managing external storage with hitachi device manager

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Managing External Storage With Hitachi Device Manager

At The Core of the Hitachi Storage Command Suite

John Marotta

Hitachi Data Systems Academy

Hitachi Data Systems WebTech Series

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Hitachi Data Systems WebTech Educational Seminar Series

• Managing External Storage With Hitachi Device Manager software

• Who should attend:

– Systems and Storage Administrators

– Storage Specialists and Consultants

– IT Team Lead

– System and Network Architects

– IT Staff

– Operations and IT Managers

– Others who are looking for storage management techniques

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Its not about the Technology– its about what virtualization can provide…

Hitachi 9900V

Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V

STK Flx

STK Flx Hitachi 9900VSTK Flx

HP EVA

2. Migrating to new storage

3. Extending useful life of existing products 4. Tiering Storage

1. Moving data within a single frame

All 100%

Nondisruptively

Tier 1

Tier 2

Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V Hitachi Universal Storage Platform™ V

Hitachi Adaptable

Modular Storage

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Solution

• Hitachi Device Manager Software allows:

– Proactive management of complex storage environments

– Single interface for heterogeneous storage

– Logical Group configuration

• Classification of groups of storage

• Access control privilege management

• Distributed management - “MyStorage”

• Storage Pool management

– Host oriented storage provisioning

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LDEV to Host

Group Mapping

External

Storage System

Switch, Hub, or Direct Connect

Internal VOL

External Port

External Volume

Mapping

External Port

Port

WWN 0

Port

WWN 1

OPEN-VExternal VOL

Hitachi Universal

Storage Platform V

Storage Virtualization – The ‘Enabler’

Target

Port

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Hitachi Universal Volume Manager Configuration Support

• Device Manager Supports Virtualization Setup Process

– Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V and Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM

– External storage discovered and managed by Device Manager

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External Storage Configuration Support

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Managing External Storage

USP V / VM Support:

Administrators discover external volumes and map

them to internal volumes.

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Allocating External Storage

• Allocate Storage wizard - maps volumes from array to the ports connected to the Universal Storage Platform V

Universal

StoragePlatform

UniversalSotragePlatform V

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Available External Attached LDEVs

• Initially, the Universal Storage Platform V will show no external volumes until you do the previous step on the external array

• All mapped LDEVs to the External Storage port then appear in this list

No Objects

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Select an LDEV to Map

• You can select any number of LDEVs to map as internal volumes

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Map External Volume Popup

Each external volume is automatically configured as

internal volumes.

You can also

manually

change the

automatic

settings to

suit your

needs by

clicking on the LDEV ID.

A confirmation dialog appears to check your settings one last time.

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Storage Virtualization Information Reporting

• Created internal volume placed in Open-Unallocated folder and ready to define a path to the host

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Product Demonstration V6.0 Enhancements

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Next Steps

• Training: Hitachi Data Systems Academy (http://www.hds.com/education)

– TSE0570 – Hitachi Device Manager Software Differences

• Virtual Instructor-Led Training

– TSI1360 – Managing Hitachi Storage Systems With Device Manager

• Instructor-Led Training

• Hitachi Data Systems Professional Certification – http://www.hds.com/certification

– Hitachi Data Systems Certified Professional (Foundations)

• White Papers: http://www.hds.com/corporate/webfeeds/wp/

– Use the RSS feed to automatically update with latest technical white papers

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Upcoming WebTech Sessions

• Upcoming sessions

– June 25, 2008, 9am PT

How Hitachi Universal Replicator Can Grow with Your Business

– July 16, 2008, 9am PT

Gaining Competitive Advantage And The Myth of The Resiliency Paradox

– July 30, 2008, 9am PT

Eliminate Rogue Data from NAS and Archive: A Primer on Enterprise Search

– August 6, 2008, 9am PT

Get some SATAsfaction! Learn When to Deploy and What Types of Workloads are Suitable for SATA II Drives

– August 20, 2008, 9am PT

Hitachi Replication Manager: Business Continuity Management Framework

• Please check www.hds.com/webtech for:

– Link to the recording, the presentation, and Q&As (available next week)

– Schedule and registration for upcoming WebTech sessions

•Questions/Discussion

•Thank You

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