HP P6000 Cluster Extension Software Installation Guide (5697-2275, November 2012)

Contents
1 Preparing to install P6000 Cluster Extension..................................................5
Ideal environment.....................................................................................................................5
Network communication requirements.........................................................................................5
Data backup requirements.........................................................................................................5
How P6000 Cluster Extension Software interacts with its environment..............................................5
Failover function..................................................................................................................6
How P6000 Cluster Extension utilizes vdisks............................................................................6
How P6000 Cluster Extension stores information......................................................................6
General installation prerequisites................................................................................................6
Environmental setup.............................................................................................................6
Disk space and system memory requirements...........................................................................7
Required firmware and software.................................................................................................7
2 Installing P6000 Cluster Extension Software ..................................................8
Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................8
Pre-installation procedures.........................................................................................................8
Checking the IP network setup and SAN configuration..............................................................8
Installing multipath software..................................................................................................9
Installing and configuring the JRE...........................................................................................9
Installing and configuring HP P6000/EVA SMI-S on all management servers...............................9
Configuring the HP P6000/EVA storage system.......................................................................9
Creating hosts.....................................................................................................................9
Creating vdisks and adding a LUN presentation....................................................................10
Creating DR groups...........................................................................................................11
Setting read-only mode and adding a LUN presentation to the destination vdisk.........................11
Installing MSCS on all nodes...............................................................................................11
Installing P6000 Cluster Extension Software...............................................................................12
Upgrading P6000 Cluster Extension Software............................................................................15
Upgrading from P6000 Cluster Extension 4.00.00 or later (Windows Server 2008/2008
R2/2012).........................................................................................................................16
Upgrading P6000 Cluster Extension with P6000 Command View upgrade...............................17
P6000 Cluster Extension maintenance.......................................................................................17
Modifying the P6000 Cluster Extension installation.................................................................18
Repairing the P6000 Cluster Extension installation.................................................................18
Removing P6000 Cluster Extension .....................................................................................19
Troubleshooting installation and maintenance problems...............................................................19
Registering the resource type and resource extension DLL manually...........................................23
Unregistering the resource type and resource extension DLL manually........................................24
3 Licensing.................................................................................................25
Retrieving a license key...........................................................................................................25
Using AutoPass to retrieve permanent license keys.......................................................................25
Using the clxautopass command-line utility.................................................................................25
Installing the license...........................................................................................................25
Importing a license key from a file........................................................................................26
Using the P6000 Cluster Extension registration tool ....................................................................26
Removing an instant-on license key...........................................................................................26
4 Support and other resources......................................................................28
Contacting HP........................................................................................................................28
Subscription service............................................................................................................28
New and changed information in this edition.............................................................................28
Related information.................................................................................................................28
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