HP P6000

Minimizing the number of snapshots....................................................................................40
Setting virtual disk cache to write-through before a snapshot or snapclone.................................40
Suspending a DR group before a making a snapshot of a virtual disk.......................................40
Minimizing simultaneous replication operations.....................................................................40
HP P6000 Continuous Access software......................................................................................41
DR groups ........................................................................................................................41
Creating DR groups...........................................................................................................42
Data replication protocol options.........................................................................................42
6 Maintaining and managing HP P6000/EVA storage systems.........................44
Initializing storage systems.......................................................................................................44
Configure WEBES to generate alerts using Insight Remote Support...........................................44
User-initiated service mode..................................................................................................45
Uninitializing storage systems...................................................................................................46
Starting the storage system.......................................................................................................46
Shutting down the storage system..............................................................................................46
Hardware..............................................................................................................................48
Verifying hardware status.........................................................................................................49
Storage system identity information...........................................................................................49
Remote service test..................................................................................................................49
Updating HP controller software...............................................................................................50
Using multiple management servers to manage arrays.................................................................50
Configuring iSCSI devices........................................................................................................51
7 Monitoring storage system events................................................................52
Events overview......................................................................................................................52
Management server event log..............................................................................................52
Controller event log............................................................................................................52
Controller termination event log...........................................................................................53
Viewing events.......................................................................................................................53
Viewing additional information............................................................................................54
Corrective action code...................................................................................................54
More details.................................................................................................................54
Configuring event notification...................................................................................................54
Configuring host notification................................................................................................54
Entering hosts individually..............................................................................................54
Applying a customized host notification list.......................................................................55
Filtering events by severity...................................................................................................55
Selecting individual events..................................................................................................56
Applying a customized event configuration file.......................................................................56
Retrieving the parse file...........................................................................................................56
Retrieving the Management Information Base.............................................................................57
Sending the event file..............................................................................................................58
8 Configuring HP P6000 Command View (advanced tasks)..............................59
Setting user interface options....................................................................................................59
Creating page footer messages................................................................................................59
Setting audit logging options...................................................................................................60
Setting a remote location for audit logs.................................................................................60
Changing port and timeout parameters.....................................................................................61
Changing the login credentials (array-based management)..........................................................61
Running HP P6000 Command View in a multi-homed environment................................................62
9 Troubleshooting HP P6000 Command View.................................................63
Optimizing performance.........................................................................................................63
Restarting the HP P6000 Command View service........................................................................63
Using the right-click menu........................................................................................................63
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