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- 1. HP Storage Manager User Guide May 2005 (First Edition) Part Number 394897-001
- 2. © Copyright 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Microsoft and Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Linux is a U.S. registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Java is a U.S. trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. HP Storage Manager User Guide May 2005 (First Edition) Part Number 394897-001
- 3. HP Storage Manager User Guide 3 Contents Abstract.......................................................................................................... 5 Audience assumptions................................................................................. 5 Features ......................................................................................................... 5 Installing HP Storage Manager .................................................................... 6 Windows............................................................................................................................. 6 Linux .................................................................................................................................. 6 NetWare.............................................................................................................................. 7 Running HP Storage Manager...................................................................... 8 Windows............................................................................................................................. 8 Linux .................................................................................................................................. 9 NetWare.............................................................................................................................. 9 Using HP Storage Manager ........................................................................ 10 Common tasks.................................................................................................................. 11 Logging in to remote systems.....................................................................................11 Creating a logical drive...............................................................................................12 Setting up remote monitoring .....................................................................................12 Further information..................................................................................... 14
- 5. HP Storage Manager User Guide 5 Abstract This guide provides instructions for installing and using the HP Storage Manager utility to create and manage RAID configurations on HP SATA RAID controllers. Audience assumptions This guide is for the person who installs, administers, and troubleshoots servers. HP assumes you are qualified in the servicing of computer equipment and trained in recognizing hazards in products with hazardous energy levels. Features HP Storage Manager can configure up to 16 SATA RAID controllers on systems running Microsoft® Windows® or Novell NetWare, and up to 12 SATA RAID controllers on systems running Linux. You can use HP Storage Manager to: • Create, verify, modify, and delete logical drives • Add and remove spare drives • View information about managed systems and subsystems, such as logical drives, spare drives, physical drives • Increase logical device size • Configure, administer, and monitor controllers that are installed locally or remotely in servers or external storage
- 6. 6 HP Storage Manager User Guide Installing HP Storage Manager IMPORTANT: Install the controller driver before installing HP Storage Manager. IMPORTANT: You need administrator or root privileges to install HP Storage Manager. For details on verifying privileges, refer to the operating system documentation. HP Storage Manager is provided as a downloadable executable file on the HP website, http://www.hp.com. Any updates of either the utility or the instructions for installing and using the utility will be published to the same location. Windows 1. If a previous version of HP Storage Manager is already installed, remove it before upgrading to the new version by using the Add/Remove Programs option under Start>Settings>Control Panel. 2. Insert the product installation CD, and wait for the Autorun executable to start the installation. If this does not occur, browse the CD and click Autorun. 3. When the installation wizard starts, follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When prompted to install SNMP, accept the default setting (Do not install) unless you require HP Storage Manager to work with SNMP gets and traps. Linux NOTE: HP Storage Manager includes the Java TM Runtime Environment (JRE). 1. If a previous version of HP Storage Manager is already installed, remove it before upgrading to the new version by entering the rpm --erase StorMan command. Any customization files you created when you used the previous version are saved and used in the upgrade. 2. Insert the product installation CD.
- 7. HP Storage Manager User Guide 7 3. Mount the product installation CD. Red Hat: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom SUSE: mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom 4. Change to the CD-ROM directory. Red Hat: cd /mnt/cdrom/linux/manager SUSE: cd /media/cdrom/linux/manager 5. Extract the RPM package and install it. rpm --install ./StorMan*.rpm 6. Unmount the product installation CD. Red Hat: umount /mnt/cdrom SUSE: umount /media/cdrom NetWare IMPORTANT: You need version 1.3 or later of the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). To verify the JVM version, load JVM and then enter JAVA -VERSION. If you must upgrade JVM, you might also need to get the latest operating system support pack from the Novell website. 1. Insert the product installation CD. 2. At the command prompt, enter load cdrom, and then press the Enter key. 3. At the command prompt, enter: xx_yy_zz:netwaremanagerinstall where xx is the product CD, yy is the version number, and zz is the release number. For example: adptcd_v2_01 The installation program begins. 4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
- 8. 8 HP Storage Manager User Guide Running HP Storage Manager NOTE: You need administrator or root privileges to run HP Storage Manager. Windows 1. Open the utility. — To run the utility as a stand-alone application, select Start>Programs>HP Storage Manager. — To run the utility in a browser, open the browser, and then enter your_IP_address:34572 in the address field. The application splash screen briefly appears, and then the main window opens. 2. In the Enterprise view (the leftmost column of the main window), select the system that you want to configure. A login dialog box opens. 3. Enter a valid user name and password for the system. The utility permissions depend on the operating system permissions, as follows: — Administrators can view and modify the RAID configuration. They can create and delete logical drives, verify logical drives, perform migrations, and add and remove spare drives. To log in as an administrator, enter a valid user name and password for the administrator or an administrative user on the system. The administrative user is any member of the local administrators group, which can (in a domain configuration) include domain administrators. — Users can view the RAID configuration, verify logical drives, and add and remove spare drives. They cannot create or delete logical drives or perform migrations. To log in as a user, use your normal network user name and password. — Guests can only view the RAID configuration. They cannot make any changes. To log in as a guest, click Cancel on the Login window. 4. Click Connect.
- 9. HP Storage Manager User Guide 9 Linux 1. Enter the following command to change to the utility installation directory: cd /usr/StorMan 2. Enter the following command and then press the Enter key: sh StorMan.sh The application splash screen briefly appears, and then the main window opens. 3. Select the system that you want to configure. A login dialog box opens. 4. Enter a valid user name and password for the system. The utility permissions depend on the operating system permissions, as follows: — Administrators can view and modify the RAID configuration. They can create and delete logical drives, verify logical drives, perform migrations, and add and remove spare drives. To log in as an administrator, enter root for the user name and enter the root password. — Users can view the RAID configuration, verify logical drives, and add and remove spare drives. They cannot create or delete logical drives or perform migrations. To log in as a user, use your normal network user name and password. — Guests can only view the RAID configuration. They cannot make any changes. To log in as a guest, click Cancel on the Login window. 5. Click Connect. NetWare To run the utility on a system using NetWare, enter the LOAD RAIDMAN command.
- 10. 10 HP Storage Manager User Guide Using HP Storage Manager In the Enterprise view panel, expand the system tree and click the name or icon of a controller. The main panel on the right now shows condensed information about the physical and logical devices connected to the controller. The following figure shows a typical view of the main panel at this point. • To expand a physical or logical device list and get brief information about each listed device, click the triangular arrow icon to the left of a row of devices. • To get detailed information about any device, right-click the device and select Properties from the dropdown menu. NOTE: A drive shaded in light blue is not part of any disk group. The first three buttons under the Logical devices heading enable you to change how information is displayed in the Physical devices view. Table 1: Changing the information format for physical devices Button Result Information about physical devices is displayed in text format as an expanded list. The effect is comparable to clicking the triangular arrow icon in the initial view. Information about physical devices is displayed graphically. The total capacity of each device is represented by a bar, and all bars are of the same length. Used capacity is shaded. A small segment on each drive is reserved for the RAID signature; this area is indicated by a gray cap at the end of each bar. Similar to the previous format, but the length of a bar in this case is proportional to the device capacity.
- 11. HP Storage Manager User Guide 11 The remaining three buttons under the Logical devices heading enable you to create and delete logical devices or spare drives. When you click a physical or logical device in one section, the related components are highlighted in the other section. For example, when you click a device in the Logical devices section, the physical drives that make up the logical device are highlighted in the Physical devices section. If you click a spare drive, the logical devices protected by that spare are highlighted. Configuration changes and other important events (such as drive failure) are automatically reported to the event log at the bottom of the utility window. (You can also arrange for events on a remote system to be reported to this log. For more information, refer to “Setting up remote monitoring” on page 12.) Common tasks The following sections describe how to perform some common tasks. For more information about any of these tasks, or to obtain procedures for other tasks, refer to the online help. Logging in to remote systems 1. In the Enterprise view panel, right-click the Managed systems name or icon and select Add managed system from the resulting dropdown menu. The Add managed system dialog box appears.
- 12. 12 HP Storage Manager User Guide 2. Enter the requested information into each field. The default value for the system startup port number, 34571, is already supplied. — For the user name, enter admin. — For the password, enter the administrator password (for Windows or NetWare) or the root password (for Linux). NOTE: The user name and password are case-sensitive. You can now add new accounts and change account passwords. For details, refer to the online help. Creating a logical drive 1. In the Enterprise view, right-click the name or icon of the controller that you want to configure and select Create logical drive from the dropdown menu. 2. Select either Express configuration or Custom configuration. 3. Follow the on-screen directions to complete the logical drive configuration process. Setting up remote monitoring You can arrange for other systems to receive a message whenever the status of a monitored system changes. For example, you can arrange to receive messages on your office system when events occur on a system on another floor of the building. Some typical events that generate messages are: • Failure of a hard drive or controller • Degradation of a logical device • Change of configuration • Completion of a rebuild The notification message can be received as an email or—if the system receiving the notification is also running HP Storage Manager—as a line item in the HP Storage Manager event log.
- 13. HP Storage Manager User Guide 13 To set up email notifications: 1. In the Enterprise view, right-click the name or icon of the system that you want to monitor and select Actions>Agent Actions>Configure from the dropdown menu. The Storage Manager Agent window is displayed. 2. Click the Email notifications tab. 3. In the SMTP server settings dialog box that opens, enter the requested information about the system that you want to monitor. 4. Click OK. 5. Right-click the blank region under the Recipient name column and select Add email recipient from the dropdown menu. 6. In the dialog box that is displayed, enter information about the recipient and the type of event. 7. Click Add. The monitoring system can now receive event notifications by email. To set up event log notifications: 1. In the Enterprise view, right-click the name or icon of the system that you want to monitor and select Actions>Agent Actions>Configure from the dropdown menu. The Storage Manager Agent window is displayed. 2. Click the Notifications tab. 3. Right-click the blank region under the Host name column and select Add system from the dropdown menu. 4. In the resulting dialog box, enter the requested information about the system that is to receive notifications. The monitoring system can now receive notifications through the HP Storage Manager event log.
- 14. 14 HP Storage Manager User Guide To view the event log notifications on the recipient system, right-click the name or icon of the monitored system in the Enterprise view and select Agent actions>View event log. Further information For more information about using the utility to set up and manage systems and logical drives, refer to the online help.