EMC CLARiiON Admhost Utility , Admsnap Utility

About EMC Navisphere software

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About the CLARiiON Server Applications

Admhost Utility The Admhost Utility is an executable program that you can run

interactively via script. It runs only on Microsoft Windows Server™

2003 or Windows® 2000 operating systems, and works with

layered-driver applications (for example, SAN Copy™, SnapView™

and MirrorView™/A devices), and non-layered-driver devices.

Use admhost commands to

◆Scan for new storage devices

◆Assign drive letters to the devices

◆Make storage devices inaccessible to the server operating system

◆Flush cache data to disk

◆List drive letters and worldwide names for all server devices

Important The Admhost Utility is supported on CX-Series, FC-Series, and

AX-Series storage systems that have been upgraded to Navisphere Manager,

that is, that have the Navisphere Manager Enabler installed.

Admsnap Utility The Admsnap Utility is an executable program that you can run

interactively or via a script to manage SnapView clones and

snapshots. The Admsnap Utility resides on the servers connec ted to

the storage system with the SnapView driver installed. Admsnap

runs on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000.

Important Unless indicated otherwise, all references to a Windows server

refer to Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 servers only.

Use admsnap commands to:

◆Scan for new storage devices

◆Assign drive letters to the devices

◆Make storage devices inaccessible to the server operating system

◆Flush cache data to disk

◆List drive letters and worldwide names for all server devices

◆List current snapshot devices

◆Map and unmap to a SnapView session

◆Start and stop a SnapView session

Important The Admsnap Utility is supported on CX-Series, FC-Series, and

AX-Series storage systems that have been upgraded to Navisphere Manager,

that is, that have the Navisphere Manager Enabler installed.

Contents

Main Page Contents Chapter 3 Installing and Using the Navisphere Host Agent or Server Utility Chapter 4 Installing and Using the Admhost and Admsnap Utility Chapter 5 Installing and Using Navisphere CLI Appendix A Silent Installations and Removals Glossary Index Page Preface Page ! Page Page Page Page About EMC Navisphere software Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility Navisphere Host Agent Navisphere Server Utility Admhost Utility Admsnap Utility CLARiiON VSS Provider Navisphere CLI Page Requirements for the Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility Installing the Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility Page To remove the Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility Using the Navisphere Storage System Initialization Utility To run the utility from a host To run the utility from the CD Installing and Using the Navisphere Host Agent or Server Utility Determining which application to install Page Host Agent and Server Utility requirements Installing the Navisphere Host Agent To install the Host Agent Page Page Page Page To remove the Host Agent Using the Event Monitor configuration file Using the Host Agent Starting the Host Agent service Stopping the Host Agent service Configuring storage systems Installing the Navisphere Server Utility To install the Server Utility Page To remove the Server Utility Using the Navisphere Server Utility To run the Server Utility from a host To run the Server Utility from the CD Page Installing and Using the Admhost and Admsnap Utility Installing the Admhost Utility To install the Admhost Utility on a server Page Using the Admhost Utility Table4-1 lists the admhost commands and describes their function in SAN Copy sessions. object_type objectName - object_name) object_name physicaldrive output_style object_name Installing the Admsnap Utility Installation prerequisites To install the Admsnap Utility Page To remove the Admsnap Utility Using the Admsnap Utility Installing the CLARiiON VSS Provider Installation prerequisites for a storage system with Navisphere Manager Installation prerequisites for a storage system with Navisphere Express To install the CLARiiON VSS Provider To remove the CLARiiON VSS Provider Using the CLARiiON VSS Provider Page Installing and Using Navisphere CLI Navisphere CLI requirements Installing Navisphere CLI To remov e the CL I Using Navisphere CLI A Silent Installations and Removals About silent installations or removals Installing the Navisphere Initialization Utility Page Page Removing the Navisphere Initialization Utility Page Page Installing Navisphere Host Agent Installing revision 6.7 or earlier Installing revision 6.16 or later Page Page Page Page Page Page Removing the Host Agent Removing revision 6.7 or earlier Removing revision 6.16 or later Page Page Page Installing the Navisphere Server Utility Page Page Removing the Navisphere Server Utility Page Page Installing Navisphere CLI Installing revision 6.7 or earlier Installing revision 6.16 or later Page Page Removing Navisphere CLI Removing revision 6.7 or earlier Removing revision 6.16 or later Page Page Verifying the silent installation or removal Page Page Glossary A B C D F H I L M N P R S Page U Index A C D F I L N R S