HP StorageWorks XP24000/XP20000 Auto LUN Software User Guide (T5215-96009, May 2011)

Contents
1 Overview of HP StorageWorks XP Auto LUN Software.....................................5
Overview of XP Auto LUN..........................................................................................................5
Volume Migration to Balance Workloads.....................................................................................5
2 About XP Auto LUN Operations....................................................................7
Components............................................................................................................................7
Overview of Volume Migration...................................................................................................7
Manual Volume Migration.....................................................................................................7
Automatic Volume Migration...............................................................................................12
Interoperability with Other Products...........................................................................................15
How to Calculate the Number of Concurrent Migration Plans...................................................25
Calculating Differential Tables Required for Mainframe Volume Migration.................................26
Calculating Differential Tables Required for Open-System Volume Migration...............................27
Notes on Migrating XP Thin Provisioning Virtual Volumes........................................................28
3 Using the XP Auto LUN GUI.......................................................................31
Using the XP Auto LUN Windows.............................................................................................31
Manual Plan Window of XP Auto LUN......................................................................................31
Auto Plan Window of XP Auto LUN...........................................................................................39
Attribute Window of XP Auto LUN............................................................................................43
History Window of XP Auto LUN..............................................................................................49
4 XP Auto LUN Operations...........................................................................52
Starting XP Auto LUN..............................................................................................................52
Reserving Migration Destinations for Volumes.............................................................................52
Migrating Volumes Manually....................................................................................................53
Automating Volume Migrations.................................................................................................55
Setting a Fixed Parity Group................................................................................................55
Changing the Maximum Disk Usage Rate for Each HDD Class.................................................56
Setting Auto Migration Parameters.......................................................................................56
Remaking Auto Migration Plans...........................................................................................58
Viewing the Migration History Log............................................................................................58
5 Using RAID Manager for Manual Volume Migration.....................................66
Sample Volume Migration........................................................................................................66
Volume Migration Errors..........................................................................................................67
6 Troubleshooting........................................................................................68
Troubleshooting XP Auto LUN...................................................................................................68
Troubleshooting When Using RAID Manager.............................................................................68
Calling HP Technical Support...................................................................................................76
7 Support and Other Resources.....................................................................77
Related Documentation............................................................................................................77
Conventions for Storage Capacity Values...................................................................................77
HP Technical Support..............................................................................................................78
Subscription Service................................................................................................................78
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