18 Business Tools

IMPORTANT: Depending on your license, Business Tools may not be available. See the “List of Features” to determine if you have access to Business Tools. The “List of Features” is accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials).

This chapter describes the following:

•”About the Business Tools” on page 593

•”Using the HBA Replacement Automator” on page 594

•”Using the Brocade Firmware Update Utility” on page 595

•”Setting up Risk Analysis” on page 597

•”Global Change Management” on page 597

About the Business Tools

Business Tools provides the following functionality to help you manage the business aspect of your network.

•Advisors - Provides detailed information for you to make informed decisions about your network, such as non-compliant HBA firmware. You may have access to the following advisors depending on your release:

•Reachable Storage - Provides information about the storage accessible from a selected host, such as the following:

•Free volumes on current storage systems

•LUNs mapped to host, but not mounted with file systems

•Free volumes on other storage systems in host fabrics

•Free volumes on all other storage systems

•HBA Risk Analysis - It examines whether the HBAs are at risk. Configure the

hba_risk_analysis.conf file before you run this tool. See ”Setting up Risk Analysis” on page 597 for more information.

•Switch Risk Analysis - It examines whether the switches are at risk. Configure the switch_risk_analysis.conf file before you run this tool. See ”Setting up Risk Analysis” on page 597 for more information.

•Global Change Management - It lets you record the properties and connections of managed elements. See ”Global Change Management” on page 597.

•Automators - Lets you automate particular tasks. You may have access to the following automators depending on your release:

•Brocade Firmware Update Utility - Lets you update Brocade firmware remotely.

•HBA Replacement Automator - Makes the management server aware of a replaced HBA card so that the latest information for zoning and LUN masking is still available. See ”Using the HBA Replacement Automator” on page 594 before you use this tool.

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