP Port Number TCP port number (1 through 65535) for the iSCSI target of an external storage system Blank if "Package Type"...
Page 327: Fcspnameinfo.csv
Item Description DKC0 CL1 Temperature DKC0: Maximum temperature of CL1 (°C) maximum value DKC0 CL1 Temperature DKC0: Minimum temperature of CL1 (°C) minimum value DKC0 CL2 Temperature DKC0: Average temperature of CL2 (°C) average DKC0 CL2 Temperature DKC0: Maximum temperature of CL2 (°C) maximum value DKC0 CL2 Temperature DKC0: Minimum temperature of CL2 (°C)
Page 328: Hduinfo.csv
Item Content Time out(Sec) Time interval (in seconds) before retrying authentication in case of failure in authentication Refusal Intvl.(Min) Time interval (in minutes) before starting next authentication in case of failure in authentication for the number of times displayed by "Refusal Freq(Counts)" Refusal Freq.(Counts) Number of times of authentication allowable for connection to a port Switch Port Username...
Page 329: Iscsiportinfo.csv
Table 34 IscsiHostInfo.csv file (Title: <<iSCSI Host Information>>) Item Content Port Port name iSCSI Name iSCSI host name Host Name Nickname for iSCSI host name iSCSI Target ID iSCSI target number (hexadecimal format, 00 to fe) Notes: For the target information, see the record information with the same iSCSI target ID in IscsiTargetInfo.csv. IscsiPortInfo.csv This CSV file contains information about iSCSI information set to the channel board port.
Page 330 Item Content • • TCP Port Number The number of the port for using socket (1 to 65535) Ethernet MTU Size (Byte) | MTU settings • 1500 • 4500 • 9000 Keep Alive Timer (sec.) Keep alive timer value of iSCSI (30 to 64800) (sec) Selective ACK Selective ACK mode •...
Page 331: Iscsitargetinfo.csv
IscsiTargetInfo.csv This CSV file contains information about iSCSI target information set to the channel board port. A record is created for each iSCSI target. Information about the NAS module is not displayed in this CSV file. Table 36 IscsiTargetInfo.csv file (Title: <<iSCSI Target Information>>) Item Content Port...
Page 332: Ldevcapainfo.csv
LdevCapaInfo.csv This CSV file contains information about LDEV capacities. A record is created for each of the classifications shown in "Volume Kind". Table 38 LdevCapaInfo.csv file (Title: <<LDEV Capacity Information>>) Item Content Volume Kind The following classifications are output: • Internal OPEN Volumes •...
Page 333 LdevInfo.csv This CSV file contains information about logical devices (LDEVs). A record is created for each LDEV. For details of LDEVs, see the Provisioning Guide. Table 40 Ldevinfo.csv file (Title: <<LDEV Status>>) Item Content ECC Group Number of parity group where the LDEV belongs. Output example: X-Y (decimals) •...
Page 334 Item Content RAID Concatenation#2 Number of parity group to be concatenated to parity group (#2) identified by ECC Group. Blank if the parity group is not concatenated to another parity group. ORACLE CHECK SUM Information about whether this LDEV is an Oracle check sum target. •...
Page 335: Ldevstatus.csv
Item Content • Disabled: accelerated compression is disabled. If the parity group with LDEV does not support accelerated compression, a blank space is displayed. Also, for external volumes, a blank is displayed. Notes: If the character string contains a comma, the comma is converted to a tab. LdevStatus.csv This CSV file contains information about the status of logical devices (LDEVs).
Page 336: Luninfo.csv
Refer to "LdevInfo.csv" for information about the LDEV type. LDEV#(V-VOL) LDEV number allocated to this CLPR. • VSP G200: (00:00:00 to 00:07:ff) • VSP G400, G600 or VSP F400, F600: (00:00:00 to 00:0f:ff) • VSP G800 or VSP F800: (00:00:00 to 00:3f:ff) The type of this LDEV is Dynamic Provisioning, Thin Image, or ALU.
Page 337: Lunportinfo.csv
Item Description • iSCSI: ○ 10iSCSI2o (CHB) ○ 10iSCSI2c (CHB) • NAS module: ○ NAS module (CHB) Resource Group ID (Host Resource group ID of a host group (0 to 1,023, decimal) Group) Resource Group Name (Host Resource group name of a host group Group) T10 PI Mode Indicates whether the T10 PI mode can be applied to the port for which the LU path is...
Page 338: Microversion.csv
Item Content • Blank if "Package Type" is iSCSI or NAS module Connection One of the Fibre topology settings: • Point to Point • FC-AL • Blank if "Package Type" is iSCSI or NAS module Channel Speed Channel Speed of this port •...
Page 339: Mlcenduranceinfo.csv
Unified Hypervisor Unified Hypervisor version (8 digits) • The version is displayed in each CL1, CL2. • This item is not displayed in VSP G200. NASFWINST NASFWINST version (9 digits) • The version is displayed in each CL1, CL2. •...
Page 340: Modeperlpr.csv
Path status for the MP unit number with the cache module CMG#01-00 to 01 (CMG#XX-YY) XX: I path, YY: CMG# For VSP G200, CMG#00-00 to 01 only MPU#00-00 to 03 Path status and the MP unit for the MP unit number...
Page 341: Mppcbstatus.csv
Item Content The display in MPU#00-01, MPU#00-03, MPU#01-01, or MPU#01-03 is blank if Unified Mode of DkcInfo.csv is On. For VSP G200, MPU#00-00 to 03 only CMG#00-00 to 01 Path status with the cache module for the CTL number CMG#01-00 to 01...
Page 342: Pdevcapainfo.csv
Table 50 PcbRevInfo.csv file (Title: <<PCB Revision Information>>) Item Content Cluster# Cluster number • • Location Name of the part FRU number Product name of the package or some other name PK Revision Revision of the package Factory Factory manufacturing the package Number Serial number of the package MAC Address...
Page 343 Item Content Output in the format XX/YY, where: • XX: C# • YY: R# PDEV Location PDEV location name Device Type Drive type • • Revolutions per minute Blank displays as RPM when the drive is SSD. Device Type-Code Device type code of this drive Output example: DKR5D-J600SS Device Size Drive size (inches)
Page 344: Pdevstatus.csv
Item Content Blank if the parity group is not concatenated to another parity group or is Spare Drive. PdevStatus.csv This CSV file contains information about the status of physical devices (PDEVs). A record is created for each PDEV. Table 53 PdevStatus.csv file (Title: <<PDEV Status>>) Item Content C# and R# (2-digit hexadecimal numbers), which identify the PDEV...
Page 345 Table 55 PkInfo.csv file (Title: <<PK>>) Item Content CHB Location CHB name CHB-1A/1B/1C/1D or CHB-2A/2B/2C/2D if "Package Type" is NAS module. Port# Number of the port installed on the CHB (2-digit hexadecimal number) Port Name of port installed on the CHB Package Type CHB type indicated on the CHB Location •...
Page 346: Ppinfo.csv
Table 57 SMfundat.csv file (Title: <<SM Install function>>) Item Content SM Install function The following classifications are output for VSP G200: Base Extension 1 Extension 2 The following classifications are output for VSP G400, G600, G800 or VSP F400, F600,...
Page 347: Ssddriveinfo.csv
Item Content Extension2 Extension3 Extension4 Availability Information about whether the function of "SM Install function" is enabled • Enabled • Disabled SsdDriveInfo.csv This CSV file contains information about SSDs. A record is created for each SSD. Table 58 SsdDriveInfo.csv file (Title: <<SSD Drive Status>>) Item Content ECC Group...
Page 348: Sysoptinfo.csv
Table 59 SsidInfo.csv file (Title: <<Subsystem ID >>) Item Content DEV# Start First LDEV number for the SSID DEV# End Last LDEV number for the SSID SSID Subsystem ID (hexadecimal) SysoptInfo.csv This CSV file contains information about system options. Table 60 Sysoptinfo.csv file (Title: <<System Option Information>>) Item Content Spare Disk Recover...
Page 349 Item Content Host Mode Host mode that is set for the host group (0 to 127, hexadecimal) Host Mode Option Host mode option that is set for the host group (decimal) Multiple options are separated by semicolons (;) World Wide Name of the host bus adapter registered to the host group (hexadecimal number) Blank if the "Package Type"...
Page 350 Examples of storage configuration reports System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 351: B System Option Modes
System option modes System option modes allow the storage system to be configured to specific customer operating requirements. System option modes □ System option modes System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 352: System Option Modes
System option modes To provide greater flexibility, the storage systems have additional operational parameters called system option modes (SOMs) that allow you to tailor the storage system to your unique operating requirements. The SOMs are set on the service processor (SVP) by your service representative. Review the SOMs for your storage system, and work with your service representative to ensure that the appropriate SOMs for your operational environment are configured on your storage system.
Page 353 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU Mode 22 = OFF: If ECCs/LRC PINs have been set on the track of copy source HDD, the copy processing will be interrupted. (First recover ECCs/LRC PINs by using the PIN recovery flow, and then perform the correction copy or the drive copy again).
Page 354 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU the threshold, which mitigates the occurrence possibility of the host time-out. Mode 142 = ON (default*): The threshold value of blocking a drive port due to command time-out is changed to the half of the normal threshold. Mode 142 = OFF: The threshold value of blocking a drive port due to command time-out does not change.
Page 355 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU Note: If there are multiple response-delayed drives in the same parity group, only the first one is blocked. Common Mode 310 = ON: The monitoring timer for MP hang-up is 6 seconds and returning a response to the host within 8 seconds is guaranteed.
Page 356 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU Mode 454 = OFF (default): The amount of the entire destage processing is periodically determined by using the highest workload of all CLPRs (*a). (The larger the workload is, the larger the amount of the entire destage processing becomes.) *a: (Write Pending capacity of CLPR#x of concerned MPB) ÷...
Page 357 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU High-Speed LDEV Format for External Volumes. The high-speed LDEV format for external volumes is available by SOM 457 to ON. When SOM 457 is ON, if you select an external volume group and perform an LDEV format, any write processing on the external logical units will be skipped.
Page 358 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU Volume Migration is provided to prevent the percentage from exceeding 60%, so that the host performance is not affected. Universal Volume • Manager • Snapshot • • Volume Migration Mode 467 = ON (default): Copy overload prevention. Copy processing stops when the percentage of “dirty”...
Page 359 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU Mode 474 = ON: For a suspended UR pair, a TC (Sync) pair can be created with the same P-VOL/S-VOL so that UR initial copy time can be reduced by using the dedicated script. Mode 474 = OFF (default): For a suspended UR pair, a TC (Sync) pair cannot be created with the same P-VOL/S-VOL.
Page 360 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU • Without update I/O: Delta Resync is enabled. • With update I/O: Delta Resync is enabled. Mode 506 = OFF (default): • Without update I/O: Total data copy of Delta Resync is performed. • With update I/O: Delta Resync is enabled. Note: Even when SOM 506 is set to ON, the Delta Resync may fail and only the total data copy of the Delta Resync function is allowed if the necessary journal data does not...
Page 361 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU The micro-programs on both MCU and RCU must support this SOM. This SOM should be set when requested by the user. Setting this SOM to ON is recommended when GAD is installed, as the performance degradation is more likely to occur due to active-active I/Os.
Page 362 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU Note: Set this SOM to ON when you want to enable the QoS function. Universal Volume Issues the Read command at the logical unit discovery Manager operation using UVM. Mode 701 = ON: The Read command is issued at the logical unit discovery operation.
Page 363 (1) is not met and a maintenance operation such as firmware update causing controller reboot is executed on the external storage side while a storage system other than Hitachi product is used as an external storage system. While USP V/VM is used as an external storage system...
Page 364 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU When a virtual volume mapped by UVM is set to pool- VOL and used as DP-VOL in local storage system, this SOM can be applied without problem. Dynamic When a DP pool is full, if any write operation is requested to Provisioning the area where the page allocation is not provided, this SOM can enable the DRU Protect attribute for the target DP-VOL.
Page 365 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU Notes: Note that behavior when this SOM is set to ON and OFF is reversed between USP V/VM and VSP/HUS VM and later. This SOM should be applied to perform Volume Migration or Quick Restore during maintenance operation.
Page 366 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU This SOM is set to ON to have SIM for users reported to the service personnel: • For the system where SNMP and E-mail notification are not set. • If Device Manager - Storage Navigator is not periodically activated.
Page 367 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU When a pool is newly installed, the load may be concentrated on the installed pool volumes. When 0 data discarding is executed, load may be unbalanced among pool volumes. Pool VOL deletion while this SOM is set to ON fails. To delete pool VOLs, set this SOM to OFF.
Page 368 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU Manager - Storage Navigator and CCI is not “5 seconds” but is what set at RI/O registration. If a failure occurs on the switched path between storage systems, Mainframe host MIH or Open server time-out may occur.
Page 369 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU For more details, contact customer support (see SOM729 & 803 sheet). Notes: This SOM is applied when: • A file system using DP pool VOLs is used. • Data Retention Utility is installed. Because the DRU attribute is set to Protect for the V- VOL, a read I/O is also disabled.
Page 370 VSP G800, VSP, HUS VM: 128 GB • VSP G400, G600: 64 GB • VSP G200: 16 GB Notes: This SOM is applied to stabilize the performance by preventing paging of PM control information from occurring. For details, refer to the section of Virtual Partition Manager in the guideline.
Page 371 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU occurs and the write performance degrades because of an increase in write pending rate. When the background format function is enabled, because up to 42 MB/s of ECCG performance is used, local copy performance may degrade by about 10%. Therefore, confirm whether the 10% performance degradation is acceptable or not before enabling the function.
Page 372 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU Mode 898 = ON: • SOM 897 is OFF: 110%+1IO • SOM 897 is ON: 110%+2IO Mode 898 = OFF (default): • SOM 897 is OFF: 110%+5IO (default) • SOM 897 is ON: 110%+0IO By setting the SOMs to ON to lower the upper limit for each tier, the gray zone between other tiers becomes narrow and the frequency of page allocation increases.
Page 373 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU • SOM 899 is ON: I/O synchronous copy starts without retrying Volume Migration. • SOM 899 is OFF: I/O synchronous copy starts when the number of retries reaches half of the threshold of Volume Migration retry. Mode 900 = OFF (default): •...
Page 374 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU actual I/O value (total number of I/Os of all tiering policies) < performance potential value of Tier1* × 0.6 * The performance potential value of Tier1 displayed on Monitor information by using Dx-ray. For more details about the interactions between SOMs 897, 898, and 901, contact customer support (see SOM897_898_901 sheet).
Page 375 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU ShadowImage * Zero data page reclamation by WriteSame and UNMAP functions, and IO synchronous page reclamation are not disabled. Mode 930 = ON: All of the zero data page reclamation operations in processing are stopped at once. (Also the zero data reclamation cannot be newly started.) Mode 930 = OFF (default): The zero data page reclamation is performed.
Page 376 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU Before downgrading the micro-program to an unsupported version, set SOM 937 to OFF and wait for at least 30 minutes. Common By setting this SOM, THP Page Size in Inquiry Page E3h is changed. THP Page Size varies depending on the combination of SOM 972 and 973 settings.
Page 377 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU Mode 1015 = OFF (default): The pair status changes directly to PAIR/Duplex when a delta resync is performed in a 3DC multi-target configuration. Notes: The pair status changes directly to PAIR/Duplex when this SOM is OFF (default). Set this SOM to ON only when the status change to COPY/Pending and then PAIR/Duplex is required.
Page 378 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU desired in UVM connection using an ECM storage system as an external storage system. When this SOM is set to ON and the connected external storage system is not in stable status (such as failure and recovery from failure), a blockage due to Not Ready status and auto-recovery might occur repeatedly.
Page 379 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU This SOM is effective within the range of each CLPR. Therefore, an operation target LPRxx (xx= 00 to 31) needs to be selected before setting this SOM to ON/OFF. For example, when setting this SOM only to CLPR0 (even though this SOM is not set to CLPR 1 to 31), select "LPR00"...
Page 380 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU This SOM is applied when the page problem occurs in an environment where Symantec ASL 6.0.5 or higher is used and SOM 972 and/or 973 is set to ON. When this SOM is set to ON, reclamation processing is delayed.
Page 381 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU 1080 Global-active This SOM is intended for a case that multiple external device connection paths are connected to a Target port on an external system with a quorum disk and there is a path Universal Volume whose performance degrades.
Page 382 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU 1086 Dynamic This SOM enables or disables the performance improvement Provisioning for Dynamic Provisioning volumes that are Universal Volume Manager volumes used as pool volumes. Universal Volume Manager Mode 1086 = ON (default): The performance improvement is enabled.
Page 383 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU The pool usage rate is determined as unbalanced when there is 25% or more difference between the usage rate of each parity group in the pool and the average. Note: For HDT pools (including those with active flash attribute), the average of parity group usage rates is calculated per tier.
Page 384 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU For the information of setting timing, refer to the procedure for blocked pool volume recovery in the Maintenance Manual. The processing time increases with increase in pool capacity. Estimate of processing time: Processing time (minutes) = ceiling(pool capacity (TB)/40) + 5 ceiling: The value enclosed in ceiling( ) must be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
Page 385 Mode Category Description Default MCU/RCU Mode 1119 = ON: The control information is not used when capacity saving is enabled. Mode 1119 = OFF (default): The control information is used when capacity saving is enabled. Notes: Set this SOM to ON when the microcode downgrade described above is performed, even if capacity saving is not currently in use but has been used before.
Page 386 System option modes System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 387: Glossary
Glossary two-data-center. Refers to the local and remote sites, or data centers, in which TrueCopy (TC) and Universal Replicator (UR) combine to form a remote replication configuration. In a 2DC configuration, data is copied from a TC primary volume at the local site to the UR master journal volume at an intermediate site, then replicated to the UR secondary volume at the remote site.
Page 388 back-end director (BED) The hardware component that controls the transfer of data between the drives and cache. A BED feature consists of a pair of boards. A BED is also referred to as a disk board (DKB). See back-end director. bind mode In bind mode the Cache Residency Manager extents are used to hold read and write data for specific extent(s) on volume(s).
Page 389: Command Device
See copy-on-write (COW). COW Snapshot Hitachi Copy-on-Write Snapshot custom volume (CV) A custom-size volume whose size is defined by the user using Virtual LVI/ Virtual LUN.
Page 390: Disaster Recovery
A physical data storage device that can be either a hard disk drive (HDD) or a flash drive (also called a solid-state device). Hitachi Database Validator data center delta resync A disaster recovery solution in which TrueCopy and Universal Replicator systems are configured to provide a quick recovery using only differential data stored at an intermediate site.
Page 391 disk array Disk array, or just array, is a complete storage system, including the control and logic devices, storage devices (HDD, SSD), connecting cables, and racks disk controller (DKC) The hardware component that manages front-end and back-end storage operations. The term DKC can refer to the entire storage system or to the controller components.
Page 392: External Volume
A software module that is used by a storage system but runs on a separate platform. external volume A logical volume whose data resides on drives that are physically located outside the Hitachi storage system. Fibre Channel; FlashCopy FC-AL fibre-channel arbitrated loop...
Page 393 Hitachi Dynamic Tiering hard disk unit head LDEV See top LDEV. host group A group of hosts of the same operating system platform. host mode Operational modes that provide enhanced compatibility with supported host platforms. Used with fibre-channel ports on RAID storage systems.
Page 394: Journal Volume
internal volume A logical volume whose data resides on drives that are physically located within the storage system. See also external volume. journal journal volume A volume that records and stores a log of all events that take place in another volume.
Page 395: Local Copy
LDAP lightweight directory access protocol LDEV logical device LDKC See logical disk controller (LDKC). Logical Disk Manager license key A specific set of characters that unlocks an application and allows it to be used. local control port (LCP) A serial-channel (ESCON) port configured to receive I/Os from a host or remote I/Os from a TrueCopy main control unit (MCU).
Page 396 For example, the Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V storage system supports two LDKCs, LDKC 00 and LDKC 01. logical partition (LPAR) A subset of a system's hardware resources that is virtualized as a separate system. For a storage system, logical partitioning can be applied to cache memory and/or storage capacity.
Page 397 A logical unit (LU) of fixed size (for example, OPEN-3 or OPEN-9) that is used primarily for sharing data between mainframe and open-systems hosts using Hitachi Cross-OS File Exchange. P-VOL This term is used only in the earlier version of the Device Manager - Storage Navigator GUI (still in use) for the primary volume.
Page 398 The data on the P-VOL is duplicated synchronously or asynchronously on the secondary volume (S-VOL). The following Hitachi products use the term P-VOL: Thin Image, Copy-on- Write Snapshot, ShadowImage, TrueCopy, Universal Replicator, Universal Replicator for Mainframe, and High Availability Manager.
Page 399: Raid Group
quick format The quick format feature in Virtual LVI/Virtual LUN in which the formatting of the internal volumes is done in the background. This allows system configuration (such as defining a path or creating a TrueCopy pair) before the formatting is completed. To execute quick formatting, the volumes must be in blocked status.
Page 400: Service Processor
(S-VOL) The volume in a copy pair that is the copy of the original data on the primary volume (P-VOL). The following Hitachi products use the term "secondary volume": Thin Image, Copy-on-Write Snapshot, ShadowImage, TrueCopy, Universal Replicator, Universal Replicator for Mainframe, and High Availability Manager.
Page 401: Severity Level
SMTP simple mail transfer protocol snapshot A point-in-time virtual copy of a Hitachi Thin Image primary volume (P- VOL). The snapshot is maintained when the P-VOL is updated by storing pre-updated data (snapshot data) in a data pool. SNMP See Simple Network Management Protocol.
Page 402: Storage Cluster
Navigator GUI (still in use). This is the volume in a mainframe copy pair containing the original data that is duplicated on the target volume (T- VOL). The following Hitachi products use the term source volume: ShadowImage for Mainframe, Dataset Replication, and Compatible ®...
Page 403 The volume in a mainframe copy pair that is the copy of the original data on the source volume (S-VOL). The term is used only in the earlier version of the Device Manager - Storage Navigator GUI (still in use), for the following Hitachi products: ShadowImage for Mainframe, Dataset Replication, and Compatible FlashCopy ®...
Page 404 tiered storage A layered structure of performance levels, or tiers, that matches data access requirements with the appropriate performance tiers. The tiers are: Tier 1: Static content. Tier 1 is fully supported computing expected to be production quality. Tier 2: Application logic. Tier 2 platforms are not supported by the security officer and release engineering teams.
Page 405 Thin Image uses V-VOLs as secondary volumes of copy pairs. In Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, and active flash, V-VOLs are called DP-VOLs. VLUN Hitachi Virtual LUN volume migration; volume manager volume (VOL or vol) A logical device (LDEV), or a set of concatenated LDEVs in the case of LUSE, that has been defined to one or more hosts as a single data storage unit.
Page 406 Glossary System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 407: Index
Index accelerated compression 263 Cache Memories report 303 accelerated data compression 76 capacity, calculating 262 accessing a storage system capacity, estimating for license 260 without the management software 59 certificate files 222 account certificates 212 release lock 158 obtaining 217 Active Directory authentication 229 certificates, obtaining 217 adding...
Page 408 date 126 file systems deduplication 101 creating 113 deleting a report 277 deleting 113 deleting a user account 158 expanding 114 Device Manager - Storage Navigator 27 managing 112 accessing 93 mounting/unmounting 113 using 93 updating 114 Device Manager- Storage Navigator viewing details 113 client setup for 41 firewall setup 44, 212...
Page 409 onboard workflow 51 LDAP configuration file 187 overview 19 LDEV 263 license capacities unlicensed software 260 license capacity software 260 parity group 263 license key parity groups estimating capacity 260 creating 55, 67 license keys 265 initializing 73 expiration 269 inventory 73 overview 258 reserved for NAS firmware 73...
Page 410 reassigning port number 132 self-signed certificate 217 releasing 223 servers removing user accounts 145 adding 54, 97 Report Viewer window 277 attach existing volumes 98 reports create and attach volumes 98 Cache Memories 303 delete 98 Channel Boards 305 details 99 CHAP Users 282 edit 98 Disk Boards 283...
Page 411 Storage System Summary report 298 storage systems viewing a report 276 adding 51 Virtual Appliance Manager 37 deleting 91 virtual file server details 91 deleting 111 editing 91 details 112 inventory 90 enabling/disabling 111 managing 90 inventory 111 svp 129 renaming 112 SVP 127 virtual file servers...
Page 412 Index System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
Page 413 System Administrator Guide for VSP Gx00 models and VSP Fx00 models...
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2 Preparing Your Management Software

3 Configuring the Storage System

4 User Administration

5 Setting up Security

6 Alert Notifications

7 Managing License Keys

8 Configuring Audit Logs

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