The following components are required to use Export Tool (for more information, see the Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator User Guide of your storage system):

• Windows computer or a UNIX computer

  You can only run Export Tool on Windows computers and UNIX computers that can run Device Manager - Storage Navigator.

  NoteIf a firewall exists between the Device Manager - Storage Navigator computer and the SVP, see Chapter 2 of the Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator User Guide of your storage system. In the section “Setting up TCP/IP for a firewall”, the RMI port numbers listed are the only direct communication settings required for Export Tool.
• Java Runtime Environment (JRE)

  To use Export Tool, you must have the JRE software on your Windows computer or UNIX computer. If your computer runs Device Manager - Storage Navigator, the required JRE version is already installed, and you can install Export Tool. Both Export Tool and Device Manager - Storage Navigator use the same JRE version. For the required JRE version, see the chapter on how to use the Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary window in the Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator User Guide.

• User ID for exclusive use of Export Tool

  Before you can use Export Tool, you must create a user ID for exclusive use of Export Tool. Assign only the Storage Administrator (Performance Management) role to the user ID for Export Tool. You should not assign any roles other than the Storage Administrator (Performance Management) role to this user ID. The user who is assigned to the Storage Administrator (Performance Management) role can perform the following:

  • Save the monitoring data into files
  • Change the sampling interval
  • Start or stop monitoring by using the set subcommand

  For details on creating the user ID, see Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator User Guide of your storage system.

• Export Tool program

  CD-ROM Disc 2, which is named Host PP, contains Export Tool. For information about how to install Export Tool, see Installing Export Tool. For the Export Tool version, see the Readme.txt file stored in the software product media.

  Reinstallation of Export Tool is not mandatory if the Device Manager - Storage Navigator program and Export Tool version are:

  • VSP G100VSP G200: 83-02-00-20/XX or later
  • VSP G400, G600, VSP F400, F600: 83-02-00-40/XX or later
  • VSP G800, VSP F800: 83-02-00-60/XX or later
  Caution If the installed Export Tool version is earlier than 83-02-00-20/XX (for VSP G100, VSP G200), 83-02-00-40/XX (for VSP G400, G600, VSP F400, F600), or 83-02-00-60/XX (for VSP G800, VSP F800), remove Export Tool first.

  To remove it, delete the directory which was created when Export Tool was installed. When you delete the directory, monitoring data and log data acquired by Export Tool, and the file you edited will be deleted. If you need the monitoring data, log data, and the files you edited, save them in a separate directory before removing Export Tool.