Page 2 - Overview
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 2 - Overview • Getting Started • Exploring the DS3000 Storage Manager o Tab Screen Views • Putting Together an Effective Demo • Scenarios o Scenario 1: Limited IT Expertise and Time o Scenario 2: Newly Added Drives to be Configured o Scenario 3: Increasin...
Page 3 - DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide; Disclaimer
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 3 - Disclaimer The intent of the DS3000 Storage Managers Demo software and this Demo Guide document is to provide IBM field sales and support personnel, IBM Business Partners, and their resellers, distributors and integrators a tool for illustrating the f...
Page 4 - Getting Started; Audience; Welcome to the DS3000 Storage Manager Demo Guide.; Prerequisites
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 4 - Getting Started Audience Welcome to the DS3000 Storage Manager Demo Guide. The audience for this demo guide is technically-oriented members of the sales community who hope to understand more about how the DS3000 Storage Manager works. This guide is al...
Page 5 - Loading the Software; DEMO; demo was installed and execute the
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 5 - Loading the Software The Storage Manager Demo program is available from a variety of sources including CDs IBM Internal Sales Kit: http://w3-1.ibm.com/sales/systems/portal/_s.155/254?navID=f220s240&geoID=All&prodID=Disk&docID=ds3000sk....
Page 6 - Exploring the DS3000 Storage Manager Demo; Executing the
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 6 - Exploring the DS3000 Storage Manager Demo Executing the Start_Demo.bat initiates a Java session with the Storage Manager Demo program. You’ll see the following screens – the DS3000 Storage Manager splash screen identifying the Storage Manager Demo fol...
Page 7 - Note
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 7 - The Enterprise Management Window Task Assistant is a series of wizards that helps you install and manage your new DS3000 disk system. The Task Assistant helps with common tasks such as: Add Storage Subsystems Name/Rename Storage Subsystems Confi...
Page 8 - Tab Bar Screen Views; Select the
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 8 - Tab Bar Screen Views For this initial exploration of the Storage Manager Demo, we will use the DS3400 disk system configuration. Select the DS3400 system by double-clicking it in the right panel. This displays the DS3000 Subsystem Management window ( ...
Page 10 - Putting Together an Effective Demo
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 10 - Putting Together an Effective Demo Selecting a disk system for their organization can be a difficult decision for customers. It is also not always clear what criteria or requirements are behind their selection process. The DS3000 Storage Manager Demo...
Page 11 - Scenarios; Scenario 1 – “This is my first external storage system. What do I do?”; dialog box; Initial Setup Tasks
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 11 - Scenarios The following sections will provide some scenarios for you to engage with your customers and how to address a specific business issue utilizing the DS3000 Storage Manager functions. As well, you may decide to highlight some of the features ...
Page 13 - Step 3: Set a Storage Subsystem password; , which will take you to the following; Step 4. Configure Host Access; which will direct you to the following window.
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 13 - Step 3: Set a Storage Subsystem password This optional step allows you to set a password for the subsystem, so that unauthorized users can not make changes. Click on Set a Storage Subsystem Password , which will take you to the following screen. Ente...
Page 14 - logical drives in each array, should use the “; Create Logical Drives
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 14 - After selecting the appropriate host, click Add and then OK. You will then receive confirmation of host access. __________________________________________________________________________________ Note : In the Demo, several hosts have been pre-configu...
Page 15 - to-Logical Drive Mappings; Select the host you would like to map and click; Next
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 15 - After reviewing your configuration options with RAID 5, return to the task window and select the second step in the Automatic option - Create Host-to-Logical Drive Mappings. This will open the Create Host- to-Logical Drive Mappings window. Select the...
Page 16 - Finish; After this process has been completed, click; OK; and
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 16 - Select the logical drives you wish to be mapped to the host and click Finish . If more than one logical drive is selected, the logical unit number will be assigned automatically. If only one logical drive is selected, you will also be prompted to ass...
Page 18 - Scenario 2 – “I have newly added drives that I would like configure”; Logical Drive Creation
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 18 - Scenario 2 – “I have newly added drives that I would like configure” Logical Drive Creation Like many configuration tasks within Storage Manager, logical drive creation can be an Automatic or Manua l task. We will review the Automatic (recommended) s...
Page 20 - Create Logical Drives – Specify Logical Drive,; requires you to select the logical drive; Marketing; and select the I/O characteristics based
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 20 - The next window, Create Logical Drives – Specify Logical Drive, requires you to select the logical drive capacity from the free capacity that is available, name the logical drive and identify its I/O characteristics. We will select 200GB capacity, na...
Page 21 - Create Logical Drives – Map Logical Drive to Host; window will allow you to map your logical drive
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 21 - The Create Logical Drives – Map Logical Drive to Host window will allow you to map your logical drive to a host group or individual host. We will map it to Host Stanley and assign it LUN one. Click Finish . You will receive confirmation that the crea...
Page 22 - Scenario 3 – “I want to protect against a failed drive”; Automatic Hot Spare Drive Configuration; From the; Configure; we will select; Configure Hot
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 22 - Scenario 3 – “I want to protect against a failed drive” Automatic Hot Spare Drive Configuration A Hot Spare Drive is an unassigned drive which automatically replaces a member of an array if a drive fails. The Hot Spare Drive adds another level of dat...
Page 23 - Assign; and you will be informed if this task was completed.
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 23 - ___________________________________________________________________________________ Note: Use the Create Hot Spare (Manual) when assigning specific drives or viewing/making changes to the current hot spare coverage. The manual process is covered in t...
Page 24 - Scenario 4 – “How do I add capacity to an array?”; Expanding Drive Capacity (Dynamic Array Expansion); Modify; will then prompt you to select the array that
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 24 - Scenario 4 – “How do I add capacity to an array?” Expanding Drive Capacity (Dynamic Array Expansion) The DS3000 Storage Manager provides an easy method to expand the capacity of an array by simply adding more drives to it. This provides additional pe...
Page 25 - Add Free Capacity (Drives) – Select Capacity; And the process of adding free capacity starts.
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 25 - And you are almost there! At the Add Free Capacity (Drives) – Select Capacity screen, the DS3000 Storage Manager will provide some status information about the array you selected. From here you can add one or two drives to the existing array (note: t...
Page 26 - DS3000 Storage Manager Premium License Features; These features can be viewed and enabled by accessing the; Tools; tab on the main tool bar.
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 26 - DS3000 Storage Manager Premium License Features The Premium Feature Licenses offered with the DS3000 Storage Manager includes Partitioning, FlashCopy and Volume Copy. These features can be viewed and enabled by accessing the Tools tab on the main too...
Page 27 - Storage Partitioning
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 27 - Premium Feature Scenario 1 – “How can I share capacity across my hosts?” Storage Partitioning Storage partitions are created when you define Host-to-logical Drive Mappings. Partitioning allows administrators to create multiple virtual systems from a ...
Page 29 - The DS3000 Storage Manager’s; FlashCopy; feature solves this problem by minimizing the amount of; tab and select; Create
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 29 - Premium Feature Scenario 2 – “How do I improve my application service levels with hot backups?” FlashCopy One significant business problem that the IBM DS3000 Storage Manager solves is the ever-increasing time to complete a backup of today’s applicat...
Page 31 - , you will select which host or host groups you
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 31 - You will then be able to change the default logical drive names if desired. Once you specify the appropriate names and click Next , you will select which host or host groups you would like the FlashCopy mapped to.
Page 32 - This will complete your FlashCopy logical drive creation. A; Summary; screen will open which shows
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 32 - After selecting the host or host group mapping, assign a LUN and Finish . This will complete your FlashCopy logical drive creation. A Summary screen will open which shows summary information regarding the logical drive and the FlashCopy point-in-time...
Page 33 - VolumeCopy; Once the VolumeCopy feature is enabled (see page 26), go to the; You will then be directed to the; Create Logical Drive Copies – Select Source Logical Drive; Select the logical drive you wish to copy.
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 33 - Premium Feature Scenario 3 – “How can I create an independent copy of my data?” VolumeCopy Another premium feature of the DS3000 Storage Manager is VolumeCopy. VolumeCopy creates a complete physical copy, or a clone, of a logical drive within a disk ...
Page 34 - Create Logical Drive Copies – Select Target Logical Drive; logical drive that will be the target copy and click; Create Logical Drive Copies – Set Copy Priority; window will then appear which gives you the
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 34 - You will then be directed to the Create Logical Drive Copies – Select Target Logical Drive . Select the logical drive that will be the target copy and click Next. ____________________________________________________________________________________ No...
Page 36 - Advanced Features and Manual Functions
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 36 - Advanced Features and Manual Functions The remainder of the DS3000 Storage Manager Demo guide is intended to highlight some of the more advanced and manual features that this Storage Manager offers. As the key selling point of the DS3000 Storage Mana...
Page 37 - Manual Hot Spare Configuration
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 37 - Manual Hot Spare Configuration The manual Hot Spare configuration option is especially useful for assigning specific drives or viewing/making changes to the current hot spare coverage . From the Configure tab, select Configure Hot Spares. You will th...
Page 38 - Assign Hot Spares
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 38 - A dialog box, Assign Hot Spares , will open up and provide the available disk drives that are available and fit the type of drive and capacity you specified. Select the desired drive and click OK. And you have completed the manual configuration of a ...
Page 39 - Manual Logical Drive Configuration; Automatic
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 39 - Manual Logical Drive Configuration As we have previously created logical drives via the Automatic option on page 18, lets review the Manual (Advanced) option . From the Configure tab, select Create Logical Drives. This will then prompt you to the Cre...
Page 41 - Create Logical Drives – Specify Logical Drive; window comes up and the
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 41 - Once the array is created, the Create Logical Drives – Specify Logical Drive window comes up and the logical drive capacity, name and I/O characteristics are defined.
Page 43 - Media Scan Settings; tab select; At the; Change Media Scans Settings; dialog box select the logical drives (one or more) to scan and their; and the operation begins.
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 43 - Media Scan Settings The DS3000 Storage Manager provides the ability to perform a background scan of media to ensure data integrity. On the Tools tab select Change Media Scans Settings . At the Change Media Scans Settings dialog box select the logical...
Page 44 - Command Line Interface; Enterprise Management Window; under
DS3000 Storage Manager Software Demo Guide - 44 - Command Line Interface While not well suited for the part-time administrator, there is a command line interface (CLI) for the DS3000 disk systems. It is accessed from the Enterprise Management Window under Tools . This will open up the script editor....
