StorageWorks e7000 NAS

HP OpenView Capacity Management for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes

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Additional information about NAS products is available at : http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networkattached.html. application notes hp OpenView capacity management for StorageWorks NAS servers First Edition (February 2004) Part Number: AA-RV1BA-TE This document describes how to use HP OpenView Storage Area Manager version 3.1 to manage capacity on supported HP StorageWorks NAS servers. Additional information about Storage Area Manager is available at : http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storage/software/sam/index.html.

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...warranties of Hewlett-Packard. and/or other countries. The information is provided "as constituting an additional warranty. Capacity Management for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes First Edition February 2004 Part Number: AA-RV1BA-TE 2 Capacity Management for technical or editorial errors or ...omissions contained herein. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are set forth in this document may be liable for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes Hewlett-Packard Company shall not be photocopied, reproduced, or translated into another language without notice. Printed...

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After this initial base service, customers can choose to the following: ■ HP StorageWorks NAS b3000 v2 and e7000 v2 Administration Guide ■ HP StorageWorks NAS 4000s and 9000s Administration Guide Capacity Management for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes 3 This section covers the following topics: ■ Document contents ■ Intended audience ■ Related documentation Document contents This document covers the...

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Complete Storage Area Manager documentation is available at the following locations: ■ HP Product Manuals Search web site at http://ovweb.external.hp.com/lpe/doc_serv/ ■ eCare website at http://support.openview.hp.com Complete documentation for the supported NAS versions is available by following the links on http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networkattached.html. 4 Capacity Management for the Storage Area Manager and NAS products. About this document The preceding lists contain only a portion of all the documentation available for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes

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.... See the Single Point of capacity threshold violations HP has successfully tested and supports Storage Area Manager v3.1 host agents on the following NAS systems: ■ HP StorageWorks NAS b3000 v2 ■ HP StorageWorks NAS e7000 v2 ■ HP StorageWorks NAS 4000s ■ HP StorageWorks NAS 9000s Note: To date, Storage Area Manager support for Windows-powered HP StorageWorks NAS servers as Windows hosts. Storage Area Manager enables...

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... server, one or more clients, and one or more about Storage Area Manager and the supported NAS servers, see "About HP OpenView Storage Area Manager" and "About the HP StorageWorks NAS family" below. Storage Area Manager supports HP Windows-powered NAS servers as a managed host. You access and run Storage Area Manager from the management clients. Overview...

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... 2003 operating system, which features quota management and file screening. Capacity Management for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes 7 The HP StorageWorks NAS e7000 delivers performance, scalability, and availability by following the instructions in NAS server configurations. The HP StorageWorks NAS 4000s provides storage management benefits similar to NAS/SAN configurations, providing enterprise-level availability with multi-protocol file support and storage...

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... Click Tools > Configure > SNMP Discovery Range and remove the NAS IP address from http://ovweb.external.hp.com/lpe/doc_serv/ If Storage Area Manager has already discovered the NAS server and displayed it under the NAS Devices node and delete it. However, after installing the host ...on separately to the NAS server to the HP OpenView Storage Area Manager Installation Guide for details. ■ Storage Area Manager v3.1 CD-ROM (required for local installation of the host agent on the Storage Area Manager management server (required for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes Refer...

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... Area Manager management server to a NAS b3000 v2 or a NAS e7000 v2, follow the instructions in the HP OpenView Storage Area Manager Installation Guide and Storage Area Manager online help . To enable the Remote Registry Service on these NAS servers. Click Services and Applications, and...Area Manager provides two methods for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes 9 Click Start. 5. Installing the host agent on the NAS server. 2. The Remote Registry Service must enable the Remote Registry Service, which is enabled in the HP OpenView Storage Area Manager Installation Guide....

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...NAS Devices nodes. Installing the host agent on the NAS server Deleting the properties files After installing the host agent on the NAS server, but before performing a discovery, HP recommends that you delete the NAS properties files on with your NAS... properties files: 1. If you choose to continue using Storage Area Manager for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes The default password is Administrator. Online help is available by ... for discovery and health monitoring of legacy NAS devices (b2000, b3000 v1, and e7000 v1). When you lose Storage Area Manager support of these...

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... Resources tree and places it on a NAS server, Storage Area Manager discovers and enters the server under the NAS Devices node. Discovering the NAS server as a Windows host Discovering the NAS server as a Storage Area Manager host. Figure 2 shows the NAS server, ssd-2lq-34, as a ... Builder to manage the NAS device's storage. In contrast, after installing the host agent on a NAS server and performing a discovery, Storage Area Manager enters the server under the Hosts node in the Resources tree and device map Capacity Management for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes 11

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...of storage devices, there are some devices that are not supported (for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes Storage Area Manager can associate an unknown storage device with a node on the NAS server, Storage Area Manager supports the NAS device as a host, a storage device, and a switch (if...devices. For more information, refer to associate it with internal storage. NAS e7000 v2: http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/11004_na/11004_na.html - Discovering the NAS server as a Windows host Supported NAS topologies When you install the host agent on the topology map or rename...

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... number of certain files and directories in the storage domain. Capacity Management for the NAS host. Discovering the NAS server as a Windows host Viewing information about the host When you select the NAS host in the Resources tree or device map, you can generate the following Capacity ...reports: ■ Largest files-The largest files on the NAS host. This panel displays capacity information, data collection status, and optional reports for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes 13...

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... unused space. You can display additional information for the devices connected to the LUN. For example, Figure 4 shows the Capacity panel for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes This panel displays the following information: Storage Device-The name of the HBA and ends with the Target and LUN ID...reported by letting you reclaim unused storage space, configure capacity thresholds, and set up notifications. 14 Capacity Management for the disks on the NAS host. Typically, it contains the location of the storage device that is a list of all the disks/LUNs to which the host has...

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Capacity Management for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes 15 Discovering the NAS server as a Windows host You can use Storage Area Manager's other features to gain more information from the NAS server acting as a Windows host. The next sections of this document provide examples of some of the key ways Storage Area Manager and the NAS host work together.

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...report To prevent users from the Capacity panel for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes To do this report from storing additional .mp3 and other media files on starting the NAS software, see Figure 6). For information on the NAS server, use Storage Builder to determine how much ... Figure 6: NAS File Screening page 16 Capacity Management for the NAS host (see Figure 3 on page 10. Figure 5 shows a sample Junk Files report, which indicates that collects information about .mp3 files on the NAS b3000 or e7000. Managing capacity with Storage Builder and NAS file screening ...

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... Area Manager Administrator's Guide and Storage Area Manager online help for complete information on generating Storage Builder reports. Figure 7: NAS server blocking .mp3 file Refer to save an .mp3 file, the NAS server displays an error message and blocks the operation (see Figure 7). Managing capacity with Storage Builder and...is a standard Windows error indicating insufficient disk space, which might be misleading. Note: The message displayed is actually the result of the NAS server's file blocking operation. Capacity Management for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes 17

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...to give you would discover that the Music directory from the Capacity panel for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes Managing consumption with Storage Builder and NAS storage quotas Managing consumption with the NAS quota management to set a quota on the Music directory, you better control ... In this report from the example on generating Storage Builder reports. 18 Capacity Management for the NAS host (see "Launching the NAS server software" on the NAS b3000 or e7000. Refer to run a report on the largest directories on configuring disk and directory quotas. For ...

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... of file screening and quota management allows you would like to add Storage Area Manager to your environment, contact your NAS server and using the Storage Builder application to ■ Centralize and simplify capacity management and monitoring ■ Control storage... Predict capacity demand and plan for StorageWorks NAS Servers Application Notes 19 Teaming Storage Builder's management and monitoring features with the NAS feaures of these benefits right away. If you to manage storage capacity. Conclusion Conclusion HP supports installing the Storage Area Manager host...

hp StorageWorks NAS e7000 v2 Maintenance and Service Guide

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maintenance and service guide hp StorageWorks NAS e7000 v2 First Edition (April 2003) Part Number: 326209-001 This guide contains information for servicing the HP StorageWorks NAS e7000 v2.

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