Hitachi Command Suite 8 User Guide

while data migration is in progress, operations cannot be performed on the
resource by using Device Manager.
• After data migration (using virtual IDs)
After all of the target resources are migrated, operations can be performed on a resource by using Device Manager. After data migration, a host uses
virtual IDs to access resources and perform operations on the migration- destination storage system.
Items such as virtual LDEV ID and virtual ports can be used to verify virtual ID information.
Check the...

volumes for which virtual IDs have been specified, see the Hitachi
Command Suite Administrator Guide .
Related concepts
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About removing hosts and releasing associated resources  on page 73
Displaying virtual ID information You can display virtual ID information in the volume list to identify the target
resource from the virtual ID information. Virtual ID information of resources can be displayed per host, storage system, or logical group.
Procedure 1. On the  Resources  tab, select  Hosts, Storage...

Prerequisites
• Identify the name of the target host.
• Identify the volumes to be allocated, if manually selecting such volumes. • Identify the necessary volume capacity and size, if allocating volumes by specifying conditions.
• Verify that volumes to be allocated meet one of the following conditions: ○The volumes belong to resource groups used for a data migration that
uses virtual IDs, and the resource group is the same resource group to
which the host group belongs.
○ The resource group ID of the...

system resource group ID is 0, the volumes are registered in the same
resource group as the host group.
Result
The designated volumes are allocated on the selected hosts.Tip:  When allocating like volumes, you can also allocate volumes for which
no virtual IDs are specified, as described in this procedure.Note:  When unallocating volumes, you can also delete virtual IDs at the
same time. To delete virtual IDs, specify conditions in Advanced Options >
Virtual ID Information.444Managing storage resources...

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Linking related products
This module describes the link and launch feature that is used to access other
related Hitachi Command Suite products.
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Launching other Hitachi Command Suite products
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Linking with Compute Systems Manager
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Launching other Hitachi Command Suite productsOther integrated Hitachi Command Suite products for which you have a
license installed and registered may be used via the link-and-launch feature.
About launching other Hitachi Command Suite products By starting related products from HCS, you can execute more detailedsettings or check the whole image of the storage resource.
An integrated single sign-on is used for all HCS products for which you have a
license installed and registered. Related HCS products...

•Starting System Management Unit (SMU) on page 450
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Starting Hitachi File Services Manager (HFSM)  on page 450
Starting related products Before you can start related products, you must register their licenses.
Procedure 1. From the  Tools menu, select the product you want to start.
2. Navigate to the newly launched browser to access the product.
Related concepts
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About launching other Hitachi Command Suite products  on page 446
Related tasks
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Starting related products from a list of hosts  on page...

to the storage system, and cannot perform a refresh or create volumes onthe storage system from HCS. In this case, restart Element Manager, and
then manually close the window.
For details about auto log off, see the manuals for each storage system.
For HUS 100, Hitachi AMS 2000, and Hitachi SMS: • Element Manager can be started from one management client for each storage system. Do not start Element Manager from multiple managementclients at the same time.
For HUS 100 and Hitachi AMS 2000:
• When Account...

Related tasks
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Starting Element Manager  on page 449
Starting Element Manager Element Manager is a menu selection for launching native storage systemmanagement tools, which allows you to remotely view, configure, and
operate storage systems, including SMI-S enabled storage.
Element Manager is available for enterprise storage systems, and specific mid-range storage systems, as soon as the storage system is registered with
an IP address and user login information.
This includes Virtual Storage Platform,...

Starting System Management Unit (SMU)In HCS, you can start the System Management Unit (SMU) software to
perform Hitachi NAS Platform (HNAS) management tasks.
Prerequisites
Register the Hitachi NAS Platform family file server in Device Manager.
Procedure 1. From the  Resources  tab, select  File Servers , then All File Servers .
2. In the Server/Cluster list, select the Hitachi NAS Platform (HNAS) cluster
or file server, and click  File Server Manager.
Result The browser opens running System Management...