HP P9000 User manual

HP StorageWorks

P9000 Documentation Roadmap

Abstract

This guide provides an overview of tasks that can be performed on HP StorageWorks P9000 disk arrays and the related

documentation for the tasks.

HP Part Number: AV400-96383

Published: May 2011

Edition: Second

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Revision History

DescriptionDateEdition

Applies to microcode version 70-01-01-00/00 or later.October 2010First

Applies to microcode version 70-02-01-00/00 or later.May 2011Second

Contents

1 P9000 tasks and related manuals.................................................................4

Required setup tasks..................................................................................................................4

General task list...................................................................................................................4

1. Installation tasks...............................................................................................................4

2. Startup tasks....................................................................................................................5

3. Basic system administration tasks.......................................................................................5

4. Provisioning and configuration tasks...................................................................................5

5. Storage virtualization tasks................................................................................................6

6. Data replication and disaster recovery tasks........................................................................6

Optional setup tasks ................................................................................................................6

1. Provisioning and configuration...........................................................................................7

2. Performance monitoring and tuning tasks............................................................................7

3. Troubleshooting and other tasks.........................................................................................7

2 P9000 user guides.....................................................................................8

P9000 user guides by topic.......................................................................................................8

Contents 3

1 P9000 tasks and related manuals

This section provides an ordered task list with pointers to the P9000 user guide that provides the

instructions for the task.

Required setup tasks

The following tables included the required tasks that must be completed to set up a P9000 storage

system.

General task list

The following table provides high-level steps for the installation and configuration tasks. The tables

following it provide detailed task lists. See the related user guides for detailed task lists and

instructions.

User guideInstallation task

HP StorageWorks P9000 Site Preparation Guide1. Install the system

HP StorageWorks P9000 Owner Guide2. Turn on system power

NoneInstall software

(authorized service personnel)

HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console User Guide3. Set up Remote Web Console user accounts,

enable software licenses

See “4. Provisioning and configuration tasks” (page 5)4. Provision and configure the system

See “5. Storage virtualization tasks” (page 6)5. Set up virtualization

See “6. Data replication and disaster recovery tasks” (page 6)6. Set up replication

•HP StorageWorks P9000 Audit Log User Guide

•HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console User Guide

7. Set up monitoring, logs, and alerts

•HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance for Open and Mainframe

Systems User Guide

8. Tune system for performance

HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console Messages9. Troubleshoot and maintain system

1. Installation tasks

User guideStorage management task

HP StorageWorks P9000 Site Preparation GuideInstall the system

1. Create installation plan.

2. Prepare the facility

3. Prepare the location where the system will

be installed

4. Assist service personnel as needed.

5. Connect the system to a host.

4 P9000 tasks and related manuals

2. Startup tasks

User guideStorage management task

HP StorageWorks P9000 Owner Guide1. Verify that power to the rack is correct and

turned on

2. Verify that all PDU breakers and switches are

ON.

3. Turn on system power

4. Verify that the ready LED is on.

3. Basic system administration tasks

User guideStorage management task

HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console User Guide1. Log in

2. Change admin password

3. Set up user accounts

4. Enable license keys

4. Provisioning and configuration tasks

User guideStorage management Task

•HP StorageWorks P9000 Provisioning for Open Systems User

Guide

•HP StorageWorks P9000 Spreadsheet Guide

Provision the P9000 system for use with open

systems.

1. Verify that the system on which you are

installing the software meets the minimum

requirements for the software release.

2. Prepare the fibre-channel HBAs for the

installation.

3. Connect the system to a host.

4. Verify recognition of the new devices.

5. Verify device files and the driver.

6. Create open-systems volumes

7. Partition disk devices, create file systems,

and set device parameters.

8. Create mount directories, mount and verify

the file systems, and set and verify

auto-mount parameters.

9. Configure hosts and ports.

10. Define paths to volumes.

11. Assign access attribute to volumes.

12. Implement dynamic allocation of disk space

on an as-needed basis.

HP StorageWorks P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User

Guide

Provision the P9000 system for use with

mainframe systems.

1. Create mainframe volumes.

Required setup tasks 5

5. Storage virtualization tasks

User guideStorage management task

•HP StorageWorks P9000 External Storage for Open and

Mainframe Systems User Guide

•HP StorageWorks P9000 Cache Partition User Guide

•HP StorageWorks P9000 Spreadsheet Guide

1. Connect external storage systems to P9000

system for storage virtualization.

2. Set up virtual volumes.

6. Data replication and disaster recovery tasks

User guideStorage management task

HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous User GuidePerform synchronous remote replication and

disaster recovery in open systems.

HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous for

Mainframe Systems User Guide

Perform synchronous remote replication and

disaster recovery in mainframe systems.

HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Journal User GuidePerform asynchronous remote replication and

disaster recovery in open systems.

HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe

Systems User Guide

Perform asynchronous remote replication and

disaster recovery in Mainframe systems.

HP StorageWorks P9000 External Storage Access Manager User

Guide

Enabling host-based applications to failover

between storage systems without requiring

restart of the applications.

HP StorageWorks P9000 Business Copy User GuidePerform local replication in open systems.

HP StorageWorks P9000 Business Copy for Mainframe Systems User

Guide

Perform local replication in mainframe systems.

HP StorageWorks P9000 Business Copy for Mainframe Systems User

Guide

Create point-in-time snapshot copies of data

volumes to accelerate backup and recovery

processes.

HP StorageWorks P9000 Snapshot User GuideCreate point-in-time sns to accelerate backup

and recovery processes.

HP StorageWorks P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring User

Guide

Manipulate IBM FlashCopy pairs for full-.volume

and data-set-level copy.

HP StorageWorks P9000 for Compatible XRC User GuideUse the Compatible XRC software to perform

asynchronous remote replication.

HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager Installation and

Configuration User Guide

Install RAID Manager (CCI).

HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager User GuideUse RAID Manager commands to perform data

replication.

Optional setup tasks

The following tables list the optional setup tasks that you can use to customize your storage system.

6 P9000 tasks and related manuals

1. Provisioning and configuration

User guideStorage management task

HP StorageWorks P9000 Spreadsheet GuideRun scripted spreadsheets to make large-scale

configuration changes to your storage system,

and perform remote replication for mainframe.

HP StorageWorks P9000 SNMP Agent User GuideUse SNMP-based reporting on status and alerts

for the storage system

HP StorageWorks P9000 Database Validator User GuideProtect the storage system against writing of

invalid data in Oracle database environment

HP StorageWorks P9000 DKA Encryption User GuideEncrypt data as needed

HP StorageWorks P9000 Volume Shredder for Open and Mainframe

Systems User Guide

Delete data from volumes to prevent it from

being restored

2. Performance monitoring and tuning tasks

User guideStorage management task

HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance for Open and Mainframe

Systems User Guide

Monitor performance statistics of disk drives,

volumes, and other storage components

HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance for Open and Mainframe

Systems User Guide

Improve data access speed using cache

HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance for Open and Mainframe

Systems User Guide

Create and managing virtual cache partitions

HP StorageWorks P9000 for Parallel Access Volumes User GuideImprove data access speed by enabling multiple

I/O requests to be issued to single logical

devices (LDEVs) on IBM mainframe computers

HP StorageWorks P9000 Auto LUN User GuideThis row is profiled for HP

Integrate volumes to balance resource utilization

and remove bottlenecks from the storage system

3. Troubleshooting and other tasks

User guideStorage management task

HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console MessagesReview information about Remote Web

Console messages

HP StorageWorks P9000 Audit Log User GuideReview the log of operations to investigate

causes of errors and avoid potential errors

HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager Reference GuideReview syntax of RAID Manager commands

Optional setup tasks 7

2 P9000 user guides

P9000 user guides by topic

The following table provides a list of all P9000 user documentation, by topic.

Manual nameType of guide/topic

HP StorageWorks P9000 Documentation RoadmapIntroductory

HP StorageWorks P9000 Site Preparation GuideHardware

HP StorageWorks P9000 Owner Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Provisioning for Open Systems User Guide

Covers tired storage, dynamic provisioning, LUN manager, LUSE, virtual LUN,

and data retention.

Provisioning

HP StorageWorks P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Spreadsheet Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Open-Systems Host Attachment GuideHost Configuration

HP StorageWorks P9000 Mainframe Host Attachment and Operations Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 External Storage for Open and Mainframe Systems

User Guide

Virtualization

HP StorageWorks P9000 Cache Partition User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Business Copy User GuideReplication, Open System

HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Snapshot User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Journal User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 External Storage Access Manager User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Business Copy for Mainframe Systems User GuideReplication, Mainframe

HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Synchronous for Mainframe Systems

User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Continuous Access Journal for Mainframe Systems User

Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 for Compatible FlashCopy Mirroring User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 for Compatible XRC User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 External Storage Access Manager User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager User GuideRAID Manager

HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager Installation and Configuration User

Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 RAID Manager Reference Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console User GuideRemote Web Console

HP StorageWorks P9000 Remote Web Console Messages

HP StorageWorks P9000 DKA Encryption User GuideSecurity

HP StorageWorks P9000 Volume Shredder for Open and Mainframe Systems

User Guide

8 P9000 user guides

Manual nameType of guide/topic

HP StorageWorks P9000 Performance for Open and Mainframe Systems User

Guide

Performance

HP StorageWorks P9000 for Parallel Access Volumes User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Auto LUN User GuideData Migration

HP StorageWorks P9000 SNMP Agent User GuideSystem Maintenance

HP StorageWorks P9000 Audit Log User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Cache Manager User GuideServer-based

HP StorageWorks P9000 Dataset Replication User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Data Exchange User Guide

HP StorageWorks P9000 Database Validator User GuideOther

P9000 user guides by topic 9

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