Express is designed to make management of ETERNUS Disk storage system easier than by using the GUI.
Express makes storage management less difficult thanks to the following functions:
This software can be easily configured with the configuration wizard.
Even without prior experience of ETERNUS Disk storage systems configuration and setup, volume creation in ETERNUS Disk storage system can be done with a wizard. ETERNUS Disk storage systems and volumes can also be added later with only a few clicks in the wizard.
Express provides the following wizard.
Storage configuration wizard
Volume allocation wizard
Advanced Copy configuration wizard
Remote Advanced Copy configuration wizard
What to do, how to do it: operation target and method can be selected directly on the screen in ETERNUS SF Web Console. Therefore, operation procedures are no longer difficult to understand.
ETERNUS SF Web Console allows Express operation directly from a Web browser.
In this manual, ETERNUS SF Web Console will be referred hereafter as "Web Console".
As several ETERNUS Disk storage systems can be managed, monitored and operated in the same Web Console, it is not necessary anymore to physically go to the various managed systems locations, switch between browser windows, etc.
With Express, Web Console operation can be performed without having to end the current tasks on the computer.
When a problem occurs, the user can determine the cause and scope of the problem before calling to report it.
Easy to understand messages makes it possible to understand the cause of a problem without prior expert storage knowledge. Advice on how to handle the problem can be displayed by clicking on the message.
Express provides the following copy functions for copies within an ETERNUS Disk storage system or to a remote ETERNUS Disk storage system. These copy functions uses the Advanced Copy function of ETERNUS Disk storage system.
Clone copy (EC)
Clone copy (OPC)
Clone copy (Quick OPC)
Snapshot copy (SnapOPC+)
Remote Copy (REC)
Synchronous mode
Consistency mode
Stack mode
Operations can be performed from the GUI or the Command Line Interface (CLI). The operations through the GUI are simple. The CLI allows integration in a script, use of the OS scheduler for preset copy tasks, etc. in a customizable manner.
Point
Snapshot copy (SnapOPC+) is supported for up to 8 sessions without an Advanced Copy hardware license (hereafter, "Advanced Copy license") registered for the ETERNUS Disk storage system. However, for 9 or more SnapOPC+ sessions or other copy functions, the necessary licenses must be registered.
For details on the license, refer to "License Management" in the "ETERNUS SF Installation and Setup Guide".
The use of the Web Console makes it possible to display in a graph the 24-hour performance information of ETERNUS Disk storage system.
In addition, the command line operation makes it possible to output 1-hour or 24-hour performance information of ETERNUS Disk storage system into a CSV file.
