Purpose of This Manual
This manual provides information on installation and setup of the following products:
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express (hereafter abbreviated as "Express")
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser (hereafter abbreviated as "Storage Cruiser")
FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager (hereafter abbreviated as "AdvancedCopy Manager")
Intended Readers
This manual is intended for users of Express, Storage Cruiser, or AdvancedCopy Manager.
Before you read this manual, you should be sure to have a sufficient general knowledge and understanding of clustered systems and server virtualization.
In the case of upgrade from a previous version to the latest version, refer to the FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Migration Guide.
Structure of This Manual
The structure of this manual is as follows.
This chapter explains how Express, Storage Cruiser, and AdvancedCopy Manager are organized and various types of installation.
This chapter explains operating systems, hardware devices etc. that are supported by Express, Storage Cruiser, and AdvancedCopy Manager.
This chapter explains the procedures for installing the ETERNUS SF Manager.
This chapter explains how to set up the ETERNUS SF Manager.
This chapter explains installation of Storage Cruiser's agent and AdvancedCopy Manager's agent.
This chapter explains how to set up Storage Cruiser's agent and AdvancedCopy Manager's agent.
This chapter explains installation of the AdvancedCopy Manager Copy Control Module.
This chapter explains how to set up the AdvancedCopy Manager Copy Control Module.
This chapter explains the procedures for uninstalling of the ETERNUS SF Manager.
This chapter explains uninstallation of Storage Cruiser's agent and AdvancedCopy Manager's agent.
This chapter explains uninstallation of the AdvancedCopy Manager Copy Control Module.
This chapter explains how to add and change products that are to be used or in use.
This appendix explains license management function.
This appendix explains the disk capacities that are required for performance management with ETERNUS SF Manager.
This appendix describes the install parameter file and the details about each install parameter.
This appendix describes return values for silent installation and silent uninstallation.
This appendix describes the upper limit of manageable environment.
This appendix describes how to apply a consolidated patch for ETERNUS SF Manager.
This appendix describes the configuring network environment.
This appendix explains installation and setup of the SNMP Trap translation program.
This appendix explains adding memory to ETERNUS SF Manager when using large numbers of volumes.
This appendix explains adding memory when using the reporting function.
This appendix explains how to customize the role group configuration file.
This appendix explains how to customize the Automated Storage Tiering configuration file.
This appendix describes the list of directories used when installing and using this product.
Conventions
This manual abides by the conventions listed in "Conventions" in the FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Documentation Road Map.
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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.
Revision History
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March 2020 | 9.2 | B1FW-5999-09ENZ0(02) | B1FW-5999-09ENZ2(02) |
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Notes
No part of this manual may be reproduced without permission.
This manual is subject to change without advance notice.
Copyright Notice
Copyright 2013-2023 FUJITSU LIMITED
Content of Update | Updated Section | Revision |
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Information related to the following software has been added.
| General | 10.3 |
In [Note], the explanation has been added. | 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 | |
Information related to the following software has been added.
| 2.2.2.1, 2.3.2.1, 2.4.2.1, 2.5.2.1 | 10.2 |
The description has been modified. | 4.1.1.2, 6.2.1.1, 8.2 | |
[Information] has been added. | 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 | 10.1 |
Information related to the following device has been added.
Information related to the following devices and software has been deleted.
| General | 10 |
The title of the section has been changed. | 1.1.2 | |
In [Information], the manual to be referred has been modified. | 2.1 | |
[Point] has been added. | 2.2.2.1, 2.3.2.1, 2.4.2.1, 2.5.2.1 | |
The version information of ETERNUS VASA Provider has been modified. | 2.2.2.3 | |
[Note] has been added. | 2.3.3 | |
The required disk space has been modified. | 2.3.3.1 | |
*6 and *7 have been added in the table of "For Linux Environments". | 2.4.2.1 | |
In [Point], the explanation has been added. | 5.2.4, 5.2.6, 5.2.8, C.14 | |
Information related to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 has been added. | 2.1, 4.2.3.2, 4.3.3.2, 9.1.7 | 9.4 |
Information related to the following devices and software has been added.
In addition, the device name "NetApp AFF A series" has been changed to "NetApp AFF series". | General | 9.3 |
In [Note], the explanation has been modified and added. | 4.1.1.1 | |
To go to "Installation of SELinux Policy Module for SNMP Trap Daemon" after performing the SNMP Trap settings, the explanation has been added. | 4.2.3.2, 4.3.3.2 | |
The explanation for customizing the role group configuration file has been described. | Appendix K | |
The description has been corrected. | 2.1, A.1 | 9.2 |
Information related to the following storage device has been added.
| General | 9.1 |
The URL address of the SNIA HBA API Library Installation Guide has been modified. | 6.1.3 | |
Information related to the following devices and software has been added.
Information related to the following devices and software has been deleted.
| General | 9 |
The description for Conventions has been changed so that the FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS SF Express / Storage Cruiser / AdvancedCopy Manager Documentation Road Map is referenced. | "Conventions" in Preface | |
The "Manual Organization and Reading Suggestions" section has been deleted from Preface. | Preface | |
In [Note], unnecessary description has been deleted. | 1.2 | |
The tcsh package required for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 environments has been described. | 2.2.2.1, 2.4.2.1 | |
Information has been added to the [Explanation] column for glibc in the "For Linux Environments" table. In addition, the note under the table has been deleted. | 2.2.2.2 | |
The version information of ETERNUS VASA Provider has been modified. | 2.2.2.3 | |
Information about essential software has been added. | 2.5.2.2 | |
In [Point] of step 9, information has been added. | 3.2 | |
In [Point], Information has been added. | C.8 | |
The form of the installation parameter file has been modified. | C.9 | |
The description related to the SNMP Trap has been added or modified. | H1 - H5 | |
The chapter "Program Components" has been deleted. | - | |
Information related to Microsoft Windows Server 2019 has been added. | "Notation" and "Others" in Preface, 2.2.2.1, 2.3.2.1, 2.4.2.1, 2.5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3.1 | 8.1 |
Information related to the ETERNUS LT140 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
The ETERNUS CS800 S7/CS800 S6/CS800 S5/CS800 S4 have been added in "Devices Supported by Storage Cruiser". | 2.1 | |
The explanation of "securedRAIDgroups" has been modified. | 2.2.4.1, Appendix C | |
In [Note], the explanation has been modified. | 3.2, 3.3 | |
The disk capacity formula required for outputting performance information with the "storageadm perdata" command has been corrected. | Appendix C | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX8900 S4 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface, 2.1, 2.2.1, 2.2.5.1, 2.2.5.2, 2.2.6.2, Appendix C, F.1, F.2, Appendix J, Appendix L | 8 |
Notation related to VDX has been modified. | "Others" in Preface, 2.1, Appendix C, F.1 | |
Information related to the required hotfix has been added. | 2.2.2.1, 2.4.2.1, 2.5.2.1 | |
A note has been added. | 2.2.2.1 | |
Information related to Solaris 11.4 has been added. | 2.2.2.1, 2.3.2.1, 2.4.2.1 | |
The description related to the memory capacity has been modified. | 2.2.4.2 | |
Required disk space for operation has been modified. | 2.2.4.1, 2.2.6.1, 2.4.4.1, 2.5.4.1 | |
The description about the required disk space for the "storageadm perdata" command has been added. | Appendix C | |
The description for adding memory to use the Reporting function has been added. | Appendix K | |
Information related to Solaris 9 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface, 2.3.2.1, 2.4.2.1 | 7 |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX600 S4 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface, 2.1, 2.2.5.1, B.1, Appendix C, F.1 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS AF250 S2/AF650 S2 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface, 2.1, 2.2.4.1, 2.2.5.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.4, 4.3.1, 4.4.1, 8.1, B.1, B.3, Appendix C, F.1, F.2 | |
The description of #10 in the table has been modified. | 2.2.2.3 | |
In [Note], the explanation has been modified. | 2.2.2.3, Appendix G | |
The explanation of disks, RAIDGroups, and volumes in "Estimation Formula for Repository Size for Common Control" has been modified. | 2.2.4.1, 2.2.5.1, 2.2.6.1 | |
The description related to the expansion of platforms that support Storage Cluster Controller has been added. | 2.3.2.1, 2.3.3.1, 2.3.4.1, 2.3.4.2 | |
In [Note], the explanation has been added. | 2.4.2.1, 4.1.1, 4.3.3.1 | |
The operation procedure has been modified. | 4.3.3.1 | |
Information related to Microsoft Windows Server 2016 has been added. | "Notation" and "Others" in Preface, 2.2.2.1, 2.3.2.1, 2.4.2.1, 2.5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3.1 | 6 |
Information related to Windows Vista has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Information related to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 has been deleted and information related to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 for AMD64 & Intel64 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface, 2.3.2.1, 2.4.2.1, 2.5.2.1, 5.2.6, 5.2.7.1, 5.2.7.2, A.2.2, D.13 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX60 S4/DX100 S4/DX200 S4 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface, 2.1, 2.2.4.1, 2.2.5.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.4, 4.3.1, 4.4.1, 8.1, B.1, B.3, Appendix C, F.1, F.2 | |
In "Table 2.6 Storage Devices and Compatible Firmware Version", the explanation for "*1" has been modified and an explanation for "*3" has been added. | 2.1 | |
The description of the required disk space in a Windows environment has been modified. | 2.3.4.1 | |
This section has been deleted because it is moved to the ETERNUS SF Release Notes. | 2.6 | |
The description has been modified so that Microsoft Windows Server 2016 is listed. | 4.2.3.1, 4.3.3.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.7, 9.1.9, 10.1.1.1, J.2 | |
[Note] has been added. | 9.1.9 | |
A step has been added. | 9.1.9 | |
The explanation has been added and modified. | F.2 | |
The explanation for the parameter MAXMEMORY has been modified. | Appendix K | |
Information related to HP-UX 11i v1/v2 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface, 2.3.2.1, 2.3.3.1, 2.4.2.1, 5.1.8, A.2 | 5 |
Information related to VMware vSphere 4 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface, 2.1, F.1 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX80/DX90 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface, 2.1, 2.2.4.1, 4.2.2, 4.3.1, 4.4.1, 8.1, B.1, B.3, Appendix C | |
Information related to the ETERNUS AF250/AF650 has been added. | "Notation" and "Others" in Preface, 2.1, 2.2.4.1, 2.2.5.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.4, 4.3.1, 4.4.1, 8.1, B.1 - B.3, Appendix C, F.1 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS LT60 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | |
The explanation related to the default install and custom install has been added. | 1.4 | |
The section that is related to (and used together with) the antivirus software has been moved from section 1.2. | 1.5 | |
"*2" has been added in "Table 2.6 Storage Devices and Compatible Firmware Version". | 2.1 | |
In "Required Disk Space for Performance Management", a capacity has been added when enabling the use of the Deduplication/Compression function for the device. | 2.2.4.1, Appendix C | |
The description when using Automated Storage Tiering has been added. | 2.2.5.2 | |
The description of the required memory size has been changed. | 2.2.5.2, 2.2.6.2 | |
The description of the required disk space in an AIX environment has been changed. | 2.3.3.1 | |
In [Note], the explanation of the "esfpostgres" account has been modified. | 3.2, 3.3 | |
The explanation related to the default install and custom install has been deleted. | 3.3.1, 3.5.1, 3.7.1, 5.1.3.1, 5.1.5.1, 5.2.3.1, 5.2.5.1, 5.2.7.1, 7.3.1 | |
Unnecessary description has been deleted. | 5.1.7 | |
[Point] has been added. | 5.1.7 | |
The method of determining earlier versions of AdvancedCopy Manager's manager/agent has been modified. (for Solaris/Linux) | 5.2.1.2 | |
The procedure has been modified. | 10.2.9 | |
[Note] has been added. | B.3.1 | |
The descriptions listed in Appendix F of the previous versions has been moved to Appendix E. | Appendix E | |
The description related to the total value of the used capacity for Tier pools that can be evaluated at the same time has been modified. | F.2 | |
The explanation for the Automated Storage Tiering configuration file has been described. | Appendix K | |
The list of directories used when installing and using this product has been described. | Appendix L | |
The CM Expansion license has been added. | B.1 | 4.1 |
Information related to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface, 1.4, 2.3.2.1, 2.4.2.1, 5.1.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.2.1.2, 5.2.3, 6.2.1.1, 8.2.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3, 10.2.2, 10.2.3 | 4 |
Information related to Windows 10 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
The description about mounting of the DVD media has been added or modified. | 1.1.2, 3.6, 3.7.2, 5.1.1.2, 5.1.6, 5.1.7.1, 5.2.6, 5.2.7.2, 7.6, 7.7.1 | |
A description related to the JAVA license has been added. | 1.2 | |
Information related to the Tintri VMstore series has been added. | 2.1, B.1, B.2 | |
The description related to the adding memory to ETERNUS SF Manager has been added. | 2.2.1, 2.2.5.2, 2.2.6.2, Appendix K | |
An explanation of the Windows environment has been deleted. | 2.2.2.2 | |
An explanation concerning the language package has been added. | 2.2.2.2, 2.4.2.2 | |
The description related to the SNMP communication has been modified or added. | 2.2.2.3, 4.2.3.1, 4.2.3.2, 4.2.4, 4.3.3.1, 4.3.3.2, 9.1.7, 9.1.9, Appendix J | |
The formula for the calculation has been changed. | 2.2.5.1 | |
The description for the Tier pool capacity has been modified. | 2.2.5.1, G.2 | |
The description related to the 64bit ETERNUS SF Manager has been modified. | 2.5.2.1 | |
A description related to the password change procedure for the "esfpostgres" user has been added. | 3.2 - 3.7, 4.1.1.4 | |
The description related to the installation has been modified or added. | 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.4, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.6, 3.7.1, 3.7.2, 5.2.3.1, 5.2.3.2, D.1, D.2, D.5, D.6, D.9, D.10, Appendix H | |
The description related to the user account setting has been modified or added. | 4.1.1 | |
A note has been deleted. | 4.2.2 | |
An explanation related to the history has been added. | 4.5.1 | |
A bullet point has been deleted. | 6.2.1.1 | |
A note has been added. | G.5 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX8700 S3/DX8900 S3 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface, 2.1, 2.2.5.1, B.1, Appendix C, G.1, G.2 | 3.2 |
Information related to the NetApp FAS Series and V-Series has been added. | "Notation" in Preface, 2.1, B.1 | |
The description of the upper limit of Tier pools has been changed. | G.2 | |
The term "VMware Virtual Volumes" has been 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 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
The information related to Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) AS v.4 and Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) ES v.4 has been deleted. | 2.3.2.1, 2.4.2.1, 5.2.6 | 3 |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX200F has been modified or added. | "Others" in Preface, 2.1, 2.2.4.1, 2.2.5.1, 2.2.6.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.4, 4.3.1, 4.4.1, 8.1, B.1, B.2, B.3, Appendix C, G.1 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS LT260 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
The description of installation method has been added. | 1.4 | |
The information related to the ETERNUS DX60 S3 has been added. | 2.1, 2.2.4.1, 2.2.5.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.4, 4.3.1, 4.4.1, 8.1, B.1, B.2, B.3, Appendix C | |
The information related to essential software of ETERNUS SF Manager (for Linux) has been modified. | 2.2.2.2 | |
The information related to Red Hat(R) Enterprise Linux(R) 7 has been added. | 2.2.2.1, 2.2.2.2, 2.3.2.1, 2.4.2.1, 2.5.2.1, 4.3.3.2, Chapter 5, 5.1.7, 5.1.7.1, 5.2.6, 5.2.7, 5.2.7.1, 5.2.7.2, 9.1.6, Chapter 10, 10.1.7, 10.2.7, A.1, A.2.2, D.13 | |
The structure of the section has been changed. | 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.6 | |
The information related to required disk space for performance management has been added. | 2.2.4.1, Appendix C | |
Required disk space for operation (for Windows) has been modified. | 2.2.6.1 | |
The description related to installation and uninstallation of ETERNUS VMware Support Package has been added. | 3.1.8, 3.2, 3.3.4, 9.1.8 | |
The uninstallation procedure of AdvancedCopy Manager's agent has been modified. | 10.2.3.3, 10.2.4, 10.2.5.3, 10.2.6, 10.2.7, 10.2.8, 10.2.9 | |
The URL has been modified. | 6.1.3 | |
The information related to an evaluated value of Storage Cluster function and an evaluated value of VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes function has been added. | G.1 | |
The description related to upper limit of Automated QoS function has been modified. | G.3 | |
The description of Storage Cluster Controller has been added. | 1.2, 2.1, 2.3.2.1, 2.3.4.2, G.5 | 2 |
The size required for the repository of Storage Cruiser has been modified. | 2.2.4.1, 2.2.5.1, 2.2.6.1 | |
How to apply a consolidated patch for ETERNUS SF Manager has been added. | 3.1.8, 4.1.4, 9.2, 9.3.3, Appendix H | |
Program components of AdvancedCopy Manager Copy Control Module for Windows have been added. | A.3 | |
"ETERNUS SF AdvancedCopy Manager for Microsoft SQL Server" and "ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser Storage Cluster Option" have been added. | B.1 | |
The description of telnet connection has been changed. | B.3 | |
The NetApp FAS Series and the Brocade VDX series have been added. | Appendix C | |
Description of total capacity and maximum number of Tier pools creatable per device has been modified. | G.2 | |
The configuring network environment has been added as appendix I. | Appendix I | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX200F has been added. | "Others" in Preface | 1.1 |
