HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Administrator Guide (Web Version) (TK981-96004, May 2014)

Contents
Preface .............................................................................................. 19
1 System configuration and requirements ............................................... 21
System configuration ................................................................................................................. 21
Network security configuration ................................................................................................... 23
Common security risks ........................................................................................................ 23
Security configuration recommended for Device Manager ....................................................... 24
System requirements for the management server and Host Data Collector computers .......................... 24
Maximum number of resources that can be managed ............................................................. 25
Changing the memory heap size .......................................................................................... 25
Changing the JDK of management servers ............................................................................. 26
Changing the Java execution environment used by Host Data Collector ..................................... 27
Host requirements .................................................................................................................... 28
Hosts that can be managed by Device Manager .................................................................... 28
Host management software supported by Device Manager ...................................................... 29
Prerequisites for normal hosts ............................................................................................... 30
Prerequisites for normal hosts managed by Host Data Collector ........................................ 30
Prerequisites for normal hosts managed by Device Manager agent ..................................... 32
Prerequisites for virtual machines .......................................................................................... 32
Prerequisites for virtual machines managed by Host Data Collector .................................... 32
Prerequisites for virtual machines managed by Device Manager agent ............................... 35
Operation workflow for allocating volumes to virtual machines .......................................... 36
Tasks required to change the virtual machine configuration ............................................... 39
Prerequisites for virtualization servers .................................................................................... 39
Prerequisites for virtualization servers .............................................................................. 39
Operation workflow for managing virtualization servers .................................................... 40
Notes on operating virtualization servers ........................................................................ 41
Prerequisites for mainframe hosts .......................................................................................... 41
Operation workflow of managing a mainframe host ......................................................... 41
Related products ....................................................................................................................... 42
System requirements for managing copy pairs .............................................................................. 42
Storage systems that can use Device Manager to manage copy pairs ...................................... 43
System configuration for managing copy pairs ....................................................................... 43
System configuration for using the local management method to manage copy pairs ............ 45
System configuration for using the central management method to manage copy pairs ......... 48
System configuration for using a virtual command device server configuration to manage
copy pairs .................................................................................................................. 50
System configuration for using an SVP configuration to manage copy pairs (when copy pairs
are defined in a configuration definition file) ................................................................... 53
System configuration for using an SVP configuration to manage copy pairs (when copy pairs
are defined as a device group) ...................................................................................... 55
Storage system requirements for managing copy pairs ............................................................ 58
Prerequisite version of the Device Manager agent for managing copy pairs .............................. 60
Notes on managing copy pairs ............................................................................................ 61
Notes on executing commands ................................................................................................... 62
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