HP StorageWorks 3000/5000 Enterprise Virtual Array updating product software guide (VCS 3.110) (5697-8108, March 2009)

Before beginning the upgrade, the current configuration information should be collected and saved.
This information can be used to restore the existing configuration if necessary. The configuration data
is saved to a series of files stored in a location other than on the storage system. HP Storage System
Scripting Utility (called the utility) is used to collect configuration information.
This procedure can be performed from the Storage Management Appliance or management server
where HP Command View EVA is installed, or any host running the utility to communicate with the
HP Command View EVA.
NOTE:
You will need the IP address or name of your management server to run the utility.
1. Double-click the HP Storage Systems Scripting Utility desktop icon to open the utility. When
prompted, enter Manager (management server name or IP address), User name, and Password.
2. Enter LS SYSTEM to display the arrays managed by the management server.
3. Enter SELECT SYSTEM system name, where system name is the name of the storage system.
The storage system name is case sensitive. If there are spaces between the letters in the name,
quotes must enclose the name. For example, SELECT SYSTEM “Large EVA”.
4. Enter CAPTURE CONFIGURATION, specifying the full path and filename of the output files for
the configuration data.
The configuration data is stored in a series of from one to five files, which are scripts. The file
names begin with the name you choose, with the restore step appended. For example, if you
specify a file name of LargeEVA.txt, the resultant configuration files would be
LargeEVA_Step1A.txt, LargeEVA_Step1B, etc.
The contents of the configuration files can be viewed with a text editor.
5. Enter exit.
NOTE:
You cannot use the utility to restore a configuration that contains disk drives of different capacities.
You must manually restore that type of configuration. See the “Restoring an array configuration with
different disk sizes and types” section in HP StorageWorks Storage System Scripting Utility reference
for more information
You can run the CAPTURE VALIDATE command for each of the files generated by the CAPTURE
CONFIGURATION command to determine if the file has been modified since the initial capture.
For more information about using the utility or using the CAPTURE commands, see the HP StorageWorks
Storage System Scripting Utility reference. See “Required documentation” on page 13 for the link to
this document.
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