HP StorageWorks XP Replication Monitor software installation and configuration guide (T1784-96008, November 2006)

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Contents

About this guide

Revision history........................................................................................................................................ 8

Intended audience ................................................................................................................................... 8

Document conventions and symbols............................................................................................................ 8

HP technical support................................................................................................................................. 9

Subscription service.................................................................................................................................. 9

HP web sites ........................................................................................................................................... 9

Documentation feedback......................................................................................................................... 10

1 Designing systems

1-1 Standard configuration of a XP Replication Monitor system...................................................... 11

1-1-1 Standard configuration of an open system............................................................................. 11

1-1-2 Standard configuration of a mainframe system....................................................................... 13

1-2 System components ............................................................................................................ 14

1-2-1 Software components ......................................................................................................... 15

1-2-2 Hardware components........................................................................................................ 15

1-3 Flow of control and data..................................................................................................... 16

1-3-1 Flow of control and data in an open system........................................................................... 16

1-3-2 Flow of control and data in a mainframe system .................................................................... 18

1-4 Possible nonstandard configurations ..................................................................................... 20

1-4-1 Nonstandard open system configurations .............................................................................. 20

1-4-2 Nonstandard mainframe system configurations ...................................................................... 20

1-5 XP Replication Monitor software related programs.................................................................. 20

1-5-1 Command View XP AE Suite Common Component ................................................................. 20

1-5-2 Device Manager ................................................................................................................ 21

1-5-3 RAID manager XP .............................................................................................................. 21

1-5-4 Business Continuity Manager............................................................................................... 21

1-5-5 Software provided with storage subsystems ........................................................................... 21

2 Installing XP Replication Monitor software

2-1 About the installation task flow............................................................................................. 23

2-2 Preparing for an installation ................................................................................................ 23

2-2-1 Preparing the management client ......................................................................................... 23

2-2-2 Preparing the management server ........................................................................................ 24

2-2-3 Preparing the hosts............................................................................................................. 25

2-2-4 Preparing the pair management server (for an open system) .................................................... 26

2-2-5 Preparing information required for installation ....................................................................... 26

2-2-6 Backing up databases of other Command View XP AE Suite products ....................................... 27

2-3 Installing a XP Replication Monitor server on a management server (Windows) .......................... 27

2-3-1 New installation................................................................................................................. 27

2-3-2 Upgrade installation or re-installation.................................................................................... 32

2-3-3 Uninstallation..................................................................................................................... 35

2-4 Installing an agent on a pair management server ................................................................... 36

2-4-1 Installing an XP Replication Monitor agent on a pair management server (For open systems)........ 36

2-5 Importing the alert settings for the earlier version.................................................................... 40

2-6 After finishing the installation............................................................................................... 40

2-6-1 Notes on uninstalling Device Manager.................................................................................. 40

2-6-2 Notes on stopping Command View XP AE Suite product services and daemons ......................... 41

3 Establishing XP Replication Monitor software initial settings

3-1 About the initial settings task flow......................................................................................... 42

3-2 Registering license information............................................................................................. 43

3-2-1 License key........................................................................................................................ 43

3-2-2 Registering license information (license key)........................................................................... 43

3-2-3 Viewing license information................................................................................................. 45