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HOW AND WHY TO UPGRADE TO HITACHI DEVICE MANAGER V7BRANDON LAMBERT, PRINCIPAL SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT

RICHARD JEW, SENIOR PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

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WEBTECH EDUCATIONAL SERIES

How and why to upgrade to Hitachi Device Manager v7

Hitachi Device Manager v7 lets you simplify and control all your storage assets from a centralized console with improved usability, workflow, speed, scalability and task management. Whether you have already upgraded or are considering an upgrade to v7, please join us for this informative WebTech session to learn the best practices for upgrading to Hitachi Device Manager v7.

In this session, you will learn:

Key feature differences between Hitachi Device Manager v6 and v7

Maintenance tasks to conduct prior to the upgrade

Best practices after completing the upgrade process

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UPCOMING WEBTECHS

December

‒ How Healthcare Providers Can Realize Clinical, Patient and IT Investment Value, Dec. 7, 9 a.m. PT, 12 p.m. ET

Please check www.hds.com/webtech for:‒ Link to the recording, presentation and Q&A (available next

week)

‒ Schedule and registration for upcoming WebTech sessions

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HOW AND WHY TO UPGRADE TO HITACHI DEVICE MANAGER V7BRANDON LAMBERT, PRINCIPAL SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT

RICHARD JEW, SENIOR PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

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KEY FEATURE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VERSION 6 AND VERSION 7 OF HITACHI DEVICE MANAGER

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Easy to deploy

Simple to use

Task oriented

Fast and scalable

Cloud ready

Automated

Hitachi Device Manager (HDvM) v7 -> Hitachi Command Suite (HCS) v7

Simplifies storage management and saves operational costs!

HITACHI DEVICE MANAGER V7

Simple to Complex

AdvancedNovice

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COMMON MANAGEMENT FOR ALL STORAGE

AMS 2100 AMS 2300USP V and VM VSP

AMS 2500

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Per

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ance

Hitachi is the first storage company to provide common software management across its entire product line!

HNAS

Hitachi Command Suite

Configuration, Provisioning, Performance Analytics,

Replication, Reporting, Data Mobility

HCP

• AMS = Hitachi Adaptable Modular Storage• HCP = Hitachi Content Platform • HNAS = Hitachi NAS Platform• USP V = Hitachi Universal Storage Platform® V• USP VM = Hitachi Universal Storage Platform VM• VSP = Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform

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HITACHI DEVICE MANAGER V7INTEGRATED HITACHI COMMAND SUITE INSTALLER

No special knowledge or additional services are required to install and use One DVD for installing all Hitachi Command Suite software

• One setup.exe to initiate the installer then choose which product to install• Products are enabled by installing additional license keys

Core Storage Resource Management

Hitachi Device

Manager

Hitachi Tiered

Storage Manager

Hitachi Replication

Manager

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HITACHI DEVICE MANAGER V7AGENTLESS HOST DISCOVERY

Discovers hosts, virtual machines and

applications without deploying host

agents Uses public interfaces provided by

managed objects, e.g. WMI for

Microsoft Windows

Agent deployment (core agent) Optionally required to do certain

tasks that the public interface does

not support, i.e. host provisioning

Collect data remotely with WMI or SSH

Share host configurations with other HCS products

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General Tasks puts the most common tasks in an easy to find place.

Common tasks storage administrators would typically need to use on a daily basis.

HITACHI DEVICE MANAGER V7TASK MANAGEMENT

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Three pieces of information

Which Host? What Size?How Many?

HITACHI DEVICE MANAGER V7SIMPLIFIED PROVISIONING

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HITACHI DEVICE MANAGER V7NEW SHARED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

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HITACHI DEVICE MANAGER V7HITACHI COMMAND SUITE V7 CONSOLE

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Device Manager v6

Configuration time

Execution time

Task 1

Execute 1

Task 2

Execute 2

User Operation time

Improved task completion performance Allows immediate task execution or scheduling for a later time Manage millions of resources with a single management server Improved CLI performance

Device Manger v7

Configuration time

Immediate Execution

Task 1

Execute 1

Task 2

Execute 2

User Operation time

Execute 1Scheduled Execution

Reduction of Operation time

HITACHI DEVICE MANAGER V7PERFORMANCE AND SCALABILITY ENHANCEMENTS

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MAINTENANCE TASKS TO CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE UPGRADE

BEST PRACTICES AFTER COMPLETING THE UPGRADE PROCESS

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PRE-UPGRADE PROCESS

Back up Hitachi relational database (HiRDB)

Back up Hitachi Tuning Manager (HTnM) agents (RAID, SAN, etc.)

Back up HTnM Alarms

Back up HTnM custom reports

Run prerequisite checker

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BACK UP HITACHI RELATIONAL DATABASE IN WINDOWS

Use the following command to back up the entire Hitachi relational database (HiRDB) on a Windows-based server‒ x:\Program Files\HiCommand\Base\Bin\hcmdsdbtrans

/export /workpath x:\backup_workpath /file x:\backup.zip /auto

‒ Notes‒ Change the “x” drive to the installation drive

‒ On 64-bit servers, change “Program Files” to “Program Files (x86)”

‒ “Workpath” directory must be an empty directory

‒ File location can not be in the “workpath” directory

‒ “/auto” stops and starts all of the required services for backup automatically

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BACK UP HITACHI RELATIONAL DATABASE IN UNIX OR LINUX

Use the following command to back up the entire Hitachi relational database (HiRDB) on a UNIX/LINUX based server‒ /opt/HiCommand/Base/Bin/hcmdsdbtrans -export -

workpath /tmp/backup_workpath -file /opt/HiCommand/backup.zip -auto

‒ Notes‒ The “workpath” directory must be an empty directory

‒ The file location can not be in the “workpath” directory

‒ “-auto” stops and starts all of the required services for backup automatically

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BACK UP HITACHI TUNING MANAGER AGENTS

Use the following commands to back up all Hitachi Tuning Manager agent instances on the Hitachi Command Suite server

Windows‒ x:\Program Files\HiCommand\TuningManager\jp1pc\

tools>jpcctrl backup *‒ Change the “x” drive to the installation drive

‒ On 64-bit servers, change “Program Files” to “Program Files (x86)”

UNIX and LINUX‒ /opt/jp1pc/tools/jpcctrl backup '*'

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BACK UP HITACHI TUNING MANAGER ALARMS

Windows‒ x:\Program Files\HiCommand\TuningManager\jp1pc\tools>jpcalarm

export –f RAIDAlarmTable.bak -key agtd

‒ Change the “x” drive to the installation drive

‒ On 64-bit servers, change “Program Files” to “Program Files (x86)”

Unix and LINUX‒ /opt/jp1pc/tools/jpcalarm export -f RAIDAlarmTable.bak -key agtd

Run for each agent type installed‒ Oracle agent: agto

‒ NAS agent: agtn

‒ Switch agent: agtw

‒ Unix agent (Solaris, Linux, HPUX): agtu

‒ Agent for SQL Server : agtq

‒ Agent for Windows : agtt

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BACK UP HITACHI TUNING MANAGER CUSTOM REPORTS

Create a custom xml file to back up the reports

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BACK UP HITACHI TUNING MANAGER CUSTOM REPORTS WINDOWS

Use the following command with your custom xml file to back up the custom reports:‒ x:\Program Files\HiCommand\TuningManager\

PerformanceReporter\tools>jpcrdef output -o c:\HTMPRexports\HTMReports.xml PRExport.xml‒ Change the “x” drive to the installation drive

‒ On 64-bit servers, change “Program Files” to “Program Files (x86)”

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BACK UP HITACHI TUNING MANAGER CUSTOM REPORTS ON UNIX AND LINUX

Use the following commands to set your path information:‒ PR_HOME=/opt/HiCommand/TuningManager/

PerformanceReporter/

‒ PR_CONFIG=/opt/HiCommand/TuningManager/PerformanceReporter/conf/config.xml

‒ PR_BASEHOME=/opt/HiCommand/Base/

‒ export PR_HOME PR_CONFIG PR_BASEHOME

Use the following command with your custom xml file to back up the custom reports:‒ /opt/HiCommand/TuningManager/PerformanceReporter/

tools/jpcrdef output -o /HTMExports/HTMReports.xml PRExport.xml

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PREREQUISITE CHECKER

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NEW FUNCTIONALITY DEMONSTRATION

Configuration‒ Storage carving

‒ Storage provisioning

‒ Host management

‒ Pool creation and modification

Mobility‒ Migration

‒ HDT management and reporting

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QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION

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UPCOMING WEBTECHS

December

‒ How Healthcare Providers Can Realize Clinical, Patient and IT Investment Value, Dec. 7, 9 a.m. PT, 12 p.m. ET

Please check www.hds.com/webtech for:‒ Link to the recording, presentation and Q&A (available next

week)

‒ Schedule and registration for upcoming WebTech sessions

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