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ETERNUS SF Express V16.0 / Storage Cruiser V16.0 / AdvancedCopy Manager V16.0 Installation and Setup Guide
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2.2.6 Required resources for operation (for Linux)

2.2.6.1 Required disk space for operation

For operating ETERNUS SF Manager, in addition to disk space described in "2.2.3.1 Required disk space for installation", the server on which it is installed must have free disk space as described below.

For operation as Express's manager

Directory name

Required disk space
(Unit: MB)

Explanation

/etc/opt/FJSVswstf

a

a: Database capacity of the repository. Refer to "3.1.4 Estimation of database size" for details.

/var/opt/FJSVssmgr

b

b: Required for performance management. Refer to "Disk space required for performance management" as described below for details.

/var/opt/FJSVesfcm

c

c: Repository size for common control. Refer to "Estimation formula for the repository size for common control" for details.

/var/opt/FJSVesflm

20

Disk space required for the license management function


Disk space required for performance management

For performance management, add disk space as described below, depending on the number of Logical Units (LUs) on the storage device to be managed, the number of Disk Enclosures (DEs) and the number of days for which performance data are to be stored.

Storage Device

Required disk space (Unit: MB)

ETERNUS DX60/DX60 S2
ETERNUS DX80/DX80 S2
ETERNUS DX90/DX90 S2

8 * (240 + (1.2 + 0.3 * DEs + 0.3 * (securedLUs + securedRAIDgroups [*1])) * 1440 + (95 * DEs) + (50 * (securedLUs + securedRAIDgroups [*1]))) / 1024 + 2.61

*1: RAIDgroups is the number of RAID groups created from LU.

ETERNUS DX100 S3
ETERNUS DX200 S3

8 * (475 + (1.2 + 0.7 * DEs + 0.4 * (securedLUs + securedRAIDgroups [*1])) * 1440 + (290 * DEs) + (76 * (securedLUs + securedRAIDgroups [*1]))) / 1024 + 2.25

*1: RAIDgroups is the number of RAID groups created from LU.


Estimation formula for the repository size for common control
Required size (MB) = 300 + (servers + switches + devicesToBeManaged + disks + RAIDGroups + volumes) / 100 + (servers + switches + devicesToBeManaged) * users / 500
  • servers : Number of Managed Servers

  • switches : Number of managed switches

  • devicesToBeManaged : Number of managed ETERNUS Disk storage systems

  • disks : Total number of disks in each managed ETERNUS Disk storage system

  • RAIDGroups : Number of managed RAID groups

  • volumes : Number of managed volumes

  • users : Number of users using Web Console (Number of user accounts)


For operation as Storage Cruiser's manager

Directory name

Required disk space
(Unit: MB)

Explanation

/etc/opt/FJSVssmgr

5 + 1(*1) + 1.2(*2)+65(*3)

*1: Configuration definition file
*2: Database (co-operation with middleware)
*3: Database capacity of the repository for Manager
- Calculated assuming a maximum of a 100 products.

/var/opt/FJSVssmgr

55(*4) + a

a: Repository for Storage Cruiser
*4: Log

/var/opt/FJSVesfcm

b

b: Repository size for common control. Refer to "Estimation formula for the repository size for common control" for details.

/var/opt/FJSVesflm

20

Disk space required for the license management function


Repository for Storage Cruiser

Add the total of disk space as described below, depending on the numbers of storage devices to be managed.

  • For ETERNUS DX80 S2/DX90 S2 (The firmware version is V10L40 or later), DX100 S3/DX200 S3:

    Required size (MB) = devicesToBeManaged * 4
  • For ETERNUS DX400 S2 series (The firmware version is V10L40 or later), DX500 S3/DX600 S3:

    Required size (MB) = devicesToBeManaged * 6
  • For ETERNUS DX8000 S2 series (The firmware version is V10L40 or later):

    Required size (MB) = devicesToBeManaged * 23
  • For other than the above:

    Required size (MB) = 0

Additionally, for performing the performance management, disk space is necessary depending on the number of devices from which to collect performance data and the number of days for which performance data are to be stored. Refer to "Appendix C Required Disk Space for Performance Management" for details.


Estimation formula for the repository size for common control
Required size (MB) = 300 + (servers + switches + devicesToBeManaged + disks + RAIDGroups + volumes) / 100 + (servers + switches + devicesToBeManaged) * users / 500
  • servers : Number of Managed Servers

  • switches : Number of managed switches

  • devicesToBeManaged : Number of managed ETERNUS Disk storage systems

  • disks : Total number of disks in each managed ETERNUS Disk storage system

  • RAIDGroups : Number of managed RAID groups

  • volumes : Number of managed volumes

  • users : Number of users using Web Console (Number of user accounts)

Resource information when using the reporting function

The following is a description of the resources such as size and tuning required to use this function:

Resource

Condition

Information stack file

There is no upper limit to accumulated data size (dependent on disk space).

Retention period can be set in the policy file. Data can be retained up to 10 years. If the retention period set in the policy file is exceeded, the data is deleted when creating a report.

Report file

There is no upper limit to file size.

Estimate of resources

It is required to estimate the sizes of the following files:

  • Information stack file: File in which report information is accumulated by the reporting information collection command.

  • Report file: File output by the report creation command.

Estimate of information stack file

File size can be roughly estimated from data amount per month and retention period as shown in the following estimate formula.
Data amount per month can be found by adding up the sum of volume configuration information size at month's outset per volume and the sum of one-month updated/added volume configuration information size per volume.
In the following estimate formula, the sum per volume is expressed as "SIGMA".
In addition, volume configuration information size can be found by the following calculation formula:

Estimate formula
Information stack file capacity = (data amount per month) * retention period [month]
  (unit: byte)

Data amount per month = SIGMA(volume configuration information size at month's outset) +
                        SIGMA(one-month updated/added(*1) volume configuration information size)

  *1: Even if the volume is deleted halfway, the target volume information for the month
     is not deleted.

Volume configuration information size = 1862 +
                           (32 * number of Thin Provisioning Pools) +
                           (80 * number of Tier pools) +
                           (115 * number of Tier sub-pools) +
                           (100 * number of RAID groups) +
                           (306 * number of disks)

The breakdown of volume configuration information size is as follows:

Item

Size (byte)

Number of Records

Basic information

1862

Fixed

Thin Provisioning information

32

Number of Thin Provisioning Pools

Tier pool information

80

Number of tier pools

Tier sub-pool information

115

Number of tier sub-pools

RAID information

100

Number of RAID groups

Disk information

306

Number of disks allocated to RAID groups

Estimate example

The following is an estimate example of one-month file size when Volumes a and b are already created at month's outset and Volume c is added halfway:

  1. 100 standard volumes in 1 RAID group which has 2 disks:
    (1862 + (32 * 0) + (80 * 0) + (115 * 0) + (100 * 1) + (306 * 2)) * 100

  2. 100 TPV volumes in 1 Thin Provisioning Pool comprised of 2 RAID groups each with 4 disks:
    (1862 + (32 * 1) + (80 * 0) + (115 * 0) + (100 * 2) + (306 * 4)) * 100

  3. 10 standard volumes in 1 RAID group which has 1 disk:
    (1862 + (32 * 0) + (80 * 0) + (115 * 0) + (100 * 1) + (306 * 1)) * 10

    a + b + c = 257400 bytes + 331800 bytes + 22680 bytes = 611880 bytes = about 598KB

Estimate of report file

File size depends on storage configuration (on the number of disks and volumes allocated to RAID groups). Report file size can be roughly estimated from basic information and sum of volume configuration resource size per volume as shown below.

In the following estimate formula, the sum per volume is expressed as "SIGMA":

Estimate formula
Report file capacity = basic information + SIGMA(volume configuration resource size)
(unit: byte)

- Basic information = header information +
             (server information * number of servers connected to volumes) +
             (disk storage system information * number of disk storage systems (*1))

    *1: Where one disk storage system is being allocated to multiple server volumes,
       the disk storage systems are counted in terms of the number of servers.

- Volume configuration resource size =
            (disk information * number of disks in volume allocated
            RAID group + volume type information + volume information) * number of volumes
            connected to server.

The size and number of records are roughly estimated as follows:

Category

Record name

Size (byte)

Number of records

Basic information

Header information

10499

1 (fixed)

Server information

630

Number of servers connected to volumes

Disk storage system
information

646

Number of disk storage systems including volumes used by server

Volume config. resources

Disk information

383

Number of disks allocated to RAID groups

Volume type information

234 (Standard/SDV/WSV)
356 (TPV)
487 (one layer Tier pool)
915 (2 layers Tier pool)
1343 (3 layers Tier pool)

Number of RAID groups/Thin Provisioning Pools/Tier pools

Volume information

895

Number of volumes connected to server

Estimate example

The following is an estimate example of report file size when creating volumes under the following conditions:

  • The number of servers connected to volumes is 1.

  • The number of disk storage systems is 1.

  • "Volume configuration resource1"
    Create 4 standard volumes in a RAID group using 2 disks.

  • "Volume configuration resource2"
    Create a RAID group using 4 disks in Thin Provisioning Pool and create 10 TPV volumes.

  • Connect the created volumes to the server.

Basic information = 10499 + (630 * 1) + (646 * 1) = 11775
Volume configuration information1 = (383 * 2 + 234 + 895) * 4 = 7580
Volume configuration information2 = (383 * 4 + 356 + 895) * 10 = 27830
Report file size = 11775 + 7580 + 27830 = 47185bytes = about 46.1KB

For operation as AdvancedCopy Manager's manager

Directory name

Required disk space
(Unit: MB)

Explanation

/etc/opt

For performing the backup operation:

  • If not backing up the Symfoware:
    (a + 35 * b) / 1024 + 0.4

  • If backing up the Symfoware:
    ((a + 35 * b) + (b + 0.5 * c)) / 1024 + 0.4

Add required disk space depending on your operation.

a: Number of backup volumes
b: Number of transaction volumes
c: Number of DSIs of all database spaces to be backed up
d: Number of volume pairs for replication management

For performing the replication operation:

(1.1 * d) / 1024 + 0.4

/var

1106

-

/var/opt

  • For non-clustered systems:
    13 + f + g + 20(*1)

  • For clustered systems:
    26 + 4 * e + f + g + 20(*1)

e: Number of transactions (including local transactions)
f: Database capacity of the repository. Refer to "3.1.4 Estimation of database size" for details.
g: Repository size for common control. Refer to "Estimation formula for the repository size for common control" for details.
*1: Disk space required for the license management function


Estimation formula for the repository size for common control
Required size (MB) = 300 + (servers + switches + devicesToBeManaged + disks + RAIDGroups + volumes) / 100 + (servers + switches + devicesToBeManaged) * users / 500
  • servers : Number of Managed Servers

  • switches : Number of managed switches

  • devicesToBeManaged : Number of managed ETERNUS Disk storage systems

  • disks : Total number of disks in each managed ETERNUS Disk storage system

  • RAIDGroups : Number of managed RAID groups

  • volumes : Number of managed volumes

  • users : Number of users using Web Console (Number of user accounts)

2.2.6.2 Required memory for operation

For operating ETERNUS SF Manager, the server on which it is installed must add the following amount of memory.

For the manageable environment by ETERNUS SF Manager, refer to "Appendix G Upper Limit of Manageable Environment".

Note

  • When using the Automated Storage Tiering, the case of using one layer Tier pool is also included.

  • Set swap memory. For capacity, set the value recommended by the operating system.