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Group Administration Preface
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PS Series Array Software
• Firmware – Installed on each array, PS Series firmware allows you to manage your storage environment and
provides capabilities such as volume snapshots, cloning, and replication to protect data hosted on the array in
the event of an error or disaster.
– Group Manager GUI: Provides a graphical user interface for managing a group.
– Group Manager CLI: Provides a command line interface for managing a group.
• Manual Transfer Utility (MTU) – Runs on Windows and Linux
systems and enabl
es you to use physical media
to securely transfer large amounts of data to a replication partner, facilitating replication and preventing
network congestion.
Host Software for Windows
• Host Integration Tools:
– Remote Setup Wizard (RSW): Initializes new PS Series arrays, configures host connections to a group, and
configures and manages multipathing.
–
Multipath I/O Device Specific Module (MPIO DSM): Includes a connection awareness-module that
understands
PS Series network load balancing and facilitates host connections to PS Series volumes.
– VSS and VDS Provider Services: Allows backup software ve
ndors to perform off-host backups.
– Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition (ASM
/ME): Uses PS Series snapshots, cloning, and replication
to provide point-in-time protection of critical data for supported applications, including SQL Server,
Exchange Server, Hyper-V, and NTFS file shares.
• SAN HeadQuarters (SANHQ): Provides centralized monitoring, performance trending,
and event reporting for
multiple PS
Series groups.
Host Software for VMware
• Storage Replication Adapter for Site Recovery Manager (SRM): Allows SRM to understand and recognize PS
Series replication for full SRM integration.
• Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition (ASM/VE): Integrates with VMware
Virtual Center and PS Series
snapshots to enable Smart Copy protection of Virtual Center folders, datastores, and virtual machines.
Current Customers: You may not be running the latest versions of
the software listed above. If you are under a valid
warranty or support agreement for your PS Series array, you are entitled to obtain the latest updates and new
releases as they become available.