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ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser V16.0 Operation Guide for Optimization Function
FUJITSU Storage

Preface

Purpose

This manual describes Optimization Function, an optional product for FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser of the following FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF products:

To use the one layer Tier pool function of the Automated Storage Tiering, both the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Optimization Option license and the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Quality of Service Management Option license are not required. Refer to "Automated Storage Tiering Management" in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Operation Guide for details.

Intended Readers

This manual is intended for system administrator and operators using the Optimization Function. Also, this is used for managing storage system.


Organization

This manual is composed as follows:

Chapter 1 Overview of Optimization Functions

This chapter describes an overview of the Optimization Function.

Chapter 2 Design of Automated Storage Tiering

This chapter describes the necessary design-related matters that must be addressed before setting up the Automated Storage Tiering function.

Chapter 3 Setup of Automated Storage Tiering

This chapter describes the setup of the Automated Storage Tiering function.

Chapter 4 Operation of Automated Storage Tiering

This chapter describes the operation of the Automated Storage Tiering function.

Chapter 5 Design of Automated QoS Function

This chapter describes the necessary design-related matters that must be addressed before setting up the Automated Quality of Service function.

Chapter 6 Setup of Automated QoS Function

This chapter describes the setup of the Automated Quality of Service function.

Chapter 7 Operation of Automated QoS Function

This chapter describes the operation of the Automated Quality of Service function.

Chapter 8 Operation Maintenance

This chapter describes the operation of the Optimization Function.

Chapter 9 Command References

This chapter describes the commands used by the Optimization Function.

Notation

The names, abbreviations, and symbols shown below are used in this manual.

Operating Systems

Product Name

Notation

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard (64-bit)
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard without Hyper-V(TM) (64-bit)
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Enterprise (64-bit)
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V(TM) (64-bit)
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Datacenter (64-bit)
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V(TM) (64-bit)

Windows Server 2008

Windows

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Foundation
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Standard
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Enterprise
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Datacenter

Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2012 Standard
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2012 Datacenter

Windows Server 2012

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2012 R2 Standard
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2012 R2 Datacenter

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Vista(R) Home Basic
Windows Vista(R) Home Premium
Windows Vista(R) Business
Windows Vista(R) Enterprise
Windows Vista(R) Ultimate

Windows Vista

Windows(R) 7 Home Basic
Windows(R) 7 Home Premium
Windows(R) 7 Professional
Windows(R) 7 Enterprise
Windows(R) 7 Ultimate

Windows 7

Windows(R) 8
Windows(R) 8 Pro

Windows 8

Windows(R) 8.1
Windows(R) 8.1 Pro

Windows 8.1

Oracle Solaris 10

Solaris 10

Solaris or Solaris OS

Oracle Solaris 11

Solaris 11

Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) AS (v.4 for x86)
Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) AS (v.4 for EM64T)

RHEL-AS4

Linux

Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) ES (v.4 for x86)
Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) ES (v.4 for EM64T)

RHEL-ES4

Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5 (for Intel64)

RHEL5

Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6 (for Intel64)

RHEL6

HP-UX 11i v1
HP-UX 11i v2
HP-UX 11i v3

HP-UX

AIX(R) V6.1
AIX(R) V7.1

AIX

VMware vSphere(R) 4 Essentials Kit
VMware vSphere(R) 4 Essentials Plus Kit
VMware vSphere(R) 4 Standard Edition(TM)
VMware vSphere(R) 4 Standard Plus Data Recovery
VMware vSphere(R) 4 Advanced Edition(TM)
VMware vSphere(R) 4 Enterprise Edition(TM)
VMware vSphere(R) 4 Enterprise Plus Edition(TM)

VMware vSphere 4

VMware

VMware vSphere(R) 5 Essentials Kit
VMware vSphere(R) 5 Essentials Plus Kit
VMware vSphere(R) 5 Standard Edition(TM)
VMware vSphere(R) 5 Standard Plus Data Recovery
VMware vSphere(R) 5 Enterprise Edition(TM)
VMware vSphere(R) 5 Enterprise Plus Edition(TM)

VMware vSphere 5

Oracle Solaris might be described as Solaris, Solaris Operating System, or Solaris OS.

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS

Formal Name

Abbreviation

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX60/DX60 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX80/DX80 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX90/DX90 S2

-

ETERNUS DX series or ETERNUS Disk storage system

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX100 S3
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX200 S3

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX410
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX440

ETERNUS DX400 series

ETERNUS DX400/DX400 S2 series

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX410 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX440 S2

ETERNUS DX400 S2 series

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S3
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX600 S3

-

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8100
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8400
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8700

ETERNUS DX8000 series

ETERNUS DX8000/DX8000 S2 series

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8100 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8700 S2

ETERNUS DX8000 S2 series

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX200F

-

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT20/LT20 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT40/LT40 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT60/LT60 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT200
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT210
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT220
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT230
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT250
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT270

ETERNUS Tape library

Each individual device name in this document is listed with "FUJITSU Storage" omitted from it.

Software Products

Formal Name

Abbreviation

Microsoft(R) Internet Explorer(R)

Internet Explorer

Mozilla(R) Firefox(R)

Firefox

Microsoft(R) Cluster Service

MSCS

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) Failover Clustering

WSFC

Microsoft(R) Exchange Server

Exchange Server

Microsoft(R) SQL Server(R)

SQL Server

VMware(R) ESX(R)

VMware ESX

VMware(R) ESXi(TM)

VMware ESXi

VMware(R) vCenter(TM) Server

VMware vCenter Server or vCenter Server

FUJITSU Software PRIMECLUSTER Global Disk Services

GDS

FUJITSU Software PRIMECLUSTER Global File Services

GFS

FUJITSU Software Symfoware Server Enterprise Extended Edition
FUJITSU Software Symfoware Server Enterprise Edition

Symfoware

Manuals

Formal Name

Abbreviation

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser / ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Quick Reference

ETERNUS SF Quick Reference

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser / ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Release Notes

ETERNUS SF Release Notes

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser / ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Installation and Setup Guide

ETERNUS SF Installation and Setup Guide

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser / ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Migration Guide

ETERNUS SF Migration Guide

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser / ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Web Console Guide

ETERNUS SF Web Console Guide

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser / ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Cluster Environment Setup Guide

ETERNUS SF Cluster Environment Setup Guide

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser / ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Messages

ETERNUS SF Messages

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Event Guide

ETERNUS SF Event Guide

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser / ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager Glossary

ETERNUS SF Glossary

The description of each manual in the sentence besides the above-mentioned omits "FUJITSU Storage".

Others
  • Quality of Service is abbreviated as "QoS".

  • In this document, unless there is a special explanatory note, ETERNUS DX200 S3 indicates ETERNUS DX200 S3 and ETERNUS DX200F. In addition, ETERNUS Disk storage system includes ETERNUS DX200F All Flash Arrays.
    However, the following functions are not supported in ETERNUS DX200F:

    • Energy saving operation for storage device

    • NAS operation for storage device

    • Automated Storage Tiering operation at multiple tiers (two or more)


Export Controls

Exportation/release of this document may require necessary procedures in accordance with the regulations of your resident country and/or US export control laws.


Trademarks

Shipment Date and Revision History

Shipment Date

Revision

Document Part Number

PDF

HTML

December 2013

1

B1FW-6008-01ENZ0(00)

B1FW-6008-01ENZ2(00)

May 2014

1.1

B1FW-6008-01ENZ0(01)

B1FW-6008-01ENZ2(01)


Notes

Copyright

Copyright 2013-2014 FUJITSU LIMITED

Update History

Content of Update

Updated Section

Revision

The information related to ETERNUS DX200F was described.

"Others" in Preface

1.1


Manual Organization and Reading Suggestions

Manual Organization

The following table describes the Manual organization of Express, Storage Cruiser and AdvancedCopy Manager.

When to Read

Related Manuals
(Abbreviated)

Related Products
(*1)

Explanation

EXP

SC

ACM

Before installation

Quick Reference

Yes

Yes

Yes

This manual is common for all products.

Release Notes

Yes

Yes

Yes

This manual is common for all products.

Overview

-

-

Yes

This manual is unique for the product.

During installation

Installation and Setup Guide

Yes

Yes

Yes

This manual is common for all products.

Cluster Environment Setup Guide

-

Yes

Yes

This manual is common for Storage Cruiser and AdvancedCopy Manager.

Migration Guide

Yes

Yes

Yes

This manual is common for all products.

During operation

Operation Guide

Yes

Yes

Yes

This manual is unique for each product. The following manuals are available:

  • Express Operation Guide

  • Storage Cruiser Operation Guide

  • Storage Cruiser Operation Guide for Optimization Function

  • AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide (for Windows)

  • AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide (for Solaris)

  • AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide (for Linux)

  • AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide (for HP-UX)

  • AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide (for AIX)

  • AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide for Copy Control Module

Web Console Guide

Yes

Yes

Yes

This manual is common for all products.

Anytime

Event Guide

Yes

Yes

-

This manual is common for Express and Storage Cruiser.

Messages

Yes

Yes

Yes

This manual is common for all products.

Glossary

Yes

Yes

Yes

This manual is common for all products.

*1: "EXP" indicates Express, "SC" indicates Storage Cruiser and "ACM" indicates AdvancedCopy Manager.


How to Read Manuals

Please use the following table to find the most useful information in the Express, Storage Cruiser and AdvancedCopy Manager manuals to answer your inquiry.

Purpose

Manual

Main Contents

How to Read

Acquiring a product overview and basic operation knowledge

Quick Reference

  • Product overview

  • Installation decision

  • Overview of the necessary tasks from installation to first use

Please read if you want to acquire a fundamental knowledge of the product and its operation in order to decide to install it or not.

AdvancedCopy Manager Overview

  • Main functions

  • Linkable applications

  • Procedure overview for Advanced Copy of ETERNUS Disk storage system

Confirming the updated contents

Release Notes

  • New function overview

  • Incompatibilities with previous version

  • Fixed bugs

Please read if you want to know the updated contents from a previous version and if you perform the upgrade.

Deciding if a version upgrade is required

Migration Guide

  • Notes and cautions about version upgrade

  • Version upgrade procedure

Please read if you want to upgrade from a previous version.

Installing and correctly operating the product

Setting up operating environment depending on purpose

Installation and Setup Guide

  • Operating environment

  • Installation procedure

  • Setup procedure

  • Uninstallation procedure

Please read if you want to install and setup the product.

Cluster Environment Setup Guide

  • Supported cluster software

  • Installation procedure for a clustered system

  • Setup procedure for a clustered system

  • Uninstallation procedure for a clustered system

Please read if you want to install and setup the product on a clustered system.

Administration and operation of the installed system

Express Operation Guide

  • Starting and stopping the software

  • Device monitoring

  • Data copy inside the storage system

  • Necessary tasks after an architectural modification of the system as well as product maintenance

Please read if you want to start or shutdown the system, monitor the operation status, do backup/restore operations, etc.

Storage Cruiser Operation Guide

  • Starting and stopping the software

  • Device monitoring

  • Necessary tasks after an architectural modification of the system as well as product maintenance

  • Command reference

Storage Cruiser Operation Guide for Optimization Function

  • Operating environment construction

  • Operating status monitoring

  • Necessary tasks after an architectural modification of the system as well as product maintenance

  • Command reference

AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide (for Windows)

AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide (for Solaris)

AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide (for Linux)

AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide (for HP-UX)

AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide (for AIX)

AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide for Copy Control Module

  • Starting and stopping the software

  • Data backup/restore inside the storage system

  • Necessary tasks after an architectural modification of the system as well as product maintenance

  • Command reference

Web Console Guide

  • Operating environment

  • Screen layout description

Please read if you want to understand the ETERNUS SF Web Console.

Dealing with messages issued by the software

Messages

  • Messages and their explanations

  • Parameter (variable information) description

  • System action

  • Countermeasures

Please read if you want a practical way of investigating and dealing with messages issued by the software.

Dealing with events issued by the software

Event Guide

  • Phenomenon of event

  • Countermeasures

Please read if you need to find a practical way of investigating and dealing with events.

Researching the meaning of specific terms related to the products and other important terms

Glossary

  • Product specific terminology explanation

  • Explanation of important terminology appearing in the manual

  • Synonyms and related terms

  • Proper form of abbreviated terms

Please read if you want to learn the meaning of important terms, product specific terms or abbreviations used in the manuals.