Purpose
This manual describes the functionality of FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager (hereafter abbreviated as "AdvancedCopy Manager").
Intended Readers
This manual is intended for a system administrator who performs storage management using AdvancedCopy Manager.
Organization
This manual is composed as follows:
This chapter provides an overview of AdvancedCopy Manager.
This chapter describes how to start and stop daemons provided by AdvancedCopy Manager.
This chapter describes how to backup data.
This chapter describes how to use the Suspend/Resume function in the backup operation.
This chapter describes how to use the QuickOPC function in the backup operation.
This chapter describes the replication operation.
This chapter describes the replication operation of AdvancedCopy Manager using the Storage Cluster Continuous Copy function.
This chapter describes how to perform configuration and system maintenance tasks and troubleshooting on the system management information database.
This chapter describes commands.
This chapter describes additional operational notes on Backup and Replication.
This appendix describes the script used for pre-processing and post-processing of backup and restore functionality.
This appendix describes some sample scripts using AdvancedCopy Manager.
This appendix describes the script used for pre-processing and post-processing replication.
This appendix describes how to back up and restore the system volume.
This appendix describes backup operations using the power-saving features of disks in ETERNUS Disk storage system.
This appendix describes the operation using the Oracle Solaris Zones Support function.
This appendix describes backup and restoration of ZFS file systems.
This appendix describes the operation in Oracle VM Server for SPARC.
Notation
The names, abbreviations, and symbols shown below are used in this manual.
Formal Name | Abbreviation | |
|---|---|---|
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard (32-bit)(64-bit) | Windows Server 2008 | Windows |
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 R2 Foundation | Windows Server 2008 R2 | |
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2012 Standard | Windows Server 2012 | |
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2012 R2 Standard | Windows Server 2012 R2 | |
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2016 Standard | Windows Server 2016 | |
Windows(R) 7 Home Basic | Windows 7 | |
Windows(R) 8 | Windows 8 | |
Windows(R) 8.1 | Windows 8.1 | |
Windows(R) 10 Home | Windows 10 | |
Oracle Solaris 10 | Solaris 10 | Solaris or Solaris OS |
Oracle Solaris 11 | Solaris 11 | |
Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 5 (for x86) | RHEL5 | Linux |
Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6 (for x86) | RHEL6 | |
Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 7 (for Intel64) | RHEL7 | |
SUSE(R) Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 | |
HP-UX 11i v3 | HP-UX | |
AIX(R) V6.1 | AIX | |
VMware(R) vSphere 5 | VMware vSphere 5 | VMware |
VMware(R) vSphere 6 | VMware vSphere 6 | |
Oracle Solaris might be described as Solaris, Solaris Operating System, or Solaris OS.
Formal Name | Abbreviation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX60 | - | - | ETERNUS DX series or ETERNUS Disk storage system |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX410 | ETERNUS DX400 series | ||
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8100 | ETERNUS DX8000 series | ||
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX60 S2 | - | ETERNUS DX S2 series | |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX410 S2 | ETERNUS DX400 S2 series | ||
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8100 S2 | ETERNUS DX8000 S2 series | ||
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX60 S3 | - | ETERNUS DX S3 series | |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S3 | - | ||
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8700 S3 | ETERNUS DX8000 S3 series | ||
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX60 S4 | - | ETERNUS DX S4 series | |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4 | - | ||
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF250 | ETERNUS AF series | ETERNUS AF All-Flash Arrays | |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF250 S2 | ETERNUS AF S2 series | ||
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX200F | - | ||
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT20/LT20 S2 | ETERNUS Tape library | ||
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS Multipath Driver | ETERNUS Multipath Driver | ||
Each individual device name in this document is listed with "FUJITSU Storage" omitted from it.
Formal Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
Windows(R) Internet Explorer(R) | Internet Explorer |
Mozilla(R) Firefox(R) | Firefox |
Google Chrome(TM) | Chrome |
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 Storage ETERNUS SF Express | Express |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser | Storage Cruiser |
FUJITSU Software PRIMECLUSTER GDS | PRIMECLUSTER GD |
FUJITSU Software PRIMECLUSTER GDS Snapshot | PRIMECLUSTER GD Snapshot |
FUJITSU Software PRIMECLUSTER GFS | PRIMECLUSTER GFS |
Formal Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Quick Reference | ETERNUS SF Quick Reference |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Release Notes | ETERNUS SF Release Notes |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Installation and Setup Guide | ETERNUS SF Installation and Setup Guide |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Migration Guide | ETERNUS SF Migration Guide |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Web Console Guide | ETERNUS SF Web Console Guide |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Cluster Environment Setup Guide | ETERNUS SF Cluster Environment Setup Guide |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide for VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes | ETERNUS SF Operation Guide for VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Messages | ETERNUS SF Messages |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser Event Guide | ETERNUS SF Event Guide |
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Glossary | ETERNUS SF Glossary |
Besides the above-mentioned, each individual manual name in this document is listed with "FUJITSU Storage" omitted from it.
In this manual, the following products are collectively described as "Windows Server 2012 or later".
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
In this manual, the following products are collectively described as "Windows Server 2012 R2 or later".
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
In this manual, unless there is a special disclaimer, ETERNS Disk storage system includes the ETERNUS AF All-Flash Arrays and the ETERNUS DX200F All-Flash Array.
However, the following functions are not supported in the ETERNUS AF All-Flash Arrays and the ETERNUS DX200F All-Flash Array:
Energy saving operation for storage device
NAS operation for storage device
The following function is not supported in the ETERNUS DX200F All-Flash Array:
Automated Storage Tiering operation at multiple tiers (two or more)
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Trademarks
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Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Red Hat and RPM are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
Novell is a registered trademark of Novell Inc., and SUSE and the SUSE logo is a trademark, of SUSE LLC, in the United States and other countries.
HP-UX is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company in the United States and other countries.
AIX is a trademark or a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States and other countries.
VMware, VMware logo, Virtual SMP, and vMotion are the registered trademarks or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
All other trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners.
Shipment Date and Revision History
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May 2014 | 1.1 | B1FW-6011-01ENZ0(01) | B1FW-6011-01ENZ2(01) |
June 2014 | 2 | B1FW-6011-02ENZ0(00) | B1FW-6011-02ENZ2(00) |
January 2015 | 3 | B1FW-6011-03ENZ0(00) | B1FW-6011-03ENZ2(00) |
March 2015 | 3.1 | B1FW-6011-03ENZ0(01) | B1FW-6011-03ENZ2(01) |
July 2015 | 3.2 | B1FW-6011-03ENZ0(02) | B1FW-6011-03ENZ2(02) |
October 2015 | 4 | B1FW-6011-04ENZ0(00) | B1FW-6011-04ENZ2(00) |
October 2016 | 5 | B1FW-6011-05ENZ0(00) | B1FW-6011-05ENZ2(00) |
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December 2017 | 7 | B1FW-6011-07ENZ0(00) | B1FW-6011-07ENZ2(00) |
Notes
No part of this manual may be reproduced without permission.
This manual is subject to change without advance notice.
Copyright
Copyright 2013-2017 FUJITSU LIMITED
Content of Update | Updated Section | Revision |
|---|---|---|
The information related to ETERNUS DX200F is described. | "Others" in Preface | 1.1 |
The explanations for the Oracle Database systems are added. | 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3.1, 1.3.2 | 2 |
Notes regarding the number of simultaneous executions of Concurrent OPC and Concurrent Suspend processes are modified. | 6.5.1.1, 6.5.2.3 | |
The section regarding the transfer mode of the inter-box synchronous replication is modified. | 6.5.2.2 | |
The explanations of backup of databases are modified. | 7.1.2.2 | |
The steps for backing up the data base are added. | 7.1.2.2 | |
The explanations to restore the data base are modified. | 7.1.2.3 | |
Notes of the collecting error survey information in the cluster environment are modified. | 7.2.1.1 | |
The explanations in regard to how to correspond to certain situations are modified. | 7.3.2.2, 7.4.2.1, 8.3.1.1 | |
The explanations on changing the port number of the Management Server / Managed Server are added. | 7.5.3 | |
The operating environments of AdvancedCopy Manager for the swstresrst command and the swstsrsemtch command are modified. | 8.1 | |
Precautions for when operating on a clustered environment are added. | 9.1.6 | |
The explanations in regard to energy-saving operation (eco-mode) are altered. | Appendix E | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX200F is modified. | "Others" in Preface | 3 |
Notes for the Advanced Copy function that uses TFOV's are added. | 1.2.1, Chapter3, Chapter4, Chapter5 | |
The explanation of Storage Cluster Continuous Copy function is added. | 1.2.2 | |
Solaris 11 is added to the software condition of ETERNUS Multipath Driver. | 1.3.2, 1.4.1 | |
The explanations of preparations are modified. | 4.4, 5.4 | |
The explanations of the replication operation of AdvancedCopy Manager using the Storage Cluster Continuous Copy function are added. | 1.2.1, 1.2.2, Chapter3, Chapter4, Chapter5, Chapter7, 9.1, 9.1.1.3, 9.1.2.1, 9.1.2.3, 9.1.2.8, 9.3.1.1, 9.3.1.4, 9.3.1.5, 9.3.2.1, 9.3.2.2, 9.3.2.3, 9.3.2.4, 9.3.2.6, 9.5.1, 9.5.2, F.2 | |
The corrective procedure when hardware failure occurs in volumes is modified. | 8.3.2.2,8.4.2.1 | |
The explanation when migrating from ETERNUS SF Manager V16.1 or later is added to options. | 9.2.16 | |
The support device of the guest domain is added. | H4.2 | |
The term "VMware Virtual Volumes" is changed to "VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes" according to the terms used by VMware, Inc. | Throughout this manual | 3.1 |
Information related to VMware vSphere(R) 6 is added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
The command name of Figure 6.30 is corrected. | 6.5.2.2 | |
The Copyright is modified. | A.2.2.1, A.3.1.1, A.3.2.1, C.2.2.2, C.2.3.1, C.2.3.2 | |
Information related to ETERNUS DX8700 S3/DX8900 S3 is added. | "Notation" in Preface | 3.2 |
The reference destination manual is modified. | H.4.2 | |
Information related to Windows Server 2003 is deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | 4 |
Information related to Windows 10 is added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
A note is added. | 3.4.3, 4.4.3, 5.4.3, 6.4.3, F.7.4 | |
The explanation related to the stgxfwcmmodsrv command execution is modified. | 8.5.1 - 8.5.4, 8.5.6.2 - 8.5.6.4 | |
The explanation related to the operating environment during a command execution is modified. | 9.1, 9.3 | |
A point is added. | H.4.2 | |
An unnecessary information is deleted. | H.4.2 | |
Information related to HP-UX 11i v1/v2 is deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | 5 |
Information related to VMware vSphere 4 is deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX80/DX90 is deleted. | "Notation" in Preface, 9.3.2.2, 10.1.2, 10.1.9, 10.1.10 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS AF250/AF650 is added. | "Notation" and "Others" in Preface | |
Information related to the ETERNUS LT60 is deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | |
The description of referring to the ETERNUS SF Web Console Guide is added. | 3.4.4, 4.4.4, 5.4.4, 6.4.4 | |
The explanation related to SnapOPC/SnapOPC+ is modified. | 6.1.1.1, 6.1.1.2, 6.2.3.1 - 6.2.3.5, 6.5.1, 8.4.2, 8.4.2.3, 9.3.2.2, 9.5.1 | |
The operations to change the device configuration are added. | 8.5.5 | |
The explanation of the item "Manager IP address" is modified. | 9.2.10 | |
The explanation is modified. | 10.1.1.13, 10.1.8 | |
Information related to Windows Server 2016 is added. | "Notation" and "Others" in Preface | 6 |
Information related to Windows Vista is deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Information related to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 is deleted and information related to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 is added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX60 S4/DX100 S4/DX200 S4 is added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
The reference destination related to the combination of the manager program and the agent program is changed. | 1.1.2 | |
In [Note], information is added. | 6.1.2 | |
A new condition is added. | 6.4.7.1 | |
A new section is added. | 8.5.8 | |
In DESCRIPTION, information is modified. | 9.2.10 | |
In NOTES, the factors that cannot set the replication volume information are added. | 9.3.1.1 | |
Information related to Solaris 9 is deleted. | "Notation" in Preface, 1.3.2, F.3 | 7 |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX600 S4 is added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Information related to the ETERNUS AF250 S2/AF650 S2 is added. | "Notation" in Preface, 8.5.8 | |
[Point] is added. | 6.5.2.2, F.7.7 | |
The explanation in the table 8.1 and the table 8.2 is modified. | 8.1 | |
The explanation is modified. | 10.1.1.14 | |
The MPLB resources are added for the devices that can use the Oracle Solaris Zones Support function. | F.5 | |
In [See], the explanation is added. | F.7.1 |
Manual Organization
The following table describes the Manual organization of Express, Storage Cruiser, and AdvancedCopy Manager.
When to Read | Related Manuals | Related Products | 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:
|
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
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 |
| 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 |
| ||
Confirming the updated contents | Release Notes |
| Read if you want to know the updated contents from a previous version and if you perform the upgrade. |
Deciding if an upgrade is required | Migration Guide |
| 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 |
| Read if you want to install and setup the product. |
Cluster Environment Setup Guide |
| Read if you want to install and setup the product on a clustered system. | |
Administration and operation of the installed system | Express Operation Guide |
| Read if you want to start or shutdown the system, monitor the operation status, do backup/restore operations, etc. |
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 |
| ||
Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide for VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes |
| ||
Web Console Guide |
| Read if you want to understand the ETERNUS SF Web Console. | |
Dealing with messages issued by the software | Messages |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Read if you want to learn the meaning of important terms, product specific terms or abbreviations used in the manuals. |
