HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 3000/5000 updating product software guide (VCS 3.110) (5697-7959, February 2009)

Saving storage system configuration information
Estimated time to complete: 10–15 minutes
When to perfo
rm: As close as possible to the upgrade
Before begin
ning the upgrade, the current configuration information should be collected and saved. This
informatio
n can be used to restore the existing con figuration if necessary. The configuration data is saved
to a series o
f files stored in a location other than on the storage system. HP Storage System Scripting
Utility (c
alled the utility) is used to collect configuration information.
This proce
dure 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 ne
ed the IP address or nam e of your management server to run the utility.
1. Double-click the HP Storage Systems Scripting Utility desktop icon to open the utilit y. When
prompted, enter M anager (management ser ver name or I P address), User name, and Password.
2. Enter LS SYSTEM to display the arrays managed by the management server.
3. Enter SELECT SYSTEM system name,wheresystem name isthenameofthestoragesystem.
The storage system nam e 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 pa th 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,theresultantconfiguration 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”onpage14forthelinktothis
document.
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Pre-upgrade tasks