SMA Configuration Guidelines

SMA Configuration Guidelines

Note: Storage Area Manager must be installed and configured on customer systems by HP or other certified service professionals. This section is intended for that audience.

In general, configuring Storage Area Manager on the SMA follows the procedures documented in the HP OpenView Storage Area Manager Installation Guide.

This section provides additional configuration procedures specific to the SMA, including the following:

Maximum Configuration, page 20

Performing Backup and Restore Operations, page 20

Storage Area Manager Backup, page 20

Storage Management Appliance Backup, page 21

Configuring the SMA to Back Up Storage Area Manager, page 21

Backing Up the Storage Management Appliance, page 23

Restoring the Storage Management Appliance, page 24

Restoring Storage Area Manager, page 24

Using Storage Area Manager in a Dual-Redundant Fabric Configuration, page 25

Using Modular Data Routers with the SMA, page 26

Maximum Configuration

When Storage Area Manager is installed on an SMA, the maximum recommended configuration is 50 hosts and 10,000 host-LUNS.

Performing Backup and Restore Operations

Storage Area Manager and the Storage Management Appliance have separate backup operations and databases.

Storage Area Manager Backup

By default, Storage Area Manager backups occur at 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. You can manually back up the Storage Area Manager database by connecting to the Storage Management Appliance, using either Terminal Services or an attached monitor, keyboard, and mouse, and running the following command:

“C:\program files\Hewlett-Packard\sanmgr\managementserver\sbin\ backupdb.cmd”

If Storage Area Manager is installed in a different directory, change the path accordingly. Refer to the Storage Area Manager documentation for complete information on backups.

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Using Storage Area Manager on the Storage Management Appliance Application Notes

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HP 2 SP4 manual SMA Configuration Guidelines, Maximum Configuration, Performing Backup and Restore Operations