HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Installation and Configuration Guide (TK981-96001, May 2014)

From management clients, specify or view settings of the storage systems using Device Manager.
You use XP7 Command View AE through a management client (either the web client GUI or the Device
Manager and Tiered Storage Manager CLI) from which you can operate XP7 Command View AE,
Tiered Storage Manager, and Replication Manager.
The management server (where XP7 Command View AE is installed) centrally manages the storage
systems and hosts. The management server supports an active-standby type clustering configuration
consisting of two servers.
The management client accesses the servers and storage systems over a TCP/IP network. Hosts
(application servers) access the volumes in storage systems that are managed by XP7 Command View
AE over a Storage Area Network (SAN).
XP7 Command View AE consists of the following components, which are always installed or removed
together on the management server:
• HP XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Common Component
Provides user account management, security monitoring, and other functions common to all XP7
Command View AE products.
• Device Manager server
The component used by XP7 Command View AE to manage storage system volumes.
• Tiered Storage Manager server
The component used by Tiered Storage Manager to manage storage system volume migration.
• Replication Manager server
The component used by Replication Manager to manage storage system volume replication.
• Host Data Collector
The component used to collect information about hosts (normal hosts, virtual machines, and virtu-
alization servers), and information about the volumes used by the hosts.
NOTE:
The Host Data Collector component can be installed on other servers and accessed remotely by
XP7 Command View AE.
The pair management server centrally manages copy pair status and configuration. The following
components are installed on the pair management server:
• Device Manager agent
Collects hosts and storage system information.
• RAID Manager
Controls storage system copy pairs.
TIP:
Device Manager, Tiered Storage Manager, and Replication Manager support configurations other
than those discussed here. For details about the system configurations for each program, see the HP
XP7 Command View Advanced Edition Administrator Guide and the HP XP7 Replication Manager
Configuration Guide .
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