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HP StorageWorksX3000 G2 Network Storage System UserGuideSWX image version 2.00.0aPart Number: 5697-0592First edition: November 2010

Client GUI ... 7332Recovering a deleted file

CAUTION:Presenting other LUNs to the non-clustered system could lead to data corruption.Geographically dispersed clustersCluster nodes can be geograph

Node-based cluster groupsCreating only one resource group and one virtual server for each node facilitates group and resourceadministration. This setu

4. Assign ownership of the file share resources to the resource groups.a. Divide ownership of the file share resource between the resource groups, whi

Non cluster aware file sharing protocolsServices for Macintosh (SFM), File and Print Services for NetWare, HTTP file sharing protocols arenot cluster

Creating NFS share resourcesTo create an NFS share resource, see “MSNFS administration on a server cluster” on page 104.Shadow copies in a clusterIt i

• Use the appropriate tool to manage Network File System (NFS) share cluster resources.• Avoid conflicting share names.• Ensure the availability of au

6. To add a printer to the virtual server:a. Double-click the printers and faxes icon.b. Right-click the new screen, and then click add printer. A wiz

Restarting one cluster nodeCAUTION:Restarting a cluster node should be done only after confirming that the other node(s) in the clusterare functioning

Powering up the clusterThe power up process for the storage system cluster is more complex than it is for a single nodebecause extra care must be take

7 Troubleshooting, servicing, andmaintenanceTroubleshooting the storage systemThe “Support and troubleshooting” task at the HP Support & Drivers w

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• CCAT (Computer Crash Analysis Tool)• SEA (System Event Analyzer)If you have a warranty or service contract with HP you are entitled to these tools f

tower models, the COA label is located toward the rear of the top panel of the server. On blademodels, the COA label is located on top of the server b

Issue: Adding the hardware ID in MPIO properties results in losing access to MPIO LUNsIn rare cases, configuring MPIO when connected to an MSA array w

8 System recoveryThis chapter describes how to use the System Recovery DVD that is provided with your storage system.The System Recovery DVDThe HP Sto

3. Click Restore Factory Image.The upgrade process completes with little user intervention required. The server automaticallyreboots more than once.IM

11. Enter format fs=fat32 quick.NOTE:If your USB Flash Drive does not support the FAT32 file system, format the drive as NTFSinstead. Omitting the qui

5. Type an Administrator password in the New password box.6. Re-type the Administrator password in the Confirm password box.7. Click the blue arrow ne

9 Support and other resourcesContacting HPFor worldwide technical support information, see the HP support website:http://www.hp.com/supportBefore cont

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http://www.hp.com/go/selfrepairHP Insight Remote Support softwareHP strongly recommends that you install HP Insight Remote Support software to complet

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1 Installing and configuring the storagesystemSetup overviewThe HP StorageWorks X3000 G2 Network Storage System comes preinstalled with the MicrosoftW

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GlossaryThe following glossary terms and definitions are provided as a reference for storage products.ACL Access control list.ADS Active Directory Ser

The type of access you select is determined by whether or not the network has a Dynamic HostConfiguration Protocol (DHCP) server. If the network has a

computer (such as a server that hosts Exchange or SQL Server) and a targetdevice (such as the HP All-in-One Storage System). By carrying SCSI commands

IndexAaccess rights, managing, 102Accessing the storage systemRemote Desktop method, 18Accessing the storage systemremote browser method, 18ACL, defin

Declaration of Conformity, 122default storage settings, 19disk access, verifying, 99Disk Managementextending volumes, 63Disposal of waste equipment, E

network planning, 94network requirements, cluster, 96NFS share resource, 104node, server, 90Oonline spares, 52Ppartitionsextended, 53primary, 53permis

shadow copies, 54backups, 76cache file, 68defragmentation, 66described, 64disabling, 71file or folder recovery, 74managing, 67mounted drives, 67on NFS

IMPORTANT:Only the direct attach and remote management access methods can be used to install the storagesystem. After the storage system installation

1. Power on the system by pushing the power button on the front panel. If using iLO, click MomentaryPress on the Power Management page to power on the

2. Record the product key located on the Certificate of Authenticity.3. In Control Panel, double-click System.4. Under Windows Activation, click Activ

Additional access methodsAfter the storage system installation process is complete and the system's IP address has been assigned,you can then add

allows only two concurrent sessions. Leaving a session running takes up one license and can affectother users. If two sessions are running, additional

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If the Operating System volume is customized and the System Recovery DVD is run at a later time,the System Recovery process will maintain the custom s

2 Storage system component identificationThis chapter provides illustrations of the storage system hardware components.NOTE:The keyboard, mouse, and m

Figure 2 HP X3400 G2 front panel LEDs.Table 2 HP X3400 G2 front panel LED descriptionsStatusItem / DescriptionGreen = System health is normal.Amber =

1. Power cord connector2. Mouse connector3. 10/100/1000 NIC 1 connector/shared iLO 2 management port4. 10/100/1000 NIC 2 connector5. Serial connector6

Figure 5 HP X3800 G2 front panel components.1. Quick release levers (2)2. Systems Insight DisplayNOTE:See “Systems Insight Display LEDs” on page 30 an

Figure 6 HP X3800 G2 front panel LEDs and buttons.Table 4 HP X3800 G2 front panel LED and button descriptionsStatusItem / DescriptionBlue = ActivatedF

2. PCIe slot 63. PCIe slot 4 (occupied by P812 Smart Array controller)4. PCIe slot 25. PCIe slot 3 (SAS Expander)6. PCIe slot 17. Power supply 2 (stan

StatusItem / DescriptionGreen = Network activityFlashing green = Network activityOff = No network activity3. NIC/iLO 3 activity LEDGreen = Network lin

Figure 10 HP X3800sb G2 front panel LEDs.Table 6 HP X3800sb G2 front panel LED descriptionsStatusItem / DescriptionBlue = IdentifiedBlue flashing = Ac

Figure 11 SAS/SATA hard drive LEDs.Table 7 SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinationsStatus2. Online/activity LED(green)1. Fault/UID LED (am-ber/blue)Th

Contents1 Installing and configuring the storage system ... 13Setup overview ...

Status2. Online/activity LED(green)1. Fault/UID LED (am-ber/blue)A predictive failure alert has been received for thisdrive. Replace the drive as soon

StatusItem / DescriptionGreen = AMP mode enabledAmber = FailoverFlashing amber = invalid configurationOff = AMP modes disabled3. AMP statusOff = Norma

StatusInternal health LEDcolorSystems InsightDisplay LED andcolorInvalid online spare memory configuration.RedOnline sparememory (flashingamber)Online

3 Administration toolsHP StorageWorks X3000 G2 Network Storage Systems include several administration tools to simplifystorage system management tasks

NOTE:You must have a VDS Hardware Provider that is appropriate for your storage system installed inorder to provision storage on an iSCSI target. If y

• The backup software used must support SIS-enabled volumes.• The SIS volume, SIS Common Store folder, and reparse points (links) to the files must be

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=5f4c294c-8692-4235-8236-8ea809ae71f7 .Configuring AD LDSTo simplify AD LDS mapped user acc

Figure 13 AD LDS Role and Instance.To verify the installation of the Services for Network File System (NFS) Role, in Server Manager, underRoles, click

Each line of a standard UNIX group file follows this format:group:password:GID:group listAll fields are required, but only the group, GID, and group l

Figure 14 AD LDS script execution help screen.As a best practice, specify all of the above parameters so that Windows accounts and NFS mappingsare cre

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The newly-created NFS mappings are stored as Active Directory objects and can be verified as follows:1. Click Start > Administrative Tools > ADS

Figure 16 NFS-mapped users and groups in ADSI Edit.Because the imported users and groups are now Windows users and groups as well as UNIX usersand gro

Step 1If you have not already run the Phase 1 script factory-setup-adlds.cmd, do so now. The script is locatedin the c:\hpnas\components\postinstaller

Figure 17 NFS Advanced Sharing dialog box.Click the Permissions button. In the Type of access list, select Read-Write. Check the Allow root accesschec

Step 5In the NfsTest Properties dialog box, select the Security tab. This tab shows the current security settingsfor the folder. The following steps w

check the Owner check box and then click OK. Note that root is part of the owner name. This verifiesthat NFS mapping is functional for the root user.S

Step 10On the UNIX system, issue a listing of the /mnt/nfstest directory. Because you changed the ownerof file.txt on the Windows system to user1, the

Figure 22 Replace owner on subcontainers and objects.Click OK four times to dismiss the Properties dialog box. Return to the Properties dialog box, se

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4 Storage management overviewThis chapter provides an overview of some of the components that make up the storage structure ofthe storage system.Stora

Redirecting shadow copies to an alternate volume ... 70Disabling shadow copies ...

Figure 24 Storage management process example.Physical storage elementsThe lowest level of storage management occurs at the physical drive level. Minim

• Include the appropriate number of physical drives in the arrays to create logical storage elementsof desired sizes.ArraysSee Figure 25. With an arra

Fault toleranceDrive failure, although rare, is potentially catastrophic. For example, using simple striping as shownin Figure 26, failure of any hard

It is important to note that a LUN may span all physical drives within a storage controller subsystem,but cannot span multiple storage controller subs

dynamic disks is unavailable. There could be a potential for data loss depending on the nature of thefailed LUN.Volumes are created out of the dynamic

Shadow copies should not replace the current backup, archive, or business recovery system, but theycan help to simplify restore procedures. For exampl

For additional information, refer to the Management CD in the HP ProLiant Essentials Foundation Packor the HP SIM website (http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim)

5 File server managementThis chapter begins by identifying file services in Windows Storage Server 2008 R2. The remainderof the chapter describes the

File services managementInformation about the storage system in a SAN environment is provided in the HP StorageWorks SANManuals page located on the HP

Array management utilitiesStorage devices for RAID arrays and LUNs are created and managed using the array managementutilities mentioned previously. F

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• A single array can contain multiple logical drives of varying RAID settings.• Extending and expanding arrays and logical drives is supported.The HP

Scheduling defragmentationDefragmentation is the process of analyzing local volumes and consolidating fragmented files andfolders so that each occupie

per-user basis. It is also possible to specify whether or not to log an event when users exceed eithertheir quota warning level or their quota limit.W

• Improve performance by increasing the number of spindles in a logical drive volume• Change fault-tolerance (RAID) configurationsFor more information

Volume shadow copiesNOTE:Select storage systems can be deployed in a clustered as well as a non-clustered configuration. Thischapter discusses using s

NOTE:Shadow copies should not be used to provide access to previous versions of application or e-maildatabases.Shadow copies are designed for volumes

CAUTION:To change the storage volume, shadow copies must be deleted. The existing file change history thatis kept on the original storage volume is lo

NOTE:To check the cluster size of a volume, use the fsutil fsinfo ntfsinfo command. To changethe cluster size on a volume that contains data, back up

The shadow copy cache fileThe default shadow copy settings allocate 10 percent of the source volume being copied (with aminimum of 350 MB), and store

The main advantage to storing shadow copies on a separate volume is ease of management andperformance. Shadow copies on a source volume must be contin

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Set schedulesShadow copy schedules control how frequently shadow copies of a volume are made. There are anumber of factors that can help determine the

6. Click Settings.7. In the Located on this volume field, select an available alternate volume from the list.NOTE:To change the default shadow copy sc

3. Click the Shadow Copies tab. See Figure 31.Figure 31 Accessing shadow copies from My Computer.Shadow Copies for Shared FoldersShadow copies are acc

SMB shadow copiesWindows users can independently access previous versions of files stored on SMB shares by usingthe Shadow Copies for Shared Folders c

NFS shadow copiesUNIX users can independently access previous versions of files stored on NFS shares via the NFSclient; no additional software is requ

6. Click Restore to restore the file or folder to its original location. Click Copy... to allow the placementof the file or folder to a new location.F

3. Click either Copy... or Restore.Clicking Restore enables the user to recover everything in that folder as well as all subfolders.Clicking Restore d

management of the file shares for the supported protocols. Security at the file level and at the sharelevel is also discussed.NOTE:Select servers can

2. Click Properties, and then click the Security tab.Figure 34 Properties dialog box, Security tab.Several options are available on the Security tab:•

3. To modify ownership of files, or to modify individual file access level permissions, click Advanced.Figure 35 illustrates the properties available

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4. Enable or disable permissions by selecting the Allow box to enable permission or the Deny boxto disable permission. If neither box is selected, per

Figure 37 Advanced Security Settings dialog box, Auditing tab.5. Click Add to display the Select User or Group dialog box.Figure 38 Select User or Gro

7. Click OK.The Auditing Entry dialog box is displayed.Figure 39 Auditing Entry dialog box for folder name NTFS Test.8. Select the desired Successful

Figure 40 Advanced Security Settings dialog box, Owner tab.The current owner of the file or folder is listed at the top of the screen. To take ownersh

The content of shares should be carefully chosen to avoid two common pitfalls: either having too manyshares of a very specific nature, or of having ve

• Standard shares are shares that do not end in a $ character. Standard shares are listed whenevera CIFS client browses for available shares on a CIFS

File screening managementOn the File Screening Management node of the File Server Resource Manager snap-in, you canperform the following tasks:• Creat

For more information, and to download the utility, see the StorageWorks L&TT web site at http://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/ltt.Antiv

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6 Cluster administrationOne important feature of HP StorageWorks X3000 G2 Network Storage System models is that theycan operate as a single node or as

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Figure 41 Storage system cluster diagram.Cluster terms and componentsNodesThe most basic parts of a cluster are the servers, referred to as nodes. A s

• CIFS file share resources• NFS file share resources• FTP file share resources• iSCSI resourcesCluster groupsCluster resources are placed together in

• Storing the most current version of the cluster database• Guaranteeing that only one set of active communicating nodes is allowed to operate as a cl

3. Physical Disk resources are created for each basic disk inside Failover Cluster Management.4. Directories and folders are created on assigned drive

• Storage planning• Network planning• Protocol planningStorage planningFor clustering, a basic disk must be designated for the cluster and configured

• The private cluster interconnect or “heartbeat” crossover cable connects to one of the networkports on each cluster node. In more than two node depl

Before beginning installationConfirm that the following specifications have been met before proceeding:• The Quorum disk has been created from shared

• All partitions on the disks must be formatted as NTFS.Cluster installationDuring the installation process, nodes are shut down and rebooted. These s

Configuring the public network adapterWhile the public network adapter's IP address can be automatically obtained if a DHCP server isavailable, t

Configuring shared disksUse the Windows Disk Management utility to configure additional shared disk resources. Verify thatall shared disks are formatt