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1. NOTE Installing Data Protector Express on other servers is not required to backup Exchange SQL Server or User Defined applications when those applications are hosted by ASM The instructions provided here are only needed if a user wishes to use ASM as a backup target for additional user data in their environment You can download Data Protector Express from http www hp com go dataprotectorexpress 1 When installing Data Protector Express on another machine select Join an existing Data Protector Express domain 2 When prompted provide the hostname or IP address IPv4 of the HP Storage System An unlimited number of client platforms such as Windows XP Vista and Windows 7 may be added to the Data Protector Express domain managed by the HP Storage System Server platforms such as Windows Server 2003 or 2008 will require one license per protected server For Data Protector Express 4 0 the following license is required to add a server to the backup domain HP Data Protector Express Network Client Agent BB121AA For Data Protector Express 5 0 the same license is used to create the initial backup domain on the first server and to add additional servers to the domain This license is sold in packs of 1 3 or 10 servers TC330A TC331A or TC332A You may use ASM to create and manage storage for Data Protector Express virtual libraries on the HP Storage System You may then create backup jobs in Data Protector Express that use th
2. e Log file Holds all the transaction log information for the database Every database has exactly one log file which cannot be used to hold any other data Before you begin configuring storage for SQL Server e Make sure the ASM agent is installed on each server with SQL Server data you plan to host e Make sure you have a current backup of your SQL Server data and logs Accessing the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard 1 In the Actions pane select Host a SQL Server Database The Host a SQL Server Database Wizard welcome page opens 2 Click Next to open the Select a SQL Server page see Selecting a server that hosts SQL Server page 14 Selecting a server that hosts SQL Server Use the Select a SQL Server page to select one of the servers that hosts SQL Server discovered on your domain by the wizard 1 Do one of the following e Enter the host name of a server that hosts SQL exactly as it is registered in the domain e Enter the IP address IPv4 of a server that hosts SQL 2 Click Next to open the Select Database Components page see Selecting SQL Server database components page 14 Selecting SQL Server database components 14 Use the Select Database Components page to select the SQL Server database and database components you want to host on your HP Storage System Hosting storage for applications and shared folders Do one of the following e Select all components including all of
3. Click OK 10 Click OK on the Review Task Summary dialog box to confirm the backup settings Managing backups After scheduling backups you can manage backups for Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folders Based on the backup features that have been configured you can run a device backup run a virtual library backup or run the Restore From Backup wizard IMPORTANT Snapshots and backups are not supported on user defined iSCSI LUN applications Running a device backup If an alternative backup device has been assigned you can use Run Device Backup to run an alternative location backup for the selected component Scheduling backups 29 l 2 3 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder that has backups scheduled in the content pane In the Actions pane click Backup and then click Run Device Backup Click Yes to confirm the backup operation Running a virtual library backup If virtual library backup has been configured for this component you can run a virtual library backup from this location l 2 3 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder that has backups scheduled in the content pane In the Actions pane click Backup and then click Run Virtual Library Backup Click Yes to confirm the backup operation Restoring data from backups ASM
4. SQL Server to which SQL Server saves the database component s data The volume resides on the iSCSI LUN logical disk exported by ASM to the server that hosts SQL Server Application Server Volume Status Status of the volume on the server that hosts SQL Server where the database component is stored Application Server Volume Exclusive Indicates if database component storage is configured with exclusive storage Storage See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Monitoring storage Table 17 Storage tab SQL Server database component properties continued Property Value Application Server Volume RAID The RAID level to which the database component storage is configured See Level Customizing RAID levels page 20 for more information Application Server Volume RAID The RAID stripe size to which the database component s storage is configured Stripe Size See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Application Server Volume Read Speeds up reads when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array Cache not ASM Application Server Volume Write Speeds up writes when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array Cache not ASM Application Server Volume Number The number of hot spares with which the database component storage is of Hot Spares configured See Advanced Storage Properties
5. Select a Data Protector Express media rotation type from the list Type or use the arrows to indicate a time for the backup to begin For alternate location backups select the device for the virtual library to reside For local virtual library backups select the size for the virtual library A default value will be recommended based on the selected rotation type and component size Click Modify advanced storage properties to modify advanced storage settings such as RAID level and stripe size 0 ONO Selecting data protection 23 See Setting advanced storage properties page 18 for more information on advanced properties 10 Click OK 11 After you have selected and configured all data protection settings click Next Modifying backup job properties in Data Protector Express Although it is not required after you finish creating a backup job using a wizard or a components property page you can modify the backup job properties in Data Protector Express For example you may want to enable encryption or customize a media rotation type 1 Launch Data Protector Express 2 On the login window a Enter localhost in the Host name field b Enter ASMbackup in the User name field A CAUTION The default password for ASMbackup is blank It can be changed in the Command Line Interface CLI c Click OK 3 Click Jobs and Media in the Favorites pane located on the left side of the main window 4 Double click ASMbac
6. Use the Choose Shared Folder types page to enable the types of client protocols that are allowed to connect to the shared folder 1 Select the Share this folder as a Windows share check box to allow Windows clients and clients running the Server Message Block SMB and Common Internet File System CIFS protocols to connect to the shared folder 2 Select the Share this folder as a UNIX Linux share check box to allow clients running the Network File System NFS protocol to connect to the shared folder NOTE If the folder is shared as a UNIX Linux share NFS user names must be mapped to Windows users before clients can connect to the share If you are running a Windows only environment you should not select the UNIX Linux share option Naming a shared folder Use the Enter a Shared Folder Name and Description page to provide ASM with a name and description for the shared folder 1 Enter the name for the shared folder NOTE The path to the shared folder is created by ASM and is based on the shared folder name The Share Path field is Read Only 2 Enter a description of the shared folder optional 3 Click Next to open the Set Shared Folder Permissions page see Setting permissions for a shared folder page 13 Setting permissions for a shared folder Use the Set Shared Folder Permissions page to set network user read and write permissions for the shared folder NOTE Permissions can be further custo
7. a choice of these views for the content pane e Application View page 36 Monitoring the overall used and allocated storage values for specific applications and shared folders such as Exchange or SQL Server storage e Storage View page 46 Monitoring the used and allocated storage values for the logical disks and volumes on your HP Storage System that ASM created to host application storage and shared folders e Application Server View page 48 Monitoring the application servers with storage hosted on your HP Storage System e Storage Utilization View page 50 Monitoring the allocated storage values for specific applications and the shared folders pool the unallocated storage value and the storage value for data not managed by ASM Views are selected from the Actions pane You can also quickly view storage status on the content pane Status icons for warnings and critical conditions are displayed on top of icons in the content pane when storage status changes from OK to Warning or Critical NOTE Select an item in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane to view any alerts for the item IMPORTANT During the ASM discovery process if ASM detects a user defined storage area that hosts SQL or Exchange data and the proper credentials have been set between ASM and the application server these user defined storage areas are moved to SQL or Exchange storage areas as appropria
8. allows you to restore data to your HP Storage System from the latest backups created using Data Protector Express You can choose to overwrite the existing data with the backup or restore the backup to an unused space on your HP Storage System so you can selectively overwrite existing data If you want to restore data using a backup other than the latest backup see Selecting files for restoring in the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Users Guide and Technical Reference for more information 1 2 4 5 6 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder that has backups scheduled in the content pane In the Actions pane click Backup and then click Restore from Backup The Restore From Backup Wizard displays Do one of the following e Select Overwrite Restore to overwrite the existing data with the backup e Select Different Location Restore to save the backup to a different location and then enter the location path where you want the backup saved on your HP Storage System To browse for the location click Browse Click Next Click Launch DPX to launch Data Protector Express See Using DPX to restore data page 30 for Data protector Express instructions After the restore is complete click Finish to exit the wizard Using DPX to restore data l aa When the login window appears do the following a Enter localhost in the Host name field b E
9. drive space is allocated to a logical disk it cannot be unallocated due to the configuration of hard drives NOTE Unallocated storage on a logical disk is re allocated by ASM when new or additional storage is allocated to an application component or shared folder and the advanced configuration values selected for the storage matches those of the logical disk For example if an application component or shared folder s allocated storage is increased any unallocated space on the logical disk where it resides is used before the logical disk grows 1 Select the application component user defined application or shared folder in the content pane 2 In the Actions pane click Allocate Space to open the Allocate Space wizard 3 Change the size value e Highlight the storage size unit value and then enter a new value as necessary megabytes MB gigabytes GB or terabytes TB e Highlight the storage size number value and enter a new value or click the arrow buttons to change the value The Size Range field shows the minimum and maximum storage space that can be allocated to an application component user defined application or shared folder Whenever you change the storage space allocated to an application component or change an advanced configuration setting for an application component the maximum value for Size Range is recalculated for each application component shown 4 Click Next to open the Review Tasks Summary
10. have allocated and configured storage for an application component user defined application or shared folder using a wizard you can change the allocated space size change the percent full warning threshold and change the enforced allocated limit shared folders and local storage applications However you cannot change the RAID level RAID stripe size Hot Spares or Physical Disk Type Customizing RAID levels Before you customize the default RAID level setting review Table 6 page 21 to see how the different RAID levels affect performance capacity and data protection level Unless you customize the advanced configuration settings the wizard configures the storage space with the default values shown on the Advanced window e For Exchange and SQL Server the wizard suggests default settings based on HP storage best practices and specific recommendations for Exchange storage group and SQL Server database components You should generally accept these defaults e For user defined applications and shared folders where industry standard recommendations cannot be determined the wizard provides default settings you can customize Table 6 page 21 shows how the different RAID levels affect e Performance The speed at which data is read from and written to the hard drives The RAID level with the best performance rating provides the fastest reads and writes e Capacity The available storage space on the hard drives The RAID
11. hosts Exchange to which Exchange saves the storage group component s data The volume resides on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the server that hosts Exchange Application Server Volume Status Status of the volume on the server that hosts Exchange where the storage group component is stored Paths Application Server Volume Mount Path the volume is mounted on on the server that hosts Exchange The volume is built on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the server that hosts Exchange Storage system host name Name of your HP Storage System Storage system volume Name Name of the volume on your HP Storage System where the storage group component s data is stored Storage system volume Status Status of the volume that holds the storage group component on your HP Storage System Storage system volume Mount paths Path to where the volume that holds the storage group component on your HP Storage System is mounted Monitoring storage Table 9 Storage tab Exchange storage group component properties continued Property Logical disk RAID Level Logical disk RAID Stripe Size The RAID level to which the storage group component storage is configured Value See Customizing RAID levels page 20 for more information The RAID stripe size to which the storage group component s storage is configured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more inform
12. items page 19 for more information Application Server Volume Mount Path the volume is mounted on on the server that hosts SQL Server The volume Paths is built on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the server that hosts SQL Server e Warning Threshold tab SQL Server database component Allows you to change the percent full warning threshold value for the database component See Setting a percent full warning threshold page 21 for more information e Data File or Log tab SQL Server database component One of these two tabs is available depending on whether the database component is a data file or log e Data File tab Displays the data file s free space and the following storage allocation details about the SQL Server data file Table 18 Data File tab SQL Server database component properties Value Description Data File Name Name of database data file Filename Relative path to where the database data file is stored on the server that hosts SQL Server File Group File group of data file This value is assigned by SQL Server Data File Space Available Free storage space available for data file e Log tab Displays the log file s free space and the following storage allocation details about the SQL Server log file Table 19 Log tab SQL Server database component properties Log Name Name of database log file Relative path to where the database log file is stored on the
13. its components by checking the box next to the component e Select individual database components by expanding the list and checking the boxes next to the components You must select all the database components including the log file in a database if you want to run backups and or take snapshots of the database using ASM NOTE ASM cannot migrate system databases for example ASM cannot migrate master model msdb and tempdb The following table lists the action ASM can perform for each database component listed Table 4 Selecting database components to host Action Description None Component s check box is not selected so ASM will not perform any action Select check box to change action Allocate Space Move Data Storage space will be allocated and configured on your HP Storage System Component s data will be migrated to your HP Storage System None Already Managed Component s data is already hosted on your HP Storage System and already managed by ASM No action is possible To view the properties for a database component select the database component name and then click Properties See Data file properties and Log file properties for database for descriptions of the properties displayed If you do not want ASM to delete the original files for the selected database components from the server that hosts SQL Server after it migrates the data to your HP Storage System clear the Delete original fil
14. loss of one drive without total array failure It requires an array with a minimum of three physical drives Usable capacity is N 1 where N is the number of physical drives in the logical array RAID 6 Advanced Data Guarding ADG Offers the best data protection and is an extension of RAID 5 RAID 6 uses multiple parity sets to store data and can therefore tolerate up to 2 drive failures simultaneously RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4 drives and is available only if the controller has an enabler Writer performance is lower than RAID 5 due to parity data updating on multiple drives It uses two disk for parity its fault tolerance allows two disks to fail simultaneously Usable capacity is N 2 where N is the number of physical drives in the logical array Setting a percent full warning threshold To receive a warning alert when storage capacity reaches a specified limit set the percent full warning threshold You can set a warning threshold for any application component user defined application and shared folder that ASM manages An iSCSI LUN application will not have a warning threshold By default the warning threshold is set to 80 To change it enter a new percent value on the Advanced window After you set a warning threshold ASM changes the status indicator for the application component user defined application or shared folder when this threshold has been surpassed This is a warning Allocating space for components
15. more information Application Server Volume RAID Stripe Size Application Server Volume Read Cache The RAID stripe size to which the user defined application storage is configured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Speeds up reads when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array not ASM 44 Monitoring storage Table 21 Storage tab User defined application properties continued Property Value Application Server Volume Write Speeds up writes when enabled This setting is determined by the storage Cache array not ASM Application Server Volume The number of hot spares with which the database component storage is Number of Hot Spares contigured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Application Server Volume Mount Path the application server volume is mounted on The volume is built on the Paths iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the application server e Warning Threshold tab Allows you to change the percent full warning threshold value for the user defined application See Setting a percent full warning threshold page 21 for more information e Snapshots tab Allows you to schedule snapshots of the user defined application For more information see Scheduling and running snapshots page 27 e Backup tab Allows you to schedule backups of the user defined application Se
16. one of the following e Select the item in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click the item in the content pane and select Properties NOTE ASM rolls up all status alerts to the highest level For instance if a top level shared folder has surpassed its percent full warning threshold and exceeded its enforced allocated storage space a warning message is shown in the shared folders pool Likewise if a critical status alert exists in an Exchange mail store that alert is also shown in the status for the Exchange storage group Accessing properties for Exchange Exchange storage group and Exchange storage group components ASM provides properties information for Exchange Exchange storage group and Exchange storage group components when Exchange storage is hosted on your HP Storage System 1 In the Actions pane select Application View 2 From the Filter drop down menu select Exchange or Show all 3 To access Exchange e Select Exchange in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click Exchange in the content pane and select Properties To access Exchange Storage groups and components e Select any Exchange storage group or Exchange storage group component in the content pane and then click Properties in the Action pane e Right click any Exchange storage group or component in the content pane and select Properties Properties window ASM p
17. or an advanced configuration setting for an application component the maximum value for Size Range is recalculated for all the application components listed NOTE To change the advanced configuration settings for an application component user defined application or shared folder listed select the item to edit and then click Advanced See Setting advanced storage properties page 18 for more information 2 When you are done selecting the storage allocation and configuration settings click Next to open the summary page NOTE After storage space is allocated and configured using a wizard only the following storage configuration settings can be changed e Allocated space size e Percent full warning threshold e Enforce Allocated Limit shared folders and local storage applications After a logical disk is created its configuration cannot be changed Setting advanced storage properties Use the Advanced Storage Properties dialog box in the ASM wizards to change the allocated space size and default advanced configuration settings for each application component user defined application and shared folder listed After storage is configured using a wizard you can change the allocated space size using the Allocate Space Wizard See Increasing or reducing the allocated storage page 33 for more information Table 5 page 19 provides a brief description of the items you can modify 18 Hosting storage fo
18. page see Reviewing task summary and scheduling tasks page 24 for more information Changing the percent full warning threshold You can change the percent full warning threshold value for an application component user defined application or shared folder after storage is initially allocated and configured using a storage allocation wizard See Setting a percent full warning threshold page 21 for more information Increasing or reducing the allocated storage 33 NOTE For shared folders you can set an enforced limit quota for allocated storage as well as a warning threshold For more information see Enforcing an allocated storage limit for shared folders and local storage applications page 22 To change the percent full warning threshold from the Properties window 1 Select the application component user defined application or shared folder in the content pane In the Actions pane click Properties Click the Warning Threshold tab Change the percent full warning threshold value Click OK oe es Removing application areas from view You can remove application components and user defined applications from view on the ASM user interface This allows you to remove storage information from the content pane pertaining to storage allocations lost due to hard drive failure or storage for an application component or user defined application whose storage you plan to unhost Removing an application compon
19. past thirty days including today e Errors Only Displays all tasks that have failed and provides information about problems that occurred during task processing The status of each task is provided and can be any one of the following e Scheduled The task has been scheduled to run at a specified time e Verifying ASM is confirming the configuration you specified is valid e Ready The task is ready to run and is waiting for other tasks or background processes to run e Running The task is being processed e Completed date The task completed without problems e Cancelling The task is being cancelled e Cancelled The task has been cancelled see Cancelling tasks page 25 e Failed An error occurred during processing Cancelling tasks 1 To cancel an uncompleted task select the task and click Cancel Selected Task 2 Click Yes to confirm Tasks canceled after they have started may not cancel immediately A task will stop running when the last subtask started is completed All subtasks listed below the last completed subtask are not completed and cannot be restarted Migrating user defined application data from a remote application The Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard and Host a SQL Server Database Wizard automatically migrate application data from the application server to your HP Storage System The Host a User Defined Application Wizard however does not migrate data for a user d
20. product at the Subscriber s Choice for Business website hito www hp com go e updates After registering you will receive e mail notification of product enhancements new driver versions firmware updates and other product resources 54 Support and other resources Index A accessing application and shared folder properties 37 accessing application server properties 49 accessing properties for application server volumes 49 for Exchange 37 for HP Storage System logical disks 47 for HP Storage System volumes 47 for shared folders pools 40 for SQL Server 41 for the user defined application pool 43 for virtual libraries 45 accessing storage area properties 47 Application Server View 36 48 application server volumes accessing properties 49 operating status values 50 Storage properties 50 Application View 36 Automated Storage Manager user interface options 7 C contacting HP 54 D Data file properties 43 Details properties Exchange storage groups 38 H help obtaining 54 HP technical support 54 HP Storage System alerts operating status values 47 HP Storage System logical disks accessing properties 47 Storage properties 48 HP Storage System volumes accessing properties 47 Storage properties 48 L log file properties for database 43 log properties for storage groups 40 M Mailstore database 39 Microsoft Exchange Server accessing properties 37 operating stat
21. they will not be shown as candidates for migration For a replicated Exchange 2010 mailbox if the mailbox database path and the log files path for an Exchange 2010 mailbox are on the same folder before migration discovery is required after migration for a proper reconciliation After migration and before the subsequent discovery you will see only one app area for the migrated Exchange 2010 mailbox After the discovery ASM will properly reconcile the app areas to show two different app areas under the storage group instance Entering a name of a server that hosts Exchange Use the Specify Exchange Server page to provide ASM with the name or the Internet Protocol address IPv4 of a remote server in your current domain that hosts Exchange 1 Do one of the following e Enter the host name of a server that hosts Exchange exactly as it is registered in the domain e Enter the IP address IPv4 of a server that hosts Exchange 2 Click Next to open the Select Storage Group Components page see Selecting Exchange storage group components page 1 1 Selecting Exchange storage group components Use the Select Storage Group Components page to select the Exchange storage group and storage group components mail stores public stores and logs you want to host on your HP Storage System and manage using ASM Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard T1 1 Do one of the following e Select the entire storage group i
22. to which the volume is configured See Customizing RAID levels page 20 for more information Storage System Volume RAID Stripe Size Storage System Volume Read Cache The RAID stripe size to which the volume is configured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Speeds up reads when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array not ASM Storage System Volume Write Cache Speeds up writes when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array not ASM Storage System Volume Number of Hot Spares The number of hot spares with which the shared folder s storage is configured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Storage System Volume Mount Paths Path on which the volume on your HP Storage System is mounted Application Server View 48 Application Server View lists your HP Storage System and the application servers with storage hosted on your HP Storage System Expand HP Storage System to display the top level shared Monitoring storage folders on your HP Storage System Expand the application servers listed to display the application server volumes and the applications hosted on the volumes e In the Actions pane select Application Server View e To view the properties for all application servers with storage hosted on your HP Storage System select Show all from the Filter drop down menu l
23. whether the server that hosts Exchange Server is part of a cluster Replication Type Type of Exchange replication enabled LCR status Indicates Exchange status for LCR LCR Copy Indicates if Exchange component is the original or a copy LCR Log Folder Copy Path to the LCR log file copies LCR System Folder Copy Path to LCR system file copies e Snapshots tab Exchange storage groups Allows you to schedule snapshots of the storage group For more information see Scheduling and running snapshots page 27 e Backup tab Exchange storage groups Allows you to schedule backups of the storage group See Scheduling backups page 29 for more information Storage tab Exchange storage group components Displays the storage group component s storage space including allocated space used space free space and the following storage allocation details Table 9 Storage tab Exchange storage group component properties Property Application Path Path to the file directory on the server that hosts Exchange where the storage Value group component s data is saved by Exchange The file directory is located on the volume created on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the server that hosts Exchange Application Server Host Name Name of server that hosts Exchange and the storage group component Application Server Volume Name Name of the volume on the server that
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25. 21 only no hard limits are enforced on storage capacity as a result of setting this value The warning is visible in these places e A yellow warning icon appears on the application component user defined application or shared folder icon in the content pane e Asan alert in the Properties window NOTE For shared folders and local storage applications you can set an enforceable limit or quota for allocated storage as well as a warning threshold For more information see Enforcing an allocated storage limit for shared folders and local storage applications page 22 Enforcing an allocated storage limit for shared folders and local storage applications ASM provides a way to enforce an allocated storage limit for shared folders and local storage applications If enforced the system does not allow the amount of allocated space for a shared folder and local storage application to be exceeded If the capacity of the shared folder and or local storage application surpasses the percent full warning threshold and reaches the allocated space limit the status changes from Warning to Critical in the content pane and users are blocked from adding data to the shared folder and local storage application ASM does not support enforcing an allocated storage limit or quota for parent folders of shared folders that are created and managed using ASM NOTE If you do not choose to enforce an allocated storage limit for a shared fo
26. 8 Contents 3 Reverting data to Simson gaystnctctienteeiisro Siecle cineca ai ieeuied 29 sla fee Ul ie at backups eriisoriiiirnneienserien irinenn i anri A E E E E E nre 29 Managing ASN ascetic aed E T ENE EOE E TE E E 29 Running a device CRIA teterdcce coaracaudeuasecurcousseudeeeeiouausneeideedacoupueceedoussronepueledmeneoniers 29 Running a virtual library acc Mises c0cctateeccrntnieaeslencenteanicataradecaceeertdeadaratacoutiecntgalacaieesenete 30 Restoring data from DOCU PS ic ss5 arntereresdewioedeosdedeckdedunocsunienhecnsuxaeiedeviendevsdeasoetetdendasesieesnds 30 Using DPX to restore CCl Ahcerechiosnsecivnasiealsdureatausiacieenicevidscienacaeunavidauarnarianeaaecciven 30 Setting the password for the ASMbackup user OCCOUND ccccceseeseeteeeeeeeceseeeeeeeeststaaeees 31 Using the Administrator account to change the ASMbackup password ccccccseeseeeeeeees 31 Installing Data Protector Express on other machines ccccccceeeceeeeeeeeeecsteeeeeeesesteeeeeeeees 32 P Le eL E E RIINAN E E AIE E ATEA E AEE ATEA ENE AET 33 Increasing or reducing the allocated storage j tvsicdaieieuectideinncini eran eee none 33 Changing the percent full warning threshold cccceccecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeceeeneeeeeeeeeseaaeeeeesesetiseeeeeeess 33 Removing application areas from vieW sssssssssseseoesssssseosssssssrtttsssssetttstsssertenessrertrnrssrreererssst 34 Changing permissions names descriptions or paths of share
27. CR If the Local Continuous Replication LCR feature is enabled in Microsoft Exchange 2007 you have the option of migrating LCR components to your HP Storage System LCR components are shown in the Select Storage Group Components page in the wizard if this feature is enabled They are selected in the same manner as other Exchange components NOTE Itis not recommended to host both the LCR and the original Exchange components on a single HP Storage System Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard 12 The Create a Shared Folder Wizard walks you through the process of creating a top level shared folder file share on your HP Storage System including allocating and configuring the required storage NOTE You cannot create nested shared folders on your HP Storage System using ASM You may use other applications such as Windows Explorer or the Shared Folder MMC snap in to create nested shared folders on your HP Storage System In addition ASM does not support enforcing an allocated storage limit or quota for parent folders of shared folders that are created and managed using ASM Accessing the Create a Shared Folder Wizard 1 In the Actions pane select Create a Shared Folder The Create a Shared Folder Wizard welcome page opens Hosting storage for applications and shared folders 2 Click Next to open the Choose Shared Folder Types page see Choosing shared folder types page 13 Choosing shared folder types
28. Doing so will break the iSCSI communication paths between your application servers and HP Storage System and make it so ASM can no longer locate allocated storage areas on your HP Storage System Software requirements ASM comes preinstalled on your HP Storage System A license key is not required for ASM Software support Storage for application servers running on Windows Server 2003 with SP1 through Windows Server 2008 R2 that are on the same domain as your HP Storage System can be hosted Windows domain controllers such as Windows Small Business Server are supported by ASM as managed application servers ASM provides storage management services for the following applications Table 1 Storage support on ASM Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 with SP1 or later See Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard Exchange Server 2007 and Exchange Server 2010 page 10 File sharing services on local storage See Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard page 12 Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with SP4 or later SQL Server See Using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard 2005 with SP2 or later SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server page 14 2008 R2 User defined applications See Using the Host a User Defined Application Wizard page 15 ASM does not support SQL Server 2008 databases that utilize FILESTREAM data type storage ASM does not support Internet Protocol version 6 IPv6 When entering or configu
29. HP StorageWorks Automated Storage Manager User Guide HP Part Number 5697 0816 Published April 2011 Edition Second Copyright 2010 2011 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Confidential computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U S Government under vendor s standard commercial license The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Acknowledgments Microsoft Windows Windows XP and Windows NT are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Contents 1 Automated Storage Manager Overview cccccccsessseseeesseteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 5 Software reg iremMEniSdssssisisssi siaii eerden einen eae Oparien in ruie reie Esia 5 SOT WANS SUPP Ol aae E N 5 Using ASM with HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring SOMWAIE ccccceceeeeseeeeeeeeeseeteeeeeeeeenaes 6 Support tor LUNs over 2TB in S126 sc s2ainidi sas inninssadancanwanintsidmencewesi annsntwatndesvendwinenadanetes den dsedsuasbretetsa 6
30. anaucammnidedteeasvewens 54 1 AOA ea acre sea ee cece aceon ene A ace N ANE ee 25 4 Contents 1 Automated Storage Manager Overview This documentation is intended for the person who administers HP StorageWorks X1000 Network Storage Systems running Automated Storage Manager software ASM provides storage allocation wizards that walk you through the process of allocating and configuring storage on your HP Storage System to host application data and shared folders The storage allocation wizards also allow you to schedule backups and snapshots of hosted application data and shared folders Other wizards are provided to help you set up Exchange Server storage SQL Server database storage user defined application storage and shared folders storage ASM is designed to work seamlessly with Windows administrator tools HP Storage System Management applications Microsoft iSCSI Target and Data Protector Express For example you can change your HP Storage System s e Storage allocations quotas shared folder permissions and names and snapshot schedules using ASM Windows administrator tools and the HP Storage System Management applications e Media rotation type using ASM and Data Protector Express IMPORTANT Do not use Windows administrator tools to change the paths to storage configured on your HP Storage System or file directories created by ASM on application servers with storage hosted on your HP Storage System
31. application If a virtual library is deleted from Data Protector Express and then the Remove from View option is used on the virtual library in ASM the virtual library is removed from the Data Protection view but appears in the User Defined view Workaround 1 Use Data Protector Express to stop and then delete the Virtual Library Device a In Data Protector Express select the Devices icon from the Favorites pane on the left b In the right pane navigate until the desired device is displayed c Right click the Virtual Library device and select Stop d After the device has been stopped right click again and select Delete 2 Delete the storage folder used by Data Protector Express to store the backup data The storage folder path can be found by right clicking on the virtual library in ASM selecting Properties and then selecting the Storage tab 3 Right click on the virtual library in ASM and select Remove from view Troubleshooting Data Protector Express 53 8 Support and other resources Contacting HP For worldwide technical support information see the HP support website http www hp com support Before contacting HP collect the following information e Product model names and numbers e Technical support registration number if applicable e Product serial numbers e Error messages e Operating system type and revision level e Detailed questions Subscription service HP recommends that you register your
32. ation Virtual array Number of Hot Spares The number of hot spares with which the storage group component storage is configured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Virtual array Physical disk type Type of physical disk designated for the hot spare Physical disk types include SAS SATA and SCSI Warning Threshold tab Exchange storage group components Allows you to change the Percent Full Warning Threshold value for the storage group component See Setting a percent full warning threshold page 21 for more information Mail Store Public Store or Log tab Exchange storage group components One of these three tabs is available depending on whether the storage group component is a mail store public store or log o Mail Store tab Displays the status and properties of the mail store reported by the Exchange server Table 10 Mail Store tab Exchange storage group component properties Value Mail Store Name Description Name of storage group mail store Online The storage group mail store is available for use Database File Path to the file that stores all messages submitted through MAPI as well as the database tables that define mailboxes messages folders and attachments Streaming Database File Exchange 2003 only Path to the file that stores Internet formatted messages such as native Multipurpose Internet Extensi
33. ation type associated with a backup to Custom rotation the change is not reflected in ASM Workaround Data Protector Express can be used to change the rotation type of a backup to Custom rotation however this change will not be reflected in ASM If you need to use a custom rotation HP recommends that you continue to use Data Protector Express to make any further changes to the backup Troubleshooting Automated Storage Manager Backup job fails for Exchange storage groups that were manually migrated to the storage system It is possible to manually create a virtual hard disk on the storage system using the Microsoft Software iSCSI Target snap in This disk may then be assigned to a target allowing an iSCSI initiator on the Exchange server to access the disk as a local volume If the logs and database s of an Exchange storage group are then moved to this iSCSI volume ASM will discover the Exchange Storage Group and present it as an application in the ASM user interface This will allow you to configure data protection for the application and schedule a DPX backup however when the backup job runs it fails The job status in DPX will be operator canceled and the following error is written to the Windows application event log on the storage system Stopping backup job lt job name gt due to checksum verification failure The error occurs because ASM performs checksum verifications using the eseutil exe utility on Exchange databa
34. ault storage configurations based on best practices for SQL Server migrating the SQL Server database components you selected to your HP Storage System optionally deleting the SQL Server database components you selected from the server that hosts SQL Server and configuring SQL Server to store data on your HP Storage System Allocate and configure storage for any remote application over the iSCSI protocol or any other application that requires storage on the HP Storage System A wizard assists you in allocating and configuring storage space The wizard does not migrate user defined application data to your HP Storage System or reconfigure the application to store data on your HP Storage System You must do this manually as described in Migrating user defined application data from a remote application page 25 and as described in the application s documentation See Using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard page 14 See Using the Host a User Defined Application Wizard page 15 Data Protection Create a virtual library that backs up data from a remote system on your HP Storage System A wizard assists you in choosing size and storage allocation See Using the Create a Virtual Library Wizard page 17 Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard The Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard automatically discovers the Exchange storage groups on your application server and helps you a
35. ct SQL Server or Show all 3 Do one of the following e Select one of the following SQL Server SQL Server database or a SQL Server database component in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click SQL Server SQL Server database or a SQL Server database component in the content pane and select Properties Properties window ASM provides properties information for the SQL server databases and database components when SQL Server storage is hosted on your HP Storage System The following lists the tabs in the Application View 4 42 properties window and in parenthesis which applications are applicable SQL Server SQL Server databases or SQL Server database components e General tab SQL Server SQL Server database SQL Server database component Displays the name of the application the total capacity reserved for the application and its operating status Table 15 Operating status SQL Server properties Status indicator Value OK SQL Server is running and storage is online No alerts Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information e Details tab SQL Server database SQL Server database Displays the following SQL Server values Table 16 Details tab SQL Server database properties Property Value SQL Server Name of server where SQL Server storage is being hosted SQL server statu
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37. e Scheduling backups page 29 for more information Accessing properties for virtual libraries ASM provides properties information for virtual libraries on your HP Storage System Using properties information you can determine the status of all remote backup virtual libraries monitored by ASM and any warning or critical status indicators 1 In the Actions pane select Application View 2 From the Filter drop down menu select Data Protection or Show all 3 To select properties for the virtual library e Select a virtual library in the Remote Backup Virtual Libraries area of the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane or e Right click a virtual library in the Remote Backup Virtual Libraries area of in the content pane and select Properties Properties window e General tab Displays the virtual library name storage area type the virtual library status Table 22 Operating status Virtual library properties Status indicator Value OK Virtual library is online No alerts Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information e Storage tab Displays the virtual library s storage space including allocated space used space free space and the following storage allocation details Table 23 Storage tab Virtual library properties Application Path Path to the virtual library folder on the server Storage System Host Na
38. e System A window will appear asking if you would like to remove the HP Storage System Click Yes Configure display options ASM allows you to customize the user interface color and scale settings Installing the Automated Storage Manager Agent 7 Changing color settings Changing color settings customizes the color used in the content pane to display the different types of storage volumes and servers Colors help distinguish the different types of storage storage areas and servers from each other 1 In the Actions pane click Configure Display Options The Display Options dialog box opens 2 Select an item in the Items list and a color in the Color drop down menu 3 When your color selections are complete click Apply to apply the color settings to the content pane 4 Click OK Scaling display settings Changing the scaling settings customizes the size at which each application area or shared folder is displayed in the content pane You can choose to scale each application area and shared folder so that it is displayed in proportion to its capacity allocated storage size or so that all the application areas and shared folders are displayed at the same size 1 In the Actions pane click Configure Display Options The Display Options dialog box opens 2 Click the Sealing tab 3 Select the storage display proportion setting e According to capacity using automatic scaling Displays logical disks and volumes and a
39. e provided field 5 Click Expose Unexposing a snapshot 28 After restoring from a snapshot you may choose to unexpose a snapshot unexposing a snapshot completely removes access to it Note that unexposing a Latest data will result in that snapshot also being removed NOTE A snapshot of a shared folder cannot be exposed or unexposed using ASM Use the Shadow Copy Client to view snapshots of shared folders from a client computer Snapshots of a shared folder are stored on the same logical disk as the shared folder in a protected system folder To unexpose a snapshot 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database or user defined application in the content pane 2 Inthe Actions pane click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots The Manage Snapshots dialog box displays 3 Select an exposed snapshot from the snapshot list 4 Click Unexpose 5 Click Yes to confirm Managing data protection Reverting data to snapshots ASM allows you to revert data stored on your HP Storage System to a snapshot This overwrites the existing data and reverts it to a past state NOTE e Snapshots of shared folders cannot be reverted using ASM To revert a shared folder to a past snapshot use the Shadow Copy Client e Snapshots of user defined applications that are configured as local storage only applications cannot be reverted using ASM because all data that is on the same volume as the application would als
40. e set with a single command Use the following command to display usage details gt hpkacli To specify a password type the following gt hpkacli set password This will bring up the following Current password for ASMbackup New password for ASMbackup Confirm new password for ASMbackup If the current password for ASM backup is blank press return when prompted Otherwise enter the current password Confirm the new password by typing in password again under Confirm new password The password has been set Using the Administrator account to change the ASMbackup password 1 2 9 Use the Command Line interface CLI found at C Program Files HP HP All in One Storage Manager hpkacli exe Type in the following gt hpkacli set password admin This will bring up the following Password of Admin user New password for ASMbackup Confirm new password for ASMbackup Type the Data Protector Express admin password Type the new password for the ASMbackup account Confirm the new password by typing it in again Managing backups 31 Installing Data Protector Express on other machines 32 The Data Protector Express installation on the HP Storage System acts as the master server for a Data Protector Express Management Domain If you wish to use the ASM system as a Disk To Disk D2D backup target for other clients or servers you may install Data Protector Express on those machines and join the management domain
41. efined application from the application server to your HP Storage System You must do this manually Monitoring task completion status 25 26 1 Using ASM determine the path to the iSCSI LUN logical disk created on the application server by ASM as follows a Select the user defined application in the content pane b In the Actions pane select Properties The Properties window opens c Click the Storage tab d Record the Application Path information displayed 2 Copy the application data to the path on the application server recorded in step 1 as follows a Using Windows Explorer navigate to the application data you want to host on your HP Storage System b Copy the application data and paste it to the application path on the application server recorded in step 1 For example if the application data is stored on C application data and the application path you recorded is G application data copy and paste the data in C application data to G application data on the application server 3 Delete the application data from the old path optional Any data saved to the iSCSI LUN on the application server is now saved to a LUN on your HP Storage System and not on the server Hosting storage for applications and shared folders 4 Managing data protection The Automated Storage Manager provides data protection through the use of snapshots and backups You can configure these data protection methods through the Data Pr
42. ent on a network application server l 2 3 or 2 3 4 Locate the file at c hpnas components allinonestoragemanager agent Copy the file to the application server s you will use to perform data migration tasks Run the copied file on each application server to install the Automated Storage Manager Agent On the application server that stores data to be migrated insert the HP StorageWorks Storage System Recovery DVD NOTE Ifthe application server is in a remote location use Remote Desktop Connection to access the server copy the Agent installation files and run the Agent installation Navigate to the Automated Storage Manager Agent folder on the DVD Double click asmagentinstaller exe Follow the on screen installation instructions After completing the Automated Storage Manger Agent installation on the application servers you can then schedule data migration using the HP Automated Storage Manager wizards Add an HP Storage System You may add another HP Storage System for the ease of managing more than one server from the same console To add another HP Storage System 1 2 3 Click on Add HP Storage System in the Actions pane A dialog box will open Enter the hostname or IP address IPv4 of the HP Storage System to add The added HP Storage System will appear in the Navigation pane Remove an HP Storage System To remove an added HP Storage System 1 2 3 Click on Remove HP Storag
43. ent or user defined application from view does not unhost its storage Its storage is still hosted on your HP Storage System To permanently remove storage from your HP Storage System you must first remove the storage that is hosted by ASM NOTE If you remove an application component or user defined application from view without unhosting the storage your HP Storage System will re discover the applications immediately NOTE This action is not available for shared folders Because ASM automatically discovers top level shared folders on your HP Storage System the folder would just reappear after the next discovery process A shared folder is automatically removed from view when it is removed from your HP Storage System To remove an application component or user defined application from view 1 Permanently remove storage from your ASM depending on the type of application The application component will still remain in the content pane 2 Select the application component or user defined application to remove in the content pane 3 In the Actions pane click Remove from View A confirmation dialog box opens 4 Doone of the following e Click OK to remove the item from view e Click Cancel to cancel the action Changing permissions names descriptions or paths of shared folders ASM cannot be used to change permissions names descriptions or paths of top level or nested shared folders that reside on your HP Storage Syste
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45. es 46 Monitoring storage ASM assigns a drive letter to each volume on a logical disk The drive letter can be viewed on the volume s Properties window See Accessing properties for HP Storage System volumes page 47 for more information NOTE A logical disk can only have one RAID configuration so an application s components will reside on more than one logical disk if different RAID levels are selected for the application components using the storage allocation wizard To view all the storage properties for an item listed in the content pane see Accessing storage area properties page 47 Accessing storage area properties When Storage View is selected in the Actions pane you can view the storage status alerts and properties for the following storage areas on your HP Storage System e Volumes e Logical disks Do one of the following e Select the item in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click the item in the content pane and select Properties Accessing properties for HP Storage System volumes ASM provides properties information for any volume on a logical disk on your HP Storage System 1 In the Actions pane select Storage View 2 Do one of the following e Select any Volume Vol area in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click any Volume Vol area in the content pane and select Properties Accessing properties
46. es after successful migration checkbox When you are done click Next to open the Select the Database Workload Type page see Selecting a database workload type page 15 Selecting a database workload type Use the Select the Database Workload Type page to select the workload type for the SQL Server database NOTE You can only select the database workload type while using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard The database workload type cannot be changed later l Do one of the following e Select Transaction processing TP for frequently updated fast growing databases with large volumes of data requiring concurrent user access e Select Decision support systems DSS for databases designed to handle queries on large amounts of data typically used for data mining applications When you are done click Next to open the Storage Allocation page see Allocating space for components page 17 Using the Host a User Defined Application Wizard This wizard helps you set up your HP Storage System to store application data for various applications Storage is allocated for the application optionally exposed to another server using the iSCSI protocol and an NTFS file volume may be optionally created on the remote application Using the Host a User Defined Application Wizard 15 server Upon completion you can monitor and manage storage for the application through the Automated Storage Manager After storage is all
47. ese virtual libraries as targets for Disk to Disk backups of your protected clients and servers See Using the Create a Virtual Library Wizard page 17 for more information NOTE When manually creating or modifying backup jobs that were not created by ASM do not use the Data Protector Express ASMbackup account It is recommended that you create other Data Protector Express user accounts as needed Managing data protection 5 Managing storage After an application is hosted or shared folder is created on your HP Storage System using a storage allocation wizard you can manage its storage and data by e Increasing or reducing the allocated storage page 33 e Changing the percent full warning threshold page 33 e Removing application areas from view page 34 e Changing permissions names descriptions or paths of shared folders page 34 e Deleting shared folders page 35 Increasing or reducing the allocated storage You can increase or reduce the storage allocated to an application component user defined application or shared folder after storage is initially allocated and configured using a storage allocation wizard Increasing the storage allocated requires ASM to grow the logical disk increase the amount of hard drive space allocated to the logical disk holding the data Reducing the allocated storage does not reduce the size of the logical disk holding the data because once hard
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49. following virtual library details Table 24 Virtual Library tab Virtual library properties Property Value Device name Name of the virtual library Machine name Name of machine hosting the virtual library Device path Location of the virtual library Slot count Number of slots used for a virtual library Storage View Storage View displays the used and allocated storage space of the storage areas logical disks and volumes on your HP Storage System that were created by ASM to store application data and shared folders e In the Actions pane select Storage View e To view the storage area properties for all applications and shared folders hosted on your HP Storage System select Show all from the Filter drop down menu located at the top of the content pane Storage area properties are displayed in order of hierarchy in an expandable and collapsible view For example all the volumes on your HP Storage System are displayed under the logical disks they reside on and all the applications and shared folders hosted on your HP Storage System are displayed under the volumes on which they are stored Application components and individual shared folders are displayed under the application or shared folders pool to which they belong Click the Expand tree icon next to each logical disk name to view the volume s storage properties Click the Collapse tree icon next to expanded logical disks to hide the volume s storage properti
50. for HP Storage System logical disks ASM provides properties information for the logical disks created on your HP Storage System by ASM 1 In the Actions pane select Storage View 2 Do one of the following e Select any logical disk in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click any logical disk in the content pane and select Properties Properties window ASM provides properties information for any logical disks and for any logical disk created on your HP Storage System General tab Based on the application opened logical disks or volumes it will list the operating status for that application only Table 25 Operating status General tab Status indicator Value OK The storage is online No alerts Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information Storage View 47 Storage tab Displays the unallocated space used space free space on the volume and also details on your volume or logical disk properties depending on the application open Table 26 Storage tab HP Storage System logical disk properties Property System Name Value Name the system uses to identify the logical disk Physical Disks Globally unique identifier s of the hard drive s used by the logical disk for storage Exclusive Storage Indicates if the logical disk is configured with exclusive storage See Advanced Storage P
51. g a snapshot allows you to view the contents of a snapshot and selectively revert files NOTE A snapshot of a shared folder cannot be exposed or unexposed using ASM Use the Shadow Copy Client to view snapshots of shared folders from a client computer Snapshots of a shared folder are stored on the same logical disk as the shared folder in a protected system folder To expose a snapshot 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database or user defined application in the content pane 2 In the Actions pane click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots The Manage Snapshots dialog box displays 3 Select either Latest data or a snapshot from the list and then click Expose The Expose Snapshot dialog box displays Latest data represents the most current data on the system The snapshot that is taken represents reflects the data that is on the system at that specific point in time 4 Doone of the following e Select Mount as a volume on a remote Windows system running the All in in One Storage Manager Agent to expose the snapshot on a mount point on a remote server Type the IP address IPv4 or hostname and mount path of the remote server in the provided fields e Select Expose as a Windows share SMB protocol to expose the snapshot on a local Windows share e Select Expose as an iSCSI LUN to an iSCSI Initiator to expose the snapshot to a remote iSCSI initiator Type the iSCSI Qualified Name of the iSCSI Initiator in th
52. greater ASM uses GUID Partition Table GPT partitions to enable this new feature All storage that is provisioned using ASM now uses GPT partitions by default Limitations e Existing Master Boot Record MBR LUNs cannot be grown beyond 2TB This includes local volumes and iSCSI volumes e iSCSI LUN volumes greater than 2TB are supported only if the iSCSI Target is running a minimum of iSCSI Target version 3 2 e The maximum size allowed for a LUN is 256TB IMPORTANT If you want to grow existing MBR partitions to a size exceeding 2TB you must first convert the MBR partition to a GPT partition This can be accomplished by backing up the data on the MBR partition and then deleting the MBR partition A new GPT partition can then be created and the data can be restored For more information about GPT partitions refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base article KB302873 Automated Storage Manager Overview 2 Contiguring Automated Storage Manager Installing the Automated Storage Manager Agent If you plan to perform data migration tasks for any application servers on your network using the wizards that are available in the Automated Storage Manager you must first install the Automated Storage Manager Agent on those application servers Follow these instructions before performing any data migration operations Installing the Automated Storage Manager Agent on network application servers To install the Automated Storage Manager Ag
53. information e Tape or Other Device Alternate location backup Data is copied off of this HP Storage System to tape other disks or other types of storage media This enables long term storage and disaster recovery See Scheduling backups page 23 for more information From this window you can also click Modify advanced properties to configure advanced settings for backups Hosting storage for applications and shared folders NOTE Backups and snapshots are disabled in ASM for an Exchange storage group or a SQL Server database if one or more of the components of the Exchange storage group or SQL Server database are not hosted To host components for a storage group or database start the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard or Host a SQL Server Database Wizard as appropriate select the storage group or database and then select the components on the Select Storage Group Components page that are not currently hosted NOTE Snapshots are taken at the volume level See Storage View page 46 for information on viewing volumes After you have selected and configured data protection settings click Next Scheduling snapshots 1 On the Data Protection page in any wizard click the button on the right side of the Snapshot Schedule box to open the Snapshot Schedule page Click Add to add a snapshot to the snapshot schedule Select a snapshot frequency hourly daily weekly monthly for snapshots Enter a start date fo
54. ions of shared folder and application component properties Accessing properties for application server volumes ASM provides properties information for application server volumes created on the iSCSI LUNs exported by ASM to the application server 1 In the Actions pane select Application Server View 2 Do one of the following e Select an application server volume in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click an application server volume in the content pane and select Properties Application Server View 49 3 Click one of the following tabs General tab Displays the name of the volume on the application server the volume type and status Table 28 Operating status Application server volume properties Status indicator Value OK The storage is online Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information Storage tab Displays the unallocated space used space free space on the volume and the following storage allocation details Table 29 Storage tab Application server volume properties Property Application Server Host Name Value Name of the application server where the volume resides Name Application Server Volume Name of the volume on the application server Volume is located on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM Status Application Server Volume Status of the volume on the app
55. kup on the right side of the main window 5 Select the backup job for the application or shared folder whose backup schedule you want to edit 6 Right click the file and select Properties See the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Users Guide and Technical Reference for more information Reviewing task summary and scheduling tasks 24 1 Review the list of tasks the wizard will perform to allocate and configure storage and to host the application storage or shared folder on your HP Storage System For application storage ensure the following is true before you run the tasks e You have an up to date backup of the application data and logs e The application data and logs are not being accessed or modified 2 Do one of the following e Togo back and change your selections click Back e To run the listed tasks immediately click Finish o The Task Viewer opens running the tasks required to configure storage and migrate data See Monitoring task completion status page 25 for more information e To schedule tasks to run at a later time select Schedule tasks to run later enter a start date and time and then click Finish To select AM or PM for the start time click the up and down arrow buttons To use a calendar to select a start date click the down arrow button located to the right of the up and down arrow buttons to open a calendar To change the month displayed on the calendar click the previous and next buttons
56. lder the ASM status indicator still goes from Warning to Critical in the content pane however users are not blocked from adding data to the shared folder as long as there is still unallocated storage space on the logical disk where the shared folder resides Data can be written to the shared folder until the logical disk is full By default the Enforce Allocated Limit Quota is set to No for all shared folders and local storage applications To change this setting do one of the following e Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard change the Enforce Allocated Limit Quota setting on the Advanced window to Yes e Select the shared folder in the content pane click Properties in the Actions pane click the Warning Threshold tab and then select the Enforce Allocated Limit Quota NOTE If a Shared Folder is created outside of ASM you must use the Warning Threshold property tab on the particular folder to enable the Enforce Allocated Limit Quota setting To allocate space for a shared folder specify a size using the Allocate Space Wizard as described in Increasing or reducing the allocated storage page 33 Selecting data protection 22 Use the Data Protection window in the wizard to select the following e Snapshots Local disk backup Previous versions of data are retained on disk using virtual library backups and or volume snapshots for fast recovery See Scheduling snapshots page 23 for more
57. levels with the best capacity rating require the least amount of storage space to store data e Data protection The number of hard drives that can fail without data being lost The RAID level with the best data protection rating allows more hard drives to fail before data is lost 20 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders Table 6 Descriptions of RAID levels RAID level Description No RAID Offers no protection against disk failure If a disk drive fails data is lost RAID O Striping No Fault Tolerance Offers the greatest capacity and performance without data protection If you select this option you will experience data loss if a hard drive that holds the data fails However because no logical drive capacity is used for redundant data this method offers the best capacity This method offers the best processing speed by reading two stripes on different hard drives at the same time and by not having a parity drive RAID 1 Mirroring Offers a good combination of data protection and performance RAID 1 or drive mirroring creates fault tolerance by storing duplicate sets of data on a minimum of two hard drives There must be an even number of drives for RAID 1 RAID 1 and RAID 1 0 10 are the most costly fault tolerance methods because they require 50 percent of the drive capacity to store the redundant data RAID 1 mirrors the contents of one hard drive in the array onto another If either hard drive fails the
58. lication server Exclusive Storage Application Server Volume Indicates if the volume on the application server is configured with exclusive storage See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Level Application Server Volume RAID The RAID level to which the volume on the application server is configured See Customizing RAID levels page 20 for more information Stripe Size Application Server Volume RAID The RAID stripe size to which the volume on the application server is configured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Cache Application Server Volume Read Speeds up reads when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array not ASM Write Cache Application Server Volume Speeds up writes when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array not ASM Number of Hot Spares Application Server Volume The number of hot spares with which the volume on the application server is configured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Mount Paths Storage Utilization View Application Server Volume Path the volume is mounted on Storage Utilization View displays the allocated storage values for specific applications and the shared folders pool the unallocated storage value and the storage value for data not managed by ASM in a pie cha
59. lick OK to close the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box gt Configure Storage Networks 9 3 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders The Automated Storage Manager ASM radically simplifies hosting application storage and shared folders on your HP Storage System using storage allocation wizards Use storage allocation wizards to allocate and configure storage for these applications Application Exchange Description Allocate and configure storage for one or more Exchange storage group components A wizard assists you by discovering Exchange storage group components such as mail stores public stores and logs suggesting default storage configurations based on best practices for Exchange migrating the Exchange storage group components you selected to your HP Storage System and configuring Exchange to store data on your HP Storage System Notes See Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard page 10 Shared Folders Create shared folders on your HP Storage System A wizard assists you in allocating and configuring storage space for shared folders and creating shared folders See Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard page 12 SQL Server User Defined Applications Allocate and configure storage for SQL Server databases A wizard assists you by discovering servers that host SQL Server and SQL Server database components such as data files and logs suggesting def
60. llocate and configure storage space for these components e Mail stores Contain the data in user mailboxes e Public stores Contain the data in public folders e logs Provide a record of every message stored in a storage group Before you begin configuring storage for Exchange e Make sure the ASM agent is installed on each server with Exchange data you plan to host e Make sure you have a current backup of your Exchange data and logs 10 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders Accessing the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard 1 In the Actions pane select Host an Exchange Storage Group The Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard welcome page opens 2 Click Next to open the Specify Exchange Server page see Entering a name of a server that hosts Exchange page 11 Migrating Microsoft Exchange 2010 mail stores If you are attempting to migrate Microsoft Exchange 2010 mail stores that are replicated that is configured in a DAG environment it is not mandatory that the ASM agent be installed on the other mailbox servers participating in the DAG to facilitate the replication ASM can still migrate the mailbox and the log files for the replicated database by stopping replication between the participating servers and then restarting replication after the migration is complete If your replicated mail stores share their mail box database path or the log file path with another mail store replicated or not
61. m Use Windows Explorer or the Shared Folder MNC snap in to change permissions names descriptions or paths of shared folders that reside on your HP Storage System ASM automatically discovers and adopts any changes you make to the permissions names descriptions or paths of shared folders using other applications You do not have to make any changes in ASM to implement the changes Click Refresh in the Actions pane or perform any action in ASM to update the ASM user interface to display your changes 34 Managing storage You will need to know the path of a shared folder to change its permissions name description or path To find the path select the shared folder in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane The share path listed on the General tab is the path for the shared folder Deleting shared folders ASM cannot be used to delete top level or nested shared folders that reside on your HP Storage System Use Windows Explorer or the Shared Folder MMC snap in to delete shared folders that reside on your HP Storage System A shared folder is automatically removed from view on the ASM user interface when it is deleted from your HP Storage System Deleting shared folders 35 6 Monitoring storage ASM provides storage management functions so you can quickly view used and allocated storage and percent full warning thresholds settings for application and shared folder storage on your HP Storage System You have
62. mail store the critical icon is also shown on the Exchange storage group icon Automated Storage Manager Alerts 51 7 Troubleshooting Automated Storage Manager The following list documents recommended workarounds for conditions related to Automated Storage Manager For information specific to a particular product release see the HP Automated Storage Manager Release Notes for your product version The ASM Grow Extend Volume command fails intermittently The Grow Extend Volume command sometimes returns a failure even though the operation completes successfully and the volume capacity matches the requested size Workaround Retry the operation after completing the Discovery process Backup and or Restore operations in ASM may fail if there is more than one File Volume partition configured on an iSCSI Based LUN disk Workaround Do not perform backup or restore operations in ASM on storage where more than one File Volume is hosted on a single iSCSI LUN ASM never provisions more than one volume on iSCSI LUNs and this situation will not be encountered for storage provisioned by ASM Data protection settings are not modified for storage areas that are promoted by ASM If data protection settings snapshots and backup are applied to a remote user defined storage area and then a SQL Server database or Exchange database is manually migrated to this storage area ASM automatically promotes the application to a SQL or Excha
63. me Name of the host server for your virtual library Application View 45 Table 23 Storage tab Virtual library properties continued Property Value Storage System Volume Name Name of the volume on your HP Storage System where the virtual library is stored Storage System Volume Status Status of the volume that holds the virtual library on your HP Storage System Storage System Volume Mount Path to where the volume that holds the virtual library on your HP Storage Paths System is mounted Logical Disk RAID Level The RAID level to which the virtual library s storage is configured See Customizing RAID levels page 20 for more information Logical Disk RAID Stripe Size The RAID stripe size to which the virtual library s storage is configured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Virtual array Number of Hot The number of hot spares with which the virtual library storage is configured Spares See for more information Virtual array Physical disk type Type of physical disk designated for the hot spare Physical disk types include SAS SATA and SCSI e Warning Threshold tab Allows you to change the percent full warning threshold value for the user defined application See Setting a percent full warning threshold page 21 for more information e Virtual Library tab Displays the virtual library s remaining storage capacity and the
64. mized using Windows administration tools such as Windows Explorer and the Shared Folder MMC snap in This page will display either Windows Share Security options UNIX Linux Share Security options or both Windows and UNIX Linux options depending on which shared folder types you previously selected on the Choose Shared Folder types page For Windows Share Security 1 For Windows Share Security select a permission level Users can have read write permissions full control read only or no access 2 For UNIX Linux Share Security select the Allow anonymous access check box to allow anonymous access with the default user identifer UID and group identifier GID of 2 Select the level of anonymous access No Access Read Only or Read Write from the Type of access list Select Allow root access only if you want a UNIX Linux root user on an NFS client to have Administrator access to the share 3 Click Next to open the Storage Allocation page see Allocating space for components page 17 Using the Create a Shared Folder Wizard 13 Using the Host a SQL Server Database Wizard The Host a SQL Server Database Wizard automatically discovers the servers that host SQL Server and SQL Server databases on your domain and helps you allocate and configure storage space for each database component you select e Data file Contains pointers to database files storage for system tables and objects and storage for database data and objects
65. mmends configuring all iSCSI based storage for application servers on a dedicated Ethernet subnet The purpose of a private LAN for iSCSI traffic is to is to guarantee dedicated network bandwidth for storage as well as increased security To contigure storage networks for iSCSI traffic 1 Under Preferred Storage Network select a network that will be designated to manage all iSCSI traffic 2 Under Available for Failover select a network that can be used to manage iSCSI traffic in the event that the preferred storage network fails In the event of iSCSI initiator failure iSCSI traffic fails over to the designated network NOTE Any existing iSCSI connections must be reset before changes take effect Resetting iSCSI connections If you use the Storage Networks dialog box to configure a preferred private storage network for iSCSI traffic and there are one or more existing iSCSI connections on the system the new setting will not take effect until the existing connections are reset through iSCSI Initiator on the connected systems WS2008 R2 To reset an iSCSI connection 1 On the system that contains the iSCSI initiator whose connection has been changed open Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2 On the Favorite Targets tab select the iSCSI target that resides on your HP Storage System and then click Remove 3 On the Targets tab select the iSCSI target that resides on your HP Storage System and then click Disconnect 4 On the Discove
66. n your HP Storage System that is not managed by ASM NOTE Logical disks LUNs being used to store application data or shared folders cannot be grown increased in size by ASM using space on unused logical disks configured storage they can only be grown using raw storage Unused logical disks are reallocated by ASM when an unhosted application component shared folder or user defined application s storage is hosted using a storage allocation wizard and the advanced configuration settings selected in the wizard match those of the unused logical disk You can find the advanced configuration settings and capacities of unused and used logical disks on the Properties window for each logical disk see Accessing properties for HP Storage System logical disks page 47 Automated Storage Manager Alerts ASM generates an alert when the status of an application area or storage area changes from OK to Warning or Critical The alerts describe the condition that caused the storage status to change When an alert is generated a One or more alerts exist message appears in the ASM content pane Click the message to display a list of current ASM alerts NOTE ASM rolls up any status alert to the highest level For instance if a shared folder has surpassed its percent full warning threshold and exceeded its allocated storage space a warning icon is shown on the shared folders pool icon Likewise if a critical status exists in an Exchange
67. ncluding all of its components by checking the box next to the storage group e Select individual storage group components by expanding the list and checking the boxes next to the components You must select all the storage group components in a storage group if you want to run backups or take snapshots of the Exchange storage group using ASM The table below lists the action ASM will perform for each storage group component selected Table 3 Selecting storage group components to host Action Description None Component s check box is not selected so ASM will not perform any action Select check box to change action Allocate Space Move Data Storage space will be allocated and configured on your HP Storage System Component s data will be migrated to your HP Storage System None Already Managed Component s data is already hosted on your HP Storage System and already managed by ASM No action is possible 2 To view the properties for a storage group component select the storage group component name and then click Properties See Mail Store tab Exchange storage group component properties page 39 PublicStore database properties and Log tab Exchange storage group component properties page 40 for descriptions of the properties displayed 3 When you are done click Next to open the Storage Allocation page see Allocating space for components page 17 Local Continuous Replication L
68. nents 19 Table 5 Advanced Storage Properties items continued Physical storage ltem Percent full warning threshold Description The percent full value that when reached changes the storage status to Warning and issues a warning alert The warning indicates that storage use has surpassed the percentage full value For example if you enter 75 you see a warning yellow asterisk in the content pane when storage is at 75 percent full Notes The percent full warning threshold is set by default to 80 Percent full warning threshold values are ASM specific percent full warning threshold values selected in the Quota Management MMC snap in are not adopted by ASM All other Quota Management MMC snap in settings are adopted by ASM See Setting a percent full warning threshold page 21 Enforce allocated limit quota Sets an enforced quota for the amount of storage available to a shared folder or local storage application When the storage space allocated to a component is full no further data can be saved to this component This item is available for shared folders and local storage component See Enforcing an allocated storage limit for shared folders and local storage applications page 22 Application server volume mount type Indicates whether the storage area is hosted on a mount point or drive letter This setting does not apply to shared folders After you
69. nformation The number of hot spares with which the shared folder s storage is configured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Virtual array Physical disk type Type of physical disk designated for the hot spare Physical disk types include SAS SATA and SCSI Shared Folder Type tab Shared folders Allows you to enable the types of client protocols that are allowed to connect to the shared folder Warning Threshold tab Shared folders Allows you to enable or disable the enforcement of the allocated space limit for the shared folder See Enforcing an allocated storage limit for shared folders and local storage applications page 22 for more information Also allows you to change the shared folder s percent full warning threshold value See Setting a percent full warning threshold page 21 for more information e Snapshots tab Shared folders Allows you to schedule snapshots of the shared folder For more information see Scheduling and running snapshots page 27 e Backup tab Shared folders Allows you to schedule backups of the shared folder See Scheduling backups page 29 for more information Accessing properties for SQL Server ASM provides properties information for SQL Server when SQL Server storage is hosted on your HP Storage System 1 In the Actions pane select Application View 2 From the Filter drop down menu sele
70. nge Storage area during the discovery process ASM does not however adjust the data protection settings that were originally applied to the area This may lead to failures when taking snapshots or running backups Workaround When SQL Server or Exchange databases that are part of user defined storage areas are promoted to SQL or Exchange storage areas in ASM disable and delete all data protection settings for those areas snapshots and backup and reset them using ASM Troubleshooting Data Protector Express 52 This section describes workarounds for conditions related to HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express DPX a service required to enable data protection features on the HP ASM Note that DPX is not installed on HP StorageWorks X1000 Network Storage Systems by default The following applies only to storage systems with DPX installed and enabled DPX Virtual Tape Libraries show up as User Defined Applications in ASM after running System Recovery DPX Virtual Tape Libraries that are not backed up prior to running the System Recovery process appear as User Defined Applications in the ASM UI after the system recovery process is complete Workaround Before running System recovery back up all DPX files and configuration settings and reapply them after the System Recovery process is complete Changes made to a backup using Data Protector Express are not always reflected in ASM If you use Data Protector Express to change the rot
71. nter ASMbackup in the User name field A CAUTION The default password for ASMbackup is blank It can be changed in the Command Line Interface CLI See Setting the password for the ASMbackup user account page 31 for more information c Click OK Click Jobs and Media in the Favorites pane located on the left side of the main window Double click ASMbackup on the right side of the main window Select the restore job for the application or shared folder whose data you want to restore 30 Managing data protection 7 NOTE To modify properties of the job right click the Restore Job Properties For example you may want to choose a different device from which to restore or select different version of files to restore To restore version for files other than the latest backup refer to Selecting Files and File Versions in the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Users Guide and Technical Reference Right click the restore job and click Run to perform the restore Click Yes to confirm the restore To view the status of the restore job click Job Status in the Favorites pane Exit Data Protector Express Setting the password for the ASMbackup user account To set or change the ASMBackup user password 1 Use the Command Line interface CLI found at C Program Files HP HP All in One Storage Manager hpkacli exe The password may be set interactively allowing the password characters to be masked or it may b
72. o be reverted 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database or user defined application in the content pane 2 In the Actions pane click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots The Manage Snapshots dialog box displays 3 Select a snapshot from the list and click Revert 4 Click Yes to confirm Scheduling backups From the Backup property tab you can schedule and configure backups 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder in the content pane 2 In the Actions pane click Configure Backup The Backup property tab displays 3 Select Schedule backups to tape or another device to enable backups on a tape library or physical device 4 Select Schedule backups to a local virtual library to enable backups to a virtual library that will be created on this HP Storage System 5 Select a Data Protector Express media rotation type from the list 6 Type or use the arrows to indicate a time for the backup to begin 7 For backups to tape or other devices select the backup device 8 For local virtual library backups select the size for the virtual library A default value will be recommended based on the selected rotation type and component size Click Modify advanced storage properties to modify advanced storage settings such as RAID level and stripe size See Setting advanced storage properties page 18 for more information on advanced properties 9
73. ocated and configured on your HP Storage System for a remote application using the Host a User Defined Application Wizard do the following e Manually migrate the remote application s data to your HP Storage System See Migrating user defined application data from a remote application page 25 for more information e Configure the remote application to store its data on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the application server as described in the application s documentation Before you begin configuring storage for a user defined application e Make sure the ASM agent is installed on each application server with data you plan to host e Make sure you have a current backup of your remote application data and logs e For an iSCSI LUN application you will need the iSCSI Qualified Name IQN NOTE For a remote Windows application you need to know the path to the iSCSI LUN on the application server to configure the remote application to store data on the iSCSI LUN The path to the iSCSI LUN is displayed on the application s Properties window on the Storage tab To access the Host a User Defined Application Wizard 1 In the Actions pane select Host a User Defined Application The Host a User Defined Application Wizard welcome page opens 2 Click Next to open the Choose type of Application page see Choose type of application page 16 Choose type of application 16 1 Select the type of application for hosting a use
74. ocated at the top of the content pane Application server properties are displayed in order of hierarchy in an expandable and collapsible view For example all the volumes created on the iSCSI LUNs logical disk exported by ASM to the application server are displayed under the application server and all the application components hosted from the application server are displayed under the application server Click the Expand tree icon next to each application server to view the used and allocated storage properties for the volume and application components Click the Collapse tree icon next fo an expanded application server to hide the volume and application component storage properties To view all the storage properties for an item listed in the content pane see Accessing application server properties page 49 Accessing application server properties When Application Server View is selected in the Actions pane you can view the storage status alerts and properties for the following e Volumes created on the iSCSI LUNs logical disks exported by ASM to the application servers e Shared folders and application components same information displayed on Application View Do one of the following e Select the item in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click the item in the content pane and select Properties See Accessing application and shared folder properties page 37 for descript
75. on page see Allocating space for components page 17 NOTE The number of slots needed for your virtual library will depend on the media rotation type chosen for the backups that will use the virtual library The number of slots must be high enough to support the rotation type you intend to use for scheduling backups to this virtual library See Planning for Media Rotation in the Data Protector Express User s Guide and Technical Reference for more information Allocating space for components Use the Storage Allocation page in the wizards to specify the allocated space size and advanced configuration settings for each application component or shared folder listed Default values are provided Using the Create a Virtual Library Wizard 17 1 Do one of the following e Click Next to accept the default values that ASM has provided for the components user defined application or shared folder selected e Change the default size values Select a row to edit gt Highlight the storage size unit value and then enter a new value as necessary megabytes MB gigabytes GB or terabytes TB o Highlight the storage size number value and enter a new value or click the arrow buttons to change the value NOTE The Size Range column shows the minimum and maximum storage space that can be allocated to each application component user defined application or shared folder listed Whenever you change the allocated space size
76. on the calendar or click on the month or year displayed at the top of the calendar to display drop down lists Hosting storage for applications and shared folders Monitoring task completion status The Task Viewer shows the status of ASM wizard tasks ASM wizard tasks allocate and configure storage host application storage and shared folders and configure data protection NOTE Click the Expand tree icon next to a task to view its subtasks Select a task to view its description in the Details box on the Task Viewer The Task Viewer has a filter drop down menu Each selection displays information about task completion status for different time periods e Show All Displays all tasks that have been completed or failed to complete Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed and all scheduled tasks e Today Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed all scheduled tasks and tasks that completed or failed today e Last 3 Days Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed all scheduled tasks and tasks that completed or failed during the past three days including today e Last 7 Days Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed all scheduled tasks and tasks that completed or failed during the past seven days including today e Last 30 Days Displays the tasks and subtasks currently being processed all scheduled tasks and tasks that completed or failed during the
77. ons MIME content Replication type Indicates if LCR is being used LCR Status Indicate Exchange warnings for LCR LCR Copy Copy of the active original exchange component LCR Database Copy File Path to LCR mailstore copy Public Store tab Displays the public store s free space and the following storage allocation details about the public store Table 11 Public Store tab Exchange storage group component properties Value Public Store Name Description Name of storage group public store Online The storage group public store is available for use Database File Path to the file that stores all messages submitted through MAPI as well as the database tables that define mailboxes messages folders and attachments Streaming Database File Exchange 2003 only Path to the file stores Internet formatted messages such as native Multipurpose Internet extensions MIME content Application View 39 Table 11 Public Store tab Exchange storage group component properties continued Value Description Replication Type Indicates if LCR is being used LCR Status Indicate Exchange warnings for LCR LCR Copy Copy of the active original exchange component LCR Database Copy File Path to the LCR public folder copy o Log tab Displays the log s free space and the following storage allocation details about the log Table 12 Log tab Exchange
78. otection page of ASM s application wizards or you can configure and modify data protection settings after running the wizards by accessing the Snapshots and Backup actions in the ASM Actions pane For more information on available data protection methods see the following e Scheduling and running snapshots page 27 e Managing snapshots page 27 e Scheduling backups page 29 e Managing backups page 29 NOTE Backups and snapshots are disabled in ASM for an Exchange storage group or a SQL Server database if one or more of the components of the Exchange storage group or SQL Server database are not hosted To host components for a storage group or database start the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard or Host a SQL Server Database Wizard as appropriate select the storage group or database and then select the components on the Select Storage Group Components page that are not currently hosted Scheduling and running snapshots From the Snapshots property tab you can configure schedules for snapshots Snapshots cannot be scheduled on a target HP Storage System running ASM the snapshot schedule must be set on the system that is hosting the component data IMPORTANT Snapshots and backups are not supported on user defined iSCSI LUN applications 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder in the content pane 2 Inthe Actions pane click Sna
79. other hard drive provides a backup copy of the files and normal system operations are not interrupted RAID 1 0 Mirroring and Striping Offers the best combination of data protection and performance RAID 1 0 or drive mirroring creates fault tolerance by storing duplicate sets of data on a minimum of four hard drives There must be an even number of drives for RAID 1 0 RAID 1 0 10 and RAID 1 are the most costly fault tolerance methods because they require 50 percent of the drive capacity to store the redundant data RAID 1 0 10 first mirrors each drive in the array to another and then stripes the data across the mirrored pair If a physical drive fails the mirror drive provides a backup copy of the files and normal system operations are not interrupted RAID 1 0 10 can withstand multiple simultaneous drive failures as long as the failed drives are not mirrored to each other RAID 5 Distributed Data Guarding Offers the best combination of data protection and usable capacity while also improving performance over RAID 6 RAID 5 stores parity data across all the physical drives in the array and allows more simultaneous read operations and higher performance than data guarding If a drive fails the controller uses the parity data and the data on the remaining drives to reconstruct data from the failed drive The system continues operating with a slightly reduced performance until you replace the failed drive RAID 5 can only withstand the
80. pplication areas according to relative size but leaves the display readable e All as the same size Displays logical disks and volumes and application areas as the same size 4 Click Apply to apply your change 5 Click OK Configure Application Credentials Use the Application Credentials dialog box to set or update user name and password security credentials applicable to the HP Storage System 1 Expand the nodes of the tree in order to view the credential status of an application server 2 If the Credential Status column reads OK or Not required no action is required for that application 3 If the Credential Status column reads Failed or Not set select the application row and then click Update Credentials An Enter Credentials dialog box is displayed 4 Type the user name and password of a user with sufficient privileges as described in the dialog and then click OK 5 Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each application server Configure Storage Networks 8 Use the Storage Networks dialog box to configure a preferred private storage network for iSCSI traffic between your HP Storage System and any connected servers that use the iSCSI protocol This dialog box appears the first time you use the Host an Exchange Storage Group wizard Host a SQL Server Database wizard or Host a User Defined Application wizard Settings configured in this dialog box affect only iSCSI traffic Configuring Automated Storage Manager HP strongly reco
81. properties Status indicator Value OK The storage is online Warning The storage has surpassed the percent full warning threshold See the Alerts list for more information Critical Shared folder storage has past the allocated storage limit and alerts are shown See the Alerts list for more information Storage tab Shared folders Displays the shared folder storage space including allocated space used space free space and the following storage allocation details 40 Monitoring storage Table 14 Storage tab Shared folder properties Property Application Path Value Path to the shared folder on the server Storage System Host Name Name of your HP Storage System Storage System Volume Name Name of the volume on your HP Storage System where the shared folder is stored Storage System Volume Status Status of the volume that holds the shared folder on your HP Storage System Storage System Volume Mount Paths Path to where the volume that holds the shared folder on your HP Storage System is mounted Logical disk RAID Level The RAID level to which the shared folder s storage is configured See Customizing RAID levels page 20 for more information Logical disk RAID Stripe Size Virtual array Number of Hot Spares The RAID stripe size to which the shared folder s storage is configured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more i
82. pshots and then click Configure Snapshot Schedule The Snapshots property tab displays Click Add to add a snapshot to the snapshot schedule Select a snapshot frequency hourly daily weekly monthly for snapshots Enter a start date for snapshots Enter a start time for snapshots To add another snapshot to the snapshot schedule repeat steps 2 through 5 To delete a snapshot from the snapshot schedule select the snapshot and click Remove Click OK OOND W Managing snapshots From the Manage Snapshots dialog box you can take delete expose unexpose and revert snapshots IMPORTANT Snapshots and backups are not supported on user defined iSCSI LUN applications Taking and deleting snapshots To take or delete a snapshot 1 Select an Exchange storage group SQL Server database user defined application or shared folder in the content pane Scheduling and running snapshots 27 2 In the Actions pane click Snapshots and then click Manage Snapshots The Manage Snapshots dialog box displays 3 To take a snapshot immediately click Take Snapshot and then click Yes to confirm 4 To delete a snapshot select the snapshot from the snapshot list and click Delete 5 When you are done making changes click Close Exposing a snapshot You can view a read only copy of a snapshot of an Exchange storage group SQL Server database or user defined application by exposing the snapshot on your HP Storage System Exposin
83. r applications and shared folders Table 5 Advanced Storage Properties items Physical storage ltem Size Description The amount of storage that ASM allocates to the application component user defined application or shared folder you are configuring Notes You are prevented from setting the size below 15 MB After the allocated storage space is full 100 percent used no further data can be stored to the space until you increase the size using the Allocate Space Wizard The only exception is for shared folders and local storage applications without an enforced allocated limit If there is unused storage space on the logical disk where a component without an enforced allocated limit resides data can be written to the component until the logical disk is full Physical disk type Type of physical disk to add for the hot spare You are able to choose SAS Serial Attached SCSI SATA Serial Advanced Technology Attachment or SCSI Small Computer System Interface for a physical disk type depending on your hardware RAID level Hard drive formatting that provides different levels of performance capacity and data protection For more information about RAID levels see Customizing RAID levels page 20 Hot spare required A hot spare is a hard drive reserved as a spare for storage space configured as RAID 1 1 0 5 or 6 A hot spare automatically replaces a hard drive when it fail
84. r defined application e Remote Windows Application ASM will provision storage for the application and expose the storage to the given server as an NTFS volume over the iSCSI protocol This is the recommended option for most scenarios The Automated Storage Manager agent must be installed on the application server to use this option e iSCSI LUN Exposes a LUN to the remote server so the server can store data on the LUN You will need to install an iSCSI initiator on your host server Storage is provisioned for these applications NOTE A valid iSCSI Qualitied Name IQN is required to host a user defined application as an iSCSI LUN IP addresses are not valid IQNs If you enter a temporary IQN such as an IP address in the iSCSI Qualified Name IQN field you must manually configure the iSCSI Target using the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target management console in order for ASM to discover and assign the application server to the iSCSI LUN e Local storage only Creates a volume on your HP Storage System Storage is provisioned for these applications 2 Click Next to open the Enter an Application Name page see Entering an application name page 17 When hosting a user defined application as an iSCSI LUN the volume presented is not automatically initialized with NTFS and mounted This is because the iSCSI LUN could be presented to a aes server After completing the wizard you must manually initialize and mount the volume Hos
85. r snapshots Enter a start time for snapshots To add another snapshot to the snapshot schedule repeat steps 2 through 5 To delete a snapshot from the snapshot schedule select the snapshot and click Remove Click OK to save your changes and return to the Data Protection page ONAMRWN The Schedule box now displays the snapshot schedule or Multiple schedules if there is more than one snapshot schedule 9 After you have selected and configured all data protection settings click Next Scheduling backups IMPORTANT e Before you schedule alternate location backups install a tape library or other physical device and add it to the same Data Protector Express Management Domain as your HP Storage System e Installing a tape library that can accommodate the media rotation type required by your environment requires tape storage management experience See http www hp com sbso serverstorage ultimate html to learn more about tape storage 1 On the Data Protection page in any wizard select Tape or Other Device Backup 2 Select the device for the virtual library to reside in the Device list 3 Select Modify Advanced Properties This will open the Data Protection Advanced Properties window 4 Select Schedule backups to tape or another device to enable backups on a tape library or physical device 5 Select Schedule backups to a local virtual library to enable backups on a virtual library that resides on this HP Storage System
86. ring IP address settings using ASM use Internet Protocol version 4 IPv4 addresses In order to use some Automated Storage Manager features your HP Storage System must have supporting software installed Microsoft iSCSI Software target is preinstalled HP Data Protector Software requirements 5 Express is not preinstalled For more information about Data Protector Express see the X1000 Network Storage System QuickSpecs at http www hp com go X 1000 To obtain an evaluation version of HP Data Protector Express see the HP Data Protector Express Web site at hitp www hp com go data protectorexpress The following table lists the supporting software and installation requirements Table 2 Required software for ASM features Software Required for Preinstalled on X1000 Network Storage Systems Microsoft iSCSI Software Target Hosting application storage Exchange Yes license key not required and SQL Server and iSCS based User Defined application storage HP Data Protector Express Creating backups to tape other disks No or other types of storage media Using ASM with HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring software As of ASM version 4 0 HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring SWSM software is no longer integrated directly with ASM Support for LUNs over 2TB in size 6 ASM supports the provisioning of LUNs over 2TB in size on systems running Windows Storage Server 2003 and Windows Storage Server 2008 and
87. roperties items page 19 for more information RAID Level The RAID level to which the logical disk is configured See Customizing RAID levels page 20 for more information RAID Stripe Size The RAID stripe size to which the logical disk is configured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Read Cache Write Cache Speeds up writes when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array Speeds up reads when enabled This setting is determined by the storage array not ASM not ASM Number of Hot Spares The number of hot spares with which the logical disk is configured See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Unmanaged Data Space on the logical disk used to store data that is not managed by ASM Free Space Property Storage System Host Name Table 27 Storage tab HP Storage System volume properties Unused storage space on the logical disk that is not allocated Value Name of your HP Storage System Storage System Volume Name Name of the volume on your HP Storage System Storage System Volume Status Status of the volume on your HP Storage System Storage System Volume Exclusive Storage Indicates if volume is configured with exclusive storage See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Storage System Volume RAID Level The RAID level
88. rovides properties information for Exchange Exchange storage groups and components for storage hosted on your HP Storage System The following lists the tabs available in the properties window and in parenthesis if it applies to Exchange Exchange storage groups or Exchange storage group components e General tab Exchange Exchange storage groups and components Displays the name of the application the total capacity reserved for the application and its operating status Table 7 General tab Exchange properties Status indicator Value OK Exchange is running and storage is online No alerts Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information Application View 37 e Details tab Exchange storage groups Displays the following Exchange server values Table 8 Details tab Exchange storage group properties Property Exchange Server Value Name of server where Exchange storage is being hosted Exchange Version Version of Exchange Days before log file removal The number of days before log files are deleted from the server Directory Server The domain controller used by the server Server Type The type of Exchange installation Front end or Back end ASM can only host storage from Back end Exchange servers because Front end Exchange installations do not actually store mailboxes and other Exchange data Clustered Indicates
89. rt e Inthe Actions pane select Storage Utilization View The storage value for each application hosted the shared folders pool unallocated storage and data not managed by ASM is displayed according to its percentage of total capacity using colors selected in the Color Options window 50 Maonitoring storage The total capacity of your HP Storage System is divided into the following areas e Exchange Storage allocated to host Exchange storage group components e Shared Folders Storage allocated to host shared folders e SQL Server Storage allocated to host SQL Server database components e User defined Storage allocated to host user defined applications e Data Protection Storage allocated to host snapshots backups and replicated data e Unallocated Unused storage that is not allocated The unallocated space value is the total unused space on your HP Storage System that has not been allocated to host application or shared folder storage Unallocated storage includes raw unconfigured storage and unused configured storage logical disks e Unmanaged Storage used by data that is not managed by ASM The unmanaged value is the total storage being used to store data not managed by ASM such as application or shared folder data no longer managed by ASM because the application components or shared folder was removed from view see Removing application areas from view page 34 and any other data saved o
90. ry tab under Target Portals select the IP address that was previously designated for iSCSI traffic between the application server and the HP Storage System and click Remove 5 Back on the Targets tab under Quick Connect enter the IP address IPv4 that was enabled for iSCSI traffic in the Automated Storage Networks dialog box and then click Quick Connect A Quick Connect dialog should show Login Succeeded Click Done 6 Click OK to close the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box WS2003 To reset an iSCSI connection 1 On the system that contains the iSCSI initiator whose connection has been changed open Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 2 On the Persistent Targets tab select the iSCSI target that resides on your HP Storage System and then click Remove 3 On the Targets tab select the iSCSI target that resides on your HP Storage System and then click Details Select the target identifier from the list click Log off and then click OK 5 On the Discovery tab under Target Portals select the IP address that was previously designated for iSCSI traffic between the application server and the HP Storage System and click Remove 6 Click Add In the IP address or DNS name field type the IP address IPv4 that was enabled for iSCSI traffic in the Automated Storage Networks dialog box and then click OK 7 On the Targets tab click Log On 8 Check the Automatically restore this connection when the system boots check box and then click OK 9 C
91. s When the failed hard drive is replaced its replacement becomes the new hot spare A hot spare is assigned at the array level A LUN that does not require a hot spare may be assigned one anyway if another LUN on the same array requires a hot spare Minimum number of physical disks The minimum number of physical disks that the allocated storage will be spread across Storage may be provisioned across more disks but this setting determines the minimum number of disks reserved for the allocated storage For better performance increase the minimum number of physical disks Assigned logical disk RAID stripe size The storage area can be assigned to an existing logical disk or it can be assigned a new disk which is created upon completion of the scheduled tasks for the storage wizard The number of bytes or kilobytes of data in each RAID stripe block of data The RAID stripe size selected affects performance For the best performance select the stripe size closest to the size of the files being saved ASM provides the following values 8 KB 16 KB 32KB 64 KB 128 KB and 256 KB Snapshot storage space percentage of size Amount of storage space as a percentage of the volume that is reserved for storing snapshots of the storage area This value may be modified in order to match the change rate of the data in the storage area Other storage settings Allocating space for compo
92. s Operational status of the SQL Server Version Version of SQL Server Database status Operational status of the SQL Server database Workload type Workload type of the SQL Server database Clustered Indicates whether the server that hosts SQL Server is part of a cluster Snapshots tab SQL Server database Allows you to schedule snapshots of the database For more information see Scheduling and running snapshots page 27 Backup tab SQL Server database Allows you to schedule backups of the database See Scheduling backups page 29 for more information Storage tab SQL Server database component Displays the database component s storage space including allocated space used space free space and the following storage allocation details Table 17 Storage tab SQL Server database component properties Property Value Application Path Path to the file directory on the server that hosts SQL Server where the database component s data is saved by SQL Server The file directory is located on the volume created on the iSCSI LUN exported by ASM to the server that hosts SQL Server Protocol Communication protocol used to transfer data between the server that hosts SQL Server and the database component and your HP Storage System Application Server Host Name Name of server that hosts SQL Server and the database component Application Server Volume Name Name of the volume on the server that hosts
93. server that hosts SQL Server File Name Accessing properties for user defined applications ASM provides properties information for the user defined applications on your HP Storage System Using properties information you can determine the status of all user defined application areas monitored by ASM and any warning or critical status indicators 1 In the Actions pane select Application View 2 From the Filter drop down menu select User Defined or Show all Application View 43 3 To select properties for the use e Select User Defined in the or rdefined application pool content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click User Defined in the content pane and select Properties For a user defined application e Select any user defined application in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane or Properties window Right click any user defined application in the content pane and select Properties e General tab Displays the user defined application name name of the application server that runs the user defined application and the application area status Table 20 Operating status User defined application properties e Storage tab Displays the user Status indicator Value OK Application storage is online No alerts Warning See the Alerts list for more information Critical See the Alerts list for more information defined applica
94. ses and logs before backing up the files Databases and logs are expected to be found in separate volumes as a best practice method employed by ASM when a wizard is used to migrate an Exchange storage group to the storage system When the logs are not found the checksum fails and ASM cancels the backup job and notifies Exchange that the backup did not complete successfully Workaround Manually create another iSCSI virtual hard disk and make it accessible to the Exchange server 1 Use the Exchange Management Console to move the storage group path for the log files and system files to the new volume leaving the database at the original iSCSI volume 2 After modifying the paths in Exchange click Refresh in the ASM user interface to force a discovery 3 The application area for log files will now show an alert Right click on this area and select Remove from view 4 Another discovery will be performed and ASM will restore the log file area into the user interface with corrected properties such as the new location on the Exchange server For backup jobs from ASM to work properly each database and the log files system files must be on a separate iSCSI volume For example if a storage group contains one mail store and one public folder store three iSCSI volumes should be used one for each database and one for the log and system files Performing a Remove from View on a Virtual Library causes the library to appear as a User Defined
95. storage group component properties Value Description Path Path to the log file Circular Logging Indicates whether or not circular logging is enabled If enabled a new log entry will replace the oldest log entry when the size limit is reached Replication Type Indicates if LCR is being used LCR Status Indicate Exchange warnings for LCR LCR Copy Copy of the active original exchange component LCR Log Folder Copy Path to the LCR log file copies LCR System Folder Copy Path to LCR system file copies Accessing properties for shared folders ASM provides properties information for shared folders pool and for any shared folder on your HP Storage System Using properties information you can determine details about shared folder status including allocated space whether shared folder storage is online or offline and any warning or critical status indicators l 2 3 In the Actions pane select Application View From the Filter drop down menu select Shared Folders or Show all Do one of the following e Select Shared Folders in the content pane and then click Properties in the Actions pane e Right click Shared Folders in the content pane and select Properties General tab Shared folders pool shared folders Displays the shared folder name type of shared folder share path on your HP Storage System share description and the shared folder operating status Table 13 General tab Shared folder
96. te For more information about setting application credentials between ASM and application servers see Configure Application Credentials page 8 Application View 36 Application View displays the used and allocated storage space and storage status of applications and shared folders hosted on your HP Storage System in the content pane e In the Actions pane select Application View e To view all the application storage and shared folders hosted on your HP Storage System in the content pane select Show all from the Filter drop down menu located at the top of the content pane Application storage properties are displayed in order of hierarchy in an expandable and collapsible view Click the Expand tree icon next to each application to view the used and allocated storage properties for the hosted application components Click the Collapse tree icon next to expanded applications to hide the application component storage properties To view all the storage properties for an item listed in the content pane see Accessing application and shared folder properties page 37 Monitoring storage Accessing application and shared folder properties When Application View is selected in the Actions pane you can view the storage status alerts and properties for the following e Applications Application components User defined applications e Shared folders pool e Shared folders e Virtual libraries Do
97. ting storage for applications and shared folders Entering an application name Use the Enter an Application Name page to enter a name for the application This name will be used anywhere the application is referenced in ASM so it must be a unique name l Enter a name for the application 2 When you are done click Next to open the Storage Allocation page see Allocating space for components page 17 Using the Create a Virtual Library Wizard This wizard helps you create a virtual library for disk to disk backup of other client or servers to your HP Storage System and manage the storage for the virtual library through ASM Install Data Protector Express on additional servers you need to backup See Installing Data Protector Express on other machines page 32 for more information Accessing the Virtual Library Wizard To access the Create a Virtual Library Wizard l In the Actions pane select Create a Virtual Library The Create a Virtual Library welcome page opens Click Next to open the Configure virtual library page see Configure your virtual library page 17 Configure your virtual library To configure your virtual library do the following l 2 3 In the name dialog box type a name for your virtual library In the Number of slots field type or use the arrows to indicate how many slots are needed for your virtual library When you are done click Next to open the Storage Allocati
98. tion s storage space including allocated space used space free space and the following storage allocation details Table 21 Storage tab User defined application properties Property Application Path Value Path to the file directory on the application server where the user defined application data is saved by the user defined application The file directory is located on the volume created on the iSCSI LUN that was exported by ASM to the application server Protocol Communication protocol used to transfer data between the server that hosts the user defined application and your HP Storage System Application Server Host Name Name of server that hosts the user defined application Application Server Volume Name Application Server Volume Status Name of the volume on the application server to which the user defined application saves its data The volume resides on the iSCSI LUN logical disk exported by ASM to the application server Status of the volume on the application server where the user defined application data is stored Application Server Volume Exclusive Storage Indicates if user defined application storage is configured with exclusive storage See Advanced Storage Properties items page 19 for more information Application Server Volume RAID Level The RAID level to which the user defined application storage is configured See Customizing RAID levels page 20 for
99. us values 37 Microsoft Exchange storage group components Storage properties 39 Microsoft Exchange storage groups Details properties 38 monitoring storage 36 O operating status values application server volumes 50 Exchange 37 42 HP Storage System alerts 47 shared folders 40 user defined applications 44 virtual libraries 45 P PublicStore database 39 S shared folders operating status values 40 Storage properties 41 shared folders pool accessing properties 40 SQL Server accessing properties 4 SQL Server database components Storage properties 43 SQL Server properties operating status values 42 status icons 36 Storage properties Exchange storage group components 39 shared folders 41 SQL Server database components 43 Storage View 36 46 Subscriber s Choice HP 54 T technical support HP 54 U user defined application pool accessing properties 43 user defined applications operating status values 44 storage properties 45 V virtual libraries operating status values 45 storage properties 46 W Warning Threshold 33 43 45 46 websites HP Subscriber s Choice for Business 54 55

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