• Device Manager - Storage Navigator
  • Device Manager - Storage Navigator overview
    • What's new in this release
    • Managing the storage system
    • GUI feature highlights
      • Multitasking
      • Wizards and task management
      • Reporting
    • Device Manager - Storage Navigator components
  • Using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
    • Accessing the storage system without management software
    • Device Manager - Storage Navigator restrictions
      • General restrictions
      • Web browser restrictions while using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
      • Unsupported actions in Windows version of HDvM - SN
      • Unsupported actions in UNIX version of HDvM - SN
      • Using virus detection programs
      • Applying changes made in Device Manager - Storage Navigator
      • Updating data after a Volume Migration or Quick Restore operation
      • Updating data after operations performed with another application
      • Capacities displayed on the Device Manager - Storage Navigator screen
      • Caution on LUN ID notation
    • Updating your user view
    • Reverting to the default view
    • Navigating the Device Manager - Storage Navigator user interface
      • Menu bar
      • Using the Device Manager - Storage Navigator main window
    • Balloon dialog box
    • Navigating the help
    • Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary windows
  • Setting up and managing user accounts
    • Workflow for creating and managing user accounts
      • Administrator tasks
      • User tasks
    • Setting up authentication and authorization with Device Manager - Storage Navigator
      • Authentication server protocols
      • Authorization server requirements
      • Connecting two authentication servers
      • Connecting authentication and authorization servers
      • Naming a user group in Device Manager - Storage Navigator
    • Creating configuration files
      • Creating an LDAP configuration file
      • Creating a RADIUS configuration file
      • Creating a Kerberos configuration file
    • Manage roles and permissions
      • Roles and user groups
      • Resource group and user groups
      • User group registration example
      • Precautions when working with user groups
      • Roles and permissions
      • Built-in user groups
      • Creating a new user group
    • User accounts
      • Creating user accounts
      • Character restrictions for user names and passwords
      • Changing user passwords
      • Changing user permissions
      • Enabling or Disabling user accounts
      • Deleting user accounts
      • Unlock a user account
    • Changing the user group configuration
      • Changing a user group name
      • Changing user group permissions
      • Changing assigned resource groups
      • Deleting a user group
    • Account lock policy
    • Session timeout
  • Managing resource groups
    • About resource groups
    • System configuration using resource groups
    • Examples
      • Resource groups sharing a port
      • Resource groups not sharing ports
    • Meta_resource
    • Resource lock
    • User groups
    • Resource group assignments
    • Resource group rules, restrictions, and guidelines
    • Managing resource groups
      • Creating resource groups
      • Adding resources to a resource group
      • Deleting resource groups
    • Resource access requirements for Device Manager - Storage Navigator operations
      • Access requirements for Dynamic Provisioning and Dynamic Tiering
      • Access requirements for Encryption License Key and FMD Encryption License Key
      • Access requirements for LUN Manager
      • Access requirements for Performance Monitor
      • Access requirements for ShadowImage
      • Access requirements for Thin Image
      • Access requirements for TrueCopy
      • Access requirements for global-active device
      • Access requirements for Universal Replicator
      • Access requirements for Universal Volume Manager
      • Access requirements for Virtual LUN
      • Access requirements for Virtual Partition Manager
      • Access requirements for Volume Shredder
      • Access requirements for Server Priority Manager
  • Configuring the Device Manager - Storage Navigator environment
    • Configuration overview
    • Creating a login message
    • Setting storage system information
    • Reporting failure information about storage systems
      • Requirements of the Syslog protocol (TLS1.2/RFC5424)
      • Obtaining a client certificate for the Syslog protocol
      • Configuring syslog notification for SIMs
      • Configuring email notification
      • Example of a test email
      • Sending a test email
    • Using the Windows event log
      • Monitoring the system log using the Windows event log
      • Viewing the system log in the Event Viewer
      • Output example
    • Backing up HDvM - SN configuration files
    • Restoring HDvM - SN configuration files
    • Changing advanced system settings
  • Managing license keys
    • License keys overview
    • License key types
    • Using the permanent key
    • Using the term key
    • Using the temporary key
    • Using the emergency key
    • Estimating licensed capacity
      • Software and licensed capacity
      • Calculating licensed capacity
      • Calculating licensed capacity for an external volume
      • Calculating pool capacity
      • Accelerated compression-enabled parity group capacity
    • Displaying the amount of capacity used by program products
    • Installing and uninstalling software
      • Installing license keys using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
      • When the status is Installed (Disabled)
      • Enabling a license
      • Disabling a license
      • Removing a software application
      • Examples of license information
      • Cautions on license capacities in license-related windows
      • Cautions on licenses
      • Resolving errors when removing Data Retention Utility
    • License key expiration
    • Installing license keys using maintenance utility
  • Viewing and managing the storage system
    • Viewing and managing overview
    • Viewing storage system information
      • Viewing basic and detailed information
      • Viewing other system information
      • Viewing port conditions
      • Status icons for certain resources
    • Using reports to view storage system information
    • Viewing configuration reports
      • Viewing configuration reports in the Reports window
      • Creating configuration reports
      • Deleting configuration reports
    • Viewing configuration information for alert notifications
    • Managing tasks
      • Tasks window
      • Managing your tasks
      • Referencing the detailed task status
      • Stalled tasks
      • Setting the status refresh interval of the Tasks window
      • Creating a configuration report using the report configuration tool
        • Preparing a script file
        • Example execution and explanation of script files
        • Error in executing the report configuration tool
        • Executing a regularly scheduled script file
  • Troubleshooting
    • General troubleshooting
    • Displaying alerts
    • Login errors
    • No-response errors
    • Incorrect display errors
    • UNIX operation errors
    • Other errors
    • Clearing the cache in Internet Explorer
    • Clearing the cache in Firefox
    • Clearing the cache in Google Chrome
    • Downloading dump files
    • Firefox web browser problems on UNIX
  • Examples of Device Manager - Storage Navigator storage configuration reports
    • Report examples: table view
      • CHAP Users report
      • Disk Boards report
      • Host Groups / iSCSI Targets report
      • Hosts report
      • Logical Devices report
      • LUNs report
      • MP Units report
      • MP Unit Details report
      • Parity Groups report
      • Physical Devices report
      • Ports report
      • Power Consumption report
      • Spare Drives report
      • SSD Endurance report
      • Storage System Summary report
    • Report examples: graphical view
      • Cache Memories report
      • Channel Boards report
      • Physical View report
    • Report examples: CSV files
      • AllConf.csv
      • CacheInfo.csv
      • ChapUserInfo.csv
      • ChaStatus.csv
      • DeviceEquipInfo.csv
      • DkaInfo.csv
      • DkaStatus.csv
      • DkcInfo.csv
      • DkuTempAveInfo.csv
      • DkuTempInfo.csv
      • DkuTempMaxInfo.csv
      • DkuTempMinInfo.csv
      • ELunInfo.csv
      • EnvMonInfo.csv
      • HduInfo.csv
      • IscsiHostInfo.csv
      • IscsiPortInfo.csv
      • IscsiTargetInfo.csv
      • JnlInfo.csv
      • LdevCapaInfo.csv
      • LdevCountInfo.csv
      • LdevInfo.csv
      • LdevStatus.csv
      • LPartition.csv
      • LunInfo.csv
      • LunPortInfo.csv
      • MicroVersion.csv
      • MlcEnduranceInfo.csv
      • ModePerLpr.csv
      • MpPathStatus.csv
      • MpPcbStatus.csv
      • PcbRevInfo.csv
      • PdevCapaInfo.csv
      • PdevInfo.csv
      • PdevStatus.csv
      • PECBInfo.csv
      • PkInfo.csv
      • PpInfo.csv
      • SMfundat.csv
      • SsdDriveInfo.csv
      • SsidInfo.csv
      • SysoptInfo.csv
      • WwnInfo.csv
  • Raidinf command reference (obtaining configuration reports and tier relocation logs)
    • raidinf command list and command description
    • raidinf -login
    • raidinf add report
    • raidinf delete report
    • raidinf download report
    • raidinf get reportinfo
    • raidinf add relocationlog
    • raidinf download relocationlog
    • raidinf delete relocationlog
    • raidinf get relocationloginfo
    • raidinf -logout
    • raidinf -h
  • Using Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary windows
    • Requirements for using HDvM - SN secondary windows
      • Installing and configuring JRE
        • Java Runtime Environment version
        • Path setting (UNIX)
        • Configuring JRE
    • Setting up Java
      • Changing Java security settings
    • Enabling the Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary window
    • Resetting the secondary window
      • Secondary window menus and buttons
        • Main window and Modify mode
    • Cautions when using secondary windows
      • Java updates
      • Enabling Java for secondary windows
    • Troubleshooting secondary windows
      • Clearing Java caches
      • Saving Java log and trace files
      • Problems with a website security certificates
• Provisioning
  • Introduction to provisioning
    • About provisioning
    • Key terms
    • Thin provisioning
      • About Dynamic Provisioning
      • Dynamic Provisioning concepts
      • Advantages of using Dynamic Provisioning
      • Storing Thin Image pair and snapshot data in a Dynamic Provisioning pool
      • About DP-VOLs with the data direct mapping attribute
      • Dynamic Provisioning high-level workflow
      • About pool volumes from accelerated compression-enabled parity groups
        • Accelerated compression-enabled parity groups
        • Pool auto expansion function
        • Storing data written to DP-VOLs
    • Dynamic Tiering
      • Overview of tiers
      • Active flash
    • System requirements for provisioning
      • Shared memory requirements
      • Cache management device requirements
        • Calculating the number of cache management devices required for DP-VOLs
      • Resource access requirements for Device Manager - Storage Navigator operations
        • Access requirements for Dynamic Provisioning and Dynamic Tiering
        • Access requirements for Encryption License Key and FMD Encryption License Key
        • Access requirements for LUN Manager
        • Access requirements for Performance Monitor
        • Access requirements for ShadowImage
        • Access requirements for Thin Image
        • Access requirements for TrueCopy
        • Access requirements for global-active device
        • Access requirements for Universal Replicator
        • Access requirements for Universal Volume Manager
        • Access requirements for Virtual LUN
        • Access requirements for Virtual Partition Manager
        • Access requirements for Volume Shredder
        • Access requirements for Server Priority Manager
  • About adaptive data reduction
    • Introducing adaptive data reduction and related concepts
      • Capacity saving and accelerated compression functions
      • Capacity saving effects for DP-VOLs and pools
      • Capacity saving function: data deduplication and compression
        • Use cases for capacity saving
        • Capacity saving status
        • Allowed operation for each capacity saving status
      • Total Efficiency Ratio and associated efficiency values
    • Preparing your environment to use capacity saving
      • Compatibility with the capacity saving function
      • Usage planning requirements for the capacity saving function
      • Storage planning considerations for the capacity saving function
    • Monitoring performance when capacity saving is in use
    • Terminating the usage of capacity saving
      • Removing DRD-VOLs
      • Disabling capacity saving settings
    • About DRD-VOLs and initializing duplicated data
      • Preparing to initialize duplicated data
  • Managing virtual storage machine resources
    • About virtual storage machines and virtualized resources
    • Using virtual storage machines for nondisruptive migration
    • Using virtual storage machines for global-active device
    • Enabling the virtualization management setting for LDEVs
  • Configuring custom-sized provisioning
    • Configuring volumes in a parity group
    • Configuration of interleaved parity groups
    • Virtual LUN specifications
      • RAID level support for CVs and pool-VOLs
      • CV capacity
    • LDEV size calculations
      • Calculating OPEN-V volume size (CV capacity unit is MB)
      • Calculating OPEN-V volume size (CV capacity unit is blocks)
      • Boundary values of volumes
    • Enabling accelerated compression
    • Disabling accelerated compression
    • Parity groups and volumes
    • Managing parity groups
      • Creating parity groups by selecting drives manually
      • Creating parity groups by selecting drives automatically
      • Formatting parity groups
      • Deleting parity groups
    • Spare drives and copy-back mode
      • Assigning spare drives
      • Releasing spare drives
      • Editing copy-back mode
    • Blocking LDEVs
    • Formatting LDEVs
      • About formatting LDEVs
      • Quick Format function
        • Quick Format specifications
      • Formatting a specific LDEV
      • Formatting all LDEVs in a parity group
      • Stopping the LDEV formatting process
    • Restoring blocked LDEVs
    • Editing an LDEV name
    • Deleting an LDEV (converting to free space)
    • Assigning an MP unit
      • Enabling and disabling MP unit auto assignment
      • Changing the MP unit assigned to an LDEV
  • Configuring thin provisioning
    • Dynamic Provisioning overview
    • Dynamic Tiering overview
    • Active flash overview
    • Thin provisioning requirements
      • License requirements
      • Pool specifications and requirements
      • Pool auto expansion: specifications and requirements
      • Pool-VOL requirements
      • DP-VOL requirements
      • Deduplication system data volume specifications and requirements
      • Pool capacity consumed by metadata
        • Verifying the capacity saving effect with Storage Navigator or Command Control Interface
      • V-VOL page reservation requirement
      • Operating system and file system capacity
    • Using Dynamic Provisioning and Dynamic Tiering with other software products
      • Interoperability of DP-VOLs and pool-VOLs
      • ShadowImage pair status for reclaiming zero pages
      • TrueCopy
      • Global-active device
      • Universal Replicator
      • ShadowImage
      • Volume Migration
      • Interoperability restrictions for Thin Image
      • Virtual Partition Manager CLPR setting
    • Dynamic Provisioning workflow
    • Dynamic Tiering and active flash
      • About tiered storage
      • Tier monitoring and data relocation
      • Multi-tier pool
      • How the tier relocation process works
      • Tier monitoring and relocation cycles
        • Auto execution mode
        • Manual execution mode
      • Tier relocation rules, restrictions, and guidelines
      • Buffer area of a tier
      • Setting external volumes for each tier
      • Execution modes for tier relocation
        • Execution modes when using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
        • Viewing monitor and tier relocation information in HDvM - SN
        • Execution modes when using Command Control Interface
        • Viewing monitor and tier relocation information using CCI
      • Relocation speed
      • Monitoring modes
      • Functions overview for active flash and Dynamic Tiering
      • Downloading the tier relocation log file
        • Tier relocation log file contents
      • Tiering policy
        • Custom policies
        • Tiering policy examples
        • Setting tiering policy on a DP-VOL
        • Tiering policy levels
        • Viewing the tiering policy in the performance graph
        • Reserving tier capacity when setting a tiering policy
        • Example of reserving tier capacity
        • Notes on tiering policy settings
        • Execution mode settings and tiering policy
        • New page assignment tier
        • Relocation priority
        • Assignment tier when pool-VOLs are deleted
        • Used capacity, mapped capacity, and reserved capacity
        • Rebalancing the usage level among parity groups
        • Changing the tiering policy level of a DP-VOL
      • Changing new page assignment tier of a V-VOL
      • Changing a tiering policy name
      • Changing an allocation threshold
      • Changing relocation priority setting of a V-VOL
      • Page relocation by active flash
      • Dynamic Tiering workflow
      • Active flash workflow
      • User interface specifications for Dynamic Tiering tasks
      • Managing Dynamic Tiering and active flash
        • Changing a Dynamic Provisioning pool to a Dynamic Tiering pool
        • Viewing pool tier information
        • Changing monitoring and tier relocation settings
        • Changing monitoring mode settings
        • Changing relocation speed
        • Changing buffer space for new page assignment setting
        • Changing buffer space for tier relocation setting
        • Enabling active flash on an existing Dynamic Tiering pool
        • Changing a Dynamic Tiering or active flash pool to a pool for Dynamic Provisioning
    • Working with pools
      • About pools
      • About pool-VOLs
      • Creating pools
        • Creating Dynamic Provisioning pools by selecting pool-VOLs manually
        • Creating Dynamic Provisioning pools by selecting pool-VOLs automatically
        • Creating Dynamic Tiering or active flash pools by selecting pool-VOLs manually
        • Creating a Dynamic Tiering or active flash pool by automatically selecting pool-VOLs
    • Working with DP-VOLs
      • About DP-VOLs
      • Relationship between a pool and DP-VOLs
      • DP-VOL protection function
        • Configuring the DP-VOL protection function options
      • Creating DP-VOLs
      • Workflow for migrating V-VOL data
    • Monitoring capacity and performance
      • Monitoring pool capacity
        • Protecting data during pool shortages
      • Monitoring pools and DP-VOLs
        • Managing I/O usage rates example
      • Tuning with Dynamic Tiering
      • Improving performance by monitoring pools
    • Thresholds for monitoring pools
      • Pool utilization thresholds
      • Changing pool thresholds
      • Controlling Thin Image pair behavior in a Dynamic Provisioning pool
    • Working with SIMs
      • About SIMs
      • SIMs for HDP/HDT
      • Actions to take when SIM code 629xxx, 62Axxx, 62B000, 62Cxxx, or 62Dxxx is output
    • Managing pools and DP-VOLs
      • Viewing pool information
      • Viewing the capacity information for a pool
      • Viewing formatted percentages for pool capacity
        • Reasons to check pool capacity
      • Viewing the progress of rebalancing the usage level among parity groups
      • Estimating the required capacity of pool-VOLs with system area in a pool with data direct mapping enabled
      • Expanding a pool
      • Changing a pool name
      • Disabling deduplication on a pool
      • Initializing all deduplication-enabled DP-VOLs in a pool
      • Recovering a blocked pool
      • Decreasing pool capacity
        • About decreasing pool capacity
        • Shrinking a pool
        • Stopping the decrease of pool capacity
      • Deleting a tier in a pool
      • Deleting a pool
      • Changing the tier rank of an external pool-VOL
      • Requirements for increasing DP-VOL capacity
      • Increasing DP-VOL capacity
      • Changing the name of a DP-VOL
      • About releasing pages in a DP-VOL
        • Releasing pages in a DP-VOL
        • Stopping the release of pages in a DP-VOL
      • Changing full allocation settings in DP-VOLs
      • Enabling or disabling tier relocation of a DP-VOL
      • Enabling capacity saving on DP-VOLs
      • Disabling the capacity saving functions on DP-VOLs
      • Deleting a DP-VOL
    • Starting pool monitoring manually
    • Stopping pool monitoring manually
    • Starting tier relocation manually
    • Stopping tier relocation manually
    • Enabling data direct mapping for external volumes, pools, and DP-VOLs
      • Creating external volumes with data direct mapping enabled
      • Creating pools with data direct mapping enabled
      • Creating DP-VOLs with data direct mapping enabled
      • Enabling and disabling the data direct mapping attribute for a pool
  • Protecting volumes using Data Retention Utility
    • About access attributes
    • Access attribute requirements
    • Access attributes and permitted operations
    • Access attribute restrictions
    • Assigning an access attribute to a volume
    • Changing an access attribute to read-only or protect
    • Changing an access attribute to read/write
    • Enabling or disabling the expiration lock
    • Disabling an S-VOL
    • Reserving volumes
    • Troubleshooting for Data Retention Utility
  • Managing logical volumes
    • LUN Manager overview
      • LUN Manager operations
      • Fibre Channel and iSCSI functions
      • Host groups and LU path configuration (Fibre Channel)
      • Workflow for configuring logical units (Fibre Channel)
      • Rules, restrictions, and guidelines for managing LUs
    • Configuring hosts and Fibre Channel ports
    • Configuring Fibre Channel ports
      • Setting the data transfer speed on a Fibre Channel port
        • Available data-transfer speeds for FC ports
      • Setting the Fibre Channel port address
        • Addresses for Fibre Channel ports
      • Setting the fabric switch
      • Fibre Channel topology
        • Example of FC-AL and point-to-point topology
      • Setting the Fibre Channel topology
    • Configuring hosts
      • Configure hosts workflow
      • Host modes for host groups
      • Host mode options
      • How to find the WWN of a host bus adapter
        • Finding a WWN on a Windows host
        • Finding a WWN on a Solaris host
        • Finding a WWN on an AIX, IRIX, or Sequent host
        • Finding a WWN on an HP-UX host
      • Creating a host group and registering hosts in the host group (Fibre Channel)
    • Setting a command device
    • Configuring LU paths
      • Configure LU paths workflow
      • Defining LU paths
      • Setting a UUID
        • UUID requirements
      • Correspondence table for defining devices
      • Defining alternate LU paths
        • Copying all LU paths defined in a host group
        • Copying all LU paths defined in an iSCSI target
        • Copying selected (but not all) LU paths defined in a host group
        • Copying selected (but not all) LU paths defined in an iSCSI target
      • Managing LU paths
        • Deleting LU paths
        • Clearing a UUID setting
        • Viewing LU path settings
    • Releasing LUN reservation by host
    • LUN security on ports
      • Examples of enabling and disabling LUN security on ports
      • Enabling LUN security on a port
      • Disabling LUN security on a port
    • Overview of iSCSI operations
      • Network configuration for iSCSI
      • Multi VLAN operations with iSCSI virtual port mode
    • Managing hosts
      • Changing WWN or nickname of a host bus adapter
      • Changing HBA iSCSI name or nickname of a host bus adapter
      • Changing the name, host mode, or host mode options of a host group
      • Changing iSCSI target setting
      • Removing hosts from iSCSI targets
      • Initializing host group 0
      • Deleting a host bus adapter from a host group
      • Deleting WWNs from the WWN table
      • Deleting a host group
      • Deleting an iSCSI target
      • Deleting login iSCSI names
      • Adding a selected host to a host group
      • Adding a host to the selected host group
      • Adding a host to the selected iSCSI target
      • Confirming communication status
    • Setting the T10 PI mode on a port
    • Creating iSCSI targets and registering hosts in an iSCSI target
    • Editing iSCSI port settings
    • Adding CHAP users
    • Editing CHAP users
    • Removing CHAP users
    • Removing target CHAP users
    • Removing port CHAP users
  • Working with ALUs and SLUs for vSphere VVOL
    • Creating LDEVs with the ALU attribute
    • Viewing the ALUs and SLUs in the storage system
    • Unbinding the SLUs from the ALUs
  • Troubleshooting for provisioning
    • Troubleshooting Dynamic Provisioning
      • Resolving errors when using CCI to perform Dynamic Provisioning operations (SSB1: 0x2e31/0xb96d/0xb980)
    • Troubleshooting Data Retention Utility
      • Troubleshooting for Data Retention Utility
      • Resolving errors when using CCI to perform Data Retention Utility operations (SSB1:2E31/B9BF/B9BD)
  • CCI command reference for provisioning
    • Provisioning tasks and CCI commands
    • Parameter ranges for CCI options
  • Guidelines for pools when accelerated compression is enabled
    • Checking whether accelerated compression can be enabled
    • Estimating required FMD capacity
      • Accelerated Flash Compression Estimator Tool
      • Estimating FMD capacity for a new pool
      • Estimating FMD capacity to expand an existing pool
    • Creating parity groups, LDEVs, and pools with accelerated compression
    • Monitoring the pool capacity
    • Estimating FMD capacity when pool capacity is insufficient
    • Disabling accelerated compression on a parity group
  • Resource Partition Manager GUI reference
    • Resource Groups window
    • Selected resource group window
    • Create Resource Groups wizard
      • Create Resource Groups window
      • Select Parity Groups window
      • Select LDEVs window
      • Select Ports window
      • Select Host Groups window
      • Select iSCSI Targets window
      • Create Resource Groups Confirmation window
    • Edit Resource Group wizard
      • Edit Resource Group window
      • Edit Resource Group Confirmation window
    • Add Resources wizard
      • Add Resources window
      • Add Resources confirmation window
    • Remove Resources window
    • Delete Resource Groups window
    • Resource Group Properties window
    • Edit Virtualization Management Settings wizard
      • Edit Virtualization Management Settings window
      • Edit Virtualization Management Settings confirmation window
  • LDEV GUI reference
    • Parity Groups window
    • Parity Groups tab: Internal or external volume
    • LDEVs tab: Internal or external volumes
    • Logical Devices window
    • Create LDEVs wizard
      • Create LDEVs window
      • Create LDEVs confirmation window
    • Edit LDEVs wizard
      • Edit LDEVs window
      • Edit LDEVs confirmation window
    • Change LDEV Settings window
    • Select Free Spaces window
    • Select Pool window
    • View LDEV IDs window
    • View Physical Location window
    • Format LDEVs wizard
      • Format LDEVs window
      • Format LDEVs confirmation window
    • Restore LDEVs window
    • Block LDEVs window
    • Delete LDEVs window
    • LDEV Properties window
    • ALUs / SLUs window
    • Unbind SLUs window
    • Components window
    • DKC: Controller Boards & MP Units tab
    • Edit MP Units wizard
      • Edit MP Units window
      • Edit MP Units confirmation window
    • Assign MP Unit wizard
      • Assign MP Unit window
      • Assign MP Unit confirmation window
    • View Management Resource Usage window
    • Create Parity Groups wizard
      • Create Parity Groups window
      • Create Parity Groups confirmation window
    • Change Settings (Parity Group) window
    • Assign Spare Drives wizard
      • Assign Spare Drives window
      • Assign Spare Drives confirmation window
    • Edit Parity Groups wizard
      • Edit Parity Groups window
      • Edit Parity Groups confirmation window
    • Format Parity Groups window
    • Delete Parity Groups window
    • Parity Group Properties window
  • Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, and active flash GUI reference
    • Pools window
    • Pools: Volume tabs
    • Create Pools wizard
      • Create Pools window
      • Create Pools confirmation window
    • Expand Pool wizard
      • Expand Pool window
      • Expand Pool confirmation window
    • Edit Pools wizard
      • Edit Pools window
      • Edit Pools confirmation window
    • Delete Pools wizard
      • Delete Pools window
      • Delete Pools confirmation window
    • Expand V-VOLs wizard
      • Expand V-VOLs window
      • Expand V-VOLs confirmation window
    • Restore Pools window
    • Shrink Pool window
    • Stop Shrinking Pools window
    • Select Pool VOLs window
    • Reclaim Zero Pages window
    • Stop Reclaiming Zero Pages window
    • Pool Property window
    • Tier Properties window
    • Monitor Pools window
    • Stop Monitoring Pools window
    • Start Tier Relocation window
    • Stop Tier Relocation window
    • View Pool Management Status window
    • Edit External LDEV Tier Rank wizard
      • Edit External LDEV Tier Rank window
      • Edit External LDEV Tier Rank confirmation window
    • Edit Tiering Policies wizard
      • Edit Tiering Policies window
      • Edit Tiering Policies confirmation window
    • Change Tiering Policy window
    • Change Pool Configuration Pattern window
    • Initialize Duplicated Data window
  • Data Retention Utility GUI reference
    • Data Retention window
    • Error Detail dialog box
  • LUN Manager GUI reference
    • Authentication window
      • Authentication window (Fibre Channel folder selected)
      • Authentication window (Fibre Channel port selected)
      • Add New User Information (Host) window
      • Change User Information (Host) window
      • Clear Authentication information window
      • Specify Authentication Information window
      • Set Port Information
      • Default Setting(User Name/Secret) window
• Storage Virtualization
  • Setting up external volumes
    • Workflow for setting up external volumes
    • Setting up ports
    • Limitations on mapping an external volume
    • Mapping an external volume
    • Preparing mapped volumes for use
    • Using mapped volumes
    • Recognizing the local system from the external system
  • Monitoring and maintenance
    • Monitoring external volumes and paths
    • External volume policy settings and functions
    • Editing mapping policies for external volumes
    • Changing the MP unit of an external volume
    • Changing path mode to ALUA mode (Enable or Disable)
    • Changing I/O mode for external storage systems
    • Changing the port settings of an external storage system
    • Path maintenance
      • Adding an external path to an existing path group
      • Adding an iSCSI path
      • Editing an iSCSI target
      • Changing external path priority
      • Executing a login test for an iSCSI target
      • Disconnecting an external path
      • Deleting an iSCSI path
      • Reconnecting an external path
      • Changing the cache mode setting of the external volume
      • Removing or replacing an external path
      • Replacing all external paths
    • Disconnecting external systems and volumes
      • Prerequisites for disconnecting external systems
      • Disconnecting an external storage system, all mapped volumes
      • Disconnecting a single mapped volume
    • Deleting an external volume mapping
    • Reconnecting external systems and volumes
      • Reconnecting an external storage system and all mapped volumes
      • Reconnecting a single mapped volume
    • Requirements for external storage system maintenance
    • Changing the WWNs/iSCSI target names of the external storage system without deleting the external volume mapping
    • Powering off and on storage systems
      • Powering off and on external storage systems
        • Powering off external storage systems (scheduled shutdown)
        • Reconnecting external storage systems after powering off
      • Powering off and on local storage systems
        • Powering off local storage systems (scheduled shutdown)
        • Reconnecting local storage systems after powering off
      • Powering off and on local and external storage systems
        • Powering off local and external storage systems
        • Powering on local and external storage systems
  • Troubleshooting
    • General troubleshooting
    • Troubleshooting external path status
    • Troubleshooting path errors for specific storage systems
      • Virtual Storage Platform G200, G400, G600, G800, Virtual Storage Platform F400, F600, F800, Virtual Storage Platform G350, G370, G700, G900, Virtual Storage Platform F350, F370, F700, F900
      • Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1x00 and Virtual Storage Platform F1500
      • Unified Storage VM, Virtual Storage Platform, and Universal Storage Platform V/VM
      • Universal Storage Platform or TagmaStore NSC
      • Lightning 9900 V
      • Lightning 9900
      • Thunder 9500V
      • HUS/AMS/WMS
      • SVS200
    • Troubleshooting port and volume discovery problems
  • Universal Volume Manager GUI reference
    • Add External Volumes wizard
    • Edit External Volumes wizard
    • Edit External Path Configuration wizard
    • Edit External WWNs wizard
    • Edit External iSCSI Targets wizard
    • Delete External Volumes wizard
    • Disconnect External Paths wizard
    • Reconnect External Paths wizard
    • Assign MP Unit ID wizard
    • Add iSCSI Paths wizard
    • Edit iSCSI Targets wizard
• Performance Management
  • Performance management
    • Overview of performance management
    • Requirements for using performance functions
      • Enabling the Device Manager - Storage Navigator secondary window
  • Performance Monitor operations
    • Overview of Performance Monitor
      • Data collected by Performance Monitor
      • Sampling interval for monitoring
      • Maximum storing period for monitoring
      • Performance Monitor data graphs
      • Export Tool for Performance Monitor
    • Cautions and restrictions for Performance Monitor
      • Cautions and restrictions for monitoring
      • Cautions and restrictions for usage statistics
    • Performance monitoring workflow
    • Setting the storing period for the monitoring data
    • Starting monitoring
    • Monitoring WWNs
      • Adding new WWNs to monitor
      • Viewing the WWNs that are being monitored
      • Removing WWNs to monitor
      • Adding WWNs to ports
      • Editing the WWN nickname
      • Connecting WWNs to ports
      • Deleting unused WWNs from monitoring targets
    • Monitoring CUs
      • Displaying CUs to monitor
      • Adding and removing CUs to monitor
      • Selecting CUs to monitor
      • Confirming the status of CUs to monitor
    • Changing the sampling interval
    • Stopping monitoring
    • Using the Performance Monitor data graphs
      • About the data graphs
      • Displaying the monitor data on graphs
      • Adding a new graph
      • Changing the data displayed on a graph
      • Changing the time period displayed on the graph panel
      • Deleting a graph from the graph panel
  • Data collected by Performance Monitor
    • Monitoring data
    • Usage rates of MPs
    • Usage rate of cache memory
    • Write pending rates
    • Storage system throughput
    • Data transfer rate
    • Response times
    • Cache hit rates
    • Back-end performance
    • Drive usage rates
    • Data drive access rates
    • ShadowImage usage statistics
    • Remote I/O (RIO)
    • Pair Synchronized
    • Differential Track
    • Number of Journals
    • Data Usage Rate
    • Metadata Usage Rate
  • Exporting Performance Monitor data
    • About Export Tool
    • Preparing to use Export Tool
      • Export Tool limitation
      • Requirements for Export Tool
      • Installing Export Tool
        • On Windows
        • On UNIX
    • Using Export Tool
      • Preparing a command file
      • Preparing a batch file
      • Running Export Tool
        • Running a batch file
        • File formats
        • Processing time
        • Termination code
        • Log files
        • Error handling
    • Export Tool command reference
      • Export Tool command syntax
      • Subcommand list
      • ip
      • dkcsn
      • retry
      • login
      • show
      • group
      • range
      • outpath
      • option
      • apply
      • set
      • help
      • Java
    • Viewing exported files using Export Tool
      • Monitoring data exported by Export Tool
      • Resource usage and write-pending rate statistics
      • Parity group and external volume group statistics
      • Statistics for volumes in parity/external volume groups
      • Volumes in parity groups or external volume groups (at volumes controlled by a particular CU)
      • Port statistics
      • Host bus adapters connected to ports statistics
      • Volumes (LU) statistics
      • All host bus adapters connected to ports
      • Remote copy operations by TCand monitoring data by GAD (whole volumes)
      • Remote copy operations by TC and monitoring data by GAD (for each volume (LU))
      • Remote copy by TC and monitoring data by GAD (volumes controlled by a particular CU)
      • Remote copy by UR (whole volumes)
      • Remote copy by UR (at journals)
      • Remote copy by UR (for each volume (LU))
      • Remote copy by UR (at volumes controlled by a particular CU)
    • Causes of invalid monitoring data
  • Server Priority Manager operations
    • Overview of Server Priority Manager
      • Performance of high-priority hosts
      • Upper-limit control
      • Threshold control
    • Use cases for Server Priority Manager
      • Use case for one-to-one connections
      • Use case for many-to-many connections
    • Cautions and restrictions for Server Priority Manager
    • Implementing Server Priority Manager: one-to-one connections
      • Server Priority Manager workflow: one-to-one connections
      • Setting priority for ports: one-to-one connections
      • Analyzing traffic statistics: one-to-one connections
      • Setting upper-limit values for non-prioritized ports: one-to-one connections
      • Setting a threshold: one-to-one connections
    • Implementing Server Priority Manager: many-to-many connections
      • Server Priority Manager workflow: many-to-many connections
      • Setting priority for WWNs: many-to-many connections
      • Monitoring all port-HBA traffic: many-to-many connections
      • Excluding traffic between an HBA and a port from the monitoring target: many-to-many connections
      • Analyzing traffic statistics: many-to-many connections
      • Setting upper-limit values for non-prioritized WWNs: many-to-many connections
      • Setting a threshold for the entire storage system: many-to-many connections
    • Managing host bus adapters (HBAs)
      • Changing the SPM name of a host bus adapter
      • Replacing a host bus adapter
    • About SPM groups
      • Creating an SPM group
      • Deleting an HBA from an SPM group
      • Changing the priority of an SPM group
      • Setting an upper-limit value to HBAs in an SPM group
      • Renaming an SPM group
      • Deleting an SPM group
  • Virtual Partition Manager operations
    • Overview of Virtual Partition Manager
      • CLPR names
    • Use case for cache logical partitioning
    • Cache partitioning workflow
    • Cautions and restrictions for Virtual Partition Manager
    • Calculating cache capacity
      • Cache capacity without Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe, Dynamic Tiering, Dynamic Tiering for Mainframe, active flash, active flash for mainframe, Cache Residency Manager, and Compatible XRC
      • Cache capacity with Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe, Dynamic Tiering, Dynamic Tiering for Mainframe, active flash, or active flash for mainframe
        • Cache capacity with capacity saving-enabled V-VOLs
      • Cache capacity with Universal Volume Manager only
    • Managing CLPRs
      • Creating a CLPR
      • Migrating resources to and from a CLPR
      • Editing an existing CLPR
      • Deleting a CLPR
  • Troubleshooting
    • General troubleshooting resources
    • Troubleshooting Performance Monitor
    • Troubleshooting Export Tool for Performance Monitor
      • Messages issued by Export Tool
    • Troubleshooting Server Priority Manager
  • Performance Monitor GUI reference
    • Performance Monitor main window
    • Edit Monitoring Switch wizard
      • Edit Monitoring Switch window
      • Edit Monitoring Switch confirmation window
    • Monitor Performance window
    • Edit CU Monitor Mode wizard
      • Edit CU Monitor Mode window
      • Edit CU Monitor Mode confirmation window
    • View CU Matrix window
    • Select by Parity Groups window
    • Parity Group Properties window
    • Edit WWN wizard
      • Edit WWN window
      • Edit WWN confirmation window
    • Edit WWN Monitor Mode wizard
      • Edit WWN Monitor Mode window
      • Edit WWN Monitor Mode confirmation window
    • Delete Unused WWNs window
    • Add New Monitored WWNs wizard
      • Add New Monitored WWNs window
      • Add New Monitored WWNs confirmation window
    • Add to Ports wizard
      • Add to Ports window
      • Add to Ports confirmation window
    • Monitor window
    • Edit Time Range window
    • Edit Performance Objects window
    • Add Graph window
    • Wizard buttons
    • Navigation buttons
  • Server Priority Manager GUI reference
    • Server Priority Manager window
    • Port tab of the Server Priority Manager main window
    • WWN tab of the Server Priority Manager main window
    • Add WWN window
    • Change WWN and SPM Name window
    • Add New SPM Group window
    • Change Upper Limit window
    • Rename SPM Group window
  • Virtual Partition Manager GUI reference
    • Cache Partition window
    • Individual CLPR window
    • Create CLPRs wizard
      • Create CLPRs window
      • Create CLPRs confirmation window
    • Migrate CLPR Resources wizard
      • Migrate CLPR Resources window
      • Migrate CLPR Resources confirmation window
    • Edit CLPR wizard
      • Edit CLPR window
      • Edit CLPR confirmation window
    • Change Settings window
    • CLPR Properties window
    • Delete CLPRs window
• Volume Migration
  • Overview of Volume Migration
    • Overview of Volume Migration
    • Limitations of Volume Migration
    • Source and target volumes
    • Volume migration
    • When to use volume migration
  • Volume Migration operations
    • Migrating a volume
    • Viewing a migration plan
    • Deleting a migration plan
    • Viewing the migration history logs
  • Volume Migration monitoring
    • Migration History messages
    • Copy Threshold option
    • Effects of Volume Migration on other program products
    • Best practices
• ShadowImage
  • Overview of ShadowImage
    • How ShadowImage works
    • Hardware and software components
      • Consistency groups
      • Volume pairs
        • Cascaded pairs
    • Initial and update copy operations
      • Initial copy workflow
        • Update copy workflow
  • Configuring ShadowImage
    • Workflow for setting up ShadowImage
    • Preparing volumes for ShadowImage
    • Enabling system options
    • Setting HOST I/O Performance options
    • System options
      • Options set by service representatives
      • Options set by using Device Manager - Storage Navigator or Command Control Interface
      • Data recovery and backup differences between Thin Image and ShadowImage
  • Managing ShadowImage pairs
    • Workflow for managing ShadowImage pairs
    • Creating ShadowImage pairs
      • Workflow for creating ShadowImage pairs
      • Considerations for creating ShadowImage pairs
      • Creating ShadowImage pairs in HDvM - SN
      • Creating L1 and L2 pairs with different topologies in HDvM - SN
        • Refining pair topology
      • Suppressing update copy operations
      • Releasing differential data for ShadowImage pairs
    • Suspending ShadowImage pairs
    • Changing ShadowImage pair options
    • Splitting ShadowImage pairs
      • Pair splitting methods
      • Splitting ShadowImage pairs
      • Using consistency groups to split pairs
        • Using consistency group pair-split with shared volumes
        • Workflow for splitting pairs in a consistency group
        • Requirements, restrictions, and guidelines for using consistency group pair-split with shared volumes
        • Restrictions for consistency group pair-split
        • Supported pair statuses for consistency group pair-split
        • Maintaining consistent ShadowImage secondary volume backups
      • Ensuring snapshot data is consistent with P-VOL data
    • Resynchronizing ShadowImage pairs
      • Types of pair resynchronization
        • Forward resynchronization
        • Reverse resynchronization
      • Workflow for resynchronizing ShadowImage pairs
      • Workflow for restoring ShadowImage pairs
      • Resynchronizing or restoring ShadowImage pairs
      • Suppressing update copy operations during pair restoration
      • Setting the RAID level
    • Deleting ShadowImage pairs
      • Prerequisites for deleting ShadowImage pairs
      • Items to consider before deleting ShadowImage pairs
      • Workflow for deleting ShadowImage pairs
      • Deleting ShadowImage pairs
      • MP blade or unit and pair deletion
  • Monitoring and maintaining ShadowImage
    • Monitoring the ShadowImage system
      • Viewing pair information for local replication
      • Monitoring ShadowImage pair activity and status
        • Device Manager - Storage Navigator pair status names and descriptions
        • Command Control Interface pair status names
        • Pair status and available pair tasks
        • L1, L2 pair status and supported pair tasks
        • Unaffected S-VOL status and pair tasks
      • Monitoring ShadowImage pair and volume details
      • Monitoring ShadowImage pair synchronization rates
      • Monitoring consistency groups
        • Viewing consistency group properties in HDvM - SN
        • Viewing a list of Thin Image pairs
      • Monitoring pair task history
    • Maintaining the ShadowImage system
      • System and device maintenance
      • Guidelines for maximizing host server I/O performance
  • Troubleshooting ShadowImage
    • Overview
    • Troubleshooting SIMs for ShadowImage operations
    • ShadowImage pair issues and corrective actions
    • Consistency group pair-split failures
    • Pinned track recovery
    • Extended copy time causes and corrective actions
    • Interpreting error codes using Command Control Interface
    • Contacting customer support
  • Interface support for ShadowImage pair tasks and options
    • Supported Device Manager - Storage Navigator and CCI actions and options
    • Supported ShadowImage consistency group actions and options
    • Parameter ranges for CCI options
  • ShadowImage windows and wizards
    • Create SI Pairs wizard
    • Split Pairs wizard
    • Resync Pairs wizard
    • Edit Local Replica Options wizard
• Thin Image
  • Overview of Thin Image
    • About Thin Image
      • Workflow for storing Thin Image snapshot data
    • Components of Thin Image
      • Thin Image pairs
      • Volume components
      • Snapshot tree components
      • Maximum number of Thin Image pairs
      • Consistency and snapshot groups
      • Snapshot Clones
      • Snapshot trees and cascaded pairs
      • Creating cascaded pairs
      • Volume differences between Thin Image and ShadowImage
      • VSP family software applications for Thin Image
    • How Thin Image works
      • How Thin Image uses pools and pool volumes
      • Usage level rebalancing among parity groups
      • How Thin Image uses V-VOLs
      • How Thin Image pairs are created
      • Using snapshot pairs (not cascaded)
      • Using cascaded pairs
      • Workflow for creating groups and storing snapshot data using CCI
      • Methods of storing snapshot data
      • Thin Image pair restoration
    • How Thin Image pair status changes
      • Thin Image host access and pair status
      • Workflow for Thin Image pair status changes
    • Copy threshold option and host server I/O performance for Thin Image
    • Sharing Thin Image volumes with other software applications
      • Sharing Thin Image volumes that have Data Retention Utility access attributes
      • Sharing Thin Image volumes with Volume Migration
      • Sharing Thin Image volumes with ShadowImage
      • Sharing Thin Image volumes with TrueCopy and Universal Replicator
        • Volume backup with Thin Image, TrueCopy, and Universal Replicator in a 3DC multitarget configuration workflow
        • Volume backup with Thin Image and Universal Replicator in a 3DC multitarget configuration workflow
        • Volume backup with Thin Image and Universal Replicator in a 3DC cascade configuration workflow
      • Sharing Thin Image volumes with global-active device
        • Storage system configuration with Thin Image and GAD
        • Consistency group configuration with Thin Image and GAD
        • Snapshot group configuration with Thin Image and GAD
      • Sharing Thin Image volumes with Dynamic Provisioning and Dynamic Provisioning for Mainframe in a single storage system
      • Sharing Thin Image volumes with Resource Partition Manager
    • Acronyms and abbreviations for VSP family storage system software applications used in this guide
  • Configuring Thin Image
    • Prerequisites for configuring Thin Image
    • Workflow for configuring Thin Image
      • Workflow for creating and managing Thin Image pairs
      • Creating Thin Image data pools
      • Selecting pool volumes
      • Pool creation and data drive type priority
    • Workflow for registering virtual volumes
      • Editing the SSID for virtual volumes
      • Changing V-VOL settings
      • Creating V-VOLs for Thin Image S-VOLs
        • Removing LDEVs from registering tasks
        • Recognizing devices from the host server
        • Host server stoppages and device recognition issues
    • Overview of using CCI to run commands through in-band connections
    • Changing system options that affect Thin Image performance
  • Managing Thin Image Pairs
    • Thin Image pair tasks
    • Checking Thin Image pair status
    • Reloading Thin Image configuration information
    • Workflow for creating and managing Thin Image pairs
    • Workflow for creating Thin Image pairs using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
    • Creating Thin Image pairs using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
      • Selecting a pool as your primary volume
    • Example of creating complex Thin Image pairs
    • Pair operations for each consistency group
      • Adding Thin Image pairs to snapshot or consistency groups using CCI
      • Workflow for defining Thin Image pairs and defining them in snapshot or consistency groups using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
      • Storing snapshot data
    • Splitting Thin Image pairs to store snapshot data
      • Splitting Thin Image pairs to store snapshot data using CCI
    • Workflow for storing snapshot data or clone pairs in consistency groups
      • Using consistency group pair-split with shared volumes
    • Restoring Thin Image pairs
      • Failure during Thin Image pair restore
      • Restoring suspended Thin Image pairs
    • Thin Image pair resynchronization
      • Pair resynchronization methods
      • Resynchronizing Thin Image pairs
    • Assigning MU numbers to deleted snapshot data
    • Deleting snapshot data
    • Deleting Thin Image pairs
      • Accelerating the Thin Image pair deletion process
      • Removing Thin Image snapshot groups
    • Assigning secondary volumes to Thin Image pair snapshot data
      • Assigning secondary volumes to snapshot data after creating new Thin Image pairs
      • Assigning secondary volumes to snapshot data of existing Thin Image pairs
    • Releasing assignment of secondary volumes from Thin Image pair snapshot data
    • Changing assignment of secondary volumes to Thin Image pair snapshot data
  • Monitoring and maintaining Thin Image
    • Monitoring pair information
      • Viewing summary replication information
      • Viewing local replication summary information
      • Viewing the number of pairs
      • Viewing the list of primary volumes
      • Viewing pair properties
      • Thin Image pair status definitions
      • Viewing pair synchronization rates
    • Monitoring consistency groups
      • Viewing the number of consistency groups
      • Viewing the list of consistency groups
      • Viewing consistency group properties
    • Viewing Thin Image pair task history
      • Thin Image task code definitions
    • Viewing licensed capacities
    • Viewing the number of cache management devices
    • Managing pools
      • Monitoring pool information
      • Viewing used pool capacity
        • Viewing used capacity by pool
        • Viewing used capacity of the physical capacity by pool
        • Viewing used pool capacity by Thin Image pair's root volume
      • Viewing formatted pool capacity and pool usage rates
      • Increasing pool capacity
        • Failure of available pool capacity formatting and pool capacity increase
      • Decreasing pool capacity
        • Stopping the process of decreasing pool capacity
      • Editing the data pool warning threshold
      • Editing pool names
      • Workflow for recovering blocked pools
        • Recovering blocked pools
      • Workflow for decreasing pool capacity
        • Deleting pools
    • Managing virtual volumes
      • Editing virtual volume names
      • Workflow for deleting V-VOLs specified for Thin Image S-VOLs
        • Deleting virtual volumes
    • Viewing snapshot data capacity
    • Maintaining pairs during storage system maintenance
      • Switching off the power supply
        • Power supply and existing shared memory
        • Power supply and losing data in shared memory
  • CCI command reference for Thin Image
    • Pair tasks using CCI or Device Manager - Storage Navigator
    • CCI pair command results
    • Parameter ranges for CCI options
    • Troubleshooting with Command Control Interface
      • Command Control Interface SSB2 codes
      • Notes on using Thin Image primary volumes as TrueCopy, ShadowImage, or Universal Replicator pair volumes
        • Notes on storing snapshot data, and on cloning pairs
  • Thin Image GUI windows and wizards
    • Replication window
    • Local Replication window
    • View Pair Synchronization Rate window
    • View Pair Properties window
    • History window
    • Consistency Group Properties window
    • Create TI Pairs wizard
      • Create TI Pairs window
      • Assign Secondary Volumes window
      • Create TI Pairs confirmation window
    • Select Pool window
    • Split Pairs wizard
      • Split Pairs window
      • Split Pairs confirmation window
    • Resync Pairs wizard
      • Resync Pairs window
      • Resync Pairs confirmation window
    • Delete Pairs window
    • Edit Local Replica Options wizard
      • Edit Local Replica Options window
      • Edit Local Replica Options confirmation window
    • TI Pairs window
    • Assign Secondary Volumes wizard
      • Assign Secondary Volumes window
      • Assign Secondary Volumes confirmation window
    • Remove Secondary Volumes window
• TrueCopy
  • Overview of TrueCopy
    • TrueCopy
  • TC configuration
    • Configuration workflow
    • Defining port attributes
    • Adding remote connections
    • Setting the remote replication options
    • Completing SIMs for TC
  • TC pair operations
    • Pair operations workflow
    • Checking pair status
    • Creating pairs
    • Splitting pairs
    • Resynchronizing pairs
    • Deleting pairs
  • Monitoring and maintaining the TC system
    • Monitoring pair status and license capacity
      • Pair status definitions
    • Monitoring TC pair synchronization rate
    • Monitoring TC operations history
      • Operations listed in the History window
    • Changing P-VOL fence level
    • Forcibly deleting pairs
    • Saving pair information to a text file
    • Monitoring copy operations and I/O statistical data
    • Monitoring and maintaining remote connections and paths
      • Remote path status definitions
      • Configuring additional remote paths
      • Changing remote connection options
      • Deleting remote paths
    • Deleting remote connections
    • Managing power-off for systems and network devices
      • How powering off for a planned outage affects primary and secondary systems
      • Planned outage of the primary system
      • Planned outage of the secondary system or remote path
      • Planned outage of both primary and secondary systems
  • Troubleshooting TrueCopy
    • General troubleshooting
    • Remote path status problems
    • Split pair problems
    • Service information messages (SIMs)
    • Calling customer support
  • TC CLI reference
    • Configuration commands and options
    • Pair operation commands and options
    • Consistency group commands and options
    • Monitoring commands and options
    • Maintenance commands and options
    • Parameter range for CCI options
  • TC GUI reference
    • Add Remote Connection wizard
    • Edit Remote Connection Options wizard
    • Add Remote Paths wizard
    • Remove Remote Paths wizard
    • Edit Remote Replica Options wizard
    • Create Pairs wizard
    • Split Pairs wizard
    • Resync Pairs wizard
    • Delete Pairs wizard
    • Edit Pair Options wizard
• Universal Replicator
  • Universal Replicator overview
    • About Universal Replicator
    • Replication operations
      • Obtain journal
      • Journal copy
      • Restore journal
    • Copy operations
      • Initial copy operation
      • Update copy operation
    • Pair status
      • Pair status definitions
        • Additional information on pair status
        • UR PSUS types and behaviors
        • UR PSUE types and behaviors
    • 3DC configurations with three UR sites
      • 3DC multi-target configuration with three UR sites
        • 3DC multi-target configuration with three UR sites using delta resync
      • 3DC cascade configuration with three UR sites
  • UR configuration operations
    • Configuration workflow
      • Workflow for 3DC multi-target configuration with three UR sites
      • Workflow for 3DC cascade configuration with three UR sites
    • Defining Fibre Channel or iSCSI port attributes
    • Configuring primary and secondary storage systems for UR
    • Configuring additional remote paths
    • Creating journals and adding journal volumes
    • Assigning an MP blade to a journal
    • Setting the remote replica options
      • Setting the maximum initial copy activities option
      • Setting the blocked-path monitoring and blocked-path SIM monitoring options
  • UR pair operations
    • Pair operations
    • Creating a UR pair
    • Checking the pair status
    • Splitting a UR pair
    • Splitting a mirror
    • Creating point-in-time copies
    • Resynchronizing a UR pair
    • Resynchronizing a mirror
    • Deleting a UR pair
    • Deleting a mirror
    • Managing pairs in a GAD 3DC delta resync environment
      • Executing delta resync
        • Notes on delta resync
        • In case of delta resync failure
      • Resynchronizing GAD pairs in a GAD 3DC delta resync environment
      • Deleting GAD pairs in a GAD 3DC delta resync environment
  • Monitoring the UR system
    • Monitoring pair activity, status, license capacity
    • Suspend conditions for Universal Replicator pairs
    • Monitoring UR pair synchronization rate
    • Monitoring UR operations history
    • Pair operations history
    • Saving pair information to a text file
    • Monitoring copy operations and I/O statistics
    • Monitoring I/O and hardware performance with Performance Monitor
    • Monitoring journal (mirror) status
      • Device Manager - Storage Navigator mirror status definitions
      • CCI mirror status definitions
    • Monitoring UR remote connections and path status
  • Maintaining the UR system
    • Maintenance activities
    • Pair maintenance
      • Changing the maximum initial copy activities option
      • Changing the pair options
      • Forcibly deleting pairs
      • Releasing the differential data managed in a pool
      • Restoring a pair by adding a reserve journal volume
      • Restoring a pair without adding a reserve journal volume
    • Journal and mirror maintenance
      • Changing options used by journals
      • Changing options used by mirrors
      • Adding an additional journal volume to an existing journal
      • Replacing a journal volume with a reserve journal volume
        • Replacing a journal volume with a reserve journal volume using CCI
      • Adding a reserve journal volume
      • Deleting journal volumes from a journal
      • Deleting journals
    • Remote path maintenance
      • Modifying the data-transfer time threshold
      • Deleting remote paths
      • Deleting the UR relationship
    • Planned outage of storage systems in a GAD 3DC delta resync environment
      • Powering off the GAD+UR primary storage system
      • Powering on the GAD+UR primary storage system
      • Powering off the GAD secondary storage system
      • Powering on the GAD secondary storage system
      • Powering off the UR secondary storage system
      • Powering on the UR secondary storage system
      • Powering off the external storage system, I/O at primary site (GAD+UR)
      • Powering on the external storage system, I/O at primary site (GAD+UR)
      • Powering off external storage system, I/O at secondary site (GAD+UR)
      • Powering on external storage system, I/O at secondary site (GAD+UR)
  • Configurations with TrueCopy
    • Overview of UR/TC configurations
    • 3DC cascade configuration
      • Prerequisites for 3DC cascade
      • Setting up the 3DC cascade configuration
    • 3DC multi-target configuration
      • Prerequisites for 3DC multi-target
      • Setting up 3DC multi-target configuration
    • Delta resync configuration
      • Additional task for the 3DC multi-target configuration using delta resync
      • Creating the delta resync pair
      • Setting up remote command devices for use with CCI
      • Mapping remote command devices for delta resync operations
      • Assigning mirrors to remote command devices for delta resync operations
      • Releasing a remote command device for delta resync operations assigned to a mirror
      • Relationship between deleted associated pairs and assigned remote command devices
        • Automatically deleted pairs that are automatically released
      • Performing the delta resync operation
        • Problems that can occur in the delta resync operation
        • Delta resync failure error prevention
  • UR CLI reference
    • Configuration operations
    • Pair operations
    • Monitoring operations
    • Maintenance operations
    • Parameter range for CCI options
    • Consistency group operations
  • UR GUI reference
    • Create Journals wizard
    • Assign Journal Volumes wizard
    • Edit Journal Options wizard
    • Assign or MP Unit ID wizard
    • Edit Mirror Options wizard
    • Assign Remote Command Devices wizard
    • Split Pairs wizard
    • Split Mirrors wizard
    • Resync Pairs wizard
    • Resync Mirrors wizard
    • Delete Pairs wizard
    • Delete Mirrors wizard
    • Edit Pair Options wizard
• Global-active device
  • Overview of global-active device
    • About global-active device
  • Troubleshooting
    • General troubleshooting
    • Troubleshooting related to remote path status
    • Error codes and messages
    • SIM reports of GAD operations
    • Restoring pair statuses when a GAD consistency group contains local I/O mode pairs and block I/O mode pairs
      • Restoring pair statuses in the consistency group when the primary volume is at the primary site
      • Restoring pair statuses in the consistency group when the primary volume is at the secondary site
  • Performing configuration operations using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
    • Defining the attribute for a Fibre Channel port or an iSCSI port
    • Adding a remote connection
      • Determining the Round Trip Time
    • Adding the quorum disk
    • Assigning the GAD reserve attribute
    • Completing SIMs for GAD
  • Performing pair operations using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
    • Types of pair operations
    • Creating GAD pairs
    • Suspending GAD pairs
    • Suspending GAD pairs by consistency group
    • Resynchronizing GAD pairs
      • Registering pairs to a consistency group from the secondary storage system
    • Resynchronizing GAD pairs by consistency group
    • Deleting GAD pairs
      • Deleting GAD pairs (Normal deletion)
      • Forcibly deleting GAD pairs (for paired volumes)
      • Forcibly deleting GAD pairs (for nonpaired volumes)
  • Performing monitoring operations using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
    • Virtual storage machines displayed in Device Manager - Storage Navigator
    • Checking the status of a GAD pair
    • Checking the detailed status of a GAD pair
    • Checking the synchronization rate of a GAD pair
    • Checking the operation history of GAD pairs
      • Messages displayed in Description of the History window
    • Checking the status of GAD consistency groups
    • Checking the licensed capacity
    • Monitoring copy operation and I/O statistics
    • Checking the remote connection status
    • Checking the detailed status of remote connections and paths
  • Changing settings using Device Manager - Storage Navigator
    • Changing the asymmetric access status
    • Editing remote replica options
      • Changing the maximum initial copy activities setting
      • Changing the blocked-path monitoring and blocked-path SIM monitoring
      • Maximum initial copy activities
    • Changing quorum disk settings
    • Removing quorum disks
    • Editing remote connection options
    • Adding remote paths
    • Removing remote paths
    • Removing remote connections
    • Releasing the GAD reserve attribute
    • Releasing the differential data managed in a pool
  • Device Manager - Storage Navigator GUI reference for GAD
    • Create GAD Pairs wizard
    • Resync Pairs wizard
    • Resync Consistency Groups wizard
    • Delete Pairs wizard
    • Edit Asymmetric Access States wizard
    • Edit Remote Replica Options wizard
    • Edit Quorum Disks wizard
• Encryption
  • Overview of the encryption features for VSP F series and VSP G series
    • About the data-at-rest encryption features
    • Encryption component description
    • Support specifications for Encryption License Key and FMD Encryption License Key
    • When encryption keys are used
    • Audit logging of encryption events
    • Primary and secondary backups of encryption keys
    • Automatic encryption key backup (key management server only)
    • Regular encryption key backups
    • Workflow for implementing data encryption
  • Installation of Encryption License Key and FMD Encryption License Key
    • System requirements
      • Interoperability requirements and considerations
    • Installing the Encryption License Key and FMD Encryption License Key software
    • Configuring the encryption environmental settings
    • Disabling or removing the encryption software
  • Key management server connections
    • Setting up the client certificate
    • Configuring the key management server
    • Settings in the Edit Encryption Environmental Settings window
    • Restoring the key management server connection after SVP replacement
  • Creating and backing up encryption keys
    • Creating encryption keys
    • Backing up encryption keys
      • Backing up the encryption keys to a file
        • Changing the password requirements for the backup encryption keys
      • Backing up the encryption keys manually to a key management server
    • Viewing encryption keys backed up on the key management server
    • Changing the schedule for regular encryption key backups
    • Changing the data encryption key for encrypted data
  • Enabling encryption
    • Enabling encryption on a parity group that does not contain pool volumes
    • Enabling encryption on a parity group that contains pool volumes
    • Encrypting existing data
  • Disabling encryption
    • Disabling data encryption on a parity group that does not contain pool volumes
    • Disabling data encryption on a parity group that contains pool volumes
    • Formatting LDEVS at the parity-group level
  • Restoring encryption keys
    • Restoring keys from a file
    • Restoring keys from a key management server
    • Forcibly restoring encryption keys
      • Forcibly restoring keys from a file
      • Forcibly restoring keys from a key management server
  • Deleting encryption keys
    • Deleting (free) encryption keys from a file
    • Deleting (free) encryption keys from the storage system
    • Deleting a secondary backup encryption key from the server
  • Managing your encryption environment
    • Exporting the encryption key information
    • Rekeying the key encryption key
    • Rekeying the certificate encryption keys
    • Rekeying PINs
    • Retrying key encryption key acquisition
    • Initializing the encryption environmental settings
  • Troubleshooting
    • Encryption events in the audit log
    • Troubleshooting Encryption License Key and FMD Encryption License Key
    • Contacting customer support
• Volume Shredder
  • Overview of Volume Shredder
    • Data security practices and Volume Shredder
    • Supported volume types
    • Volume Shredder functions
    • Shredding times
  • Volume Shredder operations
    • Workflow for shredding
    • Blocking a volume
    • Blocking volumes in a parity group
    • Calculating the number of overwrite passes for flash drives
    • Example of shredding data on flash drives
    • Calculating the number of overwrite passes for FMDs
    • Example of shredding data on FMDs
    • Defining shredding conditions
    • Shredding a volume
    • Shredding volumes in parity groups
    • Viewing shredding status with the Tasks window
    • Viewing shredding status with the Logical Devices window
    • Stopping a shredding operation from HDvM - SN Tasks window
    • Stopping a shredding operation from HDvM - SN Interrupt Shredding Task window
    • Viewing shredding results with the Tasks window
    • Viewing shredding results in the compressed files
    • Understanding shredding results in compressed files
  • Volume Shredder GUI reference
    • Shred LDEVs wizard
      • Shred LDEVs window
      • Shred LDEVs wizard Confirm window
    • Edit Shredding Data Pattern window
    • Interrupt Shredding Task window
• Audit Log
  • Introduction to audit logs
    • Overview
    • Log accumulation in the storage system
    • SIM codes
  • Audit log GUI reference
    • Audit Log Properties window
    • Edit Audit Log Settings wizard
      • Edit Audit Log Settings window
      • Confirm window
• SNMP Agent
  • Introduction
    • SNMP Manager overview
      • How SNMP works
      • Management Information Base overview
    • SNMP Agent configuration
    • SNMP Agent overview
      • SNMP traps
      • SNMP Agent operations
      • SNMP Agent reported errors
    • Component status information from SNMP Manager
  • Using SNMP
    • Accessing the Alert Notifications window
    • Managing SNMP trap notification
      • Adding trap notification for SNMP v1 and v2c
      • Adding trap notification for SNMP v3
      • Changing trap notification for SNMP v1 and v2c
      • Changing trap notification for SNMP v3
      • Deleting SNMP trap notification
    • Managing SNMP request authentication
      • Adding request authentication for SNMP v1 and v2c
      • Adding request authentication for SNMP v3
      • Changing request authentication for SNMP v1 and v2c
      • Changing request authentication for SNMP v3
      • Deleting SNMP request authentication
    • Testing SNMP trap reports