Purpose of This Manual
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.
Structure of This Manual
The structure of this manual is as follows.
This chapter provides an overview of AdvancedCopy Manager.
This chapter describes how to start and stop services provided by AdvancedCopy Manager.
This chapter describes how to back up data.
This chapter describes how to back up the Symfoware database.
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 how to back up and restore the Exchange Server database.
This chapter describes how to back up and restore the Hyper-V.
This chapter describes how to back up and restore the SQL Server database.
This chapter explains the scheduler feature which simplifies the backup 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 operation using the KVM Support function.
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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Content of Update | Updated Section | Revision |
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Information related to the following software has been deleted.
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The ETERNUS DX S5 series has been added to the supported storage devices. | 13.5.8 | |
The following software has been added to the Managed Server (host).
The following software has been added to the Managed Server (guest).
| F.3 | |
Information related to the following software has been added.
| General | 10.1 |
The description has been modified. | 1.3, 14.3.1.4 | |
Information related to the following software has been added.
Information related to the following software has been deleted.
| General | 10 |
The articles about the product configuration and function overview have been deleted from this manual and they have been moved to the Overview. | ||
The description indicating that the available software version level may vary depending on the system environment has been clarified. | 1.1.1, 1.1.2 | |
Unnecessary notation has been deleted. | 7.2.1 | |
The adapter name "FCRA" has been changed to "RA". | 7.5.2.2 | |
The work procedure has been modified. | 13.6 | |
The command execution example has been modified. | 14.3.1.4 | |
The description related to the privileges required to execute commands has been modified. | 14.5 | |
The explanation has been added in "Maintenance Mode". | 15.1.7.1, 15.1.8.1 | |
The manual to refer the details of the AdvancedCopy Manager functions has been changed. | F.4.1 | |
In the Figure 14.4, the explanation of the "stgxfwcmdelsrv" command has been modified. | 14.2 | 9.3 |
A new sub section has been added. | 15.1.1.26 | |
The URL of the web site for downloading the "handle.exe" file has been modified. | 1.8.2.2 | 9.2 |
The section title has been changed. | Chapter 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3, 1.8.2, 1.8.4, 1.10.3 | 9.1 |
In [Point], the explanation has been added. | 1.10.3 | |
The section "1.10.4 Combination in Environment Where Earlier Version Number and IPv6 Unsupported Operating System Coexist" of previous version has been deleted. | - | |
Information related to the following software has been deleted.
| 9.1.1.3 | |
The explanation related to article on creating a guests OS has been modified. | F.2 | |
Information related to the following 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 | |
The explanation in "Work Directory" has been added. | 1.8.2.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4.2 | |
The explanation related to starting and stopping the ETERNUS SF Manager service has been modified. | Chapter 2 | |
The explanation in stop the SnapOPC+ has been added. | 7.1.1.3, 7.7, 14.3.2.2 - 14.3.2.4, 15.1.5.2 | |
Condition of online backup has been added. | 9.1.1.3 | |
In the table "Processing Differences in Accordance with Operating Status" of [NOTES], information has been added. | 14.3.2.4 | |
The explanation related to article on creating guests has been added. | F.2 | |
Information related to Microsoft Windows Server 2019 has been added. | "Notation" and "Others" in Preface, 1.5.2, 1.6.2, 8.3.2.2, 9.1.1.1, 9.1.1.3, 9.3.1, 10.5.2.2 | 8.1 |
Information related to Exchange Server 2019 has been added. | "Others" in Preface, 1.3.2 | |
A note for Windows Defender has been added. | 1.5.4 | |
In [Note] in the "Recreating Database", information has been modified. | 10.3.2.2, 10.4.2.2 | |
The work procedure has been modified. | 13.6, 13.7.2.1, 13.7.2.2 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX8900 S4 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | 8 |
Software requirements for SQL Server have been added. | 1.3.1, 1.3.2 | |
Information related to Microsoft Windows Server 2016 has been added. | F.3 | |
The precaution to be observed for adding a virtual disk has been added. | F.5.1 | |
Information related to Solaris 9 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | 7 |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX600 S4 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Information related to the ETERNUS AF250 S2/AF650 S2 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface, 13.5.8 | |
[Point] has been added. | 7.5.2.2 | |
The explanation in the table 13.1 and the table 13.2 has been modified. | 13.1 | |
Information related to Microsoft Windows Server 2016 has been added. | "Notation" and "Others" in Preface, 1.3.2, 1.5.2, 1.6.2, 8.3.2.2, 9.1.1.1, 9.1.1.3, 9.3.1, 10.5.2.2 | 6 |
Information related to Windows Vista has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface, 9.1.1.3 | |
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 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX60 S4/DX100 S4/DX200 S4 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
The reference destination related to the combination of the manager program and the agent program has been changed. | 1.1.2 | |
The supported versions of Exchange Server and SQL Server have been modified. | 1.3.1, 1.3.2 | |
In [Note], information has been modified. | 1.6.2 | |
The description has been modified to "Workable only through the Command Line Interface". | 4.1.4.5 | |
In [Note], information has been added. | 7.1.2 | |
A new condition has been added. | 7.4.7.1 | |
The description has been modified so that Microsoft Windows Server 2016 is listed. | 8.3.1.4, 8.3.4.2, 9.2.1, 10.5.1.3, 10.5.4.2 | |
The explanation in [Note] for Mailbox Server has been modified. | 8.3.2.2 | |
In [Point] for the Management Server, information has been added. | 8.3.3 | |
A new section has been added. | 13.5.8 | |
In NOTES, the description of the command execution when the maintenance mode of the physical disk resource cannot be set to ON has been modified. | 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.3.1, 14.3.2.1, 14.3.2.2, 14.3.2.4, 14.3.3.1, 14.4.4, 14.5.1.1, 14.5.2.1, 14.6.2, 14.6.3 | |
In DESCRIPTION, information has been modified. | 14.2.10 | |
In NOTES, the factors that cannot set the replication volume information have been added. | 14.3.1.1 | |
Information related to HP-UX 11i v1/v2 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | 5 |
Information related to VMware vSphere 4 is deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX80/DX90 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface, 14.3.2.2, 15.1.2, 15.1.8, 15.1.9 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS AF250/AF650 has been added. | "Notation" and "Others" in Preface | |
Information related to the ETERNUS LT60 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface | |
The description has been modified so that SQL Server 2016 is listed. | "Others" in Preface, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 10.1, 10.5, 10.5.2.2 | |
The description has been modified so that Exchange Server 2016 is listed. | "Others" in Preface, 1.3.2, Chapter 8, 8.1, 8.1.1.1, 8.1.1.2, 8.1.2.1, 8.1.2.2.2, 8.1.2.5, 8.1.3.2.5, 8.1.4.1, 8.1.5.1, 8.1.5.1.6, 8.1.5.2, 8.1.5.2.1, 8.1.5.2.2, 8.1.5.3, 8.1.5.4, 8.1.5.4.1, 8.1.6.4, 8.1.7.1 - 8.1.7.3, 8.2.1, 8.2.5, 8.3, 8.3.2.2, 8.3.5.1, 14.4.1 - 14.4.6 | |
Information related to SQL Server 2005 has been deleted. | 1.3.1, 1.3.2 | |
In [Note], information has been added. In addition, [Note] has been added. | 1.4 | |
The description of referring to the ETERNUS SF Web Console Guide has been added. | 3.4.4, 4.1.4.4, 5.4.4, 6.4.4, 7.4.4 | |
The explanation of the command that performs a recovery to the latest state has been added. | 4.1.5.3, 4.2.5.2, 14.1.2.3, 14.6.3 | |
The explanation related to SnapOPC/SnapOPC+ has been modified. | 7.1.1.1, 7.1.1.2, 7.2.3.1 - 7.2.3.5, 7.5.1, 13.4.2, 13.4.2.3, 14.3.2.2, 14.11.1 | |
The operations to change the device configuration have been added. | 13.5.5 | |
The explanation of the item "Manager IP address" has been modified. | 14.2.10 | |
The explanation has been modified. | 15.1.1.20 | |
A new section has been added. | 15.1.1.26 | |
Information related to Microsoft Windows Server 2003 has been deleted. | "Notation" in Preface, Chapter1 - 4, Chapter7 - 10, Chapter12 - 15, Appendix A, Appendix C | 4 |
Information related to Windows 10 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | |
A note has been added. | 3.4.3, 4.1.4.3, 4.2.4.3, 5.4.3, 6.4.3, 7.4.3, F.7.3 | |
The explanation of the supported configurations has been modified. | 8.1.2.1, 8.3.1.4, 8.3.3, 9.2.1, 11.2.2 | |
The reference destination has been modified. | 8.4.4.2, 8.4.6, 10.5.4.2 | |
The explanation related to the "stgxfwcmmodsrv" command execution has been modified. | 13.5.1 - 13.5.4, 13.5.6.2 - 13.5.6.4 | |
The explanation related to the operating environment during a command execution has been modified. | 14.1, 14.3 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX8700 S3/DX8900 S3 has been added. | "Notation" in Preface | 3.2 |
The reference destination manual has been modified. | 4.1.2.1, 4.1.5.3, 14.1.2.3, 14.6.3 | |
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 setting procedure of handle.exe has been corrected. | 1.7.3.2 | |
The command name of Figure 7.30 has been corrected. | 7.5.2.2 | |
The Copyright has been modified. | A.2.1.1, A.2.2.1, A.3.1.1, A.3.2.1, C.2.2.1, C.2.2.2, C.2.3.1, C.2.3.2 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX200F has been modified. | "Others" in Preface | 3 |
Notes for the Advanced Copy function that uses TFOV's have been added. | 1.2.1, Chapter3, 4.1.1, Chapter5, Chapter6 | |
The explanation of Storage Cluster Continuous Copy function has been added. | 1.2.2, 1.4.1 | |
Software requirements for SQL Server have been added. | 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 10.5.2.2 | |
Notes when using the handle.exe have been added. | 1.7.2 | |
The configuration method for the handle.exe has been corrected. | 1.7.3.2 | |
The explanation of preparations has been modified. | 5.4, 6.4 | |
The term "Exchange server" has been changed to "Business server". | Chapter8, 14.4 | |
The explanation of the replication operation of AdvancedCopy Manager using the Storage Cluster Continuous Copy function has been added. | 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.4.1, Chapter3, 4.1, Chapter5, Chapter6, Chapter12, 14.1, 14.1.1.3, 14.1.2.1, 14.1.2.3, 14.1.2.8, 14.3.1.1, 14.3.1.4, 14.3.1.5, 14.3.2.1, 14.3.2.2, 14.3.2.3, 14.3.2.4, 14.3.2.6, 14.4.9, 14.8.1, 14.8.2, F.2 | |
The corrective procedure when hardware failure occurs in volumes has been modified. | 13.3.2.2, 13.4.2.1 | |
The explanation when migrating from ETERNUS SF Manager V16.1 or later has been added to options. | 14.2.16 | |
Kernel Transaction Manager has been added to running software in general notes. | 15.1.1.7 | |
Point when using the KVM Support function has been added. | F.2 | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (for Intel64) has been added to the supported OSs. | F.3 | |
The explanation for the Oracle Database systems has been added. | 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.3.1, 1.3.2 | 2 |
The paths for Symfoware coordination have been modified. | 4.1.2.6, 13.1.1.1, 13.1.1.2 | |
Points for installation of the Symfoware Server Advanced Backup Controller after configuration of the server environment have been added. | 4.1.4.5 | |
Notes regarding the number of simultaneous executions of Concurrent OPC and Concurrent Suspend processes have been modified. | 7.5.1.1, 7.5.2.3 | |
The section regarding the transfer mode of the inter-box synchronous replication has been modified. | 7.5.2.2 | |
The steps for changing the drive letter mapping file have been added. | 7.6.3, 8.2.6.1, 8.2.6.2, 9.6.1, 12.5.5.2 | |
The section on the stop of resource monitoring in relation to physical disks has been modified. | 8.1.5.1.4, 8.2.5.1.4 | |
The points of the execution of restoring have been added. | 8.1.5.2, 8.2.5.2 | |
The section on the restart of resource monitoring in relation to physical disks has been modified. | 8.1.5.3.1, 8.2.5.4.2 | |
Precautions in cases when a partition cannot be created have been added. | 8.1.5.4, 8.2.5.5, 8.4.5.2 | |
Notes of the prerequisites have been added. | 8.4.3 | |
Precautions when performing backup have been added. | 9.4 | |
An overview of the backup / restoration of an SQL Server database has been added. | 10.1 | |
Precautions regarding the file of the database to back up have been added. | 10.2.1.2 | |
The explanation in regard to the features supported from version 16.1 has been described. | 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 12.6.2 | |
The explanation for upfront preparations before starting the backup operation of an SQL Server has been modified. | 10.3.1, 10.4.1 | |
The section in regard to registration of volumes has been added. | 10.4.1.6, 10.4.1.7 | |
The explanation for backup and restoration of an SQL Server database using wizards has been added. | 10.5 | |
The explanation in regard to the Scheduler feature has been added. | Chapter 11 | |
The explanation of backup of databases has been modified. | 12.1.2.2 | |
The steps for backing up the data base have been added. | 12.1.2.2 | |
The explanation to restore the data base has been modified. | 12.1.2.3 | |
Notes of the collecting error survey information in the cluster environment have been modified. | 12.2.1.1 | |
The explanation in regard to how to correspond to certain situations has been modified. | 12.3.2.2, 12.4.2.1, 13.1.1.3, 13.3.1.1 | |
The explanation on changing the port number of the Management Server / Managed Server has been added. | 12.5.3 | |
The operating environments of AdvancedCopy Manager for the "swstresrst" command and the "swstsrsemtch" command have been modified. | 13.1 | |
"-Xallserver" and "-Xallinstance" have been added to the formats of the SQL Server backup history display / delete commands. | 13.5.2.2 | |
Notes of the "swsrphistory_sql" command have been added. | 13.5.2.2 | |
The explanation in regard to the distributed transaction coordinator service has been added. | 14.1.1 | |
The explanation in regard to the maintenance mode has been added. | 14.1.6.1, 14.1.7.1 | |
The processes for before and after backup operation have been added. | A.2, A.3.3, C.2.1, C.2.4, C.2.5 | |
The explanation in regard to energy-saving operation (eco-mode) has been altered. | Appendix E | |
Supported OS version numbers in operation as a KVM guest have been added. | F.3 | |
Information related to the ETERNUS DX200F has been added. | "Others" in Preface | 1.1 |
