HP MPIO Manuale di installazione e funzionamento

installation and reference guide

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for

EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family of Disk

Arrays 3.00.00

Part number: AA-RW7SJ-TE

First edition: February 2008

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Contents

Aboutthisguide .......................... 7

Intendedaudience...................................... 7

Relateddocumentation.................................... 7

Documentconventionsandsymbols .............................. 8

HPtechnicalsupport..................................... 9

HP-authorizedreseller .................................... 9

Helpfulwebsites ...................................... 9

1 Installing the HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family

ofDiskArrays ........................... 11

Preparingforinstallation ................................... 11

InstallingHPMPIOEVADSM ................................ 12

InstallingHPMPIOEVADSMonstand-alonesystems.................... 12

Installing HP MPIO EVA DSM on cluster conﬁgurations ................... 13

UpgradingHPMPIOEVADSM ............................... 13

UpgradingHPMPIOEVADSMonstand-alonesystems ................... 13

Upgrading HP MPIO EVA DSM on cluster conﬁgurations................... 13

Migrating from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008 with HP MPIO EVA DSM . . . . . . 14

RemovingHPMPIOEVADSM................................ 14

Usingsilentinstallation................................... 15

InstallingHPMPIOEVADSM .............................. 16

UpgradingHPMPIOEVADSM ............................. 17

RemovingHPMPIOEVADSM.............................. 17

Creating response ﬁlesforsilentmodeoperations ..................... 17

SettingupbootfromSAN.................................. 18

2SupportforloadbalancinginFailoverClusterServerenvironmentfor

Windows Server 2008 . ...................... 19

Recoveringinaccessiblediskdevices ............................. 19

3 Support for load balancing in Microsoft Cluster Server environment for

Windows Server 2003 . ...................... 21

EnablingsupportforloadbalancinginMSCSenvironments ................... 21

DisablingsupportforloadbalancinginMSCSenvironments................... 22

Recoveringinaccessiblediskdevices ............................. 23

4AdaptiveLoadbalance ..................... 25

5 Managing storage arrays using the HP MPIO EVA DSM with the CLI utility 27

hpdsmdevices ...................................... 27

hpdsmdevicesall ..................................... 28

hpdsmpathsdevice .................................... 28

hpdsmsetdevicepolicy .................................. 29

hpdsmsetdevicealb.................................... 30

hpdsmsetdevicepath ................................... 30

hpdsmcleanupdevice ................................... 30

hpdsmnotify ....................................... 31

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00 3

hpdsmhelp........................................ 32

ASoftwarecomponents . ..................... 33

Drivers.......................................... 33

Usermodecomponents................................... 33

HPMPIODSMmanagerGUI .............................. 33

HPMPIOEVADSMcommandlineinterface(CLI)...................... 33

HPMPIOEVADSMperformancemonitoringprovider.................... 34

HPMPIOEVADSMpersistentreservationsclearutility.................... 34

hpprutildevices.................................. 34

hpprutilcleardevice................................ 34

hpprutilhelp ................................... 35

BMultipathingdrivereventlogmessages............... 37

MPIO.SYSeventlogmessages................................ 37

HPMPIOEVADSMeventlogmessages............................ 39

C Managing MPIO devices using Microsoft-provided interfaces on Windows

Server2008............................ 41

MultipathI/Ofeature ................................... 41

Managingmultipathsupport ................................ 41

MPIO-edDevices ................................... 41

DiscoverMulti-paths .................................. 42

DSMInstall...................................... 43

Managingmultipathdiskdevices .............................. 44

DTroubleshooting . . ....................... 49

Glossary.............................. 51

Index .............................. 53

Figures

1MPIOPropertiespagewithMPIO-edDevicestabenabled .............. 42

2MPIOPropertiespagewithDiscoverMulti-Pathstabenabled ............. 43

3MPIOPropertiespagewithDSMInstalltabenabled................. 44

4Multi-Path DiskDevicePropertiespage....................... 45

5Multi-PathDiskDevicePropertiespage....................... 46

6Multi-PathDiskDevicePropertiespage....................... 47

7MPIOPathDetailspage............................. 48

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Tables

1Documentconventions............................... 8

2Pre-installationchecklist ............................. 12

3Notiﬁcationstrings ............................... 31

4MPIO.SYSeventlogmessages .......................... 37

5HPMPIOEVADSMeventlogmessages ...................... 39

6HPDSMequivalentloadbalancepolicies ..................... 46

About this guide

This guide provides information about HP MPIO Full Featured Device SpeciﬁcModule(DSM)for

EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family of Disk Arrays (called the “HP MPIO EVA DSM” throughout this guide),

including:

•Installing, upgrading, and removing HP MPIO EVA DSM

•Support for load balancing in Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS)/Failover Cluster environments

•Managing HP MPIO EVA DSM

Intended audience

This document is intended for users of HP MPIO EVA DSM and users who are experienced with the

following:

•Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (x86, IA64 and x64)

•Microsoft Windows Server 2008 – Server Core (x86, IA64 and x64)

•Microsoft Windows 2008 Server core (x86 and x64)

•EVA4000/4100/4400, EVA6000/6100, and EVA8000/8100 disk arrays

•Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS)/Failover Cluster environments

Related documentation

In addition to this guide, see HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family of Disk

Arrays release notes.

Additional documentation, including whitepapers and best-practices documents, is available at

http://www.hp.com

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Document conventions and symbols

Table 1 Document conventions

Convention Element

Medium blue text: Related

documentation Cross-reference links and e-mail addresses

Medium blue, underlined text

(http://www.hp.com)Web site addresses

Bold font

•Key names

•Text typed into a GUI element, such as into a box

•GUI elements that are clicked or selected, such as menu and list

items, buttons, and check boxes

Italic font Text emphasis

Monospace font

•File and directory names

•System output

•Code

•Text typed at the command line

Monospace, italic font •Code variables

•Command-line variables

Monospace, bold font Emphasis of ﬁle and directory names, system output, code, and text

typed at the command line

WARNING!

Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or death.

CAUTION:

Indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or data.

IMPORTANT:

Provides clarifying information or speciﬁc instructions.

NOTE:

Provides additional information.

8About this guide

HP technical support

Telephone numbers for worldwide technical support are listed on the HP support web site:

http://www.hp.com/support/

Collect the following information before calling:

•Technical support registration number (if applicable)

•Product serial numbers

•Product model names and numbers

•Applicable error messages

•Operating system type and revision level

•Detailed, speciﬁcquestions

For continuous quality improvement, calls may be recorded or monitored.

HP recommends that customers sign up online using the Subscriber’s choice web site:

http://www.hp.com/go/e-updates

•Subscribing to this service provides you with e-mail updates on the latest product enhancements,

newer versions of drivers, and ﬁrmware documentation updates as well as instant access to

other product resources.

•After signing up, you can quickly locate your products by selecting Business support and then

Storage under Product Category.

HP-authorized reseller

For the name of your nearest HP-authorized reseller:

•In the United States, call 1-800-282-6672.

•Elsewhere, visit the HP web site: http://www.hp.com.ThenclickContact HP to ﬁnd locations and

telephone numbers.

Helpful web sites

For other product information, see the following HP web sites:

•h

ttp://www.hp.com

•http://www.hp.com/go/storage

•http://www.hp.com/support/

•http://www.docs.hp.com

HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA4x00/6x00/8x00 family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00 9

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