HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.0 Windows Storage Server Edition Administration Guide (403103-005, January 2008)
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- HP Technical Support
- Quick Start Checklist
- Introduction to HP Clustered File System
- Cluster Administration
- Administrative Considerations and Restrictions
- Tested Configuration Limits
- Volume and Filesystem Limits
- User Authentication
- Start the Management Console
- Cluster Management Applications
- The HP CFS Management Console
- View Installed Software
- Start HP Clustered File System
- Stop HP Clustered File System
- Back Up and Restore the Cluster Configuration
- HP Clustered File System Network Port Numbers
- Configure Servers
- Configure Network Interfaces
- Configure the SAN
- Configure Dynamic Volumes
- Configure PSFS Filesystems
- Manage Disk Quotas
- Manage Hardware Snapshots
- Configure Security Features
- Configure Event Notifiers and View Events
- Overview
- Install and Configure the Microsoft SNMP Service
- Cluster Event Viewer
- Configure Event Notifier Services
- Select Events for a Notifier Service
- Configure the SNMP Notifier Service
- Configure the Email Notifier Service
- Configure the Script Notifier Service
- View Configurations from the Command Line
- Test Notifier Services
- Enable or Disable a Notifier Service
- Restore Notifier Event Settings to Default Values
- Import or Export the Notifier Event Settings
- Using Custom Notifier Scripts
- Cluster Operations on the Applications Tab
- Configure Virtual Hosts
- Configure Service Monitors
- Configure Device Monitors
- Advanced Monitor Topics
- SAN Maintenance
- Other Cluster Maintenance
- Management Console Icons
- Index
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Manage Hardware Snapshots
HP Clustered File System provides support for taking hardware array-
based snapshots of PSFS filesystems. The snapshots provide a point-in-
time image of a PSFS filesystem. Users or the Administrator can then use
the Microsoft Shadow Copies of Shared Folders feature to recover
individual files or whole volumes from the appropriate snapshot image.
The subdevices containing the PSFS filesystems must reside on one or
more storage arrays that are supported for snapshots.
Supported Snapshot Methods
Snapshot methods can be configured either on the HP Management
Console “Configure Cluster” window or via the mx config snapshot
utility. (See the HP StorageWorks Clustered File System Installation Guide or
Setup Guide, depending on your product, for more information.) This
procedure creates a snapshot configuration file on each server.
Hardware snapshots are supported on Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks
Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) storage arrays and Engenio storage
arrays. See the Hardware and Software Configuration Guide for the
supported software and firmware versions.
HP EVA Storage Arrays
To take hardware snapshots or snapclones on Hewlett-Packard
StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) storage arrays, a supported
version of the HP StorageWorks Scripting System Utility (SSSU) must be
installed on all servers in the cluster. Also, a supported version of