Hitachi Command Suite 8 User Guide
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ItemRefresh HostsEdit HostsLegend: • Y : Can be edited or refreshed • N : Cannot be edited or refreshed Notes: 1. For virtualization servers, you can specify either IPv4 or IPv6. 2. You can specify either IPv4 or IPv6. 3. Clicking Refresh Hosts will discover new or updated WWNs/iSCSI names and their port types. Deleted WWNs/iSCSI names require that you click Edit Hosts and delete the WWNs/iSCSI names that need to be removed. 4. If you want to allocate volumes to a FCoE port, you need to manually add a WWN. 5. You cannot specify this for a virtualization server. 6. To update WWN nicknames that have been specified by using storage system management tools such as Storage Navigator, refresh the storage system information. When several WWN nicknames are assigned to a single HBA, only one of the nicknames is displayed for that HBA. Procedure 1. On the Administration tab, select Managed Resources . 2. On the Hosts tab, select the host to update, then click either Refresh Hosts , or Edit Hosts , depending on the items that you want to update. 3. If necessary, specify updated information and click OK. The task is registered and added to the task list on the Data Collection Tasks tab. If you updated information in the Edit Hosts dialog box, after the task has completed successfully, refresh the hosts using Refresh Hosts. Result The host list is updated. Related concepts • About changing host settings and information on page 68 Changing settings for a manually registered host You can use Edit Hosts to update host information registered by specifyingWWN/iSCSI names, or registered by using the host detection function. Procedure 1. On the Administration tab, select Managed Resources . 2. On the Hosts tab, select the host to change, and click Edit Hosts. 3. Specify the required items, and then click OK. Result The host information is updated. Discovering, registering, and adding management targets71Hitachi Command Suite User Guide
Related concepts • About changing host settings and information on page 68 Changing settings for a host registered by using Device Manager agent When the Device Manager agent is used, host information is periodically sentfrom the Device Manager agent. To update displayed host information, use the Refresh Hosts button. Additionally, after changing settings on the Edit Hosts dialog box, depending on which settings you changed, it may be necessary to use Refresh Hosts to update host information. To make changes or update host information to each item, see the followingtable: Table 3-3 Updating host information using Device Manager agent ItemRefresh HostsEdit HostsHost NameNY1OS TypeYNIP AddressYNUser ID/PWNNPort TypeY2Y2WWN/iSCSI nameY2Y2,3WWN NicknameN 4NLegend: • Y : Can be edited or refreshed • N : Cannot be edited or refreshed Notes: 1. When copy pairs are managed by a host where Device Manager agent is installed, you need to restart the Device Manager agent service after changing the host name. After the Device Manager agent service is restarted, the new host name is applied by updating the storage system. 2. WWNs/iSCSI names and their port types that have been added can be affected by the Refresh Hosts button, but deleted WWNs/iSCSI names and their port types cannot beaffected. To delete such WWNs/iSCSI names, the Edit Hosts button needs to be used. 3. If you want to allocate volumes to a FCoE port, you need to manually add a WWN. 4. To update WWN nicknames that have been specified by using other storage system management tools, such as Storage Navigator, refresh the storage system information. When several WWN nicknames are assigned to a single HBA, only one of the nicknames is displayed for that HBA. Procedure 1. From the Administration tab, select Managed Resources . 2. On the Hosts tab, select the host to update, then click either Refresh Hosts or Edit Hosts depending on the items that you want to update. 3. Modify the settings and click OK. 72Discovering, registering, and adding management targetsHitachi Command Suite User Guide
The task is registered to Data Collection Tasks tab. If you changed settings in the Edit Hosts dialog box, after the task successfully completes, refresh the hosts using Refresh Hosts. Result The host list is updated.Note: After you change a host name, both host names (before and after the change) might display on the Resources tab. In this case, delete the host before making the change. When copy pairs are managed by the host where Device Manager agent is installed, in addition to deleting the host, the storage system also needs to be updated. Related concepts • About changing host settings and information on page 68 About removing hosts and releasing associated resources When hosts no longer need to be managed, for example due to areorganization, you can remove the registered hosts and exclude them from HCS management. Related storage resources, such as volumes allocated to the target host and path setting information, can also be removed. However, storage resources that are allocated to other hosts are not released. When removing storage resources, you can select to: • Unallocate volumes • If the volumes that are unallocated when a host is removed are global- active device paired volumes, the following information is released at thesame time: - Copy pairs - Copy groups - Configuration definition files (HORCM) • Delete associated host groups/iSCSI targets • Release LUSE volumes• Delete virtual LDEV ID. This applies when managing resources that have virtual IDs set. • Delete associated volumes • Shred associated volumes. Format the volumes if shredding is unavailable. By automatically executing these options as an extension of removing a host, the process is simplified. Note: When removing storage resources related to a host, verify that there is not any related data remaining on the volumes.Discovering, registering, and adding management targets73Hitachi Command Suite User Guide
Tip: If you are removing a host that was registered using Device Manager agent, uninstall the Device Manager agent from the host, then remove the host using HCS.Note: If host information is synchronized between HCS and Compute Systems Manager, the removal of hosts by HCS is not reflected in Compute Systems Manager. Related concepts • About unallocating volumes on page 213 • About managing storage resources that have virtual IDs on page 440 • About deleting unallocated volumes on page 145 • About releasing a LUSE volume on page 148 Related tasks • Removing hosts and releasing associated resources on page 74 • Unallocating global-active device pairs on page 301 • Unallocating individual global-active device volumes on page 302 Removing hosts and releasing associated resources When you no longer need to manage a host, remove the host and release its associated related storage resources, such as allocated volumes and path settings. Prerequisites • Gather the following information: ○Target host names ○ Target volumes • Back up the target volumes • Stop input and output to the target volumes Procedure 1. On the Administration tab, select Managed Resources and click the Hosts tab. 2. From the lists of hosts, select the host you want to remove and click More Actions > Remove Hosts . 3. In the Remove Hosts dialog box, select one or more options from the following: • Remove only selected hosts • Unallocate volumes and remove hosts 74Discovering, registering, and adding management targetsHitachi Command Suite User Guide
When you unallocate the volumes that are used by the selected hosts and clean up the volumes, select from the following: • Delete associated host groups or iSCSI targets • Delete associated volumes • Shred associated volumesNote: Shred during off hours, such as overnight, so that the shredding process does not adversely affect system performance. To verify the standard required times for shredding, see the Hitachi Volume Shredder User Guide . • Release LUSE volumes • Delete virtual LDEV ID. This applies when managing resources that have virtual IDs set. 4. Click Plan Details to confirm that the information about associated resources is correct. 5. (Optional) Update the task name and provide a description. 6. (Optional) Expand Schedule to specify the task schedule. You can schedule the task to run immediately or later. The default setting is Now . If the task is scheduled to run immediately, you can select View task status to monitor the task after it is submitted. 7. Click Submit. If the task is scheduled to run immediately, the process begins. 8. (Optional) Check the progress and result of the task on the Tasks & Alerts tab. Click the task name to view details of the task. Result When the task completes, the host is removed and the selected associated storage resources are released. Related concepts • About removing hosts and releasing associated resources on page 73 Registering file servers This module describes how to register file servers. About registering and removing file servers You can register file servers to be managed by Device Manager so that the volumes of the storage system can be used by the file server. Device Manager manages file servers based on information sent from Hitachi NAS Platform family, Hitachi NAS Platform F, or Hitachi Data Ingestor. Discovering, registering, and adding management targets75Hitachi Command Suite User Guide
Note: A system drive is the basic (logical) storage element managed by the Hitachi NAS Platform family, and is equivalent to a storage system volume. Where volumes and system drives do not need to be differentiated, they are generically and collectively referred to as volumes. When a file server is registered you can: • Allocate and unallocate volumes • Examine file server information• Determine the usage status of storage resources from the file server point of view From Device Manager, you can activate the file server management software, and change the settings of the file server or reference detailed file server information. From Device Manager, in addition to the operations above, and depending on the versions of the file server management software that are linked and the file server type, file systems can be created, shares can be added, and file server reports and alerts can be viewed in the dashboard. If the file server to be registered is Hitachi NAS Platform v10.2.3071 or later, use Device Manager to set the Admin services EVS information (the IP address of Admin services EVS and the supervisor account information) after the registration. This enables file systems to be created on Hitachi NAS Platform EVSs by using Device Manager. If file servers become unnecessary for reasons such as reorganization, use file server management software to remove the settings for linking to Device Manager, then remove the file servers from the file server list by using HCS. The file servers are excluded from management by HCS, but configuration information, such as the file system and file sharing created on the file server, and paths set during volume allocation, are retained. For details about the system requirements of the file server, see the Hitachi Command Suite Administrator Guide . Related concepts • About managing Hitachi NAS Platform file systems and shares on page 231 • About managing Hitachi NAS Platform F and Hitachi Data Ingestor file systems and shares on page 254 Related tasks • Registering file servers on page 78 • Changing the name of a file server on page 79 • Changing the Admin services EVS settings of Hitachi NAS Platform on page 80 • Allocating volumes to selected file servers on page 194 76Discovering, registering, and adding management targetsHitachi Command Suite User Guide
Related references • Environment settings for Hitachi NAS Platform family on page 77 • Workflow for providing NAS Platform file shares on page 234 Environment settings for Hitachi NAS Platform family To manage the Hitachi NAS Platform using Device Manager, the managementserver must be in a system configuration in which communication with SMU and Admin services EVS can be performed. The following diagram illustrates the network relationships between the public management network and its connectivity with the NAS platform over public IP addresses (SMU and Admin services EVS). The storage system connectivity illustrates the use of storage system volumes by the file server, and File services EVS illustrates data services to clients over the public data network. Please see additional connectivity details below. • Locate the management server on a network that can communicate with SMU. To use the Device Manager GUI to create file systems for firmware version 10.2.3071 or later of Hitachi NAS Platform, set up the system so that it can also communicate with Admin services EVS. Discovering, registering, and adding management targets77Hitachi Command Suite User Guide
• Make sure that the version of SMU is the same or later as the firmwareversion of the file server (node). • Make sure that the versions of the firmware for the file servers (nodes) in a cluster are all the same. • If Device Manager is managing firmware version 10.2.3071 or later of Hitachi NAS Platform, register the following information for each cluster byusing the Device Manager GUI: • IP address of Admin services EVS (Public management IP address 1 in the figure). The IP address can be checked in the EVS Management page of SMU. • User account for the Server Control (SSC). A supervisor account is set up as the default user.Note: If you want to use the Device Manager GUI to check information such as the system drive and storage pool information of the file server, the file system information, or the sharing and exporting information, you need to configure LUN security for the file server from the storage system volume. Related concepts • About registering and removing file servers on page 75 Registering file servers To register the file server (Hitachi NAS Platform family, Hitachi NAS PlatformF, or Hitachi Data Ingestor) as the resource managed by Device Manager, specify the Device Manager information by using the management software on the file server. If you register Hitachi NAS Platform version 10.2.3071 or later, specify the Admin services EVS information by using Device Manager. This establishes linkage between Device Manager and the Admin services EVS software on the Hitachi NAS Platform. Prerequisites • In Device Manager, register the storage system that the file server uses. • Set up the file server management software: ○System Management Unit (SMU) for Hitachi NAS Platform family ○ Hitachi File Services Manager for Hitachi NAS Platform F and Hitachi Data Ingestor • If the file server to be registered is Hitachi NAS Platform v10.2.3071 or later, gather IP addresses for Admin services EVS (a virtual machine that manages the file server), and the user account for the Server Control (SSC). 78Discovering, registering, and adding management targetsHitachi Command Suite User Guide
Procedure1. Register Device Manager information by using the file server management software. Device Manager users that are specified in the management software of the file server must belong to the PeerGroup as a user group. 2. Additionally, if the file server to be registered is Hitachi NAS Platform v10.2.3071 or later, perform the following steps from Device Manager to set the Admin services EVS information: a. On the Administration tab, select Managed Resources . b. On the File Servers tab, select the Hitachi NAS Platform to be registered, and click Edit File Server. c. Enter the Admin services EVS information, and then submit the task. d. From the Data Collection Tasks tab, verify the task status. Result File server information will be sent to Device Manager at regular intervals, and can be viewed in the File Servers tree on the Resources tab.Tip: To remove registered file servers, use file server management software to remove the settings for linking to Device Manager. Then select the file servers to be removed from the HCS file server list in the Administration tab, and click Remove File Servers. Related concepts • About registering and removing file servers on page 75 Related references • Priority for acquiring the WWN or iSCSI name on page 63 • Workflow for providing HNAS F and HDI file shares (HFSM) on page 255 Changing the name of a file server You can change the file server name or IP address by changing theinformation registered in Device Manager, followed by changing the information on the file server. Procedure 1. On the Administration tab, select Managed Resources . 2. On the File Servers tab, select a file server whose name you want to change and click Edit File Server. 3. Enter the new name for the file server using the format file-server- name @IP-address . For Hitachi NAS Platform in a non-cluster configuration, if an IP address is not assigned to the node, enter the file server name in the following format: Discovering, registering, and adding management targets79Hitachi Command Suite User Guide
• If an IPv4 address is assigned to Admin services EVS: file-server- name @IP-address-of-Admin-services-EVS . • If an IPv4 address is not assigned to Admin services EVS: file-server- name . 4. On the file server side, change the file server settings on the target file server. 5. If you are using System Management Unit (SMU) v10.2.3071 or later, perform the following step: a. In SMU, perform the operation to synchronize information between the file server and Device Manager.Note: If the file server name or IP address on the file server side does not match the file server name ( file-server-name@IP-address) registered in Device Manager, Device Manager cannot correctly recognize which file server information has been sent when the information is sent from a file server, and the same file server might be repeatedly registered under different names. Therefore, file server information might not be updated or an SNMP trap sent from the file server might not be displayed as an alert. If a file server is repeatedly registered, you need to remove the file server registered with the wrong name or an old name from Device Manager. Related concepts • About registering and removing file servers on page 75 Changing the Admin services EVS settings of Hitachi NAS Platform If you change the Admin services EVS information (IP address, or useraccount for the Server Control (SSC)) of Hitachi NAS Platform v10.2.3071 or later, you also need to change the Admin services EVS settings registered in Device Manager. Procedure 1. Change the settings of Admin services EVS on the file server side. 2. On the Administration tab of Device Manager, select Managed Resources . 3. On the File Servers tab, select a file server and click Edit File Server. 4. Enter the changed Admin services EVS information, and then submit the task. 5. Verify the task status on the Data Collection Tasks tab. Result The file server status displayed in the list of file servers on the Administration tab is Normal . 80Discovering, registering, and adding management targetsHitachi Command Suite User Guide