Saving Storage System Configuration Data - HP StorageWorks 6400/8400 - Enterprise Virtual Array User Manual

Saving storage system configuration data

As part of an overall data protection strategy, storage system configuration data should be saved
during initial installation, and whenever major configuration changes are made to the storage system.
This includes adding or removing disk drives, creating or deleting disk groups, and adding or deleting
virtual disks. The saved configuration data can save substantial time should it ever become necessary
to re-initialize the storage system. The configuration data is saved to a series of files stored in a location
other than on the storage system.
This procedure can be performed from the Storage Management Appliance (SMA) or management
server where HP Command View EVA is installed, or any host that can run the Storage System Scripting
Utility (SSSU) to communicate with the HP Command View EVA.
NOTE:
For more information on using SSSU, see the HP StorageWorks Storage System Scripting Utility
reference. See
1. Double-click on the SSSU desktop icon to run the application. When prompted, enter Manager
(management server name or IP address), User name, and Password.
2. Enter LS SYSTEM to display the EVA storage systems managed by the management server.
3. Enter SELECT SYSTEM system name, where system name is the name of the storage system.
The storage system name is case sensitive. If there are spaces between the letters in the name,
quotes must enclose the name: for example, SELECT SYSTEM
4. Enter CAPTURE CONFIGURATION, specifying the full path and filename of the output files for
the configuration data.
The configuration data is stored in a series of from one to five files, which are SSSU scripts. The
file names begin with the name you select, with the restore step appended. For example, if you
specify a file name of LargeEVA.txt, the resulting configuration files would be
LargeEVA_Step1A.txt, LargeEVA_Step1B, etc.
The contents of the configuration files can be viewed with a text editor.
NOTE:
If the storage system contains disk drives of different capacities, the SSSU procedures used do not
guarantee that disk drives of the same capacity will be exclusively added to the same disk group. If
you need to restore an array configuration that contains disks of different sizes and types, you must
manually recreate these disk groups. The controller software and the utility's CAPTURE
CONFIGURATION command are not designed to automatically restore this type of configuration.
For more information, see the HP StorageWorks Storage System Scripting Utility reference .
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