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							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 correspondence between the virtual ID information received from
the host administrator and the physical ID information to identify the target resource.
You can perform any of the following tasks on resources that have virtual
IDs:
• Expand DP volumes • Reclaim zero pages of DP volumes
• Edit tier relocation of HDT volumes • Edit tiering policy of HDT volumes • Manage data placement profiles of HDT volumes• Allocate volumes 1
• Allocate like volumes 1
• Edit LUN paths • Unallocate volumes 2
• Define copy pairs 3
• Change the status of a copy pair 3
• Migrate data by using Tiered Storage Manager • Create logical group
• Create tier • Edit volume labels
• Refresh volume labels
Notes: 1. For volumes for which no virtual ID is specified, you can specify new
virtual IDs, and then allocate the volumes to host groups for which
virtual IDs have already been specified.
2. You can also delete virtual IDs at the same time that volumes are
unallocated.
3. To perform operations on a copy pair that contains volumes for which
virtual IDs have been specified, you must update in advance the
information (physical ID information) of the post-migration storage
system with the configuration definition file of the copy pair. For details about the contents of configuration definition files, as well as the system
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							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 Systems , or Logical
Groups .
2. Expand the tree and select the target resource to display the volume list.
3. Click the  Column Settings  button.
4. From the displayed dialog box, select check boxes to display virtual ID
information, such as Virtual LDEV ID and Virtual Port.
Result
Virtual ID information is displayed in the list of volumes, enabling you to map
the virtual ID with the ID (physical ID) information assigned by the
destination storage system.
Tip:  After checking the virtual ID information for the volume, we recommend
editing the volume label so that the volumes can be identified from the virtual ID information, thus enabling you to identify the target volumes fromwindows that do not display virtual ID information.
Virtual ID information can also be displayed in the tables for Allocate
volumes, Allocate like volumes, Unallocate volumes, or Edit LUN Paths dialog
boxes. If virtual IDs are set but you cannot set columns in the tables in these
dialog boxes, virtual ID information will be automatically displayed.
Allocating volumes to hosts with virtual IDs
You can allocate volumes to hosts that belong to resource groups being usedfor data migration and that are using virtual IDs. You can also allocate volumes for which no virtual IDs are specified. In this case, such volumes are
assigned new virtual IDs. A resource group used for a data migration that
uses virtual IDs is the resource group specified for the storage system when
migrating data, not a resource group specified in Hitachi Command Suite.
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							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 storage system is 0 (it belongs to
meta_resource). Note that meta_resource is a resource group specially
managed on the storage system. It contains resources that are not a part of individual resource groups.
Procedure 1. On the  Resources  tab, select  Hosts.
2. Expand the tree and select an operating system.
3. Select one or more hosts, and click  Allocate Volumes.
4. Allocate volumes with existing virtual ID information, or volumes
requiring virtual ID assignments as follows:
a. To allocate volumes that belong to resource groups being used for a
data migration that uses virtual IDs, reference the virtual IDinformation and manually select volumes, and then click  Show Plan
to register this as a task.
b. To assign new virtual IDs to volumes that belong to meta_resource,
and then allocate those volumes to a host, specify volume conditions or manually select volumes whose storage system resource group ID
is 0 (meta_resource), and then click  Show Plan to register this as a
task. Use  Column Settings  to display storage system resource group
IDs.
5. Confirm that the information in the plan summary is correct. If changes
are required, click  Back.
6. (Optional) Update the task name and provide a description.
7. (Optional) Expand  Schedule to specify the task schedule. You can
schedule the task to run immediately or later. The default setting is  Now.
If scheduled for  Now, select  View task status  to monitor the task after
it is submitted.
8. Click  Submit . If the task is scheduled to run immediately, the task
begins.
9. You can check the progress and the result of the task on the  Tasks &
Alerts  tab. Click on the task name to view details of the task.
Using the  Resources  tab, select the hosts to verify that the designated
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							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 >
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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 must be installed on
the same system as HCS to use the link-and-launch feature.
Link-and-launch enables you to easily move across storage management software for a full view of storage resources. HCS provides link-and-launchintegration with the following software applications:
• Hitachi Tuning Manager
• Hitachi Global Link Manager
• Hitachi Replication Manager
• Hitachi Storage Services Manager • Hitachi Protection Manager
• Hitachi Compute Systems Manager
• File server management software You can start the file server management software from Device Manager,
which allows you to view detailed information about file servers and create
file systems when allocating volumes.
• For Hitachi NAS Platform family, the file server management software is System Management Unit (SMU)
• For Hitachi NAS Platform F and Hitachi Data Ingestor the file server management software is Hitachi File Services Manager (HFSM)
• Element Manager For storage systems other than Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000,you can start Element Manager from Device Manager, which allows you to
view storage system information or remotely operate the storage system.
Note:  If you have problems starting HCS products or Element Manager,
follow the instructions in the displayed message, check the network status,
and then try again, or report to the server administrator which product could
not be activated.
Related tasks
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Starting related products  on page 447
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Starting related products from a list of hosts  on page 447
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Starting Element Manager  on page 449
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							•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 447
Starting related products from a list of hosts You must first register the licenses of all products you want to start.
Hitachi Protection Manager, Hitachi Protection Manager Console, and a Device
Manager agent must be installed on each host managed by Device Manager. For more information, see the  Hitachi Protection Manager Console User’s
Guide .
Procedure 1. From the  Resources  tab, select  Hosts.
2. From the  Actions menu located in the corner of the application pane,
select  Protection Manager .
3. 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  on page 447
Notes on starting Element Manager When starting the storage system software (Element Manager) from Hitachi
Command Suite, keep the following in mind.
For HUS 100, Hitachi AMS 2000, Hitachi SMS, and Hitachi AMS/WMS:
• When Element Manager is left inactive for a certain period of time, auto log off is executed, and the user cannot use the software. If auto log off is
executed when password protection is enabled, the user remains logged in
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							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 Authentication is used, executing the following operations while Element Manager is being started causes the user to remain logged
in to the storage system, preventing operations on storage systems from
Element Manager and HCS until the session times out:
○ Log out from HCS
○ Stop the services of Hitachi Command Suite common components and
Hitachi Command Suite products by using the  hcmdssrv command.
○ Close Element Manager with nodes (such as components and groups)
below the storage system name selected on the navigation tree of
Element Manager.
Closing Element Manager with the storage system name (route node)
selected on the navigation tree causes the user to be logged out.
For details about the  hcmdssrv command, see the  Hitachi Command Suite
Administrator Guide .
For details about session timeout times, see the manuals for each storage system.
For Hitachi AMS and Hitachi WMS:
• To use Firefox ESR 23 or later, you need to disable the setting that blocks non-SSL active content that coexists on SSL pages. In the address bar of
Firefox, enter  about:config  to open the configuration window, and then
change the value of  security.mixed_content.block_active_content  to
false .
For SMI-S enabled storage systems:
• The management tool sometimes cannot start with an SMI-S enabled storage system because the URL of management tool is incorrect. In thiscase, you need to perform either of the following operations:
○ Use the  AddURLLink  command of Device Manager CLI to register in the
Device Manager server the URL of the management tool of the SMI-S
enabled storage system. For details about the  AddURLLink command,
see the  Hitachi Command Suite CLI Reference Guide .
○ Review the settings of the SMI-S provider, and then refresh the SMI-S
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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, Universal Storage Platform V/VM, Universal Storage Platform, and mid-range systems such as HUS 100, Hitachi
AMS 2000, and Hitachi SMS.
For example, after Virtual Storage Platform discover and registrationcompletes, you are able to launch Storage Navigator using the Element
Manager menu selection.
If Element Manager does not display in the Actions menu, the mid-range storage system may require environmental settings. See the following prerequisites.
Prerequisites
• Configure the environment for starting Element Manager.
For details, see Element Manager in the  Hitachi Command Suite
Administrator Guide .
Procedure 1. On the  Resources  tab, select  Storage Systems .
2. Select a storage system.
3. From the  Actions menu in the application pane, select  Element
Manager .
Result
Confirm the storage system management tool is started and available for use.
Related tasks •
Starting System Management Unit (SMU)  on page 450
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Starting Hitachi File Services Manager (HFSM)  on page 450
Related references
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Notes on starting Element Manager  on page 447
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							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 Unit (SMU).
Related tasks •
Starting Hitachi File Services Manager (HFSM)  on page 450
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Starting Element Manager  on page 449
Starting Hitachi File Services Manager (HFSM) In HCS, you can start Hitachi File Services Manager (HFSM) software to
perform Hitachi NAS Platform (HNAS F) or Hitachi Data Ingestor (HDI) management tasks.
Prerequisites
Register the Hitachi NAS Platform (HNAS F) or Hitachi Data Ingestor (HDI) file server in Device Manager.
Procedure 1. From the  Resources  tab, select  File Servers , then All File Servers .
2. Open the tree and select a Hitachi NAS Platform (HNAS F) or Hitachi Data
Ingestor (HDI) node, and from the  Actions menu in the corner of the
application pane, select  File Server Manager.
Result
The browser opens running Hitachi File Services Manager (HFSM).
Related tasks
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Starting System Management Unit (SMU)  on page 450
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Starting Element Manager  on page 449
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