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ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser V16.7 Operation Guide
FUJITSU Storage

Preface

Purpose

This manual describes how to use FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser (hereafter abbreviated as "Storage Cruiser").

Intended Readers

The manual is intended for operations managers who use Storage Cruiser for storage management.

The procedure used for actual system configuration assumes that the reader knows the basic configuration procedure for the installation target server, storage units, and their network.

Organization

This manual is composed as follows:

Chapter 1 Overview

Explains the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser.

Chapter 2 Fault Monitoring

Explains how to detect errors occurring in the devices making up a storage system, the screen displayed for them, and how to respond to them.

Chapter 3 Operation Design

Explains LAN connections.

Chapter 4 Environment Configuration

Provides the settings and notes required for devices to be managed.

Chapter 5 Startup and Setting

Provides device definitions and operation flowcharts required for operating this product software.

Chapter 6 Operation

Explains how to use each view of the resource view and Correlation window.

Chapter 7 Performance Management

Explains performance management functions.

Chapter 8 Reporting Function

Explains reporting functions.

Chapter 9 Storage Cluster Function

Explains Storage Cluster functions.

Chapter 10 Maintenance of Devices to Be Managed

Explains the screen displayed at the occurrence of a device error and how to respond to it.

Chapter 11 Maintenance of Administrative Environment

Explains how to maintain databases and the troubleshooting required if a problem occurs.

Chapter 12 Linkage to Other Software

Explains how to link with other software.

Chapter 13 Command References

Explains how to use each command.

Appendix A Customization

Explains how to customize definition files.

Appendix B Troubleshooting

Explains basic troubleshooting and also provides information on where to find further help.

Appendix C How to Check Product Version

Explains how to check version of installed ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser.

Appendix D Operations Other Than Operations on Switches within System Managed on Storage Cruiser

Explains the operation points in cases when managing the system configuration storage devices and servers including switches not supported by Storage Cruiser.

Appendix E Settings of Encryption Algorithm in SNMPv3 Protocol

This appendix explains settings of encryption algorithm in SNMPv3 protocol.

Notation

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

Operating Systems

Formal Name

Abbreviation

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard (32-bit)(64-bit)
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Standard without Hyper-V(TM) (32-bit)(64-bit)
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Enterprise (32-bit)(64-bit)
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V(TM) (32-bit)(64-bit)
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Datacenter (32-bit)(64-bit)
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V(TM) (32-bit)(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

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2016 Standard
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2016 Datacenter

Windows Server 2016

Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2019 Standard
Microsoft(R) Windows Server(R) 2019 Datacenter

Windows Server 2019

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

Windows(R) 10 Home
Windows(R) 10 Pro
Windows(R) 10 Mobile

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

RHEL5

Linux

Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6 (for x86)
Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 6 (for Intel64)

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(R) V7.1

AIX

VMware vSphere(R) 5

VMware vSphere 5

VMware

VMware vSphere(R) 6

VMware vSphere 6

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

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS

Formal Name

Abbreviation

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX60

-

-

ETERNUS DX series or ETERNUS Disk storage system

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX410
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX440

ETERNUS DX400 series

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

ETERNUS DX8000 series

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

-

ETERNUS DX S2 series

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX410 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX440 S2

ETERNUS DX400 S2 series

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8100 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8700 S2

ETERNUS DX8000 S2 series

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX60 S3
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX100 S3
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX200 S3

-

ETERNUS DX S3 series

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S3
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX600 S3

-

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8700 S3
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8900 S3

ETERNUS DX8000 S3 series

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX60 S4
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX100 S4
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX200 S4

-

ETERNUS DX S4 series

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX500 S4
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX600 S4

-

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8900 S4

ETERNUS DX8000 S4 series

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF250
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF650

ETERNUS AF series

ETERNUS AF All-Flash Arrays

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF250 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS AF650 S2

ETERNUS AF S2 series

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX200F

-

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT20/LT20 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT40/LT40 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT60 S2
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT140
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT200
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT210
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT220
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT230
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT250
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT260
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS LT270/LT270 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.

NetApp FAS Series and V-Series are abbreviated as follows.

Firmware Version

String Included in Firmware Name

Abbreviation

Data ONTAP 6.x
Data ONTAP 7.x

(Any string)

NetApp FAS Series
NetApp V-Series

Data ONTAP 8 - 8.2.x

7-Mode

Data ONTAP 8 - 8.2.x

Cluster-Mode

NetApp FAS Series (with clustered Data ONTAP)
NetApp V-Series (with clustered Data ONTAP)

Data ONTAP 8.3 or later

(Any string)

Software Products

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

Veeam(R) Backup & Replication(TM)

Veeam

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express

Express

FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager

AdvancedCopy Manager

FUJITSU Software PRIMECLUSTER GDS
FUJITSU Software PRIMECLUSTER GD

PRIMECLUSTER GD

FUJITSU Software PRIMECLUSTER GFS

PRIMECLUSTER GFS

Manuals

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.

Others
  • "Fibre Channel switch" includes "Converged Switch".

  • ExtremeSwitching VDX is abbreviated as "VDX".

  • ETERNUS SF Web Console is abbreviated as "Web Console".

  • Quality of Service is abbreviated as "QoS".

  • It is described when showing bringing the following products together as "Windows Server 2012 or later".

    • Windows Server 2012

    • Windows Server 2012 R2

    • Windows Server 2016

    • Windows Server 2019

  • Unless otherwise noted in this manual, ETERNUS 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)

  • Unless otherwise noted in this manual, "Deduplication/Compression" indicates either Deduplication or Compression.

  • Unless otherwise noted in this manual, "Compression volume" indicates a volume with Compression enabled.

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Trademarks

Shipment Date and Revision History

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Notes

Copyright

Copyright 2013-2019 FUJITSU LIMITED

Update History

Content of Update

Updated Section

Revision

Notes when creating a NAS interface are added.

6.6.3.2

1.1

Notes when setting up an authentication server are added.

6.6.3.3

The access method by CIFS protocol is changed.

6.6.4

Operating environment is changed.

6.6.1.3

1.2

The information related to ETERNUS DX200F is described.

"Others" in Preface, 1.2.5, 6.6, 6.6.1.3, 7.1.1, 13.1.1.6, 13.1.2

1.3

Storage Cluster function is added.

1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 3.1.1, 4.1.2, Chapter 9, 10.2.2, 10.2.6, 12.2.4, A.1, A.6, A.12

2

Description of Eco Mode is modified.

1.2.5, 6.1.6, 7.1.1, 12.1.1.7, 12.1.2.2

Port number used for Manager communication is changed.

3.1.1

SSH login is added.

3.1.1, 4.2.1.1, 4.2.1.3, 4.2.3.3, 5.2.2, 6.2.6, 10.2.4

Zoning setting example is deleted.

4.2.1.2

Zoning setting is modified.

4.2.5.1

Action (FAQ) is added.

4.2.5.3

Description of invalid password status of ETERNUS system is deleted.

4.3.1.1, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.1.7, 13.1.2

Operating systems to be searched with IPv4 address alone are specified.

5.2.1

Notes when deleting devices are added.

5.2.3

Notes are added.

6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.5

Considerations are added.

6.2.3.1

Capacity management of Tier pool is added.

6.5, A.8

Function is added to the NAS management.

6.6

"RAID6-FR" is added to type of RAIDGroup.

8.4

Target devices are added to replacement of fibre channel switch devices.

10.2.4

Backup/restore procedure of Manager for Windows/Solaris in cluster environment is changed.

11.1.1.2.2, 11.1.1.2.6, 11.1.1.3.2, 11.1.1.3.6

Backup/restore of Windows Manager are deleted.

11.1.1.2.5, 11.1.1.3.5

Method to change port numbers of Management Server/Server node is added.

11.1.2.5, 11.2.3.2, 11.3.3.2, 11.4.2.2, 11.5.2.2

Error in command name is corrected.

13.1.1.1

Command output result is added.

13.1.1.4

Examples in Solaris/Linux environments are changed.

13.1.1.6, 13.1.1.9

Description when -dir option is omitted in Solaris environment is changed.

13.2.3

Notes when collecting troubleshooting information in a cluster configuration system are added.

B.1

Note is added.

6.6

2.1

The number of NAS volumes and NAS backup volumes creatable on one ETERNUS Disk storage system is changed.

6.6.1.2.1

Note is added when data inconsistency is found in a snapshot.

6.6.1.3.1, 6.6.4.12

Point is added to "NAS Environment Quota Management".

6.6.1.4.1

Point is added to "Events Notified by Quota Management".

6.6.1.4.2

Note is added to "Registration of User/Group".

6.6.2.2

Note when using quota management function and snapshot function is added.

6.6.2.4, 6.6.3.1, 6.6.4.10, 6.6.4.15

"NAS Volume Number to Which to Create Shared Folder" is added.
Method for specifying time to collect snapshots is added.

6.6.3.1

Suffix of volume name is changed. The limit to the number of volume name characters is deleted.

6.6.3.1, 6.6.4.9

Mode number is added.
Point is added to "Port Bonding".
Note is added to "NAS Interface (Network)".
Note is added to "VLAN ID".

6.6.3.2

Point is added to "Removing Authentication Server".

6.6.4.21

Antivirus server is added.

"Software Products" in Preface

3

Information related to the ETERNUS DX200F is modified or added.

"Others" in Preface, 1.2.6 to 1.2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.1.1, 4.3.1.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.3, 6.1.5, 6.2.1, 6.2.3, 6.2.3.1, 6.6.1.5, 7.1.1, 7.2.3, 8.2, 11.1.2.9, 12.1.4.2, 12.1.4.3, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.1.6, 13.1.2, 13.1.2.2 to 13.1.2.4, 13.1.2.7, A.5

Information related to ETERNUS DX60 S3 is described.

"Notation" in Preface, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 3.1.1, 4.3.1.1, 4.3.1.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 6.1.5, 6.2.3.1, 7.1.1, 7.2.3, 8.2, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.1.6, 13.1.2, 13.1.2.2 to 13.1.2.4, 13.1.2.7, A.5

Information related to the ETERNUS LT260 is added.

"Notation" in Preface, 1.2.9, 4.7.2, 12.1.4.2, A.5

An explanation of VMware Virtual Volumes is added.

1.1, 1.2.8, 4.1.7.1, 6.2.1, 11.1.1.3.3~11.1.1.3.4, 13.1.1.4, 13.1.1.9, 13.1.2.3

The information related to Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) AS v.4 and Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) ES v.4 is deleted.

3.2, 5.2.1

The information related to Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 7 is added.

3.2, 13.3.3.1, A.10

An explanation of the switch management is added.

3.3, 4.2.1.1, 4.2.3.1, 4.2.5.1, 5.2.2, Appendix E

The description related to the community setting in SNMP (Agent) environment settings is modified.

4.3.1.1

An operation is added to resource management.

6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.9, 13.1.2.2, 13.1.2.3, 13.1.2.4, 13.1.2.6

Notes on the host group and the port group are added.

6.2.1

Start/stop of Tier pool balancing is added.

6.5.1.4, 6.5.1.5

Antivirus are added to the NAS environment.

6.6.1.1.2, 6.6.1.5, 6.6.1.6, 6.6.2.4, 6.6.4.18, 6.6.4.19, 6.6.4.20, 6.6.4.24

Performance management is added to NAS volume and NAS system.

6.6.1.1.2, 6.6.4.21, 7.1.1, 7.2.6.6, 13.1.1.6

"Copy Table Size Settings" is added.

6.6.2.5

The SMB encryption of the data access and the enumeration based on the access permission setting is added.

6.6.3.1, 6.6.4.2

"Access Using NFS Protocol" is changed.

6.6.4.1

Note on the "Deleting Shared Folder" is added.

6.6.4.24

Table in case of ETERNUS Disk storage system is adjusted.

7.1.1

Attention regarding display of performance information is changed.

7.1.1

The description related to the method of selecting the scope of monitoring volumes is added.

7.2.2, 7.2.9

"Failover mode" is added.
Input conditions for TFO Group name are described.
The conditions for the REC Path interface type are described.

9.2

Operation of the Storage Cluster function is added.

9.2, 9.4.1, 9.4.2.1, 9.4.2.2, 9.4.2.4, 9.4.2.6

Description of the Storage Cluster function is corrected.

9.4.1, 9.4.2.1, 9.4.2.6, 9.4.3

Procedure for confirming settings when allocating the business volume is corrected.
Reference to access state data synchronizing is added.

9.4.2.1

The description related to backup/restoring of Storage Cruiser's manager is modified.

11.1.1.2.1, 11.1.1.2.5, 11.1.1.3.1, 11.1.1.3.3

The explanative article on the -ipaddr option of the setagtip command is changed.

13.2.1

The example of outputting VERSION verify information is changed.

C.2, C.3

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 explanation of "VMware Server Node" is added.

4.1.7

The method to deal with changed environment is modified.

4.1.7.2

The description of access paths that should be removed separately is added.

5.2.3

The description of devices targeted for encryption is deleted.

6.1.2

"Encryption Mode Management" is added.

6.1.9

"Virtual Machine Management" is added.

6.1.10

The explanation of VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes Environment Access Path is modified.

6.2.1

The explanation of a VVOL metadata stored volume is added.

7.1, 7.2.2

Note is modified.

7.2.2

Procedure for backup/restoring of Storage Cruiser's manager is modified.

11.1.1.2.1, 11.1.1.2.3, 11.1.1.3.1, 11.1.1.3.3, 11.1.1.3.4

Note is added.

A.4

Information related to ETERNUS DX8700 S3/DX8900 S3 is added.

"Notation" in Preface, 1.2.5, 3.1.1, 7.1.1, 7.2.3, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.1.6, 13.1.2.2, 13.1.2.7, Appendix A

3.2

Information related to NetApp FAS Series and V-Series is added.

"Notation" in Preface, 1.2.9, 4.4, 5.2.6, 10.1, 12.1.4.2, 13.1.2.9, A.5

The explanation of the Tier pool setting is modified.

6.5.1

The description of the upper limit of Tier pools that can be managed by Automated Storage Tiering is added.

6.5.5

Method to identify CM or CM CPU of ETERNUS Disk storage system from performance information collected by Systemwalker Service Quality Coordinator is described.

12.2

Information related to Windows Server 2003 is deleted.

"Notation" in Preface, 3.2, 5.2.1, 6.2.3.2, 11.3.1, C.1

4

Information related to Windows 10 is added.

"Notation" in Preface

The description related to SNMP communication is modified or added.

1.2.9, Chapter 2, 2.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.3.1, 4.1.1 - 4.1.3, 4.2.1.1, 4.2.1.3, 4.2.3.1, 4.2.3.3, 4.3.1.1, 4.3.1.2, 4.8, 5.2.1 - 5.2.3, 5.2.6, 5.3, 6.1, 11.1.2.6, 11.1.2.10, 13.1.1.1 - 13.1.1.3, 13.2.5, 13.3.1.1, 13.3.3.1, A.5

Information related to disk storage system management is added.

3.4

Information related to the SNMPv3 protocol is modified or added.

4.2.1.1, 4.2.3.1, 7.2.3, 11.1.2.10, Appendix F

Information related to the Thin Provisioning is added.

6.1.3

Information related to the Dashboard is added.

6.1.3, 6.3, 6.4.1, 6.4.2, 6.4.2.1, 6.5.1.6, 6.5.2, 6.5.2.1, 6.5.6, 6.6.1.1.2, 11.1.1.2.1, 11.1.1.3.1, 11.1.1.3.3, A.8

A note is modified or added.

6.1.5, 13.1.2.3, 13.1.2.4

A reference destination of the specifiable items is added.

6.5.1.1, 6.5.1.2, 6.5.3.1

"Access Status Chart Settings of One Layer Tier Pool" is added.

6.5.1.6

Information is added.

6.5.5

Figure "Backup/Restoration of NAS Volume" is modified.

6.6.1.2.1

The explanation related to the shared folder is modified.

6.6.1.2.2, 6.6.3.1

Information related to the NAS backup is modified or added.

6.6.4.9, 6.6.4.23, 6.6.4.24

The explanation of the monitoring interval is modified.

7.2.3

The explanation of the threshold setting information is modified.

7.3.4

The restoration procedure when the report creation command is abnormal is added.

8.3.4.3, 13.5.2

The explanation of the access path configuration is modified.

9.4.2.1

The explanation of the monitoring target device configuration is modified.

9.5.2

An unnecessary description is deleted.

11.1.1.2.1, 11.1.1.2.3, 11.1.1.3.1, 11.1.1.3.3

The explanation for changing the configuration of the support device is modified.

11.1.2.8

The location of the log file is modified.

A.3

Information related to the quota settings are modified or added.

6.6.1.1.2, 6.6.1.4.1, 6.6.3.1, 6.6.4.16 - 6.6.4.21

4.1

The explanation related to the NAS file system is modified.

6.6.1.1.3

Information related to the snapshots is modified or added.

6.6.1.3, 6.6.4.10, 6.6.4.13, 6.6.4.14

Point is added to "Creating RAID Groups".

6.6.2.5

Information related to the shared folders is modified or added.

6.6.3.1, 6.6.4.2, 6.6.4.3

Information related to ETERNUS DX8700 S3/DX8900 S3 is added.

11.1.2.8

Information related to the encryption mode AES-256 is added.

6.1.9

4.2

In [Point], information is added.

6.6.1.1.1

4.3

The explanation related to home directory is added.

6.6.1.1.3, 6.6.1.5.1, 6.6.4.1 - 6.6.4.3, 6.6.4.28

In [Information], the explanation is modified.

6.6.1.2.1

The unit that can set quota is described.

6.6.1.4.1, 6.6.4.16

The explanation about a local user/local group for connecting to NAS is added.

6.6.2.1, 6.6.2.2, 6.6.3.3

The description of the following items is added:

  • Usage

  • Access Configurations of Shared Folder

  • Host Access Configurations of Shared Folder

6.6.3.1

"Hosts Allowed Access with root privilege" is added to the item that can change the setting.

6.6.4.3

Information related to HP-UX 11i v1/v2 is deleted.

"Notation" in Preface, 3.2

5

Information related to VMware vSphere 4 is deleted.

"Notation" in Preface, 1.2.9, 2.1, 2.3, 3.1, 4.1.7, 5.2.2, 5.2.4, 5.3, 6.2.1, 6.2.3, 6.2.3.2, 6.2.4, 6.2.4.2, 10.3.1, 11.1.2.9

Information related to the ETERNUS DX80/DX90 is deleted.

"Notation" in Preface, 1.2.5, 1.2.9, 3.1.1, 4.3.1.1, 4.3.1.2, 5.2.2, 6.1.5, 6.1.9, 6.2.3.1, 7.1.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 11.1.2.8, 12.2, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.1.6, 13.1.2, 13.1.2.2 - 13.1.2.4, 13.1.2.6, 13.1.2.7, A.5

Information related to the ETERNUS AF250/AF650 is added.

"Notation" and "Others" in Preface, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.9, 2.5, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.1.1, 4.3.1.2, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.3, 6.1.3, 6.1.5, 6.2.1, 6.2.3, 6.2.3.1, 6.6, 7.1.1, 7.2.3, 8.2, 11.1.2.9, 12.1.4.2, 12.1.4.3, 12.2, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.1.6, 13.1.2, 13.1.2.2 - 13.1.2.4, 13.1.2.7, A.5

Information related to the ETERNUS LT60 is deleted.

"Notation" in Preface, 1.2.9, 4.7.2, 12.1.4.2, A.5

The description of the antivirus function is deleted.

"Software Products" in Preface, 6.6

[Point] is added.

1.2.2, 6.5.5

The explanation related to automatic updates of the device component status is added.

1.2.2, 1.2.9, 2.2, 2.5, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, 10.1

In [Note], the explanation is modified or added.

4.2.1.3, 6.5.1.4, 6.5.1.5, 7.1.1, 10.3.1

The explanation is separated into the automatically detectable devices and the manually detected devices.

4.2.3

The term "Deduplication" is changed to "Deduplication/Compression". In addition, the explanation related to Deduplication/Compression is added.

6.1.3

The explanation of "Migration of Virtual Machine" is modified.

6.1.10

In [Point], the explanation is added.

6.5.1.2, 6.5.1.3, 7.2.9

New section is added.

6.5.1.7

The explanation for the setting item is added.

7.3.3

The explanation of "Minimum Threshold Monitoring Interval" is added.

7.3.4

The explanation to use the Storage Cluster function in an iSCSI environment is added.

9.1 - 9.3, 9.4.1, 9.4.2.1, 9.4.3.1, 9.4.3.6, 9.4.3.7, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.2.6, 13.1.2.7

The explanation of the requirement that is described in "Preparing Business Volume" is modified.

9.4.2.1

The procedure is modified.

11.1.1.3.1, 11.1.1.3.3

Information related to Model Upgrade from ETERNUS DX200 S3 to ETERNUS DX500 S3.

11.1.2.8

The bit7 and bit8 are added in flag attribute of TrapType tag.

A.5

The explanation related to the event notification setting of SNMP Traps is added.

A.8

The description related to email is deleted.

B.1, B.2

Information related to Windows Server 2016 is added.

"Notation" and "Others" in Preface, 3.1.1, 3.2

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, 3.2, 4.1.3.3

Information related to the ETERNUS DX60 S4/DX100 S4/DX200 S4 is added.

"Notation" in Preface, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.9, 2.5, 3.1.1, 4.3.1.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 6.1.3, 6.1.5, 6.2.1, 6.2.3.1, 6.6.1.5, 7.1.1, 7.2.3, 8.2, 11.1.2.8, 12.2, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.1.6, 13.1.2, 13.1.2.2 - 13.1.2.4, 13.1.2.7, A.5

ETERNUS Multipath Driver is added to the middleware that can be managed in a Solaris 11 environment.

3.2

The task required when you use the beacon function is added.

4.2.1.1

The section title is changed.

5.3

In [Information], one sentence is deleted.

5.3

In [Note], the explanation is modified or added.

6.1.2, 6.1.3, 6.1.7, 9.4.1, 9.4.2.3, 13.3.1.1

[Point] is added.

6.1.3, 9.2, 9.4.1, 9.4.2.1

Information is added in "Notes".

6.2.3.1

In [Note], information related to Brocade X6-4/X6-8 is added.

7.2.3

The figure "Behavior of Automatic Failover When CA Port Is Linked Down (for FC Configuration)" is added.

9.2

The description about releasing/recovering a TFO pair is added.

9.2

In the table "Timing of Automatic Failover Operation", "*1" is added to #8.

9.2

The condition about ports for connecting to a business server is modified. In addition, information on how to expand the total capacity of TFOVs is added.

9.4.1

The condition about preparing business volumes is added.

9.4.2.1

The description about expanding the capacity of the business volume capacity is added.

9.4.2.4

New sections are added.

9.4.2.5, 9.4.3.4, 9.4.3.7, 9.4.3.8, 11.1.2.11

The strings that are displayed in Phase and Status is changed.

9.4.2.8

In the step (a) of the table 9.7, information that the -force option is required for the acopc cancel command when using QuickOPC is added.

9.4.3

In the step (e) of the table 9.7, the procedure when using OPC/QuickOPC is modified.

9.4.3

The operation procedure is modified.

9.4.3.1 - 9.4.3.3, 9.4.3.5, 9.4.3.6, 9.4.3.10

The procedure for backup and restoration is modified.

11.1.1.2.1, 11.1.1.2.3, 11.1.1.3,1, 11.1.1.3.3

The description is modified so that Windows Server 2016 is listed.

11.1.2.10, 13.3.1.1, 13.3.1.2, 13.4.1

In NOTES, the description of the LUN concatenated volume is deleted.

13.1.2.3, 13.1.2.4

In the table A.1 and A.2, information about Device-Mapper Multipath in the Linux environment is added.

A.5

Information related to Solaris 9 is deleted.

"Notation" in Preface, 3.2, 5.2.2, 6.2.3.2

7

Information related to the ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX600 S4 is added.

"Notation" in Preface, 3.1.1, 6.6.1.5, 7.1.1, 7.2.3, 11.1.2.8, 12.2, A.5

Information related to the ETERNUS AF250 S2/AF650 S2 is added.

"Notation" in Preface, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.9, 2.5, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 4.3.1, 4.3.1.1, 4.3.1.2, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.3, 6.1.3, 6.1.5, 6.2.1, 6.2.3, 6.2.3.1, 6.6, 7.1.1, 7.2.3, 8.2, 11.1.2.9, 11.1.2.11, 11.2.3.3, 12.1.4.2, 12.1.4.3, 12.2, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.1.6, 13.1.2, 13.1.2.2 - 13.1.2.4, 13.1.2.7, A.5

The description related to the expansion of platforms that support Storage Cluster Controller is modified or added.

4.1.1, 4.1.3, 11.2.3.3, 11.3.3.3, 11.4.2.3, 13.2.4, A.12

In [Note], the explanation is modified or added.

4.2.1.1, 4.2.1.3, 4.9, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 7.2.3, 9.4.2.3, 10.3.1

"Recovering for Performance Monitoring Status of Device Is Displayed" is added in FAQ.

4.2.1.3

Information related to NetApp AFF A series is added.

4.4, 10.1, 12.1.4.2, A.5

[Point] is added.

5.2.7, 6.2.3.2, 9.4.2.1

The description related to the SNMP Trap test is deleted.

5.3

The description of "Checking Storage Settings" is modified.

6.2.3.1

A note for CA and CM Port is added.

7.1.1

In "Target", the description related to the Non-disruptive Storage Migration function is added.

8.1.3

The explanation in "Preparing Business Volume" is added.

9.4.2.1

The explanation in "Configuring Access Path" is modified and added.

9.4.2.1

In the note for "CA/CM Port Performance Information of Storage Device", the explanation related to the performance information of the FC-Initiator port is added.

13.1.1.6

NOTES is added.

13.1.2.1

IN NOTES, the description is added.

13.1.2.2 - 13.1.2.4

The EXAMPLES is modified.

13.2.4

In the table A.1, the SNMP Trap XML definition file for checking the settings for SNMP Traps from the Storage Cruiser's agent is added.

A.5

The explanation for "HBAMask" is modified.

A.6

Information related to the ETERNUS DX8900 S4 is added.

"Notation" and "Others" in Preface, 3.1.1, 3.4, 6.1.2 - 6.1.4, 6.1.8, 7.1.1, 7.2.3, 7.2.6.7, 9.4.1, 12.2, 13.1.1.5, 13.1.1.6, 13.1.2.2, 13.1.2.7, A.5

8

Notation related to VDX is modified.

"Others" in Preface, 1.2.9, 2.3, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.3.1.1 - 4.2.3.1.3, 4.2.3.2, 5.2.3, 11.1.2.9, 12.1.4.2, 13.1.1.2, 13.1.1.4, A.5

Information related to Windows Server 2019 is added.

"Notation" and "Others" in Preface, 3.1.1, 3.2

8.1

Information related to the ETERNUS LT140 is added.

"Notation" in Preface, 1.2.9, 4.7.2, 12.1.4.2, A.5

Information related to the ETERNUS CS800 S7/CS800 S6/CS800 S5/CS800 S4 is added.

1.2.9, 4.6

Information related to Brocade 7810 is added.

4.2.1.3

In [Note], the explanation is added.

6.1.5

[Note] is added in "Automatic Failover".

9.2

The description about Veeam is added in "Preparing Business Volume". In addition, the explanation in "Confirming Configuration" is modified.

9.4.2.1

In [Note], the description about Veeam is added.

9.4.2.3

The explanation of step 4 in "If the pre-replaced switch model and the post-replaced switch model are different" is modified.

10.2.4

The explanation of the step 2 and [Note] is modified.

12.1.4.1

The explanation for the -dir option is modified.

13.1.1.9

The explanation of the work procedure is modified.

B.3.1, B.3.2

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

  • Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide for VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes

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

  • Product overview

  • Installation decision

  • Overview of the necessary tasks from installation to first use

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

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

  • Notes and cautions about the upgrade

  • Upgrade procedure

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

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

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

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

Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Operation Guide for VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes

  • Operating environment construction

  • Virtual machine operation using a virtual volume

  • Backup/restore of the virtual machine

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

Web Console Guide

  • Operating environment

  • Screen layout description

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

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

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

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