Minimizing the number of snapshots....................................................................................41
Setting virtual disk cache to write-through before a snapshot or snapclone.................................41
Suspending a DR group before a making a snapshot of a virtual disk.......................................41
Minimizing simultaneous replication operations.....................................................................41
HP P6000 Continuous Access software......................................................................................42
DR groups ........................................................................................................................42
Creating DR groups...........................................................................................................43
Data replication protocol options.........................................................................................43
6 Maintaining and managing HP P6000/EVA storage systems.........................45
Initializing storage systems.......................................................................................................45
Configure WEBES to generate alerts using Insight Remote Support...........................................45
User-initiated service mode..................................................................................................46
Uninitializing storage systems...................................................................................................47
Starting the storage system.......................................................................................................47
Shutting down the storage system..............................................................................................47
Hardware..............................................................................................................................49
Verifying hardware status.........................................................................................................50
Storage system identity information...........................................................................................50
Remote service test..................................................................................................................50
Updating HP controller software...............................................................................................51
Using multiple management servers to manage arrays.................................................................51
Configuring iSCSI devices........................................................................................................52
7 Monitoring storage system events................................................................53
Events overview......................................................................................................................53
Management server event log..............................................................................................53
Controller event log............................................................................................................53
Controller termination event log...........................................................................................54
Viewing events.......................................................................................................................54
Viewing additional information............................................................................................55
Corrective action code...................................................................................................55
More details.................................................................................................................55
Configuring event notification...................................................................................................55
Configuring host notification................................................................................................55
Entering hosts individually..............................................................................................55
Applying a customized host notification list.......................................................................56
Filtering events by severity...................................................................................................56
Selecting individual events..................................................................................................57
Applying a customized event configuration file.......................................................................57
Retrieving the parse file...........................................................................................................57
Retrieving the Management Information Base.............................................................................58
Sending the event file..............................................................................................................59
8 Configuring HP P6000 Command View (advanced tasks)..............................60
Setting user interface options....................................................................................................60
Creating page footer messages................................................................................................60
Setting audit logging options...................................................................................................61
Setting a remote location for audit logs.................................................................................61
Changing port and timeout parameters.....................................................................................62
Changing the login credentials (array-based management)..........................................................62
Running HP P6000 Command View in a multi-homed environment................................................63
9 Troubleshooting HP P6000 Command View.................................................64
Optimizing performance.........................................................................................................64
Restarting the HP P6000 Command View service........................................................................64
Using the right-click menu........................................................................................................64
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