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CentricStor V3.1D

User Guide

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Main CommentsSuggestionsCorrections Certified documentation according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 Copyright and Trademarks Contents Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 1Introduction 1.1 Objective and target group for the manual 1.2 Concept of the manual 1.3 Notational conventions 1.4 Note Page Page Robots Data cartridges Host CentricStor Disk cache Page 2.2 Hardware architecture CentricStor PLMVLM UNIX/Windows Mainframe Robots VLP FC Hosts CentricStor BS2000/OSD, Open Systems z/OS and OS/390 z/OS and OS/390 BS2000/OSD, Robots FC IDP ICP_IDP FC SCSI or FC SCSI or FC CentricStor TVC 2.2.3 FibreChannel (FC) 2.2.4 FC switch (fibre channel switch) 2.2.5 Host connection 2.3 Software architecture CentricStor TVC VLP VLS PLM VLM Page 2.4 Operation 2.5 Administering the tape cartridges 2.5.1 Writing the tape cartridges according to the stacked volume principle 2.5.2 Repeated writing of a logical volume onto tape 2.5.3 Creating a directory 2.5.4 Reorganization of the tape cartridges 2.6 Procedures RAID 3 2.6.1 Creating the CentricStor data maintenance Robots CentricStor Host RAID 4 Robots 1 CentricStor Host Page Page 2.6.3 Scratch mount 2.7 New system functions 2.8 Standard system functions 2.8.1 Partitioning by volume groups 2.8.2 Call Home in the event of an error 2.8.3 SNMP support 2.8.4 Exporting and importing tape cartridges Page 2.9 Optional system functions 2.9.1 Compression TVC ICP Data from host 2.9.2 Multiple library support Host1 Host2 CentricStor Robot archive Hosts 2.9.3 Dual Save Page 2.9.4 Extending virtual drives 2.9.5 System administrators edition 2.9.6 Fibre channel connection for load balancing and redundancy 2.9.7 Automatic VLP failover Page Page 2.9.8 Cache Mirroring Feature Page Page Page Page Page 3 Switching CentricStor on/off 3.1 Switching CentricStor on 3.2 Switching CentricStor off 4 Selected system administrator activities 4.1 Partitioning on the basis of volume groups 4.1.1 General 4.1.2 Rules 4.1.3 System administrator activities Page Page Page Page 4.2 Cache management 4.3 Dual Save 4.3.1 General 4.3.2 System administrator activities 4.4 Reorganization 4.4.1 Why do we need reorganization? 4.4.2 How is a physical volume reorganized? 4.4.3 When is a reorganization performed? 4.4.4 Which physical volume is selected for reorganization? Page 4.4.5 Own physical volumes for reorganization backup 4.4.6 Starting the reorganization of a physical volume 4.4.7 Configuration parameters Page 4.5 Cleaning physical drives 4.6 Synchronization of the system time using NTP 5 Operating and monitoring CentricStor 5.1 Technical design TVC 5.1.1 General CentricStor 5.1.2 Principles of operation of GXCC Page Page 5.1.3 Monitoring structure within a CentricStor ISP Page GXCC 5.1.4 Operating modes 5.2 Operator configuration 5.2.1 Basic configuration 5.2.2 Expansion 5.2.3 GXCC in other systems 5.2.4 Screen display requirements 5.2.5 Managing CentricStor via SNMP Page SNMP management station Workstation SNMP manager 5.3 Starting GXCC 5.3.1 Differences to earlier CentricStor versions 5.3.2 Command line Page Page 5.3.3 Environment variable XTCC_CLASS 5.3.4 Passwords Page Page Page 5.3.5 Starting the CentricStor console 5.3.6 Starting from an X11 server GXCC ii Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 5.3.7 GXCC welcome screen Page 5.3.8 Selecting the CentricStor system 5.3.9 Establishing a connection after clicking on OK 5.3.10 Authentication 5.3.11 Software updates 6GXCC 6.1 Main window 6.1.1 Standard 6.1.2 Loss of a connection 6.1.3 Elements of the GXCC main window Page Page Page 6.1.4 Message window 6.1.5 Asynchronous errors 6.1.6 Block diagram Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 6.1.7 ICP object information Page 6.1.11 Information about the RAID systems 6.1.12 RAID system functions 6.1.13 Information on Fibre Channel fabric 6.1.14 Functions of the Fibre Channel fabric Page 6.1.15 Information about the FC connections 6.1.16 Information on the archive systems 6.1.17 ISP system messages 6.1.18 SNMP messages 6.1.19 Configuration Changed 6.2 Function bar 6.2.1 Overview of GXCC functions Page 6.2.2 File Page 6.2.3 Unit Page Page 6.2.4 Options Page 6.2.5 Autoscan Page 6.2.6 Tools Page Page Page Page Page i Page Page Page Page Page 6.2.7 Configuration Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 6.2.8 Profile i 6.2.9 Administration 194 Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 6.2.10 Help Page Page Page Page 7 Global Status 7.1 General Page 7.2 Operation of the Global Status Monitor 7.3 Function bar of the Global Status Monitor 7.3.1 File Page 7.3.2 Config 7.3.3 Tools Page Page 7.3.4 Statistics 7.3.5 Help 7.4 Global Status button bar 7.5 Display of the Global Status Monitor Page 7.5.1 Performance Page 7.5.2 Virtual Components Page Page 7.5.3 Physical Components Page Page 7.6 History data 7.6.1 General Page Page Page Page Page 7.6.2 Data which can be called via the function bar Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 7.6.3 Data which can be called via objects of the Global Status 7.7 History diagrams 7.7.1 Function/menu bar Page Page Page 7.7.2 Toolbar 7.7.3 Status bar 7.7.4 Diagrams for the throughput (left-hand part of the screen) Page 7.7.5 Diagrams for virtual components (central part of the screen) Page Page Page Page 7.7.6 Diagrams of the physical components (right-hand part of the screen) Page Page Page 7.7.7 Exporting history data Page 7.7.8 Command line tool for generating the history data Page 318 History diagrams Global Status Page Page Page Page Page Page 8XTCC 8.1 General Page Page 8.2 Margins of the main XTCC window 8.2.1 Title bar 8.2.2 Status bar Page 8.3 Function bar 8.3.1 File Page Page Page 8.3.2 Unit 8.3.3 Options Page 8.3.4 Autoscan Page Page 8.3.5 Tools Page Page 8.3.6 Profile Page Page Page 8.3.7 Help Page Page Page 8.4 Elements of the XTCC window 8.4.1 Display Page 8.4.2 Unexpected errors 8.4.3 Message window 8.4.4 Object-related functions 8.4.5 Group display Page Page Page 8.5 File viewer 8.5.1 Opening the file viewer 8.5.2 Function bar 8.5.3 File 8.5.4 AutoUpdate 8.5.5 AutoPopup 8.5.6 Highlight 8.5.7 Search down/up 8.5.8 Mode Page 8.6 ISP 8.6.1 Object information on the ISP 8.6.2 ISP functions Page Page Page Page Page 1 010 0010 Page 8.7 Internal objects of the ISP 8.7.1 Representation of internal objects Page 8.7.2 Functions of the ISP-internal objects 8.8 ESCON/FICON host adapter 8.8.1 Object information for the ESCON/FICON host adapter Page 8.8.2 ESCON/FICON host adapter functions Page Page 8.9 Emulations of drives connected to OS/390 host adapters 8.9.1 Information on emulations 8.9.2 Functions for individual 3490 emulations Page Page Page Page 8.9.3 Functions for all 3490 emulations 8.10 Virtual 3490 drives 8.10.1 Object information and error messages for virtual 3490 drives Page Page 8.10.2 Virtual drive functions Page Page Page 8.11 FC-SCSI host adapter 8.11.1 Object information on FC-SCSI host adapters 8.11.2 FC-SCSI host adapter functions 8.12 Emulations of SCSI drives (VTD) 8.12.1 Object information on emulations of SCSI devices Page Page 8.13 Virtual SCSI drives 8.13.1 Object information on virtual tape drives Page 8.13.2 Virtual generic drive functions 8.14 VLS (Virtual Library Service) 8.14.1 Object information on VLSs 8.14.2 Functions for individual VLSs 8.14.3 Global functions for all VLSs of an ISP 8.15 VMD (Virtual Mount Daemon) 8.15.1 Object information on the Virtual Mount Daemon (VMD) 8.15.2 VMD functions 8.16 VLM (Virtual Library Manager) 8.16.1 Object information for the VLM 8.16.2 VLM functions Page Page 8.17 RAID systems 8.17.1 Object information on RAID systems Page Page 8.17.2 Functions of RAID systems Page 8.18 PLM (Physical Library Manager) 8.19 PLS (Physical Library Service) 8.19.1 Object information on the PLS 8.19.2 Functions for individual PLSs 8.19.3 Functions for all PLSs 8.20 SCSI archive systems 8.20.1 Object information on archive systems 8.20.2 SCSI Archive system functions 8.21 PDS (Physical Device Service) 8.21.1 Object information on PDS 8.21.2 PDS functions 8.22 SCSI controllers 8.22.1 Object information on SCSI controllers 8.22.2 SCSI controller functions 8.23 Cartridge drives (real) 8.23.1 Object information on tape drives Page 8.23.2 Tape drive functions Page Page Page Page Page Page 8.23.3 Global functions for tape drives 8.24 MSGMGR (Message Manager) 8.24.1 Object information on the Message Manager (MSGMGR) 8.24.2 MSGMGR functions Page 8.25 PERFLOG 8.25.1 Object information of PERFLOG Page 8.26 ACCOUNTD (Account Daemon) 8.26.1 Object information of ACCOUNTD 8.26.2 Functions of the ACCOUNTD 8.27 MIRRORD (mirror daemon) 8.27.1 Object information of MIRRORD 8.27.2 Functions of MIRRORD 8.28 S80D (S80 daemon) 8.28.1 Object information of S80D 8.28.2 Functions of S80D 8.29 VLPWATCH (VLPwatch daemon) 8.29.1 Object information of VLPWATCH 8.29.2 Functions of VLPWATCH Page Page Page Page 9.2 Message lines 9.2.1 SXCF... (CMF: Cache Mirroring Feature) Page 9.2.2 SXCH... (Channel: pcib/pcea) Page 9.2.3 SXCM... (CHIM) 9.2.4 SXDN... (DNA: Distribute and Activate) 9.2.5 SXDT... (DTV File System) Page 9.2.6 SXFC... (FibreChannel Driver) Page 9.2.7 SXFP... (FibreChannel Driver) 9.2.8 SXFW... (Firmware) 9.2.9 SXIB... (Info Broker) Page 9.2.10 SXLA... (LANWATCH) 9.2.11 SXLV... (Log Volume) 9.2.12 SXMM... (Message Manager) Page Page Page Page Page 9.2.13 SXPL... (PLM: Physical Library Manager) Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 9.2.14 SXPS... (PLS: Physical Library Server) Page Page 9.2.15 SXRD... (FibreCAT: RAID) Page Page Page Page Page 9.2.16 SXRP... (RPLM: Recovery Physical Library Manager) Page Page 9.2.17 SXSB... (Sadm Driver: SCSI bus error) 9.2.18 SXSC... (Savecore: organize coredump) 9.2.19 SXSD... (SCSI Disks: driver shd) 9.2.20 SXSE... (EXABYTE Tapes) 9.2.21 SXSM... (Server Management) Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 9.2.22 SXSW... (Software Mirror) 9.2.23 SXTF... (Tape File System) Page Page Page Page Page 9.2.24 SXVD... (Distributed Tape Volume Driver) 9.2.25 SXVL... (VLM: Virtual Library Manager) Page Page Page 9.2.26 SXVLS... (VT_LS: Virtual Tape and Library System) 9.2.27 SXVS... (VLS: Virtual Library Server) 9.2.28 SXVW... (VLPWATCH) Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 9.2.29 SXVX... (Veritas File System) 9.3 Message complexes 9.3.1 Timeout on the RAID disk array 9.3.2 Timeout on the MTC drives 9.3.3 Failure of RAID systems 9.3.4 Failover at the RAID system 9.3.5 Bus Reset for SCSI Controller 10 Waste disposal and recycling Page Page Page 12 Appendix 12.1 Integration of CentricStor V3.1 in SNMP 12.1.1 Structure 12.1.2 Activating SNMP on CentricStor 12.1.3 Monitoring CentricStor Page Page 12.1.4 Installation on the Management Station CA Unicenter Page Page Page Page 12.1.6 Monitoring of CentricStor V2/V3.0 and V3.1 with CA Unicenter 12.1.7 Summary 12.2 E-mail support in CentricStor 12.2.1 Sendmail configuration 12.2.2 Setting up the DNS domain service Page 12.2.3 Configuring the e-mail template 12.2.4 Description of the e-mail formats 12.3 Transferring volumes 12.3.1 Introduction 12.3.2 Export procedure 12.3.3 Import procedure 12.3.4 Special features of the PVG TR-PVG 12.3.5 Additional command line interface (CLI) Page Page Page 12.3.6 Special situations 12.3.7 Library commands 12.4 Licenses 12.4.1 Xpdf, gzip Page Page Page Page Page Page 12.4.2 Firebird Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 12.4.3 Sendmail 12.4.4 XML Page 12.4.5 NTP Page Page Page 12.4.6 tcpd 12.4.7 PRNGD 12.4.8 openssh Page 3. ssh-keyscan was contributed by David Mazieres under a BSD-style license. Page Page Page Page 604 Licenses Appendix 12.4.9 openssl */ Original SSLeay License 606 Licenses Appendix 12.4.10 tcl 12.4.11 tk Glossary Page Page Page CentricStor Page Page Page Page Page Figures Page Abbreviations Page Page Page Page Page Related publications Page Index