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Table of Contents: Navisphere Manager Simulator Lab

Copyright ............................................................................................................................2
Trademark Information .......................................................................................................3
Document Revision History ................................................................................................4
Table of Contents: Navisphere Manager Simulator Lab ....................................................5

Introduction to Lab Exercises .................................................................................................7
Lab Exercise 1: Logging into and Navigating Navisphere Manager .......................................8

Lab Exercise 1 ....................................................................................................................9
Part 1: Logging into the Navisphere Manager ....................................................................9
Lab Exercise 1 ..................................................................................................................11
Part 2: Navigating the Navisphere Manager User Interface.............................................11

Lab Exercise 2: Enable/Disable Navisphere Classic CLI and Configuring NTP ...................16

Lab Exercise 2 ..................................................................................................................17
Part 1: Enabling and Disabling Navisphere Classic CLI ...................................................17
Lab Exercise 2 ..................................................................................................................18
Part 2: Configuring NTP....................................................................................................18

Lab Exercise 3: Storage Management - Allocating and Assigning LUNs .............................20

Lab Exercise 3 ..................................................................................................................21
Part 1 : Using the Storage Allocatation Wizard to assign LUNs........................................21
Lab Exercise 3 ..................................................................................................................24
Part 2 : Manually Bind LUNs.............................................................................................24

Lab Exercise 4: Configuring SnapView Snapshots ..............................................................28

Lab Exercise 4 : Configuring SnapView Snapshots..........................................................29

Lab Exercise 5: Configuring SnapView Clones ....................................................................31

Lab Exercise 5 : Configuring SnapView Clones................................................................32

Lab Exercise 6: Configuring Full and Incremental SANCopy ...............................................34

Lab Exercise 6 ..................................................................................................................35
Part 1 : SANCopy Full Replicas ........................................................................................35
Lab Exercise 6 ..................................................................................................................38
Part 2 : SANCopy Incremental Replicas ...........................................................................38

Lab Exercise 7: Creating Synchronous and Asynchronous Mirrors......................................40

Lab Exercise 7 ..................................................................................................................41
Part 1 : Creating Synchronous Mirrors..............................................................................41
Lab Exercise 7 ..................................................................................................................43
Part 2 : Creating Asynchronous Mirrors............................................................................43

Lab Exercise 8: Expanding LUNs and Migrating LUNs .......................................................45

Lab Exercise 8 ..................................................................................................................46
Part 1 : Expanding LUNs with Stripe Expansion ...............................................................46
Lab Exercise 8 ..................................................................................................................48
Part 2: Expanding LUNs with Concatenation Expansion ..................................................48
Lab Exercise 8 ..................................................................................................................50

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Introduction to Lab Exercises

Purpose:

This lab is designed to familiarize the user with the configuration
and management of a CLARiiON Storage System using the
Navisphere Manager Graphical User Interface (GUI). The
Navisphere Manager GUI is very robust in its ability to provide the
necessary information for day-to-day management of a CLARiiON
data storage environment, while providing an easy to use,
Windows look and feel. This lab will walk the user through the
steps necessary to create and allocate data storage on a
CLARiiON Storage System as well as acquaint the user with
optional CLARiiON software that allows for disaster recovery and
staging data for online data backups.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Configure RAID Groups on a CLARiiON Storage System
• Bind LUNs to RAID Groups on a CLARiiON Storage

System

• Configure Storage Groups on a CLARiiON Storage System
• Configure

Snapshots

•  Create Clones
•  Create SANCopy Full and Incremental Sessions
•  Create MirrorView Synchronous and Asynchronous Images
•  Expand a LUN to create metaLUNs
•  Migrate a LUN to another LUN

References:

CLARiiON Basic Management Student Guide

CLARiiON Advanced Management Student Guide

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Lab Exercise 1:

Logging into and Navigating Navisphere

Manager

Purpose:

To login to the Navisphere Manager simulator and navigate the
Navisphere Manager GUI.

Objectives:

In this exercise, students will:

• Login to Navisphere Manager Simulator
• Expand Object folders
• Explore

Menus

• Create

Users

References:

Note 1: It is highly recommended that JRE 1.6.x is used in the
management environment.

Note 2: Each step in this lab must be followed closely as you
configure the storage environment. All future lab exercises
depend on specific storage objects being configured
precisely as planned. Any deviation from the stated naming
conventions may cause difficulties with the exercises that follow.

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Lab Exercise 1

Part 1:

Logging into the Navisphere Manager

Step

Action

Start the Navisphere Manager interface by choosing Start > Programs >
Navisphere Simulation > Launch Navisphere Simulator.

If this is your first time Logging into Navisphere Manager fill out all appropriate
fields in the “Installer Details” window and click Activate

Verify Username: administrator and Password: emc . Click “OK” at the login
screen

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Lab Exercise 1

Part 2:

Navigating the Navisphere Manager User Interface

Step

Action

In the Enterprise Storage Window, expand the objects where you see a “+” sign.
The Task Bar shown at the left allows the user to perform common functions such
as Binding LUNs and creating Mirrors and Snapshots. It brings up a Wizard to
guide the user through basic configuration tasks. Initially the Reserved LUN Pool is
empty and there are no RAID Groups, Storage Groups, and LUNs. The Physical
container shows a number of DAE3P and components in the rack. The LUN
Folders container allows a way to easily organize LUNs in the array.

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Step

Action

Click on the File tab and examine the options available.

Click on the Tools > Security tab from the toolbar and examine the options
available.

Click on Tools> Security > User Management > Add

Add a second user with the parameters below.

Username: manager

Role: manager

Password: emc

Leave the global/Local at the default of global.

Click OK,YES, OK and confirm the new user creation.

Go to File > Logout, then login as “manager”.

Examine the File options and note the changes.

Examine the Tools > Security options and note the changes.

What does this tell you about the Roles assigned to a user and their permissions?

Note Manager can not create a new user.

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Step

Action

Logout and login as “administrator”.

Click on Tools> Security > User Management > Add

Add a third user with the parameters below.

Username: security

Role: security administrator

Password: emc

Leave the global/Local at the default of global.

Click OK,YES, OK and confirm the new user creation.

Go to File > Logout, then login as “security”.

Examine the File options and note the changes.

Examine the Tools > Security options and note the changes.

Click on the Storage Array “cx4-Top-90”

What options are displayed? Why?

Logout and login as “administrator” for the remainder of the lab.

End of Lab Exercise 1

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Lab Exercise 2:

Enable/Disable Navisphere Classic CLI

and Configuring NTP

Purpose:

To enable and disable Navisphere Classic CLI and Configure NTP

Objectives:

In this exercise, students will:

• Enable Navisphere Classic CLI
• Disable Navisphere Classic CLI
• Configure

NTP

References:

CLARiiON Basic Management Student Guide

CLARiiON Advanced Management Student Guide

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Lab Exercise 2

Part 1:

Enabling and Disabling Navisphere Classic CLI

Step

Action

Right click on the storage array > Enable/Disable Classic CLI

Click Yes and confirm the change.

Repeat the process and confirm that Classic CLI is now enabled

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Lab Exercise 2

Part 2:

Configuring NTP

Step

Action

Click File > Set up Domain > NTP

Click OK to the message for NTP Domain Operation to override clock settings

Check the “Enable NTP” box and set the “Time Sync Interval” to 1 hr.

Check the default address (ex. 65.105.110.66) with the default Key ID and Key
Value.

Click Apply, Yes, OK, Cancel

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Lab Exercise 3:

Storage Management - Allocating and

Assigning LUNs

Purpose:

To create RAID groups, bind LUNs, and create Storage Groups.

Objectives:

In this exercise, students will:

•  Use the Allocate and Assign Wizards to bind LUNs
•  Manually Bind LUNs
•  Create RAID Groups
•  Create Storage Groups

References:

CLARiiON Basic Management Student Guide

CLARiiON Advanced Management Student Guide

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Lab Exercise 3

Part 1 :

Using the Storage Allocatation Wizard to assign LUNs

Step

Action

Right click on the “Allocate” icon under the Storage Management Task bar to
launch the Storage Allocation Wizard.

Click Next after reading the Wizard dialog. A list of available servers will be
displayed.

Read the dialog from the “Select Servers” window.

Keep the “Assign LUNs to the servers” radio button selected.

Click on the server w3k-240.

Click Next.

The “Select Storage System” window will display the available arrays. Highlight the
cx4-Top-90 array.

Click Next.

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Step

Action

To create a New RAID Group, click on the “New RAID Group” box.

Using the dropdowns, Enter the values shown in the next screen and select Apply

Click Apply, YES, OK, Cancel to exit

Once the RAID Group is created, highlight the group.

Click Next.

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Step

Action

From the “LUN Properties” window.

Read the dialog, then select:

Number of LUNS: 4

Check (default) “Automatically assign LUN IDs as LUN names”.

LUN Name: Empty

Sequence Number: Empty

Note the RAID Type (grayed out).

User Capacity: 5 GB

Click Next.

From the Summary Window, read the dialog and verify the creation of the LUNs.

Click Finish.

From the Results Window read the dialog.

Click Finish

Note The operation created a default storage group, connected the server to the storage

group, and added the LUNS to the SG

Expand the cx4-Top-90 storage system RAID Groups and Storage Groups to view
the completed operations.

Examine the Results

What did the wizard name the Storage Group?

Repeat Steps 1 - 7 except this time use “cx4-Bott-92” for the storage system

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Lab Exercise 3

Part 2 :

Manually Bind LUNs

Step

Action

Create the following RAID Groups (without the Wizard)

Right click on the cx4-Top-90 array > Create RAID Group

Use the following parameters for the RAID groups:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RAID Group ID: 1

Number of Disks: 6

RAID Type: RAID 6

Check “Automatically Destroy after Last LUN is Unbound”

Expansion/Defragmentation Priority: Medium

Disk Selection: Automatic

Click Apply, Yes, OK

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RAID Group ID: 2

Number of Disks: 5

RAID Type: RAID 5

Check “Automatically Destroy after Last LUN is Unbound”

Expansion/Defragmentation Priority: Medium

Disk Selection: Automatic

Click Apply, Yes, OK

Verify the RAID Groups have been created as shown below.

Right click on the RAID Group 1 > Bind LUN

Use the following properties for the LUN using the dropdowns

LUN ID: 10

Default Owner: SPA

Number of LUNs: 4

LUN size: 10GB

Click Apply, Yes, OK, Cancel

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Step

Action

Verify the RAID Group and LUNs have been created.

Right click the Storage Groups icon and create a Storage Group named “SG_w3k-
241”.

Click on the Assign Icon under the Storage Management Task Bar.

Click Next on the Welcome window.

In the “Select Servers” window, check the box for server “w3k-241” and click Next.

In the “Select Storage System” window, select the CX3-40-TOP array and click
Next.

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Step

Action

In the “Select Storage” window, from the “Available LUNs” section expand SPA and
check LUNs 10,11,12,13. This moves the LUNs to the “Selected LUNs” section.

Click Next, Finish, Finish.

Verify that both the Host and LUNs were added to storage group “SG_w3k-241”.

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Step

Action

Right click on RAID Group 1 and Bind 4 new LUNs with the following properties:

Bind 2 LUNs of 5GB having LUN IDs 20 and 21.

Bind 2 LUNs of 10GB having LUN IDs 22 and 23.

Verify the configuration It should appear the same as the slide below.

Repeat Steps 1 - 6 except this time use “cx4-Bott-92” for the storage system

End of Lab Exercise 3

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Lab Exercise 4:

Configuring SnapView Snapshots

Purpose:

A snapshot is a virtual LUN that when activated, allows a
secondary server to view a point-in-time copy of a source LUN.

An active snapshot is a composite of a source LUN and reserved
LUN data that lasts until you destroy the snapshot. Each snapshot
is linked to a source LUN(s). If the storage system loses power
while the SnapView session is running both the session and
snapshot would survive the storage system power failure, as long
as all sessions run in persistent mode.

Writes to an active snapshot from a secondary server are stored
in the reserved LUN pool until the snapshot is deactivated. When
a secondary server deactivates the snapshot, the software
destroys all writes made to the snapshot.

Objectives:

In this exercise, students will:

• Create Snapshots using the Wizard
• Remove

Snapshots

References:

CLARiiON Basic Management Student Guide

CLARiiON Advanced Management Student Guide

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Lab Exercise 4 : Configuring SnapView Snapshots

Step

Action

From the Task Bar, click on the Replication Tab.

Click the Configure SnapView Snapshots Icon to launch the Wizard.

Read the Welcome Screen and click Next.

From the “Select a Production Server” window select w3k-240 as the Production
Server and click Next.

From the “Select Storage System” window select the cx4-Top-90 Storage array and
click Next.

From the “Select the Source LUNs” window expand the Storage Groups container.

Next, expand the SG_W3k-240 container and check the box for LUN 0 to move it to
the selected LUNs window. Click Next.

Read the “Configure Storage overhead for Snapshots” window. Keep the defaults
for the storage overhead parameters. Click Next.

From the “Select Snapshot LUN names window” keep the defaults. Note that the
wizard provide a name for newly created LUNS. Click Next.

From the “Assign Snapshot to a Server” window select w3k-241, keeping the
defaults, and click Next.

Read the Summary and click Finish.

Read the Results window and click Finish.

In the “LUNs Folder” expand the container for the “Reserved LUN Pool”. Note that
the wizard created two LUNs.

Expand the “Private LUNs” container. Do you see any reserved LUNs?

Expand the “SP” containers under the “LUNs Folder” container. What is the status
of the Source LUN?

Expand the Storage Group container for w3k-240. What is the status of LUN 0?

Expand the Storage Group container for w3-241 > Snapshots. What is in the
Snapshots container?

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Step

Action

Expand the Storage Group container w3k-240 > LUNs and right click LUN_0.
Select Snapview > Start Snapview Session.

Name the session “SnapShot_Session_LUN0”, highlight the LUN in the Selected
LUNs window and click OK.

Click YES , OK to confirm

Expand the SnapView container > Snapshots > Snapshot Names and right click on
the LUN_0_Snapshot_1.

Select “Activate Snapshot” and select “SnapShot_Session_LUN0”

Check that the status of LUN0 changed to Active.

Did the “Reserved LUN Pool” change?

Expand the SnapView > Snapshot Names container and right click
“LUN_0_Snapshot_1”. Select “Deactivate Snapshot”.

Expand the Snapshots > Sessions Names container and right click
“Snapshot_Session_LUN0”. Select “Stop Session”, read the message and click
Yes.

Check the Reserved LUN Pool, did it free the LUN?

Right click on the Snapshot again and select “Destroy Snapshot”. What happened?

The snapshot was assigned to server w3k-241, right click on the SG_w3-241 >
Select LUNS

Select “LUN_0_Snapshot_1”, click “Remove” and then click Apply.

Expand the Snapshot > Snapshot Names container and click “Destroy Snapshot”.
Did it work?

End of Lab Exercise 4

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Lab Exercise 5:

Configuring SnapView Clones

Purpose:

A clone is a complete copy of a source LUN. You specify a source
LUN when you create a clone group. The copy of the source LUN
begins when you add a clone LUN to the clone group. The
software assigns each clone a clone ID. This ID remains with the
clone until you remove the clone from its group.

While the clone is part of the clone group and unfractured, any
production write requests made to the source LUN are simultaneously
copied to the clone. Once the clone contains the desired data, you can
fracture the clone. Fracturing the clone separates it from its source LUN,
after which you can make it available to a secondary server.

Objectives:

In this exercise, students will:

• Create Clones with the Wizard
• Use Clone commands
• Remove

Clones

References:

CLARiiON Basic Management Student Guide

CLARiiON Advanced Management Student Guide

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Lab Exercise 5 : Configuring SnapView Clones

Step

Action

From the Task Bar, click on the Replication Tab.

From the Task Bar Wizard, Click Configure SnapView Clones Icon

Select Next from the Welcome screen.

From the “Select a Production Server” window select w3k-240 as the Production
Server and click Next.

From the “Select Storage System” window select cx4-Top-90 and click Next.

From the “Select the Source LUNs” window expand the Storage Groups container.

Next, expand the SG_W3k-240 container and check the box for LUN 0 to move it to
the selected LUNs window. Click Next.

From the “Select Clone LUN Names” window keep the defaults. Note that the
wizard provide a name for newly created LUNS. Click Next.

From the “RAID Configuration” window click Next

From the “Assign Clone to a Server” window keep the defaults and select server
w3k-241. Click next

Read the Summary and click Finish.

Read the Results window and click Finish.

Examine the following containers for Clone status.

Expand the LUNS Folder > Private LUNs Container. Did any new LUNS get
created?

Expand RAID Group 1 > Private LUNS. Did any new LUNS get created?

Expand Storage Group w3k-240 . What is the Source LUNs status?

Expand the SnapView > Clones container. Examine the state of the clone group
and it members.

Right click on the Clone Group, “01000…’, and the clone to see the available
options.

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Step

Action

Add a second Clone to the existing Group.

Right click on the Clone group “LUN 0_CloneGroup” and select “Add Clone”.

Expand the SPs and note the available LUNs.

Select LUN 1, keep the defaults, click Apply, OK , Cancel.

Examine the Clone Group again. Note the RAID Types that make up the Clone
group.

What does this tell you about adding a Clone?

Right click on Clone “010000…” and select “Fracture”.

Note the status change on both Clones

Right click Clone “010000...” and select “Synchronize”.

Right Click on the Clone group “LUN 0_CloneGroup” and select “Destroy Clone
Group”. What happened?

Right click on the Clone “010000…” and select “Remove”.

Right click on the Clone “020000…” and select “Remove”.

Right click on the Clone group “LUN 0_CloneGroup” again and select “Destroy
Clone Group”. What happened?

End of Lab Exercise 5

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Lab Exercise 6: Configuring Full and Incremental SANCopy

Purpose:

To configure a Full SANCopy session and Incremental SANCopy
session.

Objectives:

In this exercise, students will:

•  Create a Full SANCopy session
•  Remove a Full SANCopy session
•  Create an Incremental SANCopy session
•  Remove an Incremental SANCopy session

References:

CLARiiON Basic Management Student Guide

CLARiiON Advanced Management Student Guide

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Lab Exercise 6

Part 1 : SANCopy Full Replicas

Step

Action

On the “cx4-Top-90” array expand storage Group SG_w3k-240.

Right click on LUN 0 > Properties

Rename LUN 0 to “SANCopy_Primary_LUN0”. Click OK, Yes, OK, Cancel.

On the “cX4-Bott-92” array expand Storage Group SG_w3k-240.

Right click on LUN 1 > Properties.

Rename LUN 1 to “SANCopy_Secondary_LUN1”

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Step

Action

From the Task Bar, select Replication > Configure SANCopy.

From the Welcome screen click Next.

From the “Select SANCopy Storage System” window select “CX3-40-TOP”.

From the “Select Session Type” window select Full and click Next.

From the “Select Storage Sources” window select SANCopy_Primary_LUN0 and
click Next.

From the “Select Storage Destinations for Storage Sources” right click LUN 0 under
the “ID” column choose Select Destination Storage

Use the dropdown from the “Storage Destination” select cx4-Bott-92 and note the
available LUNs

Select SANCopy_Seconday_LUN 1 > OK then Next

From the “Sessions Names” window Click Next

Read the Summary click Finish, OK.

Expand the SAN Copy Sessions container on you cx4-Top-90 array. The session
will appear as a Full session under the owning SP of the LUN you selected.

Right click on the session and Start the session. Wait until it completes.

Once started, right click and select “ status”

Click on each tab of the status ( Copy, Source, and Destination)

Click OK and validate the session has a status of “Completed” under “San Copy
Sessions”.

Right click on the Session Name > Remove

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Lab Exercise 6

Part 2 : SANCopy Incremental Replicas

Step

Action

Using the Wizard, follow the process used to create a Full SANCopy replica except
choose “Incremental”

Select the same Source LUN ( SANCopy_Primary_LUN0) and Destination LUNs
(SANCopy_Secondary_LUN1)

From the “Link Utilization” window keep the default Link Bandwidth of 1.5 Mbps and
select Next.

From the “Session Name” window, highlight the Session Name and select “EDIT”.

Append _inc to the session name to make it “w3k-240:0_inc”

Click OK > Next

Read the Summary Screen and click Finish > OK.

Expand and examine the following containers to view the LUNS/names created
during the session.

Reserved LUN Pool

LUN Folders > SPA and SPB

Storage Group SG_w3k-240

Snapview > Snapshots and Sessions > Reserved Sessions

SANCopy Sessions > SPB Incremental Sessions

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Step

Action

Right click on the session name > Status > The differences here show an
incremental session has a “MARK” associated with it. Incremental San Copy will
transfer only changes that have occurred on the source since the last session.
Once the session completes, check out the status again to make sure it shows
complete.

Highlight each tab to view the details

Note Manual creation of SANCopy sessions follows the same process. The manual

implementation is not part of the current Simulator.

Right click on the session> Status > Click Start Session.

After the session has Completed.

Right click the session and click Remove.

Rename the SANCopy LUNs back to their original names.

End of Lab Exercise 6

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Lab Exercise 7:

Creating Synchronous and Asynchronous

Mirrors

Purpose:

A remote mirror consists of a primary image and up to two
secondary images. The production image (the one mirrored) is
called the primary image; the copy image is called the secondary
image.

MirrorView/S supports up to two remote images. Each image
resides on a separate storage system. The primary image
receives I/O from a server called the production server; a
separate storage system maintains the secondary image. This
storage system can optionally have a failover/standby computer
connected to it or can be connected to its own computer system.
Both storage systems can be in different domains, which you
manage with the User Interface (UI). The client that is managing
the storage system containing the primary images can fail over to
the secondary image if the primary image becomes inaccessible.
In the previous labs, you created RAID Groups, Storage Groups
attached hosts, and created Clones and Snaps. CLARiiONs
arrays support two (2) types of mirrors - Synchronous and
Asynchronous.

The creation of RAID Groups Storage Groups and LUNs should
have already been done on BOTH ARRAYS.

Objectives:

In this exercise, students will:

•  Create a Synchronous Mirror
•  Remove a Synchronous Mirror
•  Create an Asynchronous Mirror
•  Remove an Asynchronous Mirror

References:

CLARiiON Basic Management Student Guide

CLARiiON Advanced Management Student Guide

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Lab Exercise 7

Part 1 : Creating Synchronous Mirrors

Step

Action

Right click on the cx4-Top-90 array > MirrorView > Manage MirrorView
Connections

Select the connection from the right panel and click Enable. Click OK.

Open Storage group w3k-240 on cx4-Top-90 array. Right click on LUN 1 >
Properties> Rename the LUN 1 to MVS_Source_LUN1

Click on the “Configure MirrorView” icon from the Task Bar.

Read the Welcome window and click Next.

From the “Select Servers” window highlight w3k-240 and click Next.

From the “Select Primary Storage System” window select cx4-Top-90 and click
Next.

From the “Select Storage LUN” window expand the Storage Group w3k-240, check
the box for MVS_Source_LUN1, highlight the LUN in the “Selected LUNs” menu.
Click Next.

From the “Select Secondary Storage System” window select cx4-Bott-92 and click
Next.

From the “Select Mirror Type” window read the dialog for the Mirror types and
choose “Synchronous”. Click Next.

From the “Attribute” window read the dialog, keep the defaults, and click Next

From the “Configuration” window click Next.

From the “RAID Configuration” window keep the defaults and click Next.

From the “Select Servers” window, leave the defaults, and select w3k-241. Click
Next.

Read the Summary window and click Finish.

Read the “Results” window click Finish.

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Step

Action

Expand and examine the following containers on the Primary ( cx4-Top-90) and
Secondary (cx4-Bott-92) arrays

LUN Folders > Private LUNs

LUN Folders > SP A and SP B

Storage Groups

Remote Mirrors

Note The write intent log keeps track of writes that have not yet been made to the remote

image for the mirror. It allows for fast recovery when the primary storage system
fails. When the primary fails and is recovered, the write intent log is used to
synchronize the data on the remote image. Otherwise, a full resynchronization
would be required for the remote image. In situations where you must replace the
primary storage system due to a catastrophic failure, you can use a promotion to
access data on the secondary storage system. To recover and restore I/O access,
you must promote a secondary mirror image to the role of primary mirror image, so
that a server can access it.

On the Primary array (cx4-Top-90) open the “Remote Mirrors” container and
expand out all options.

Right click on the “Secondary Image” and note the options.

Click Promote, read the Warning message, click Yes, then OK.

Did the Primary and Secondary Mirrors switch states?

Try promoting the Primary image. What happened?

Promote the Secondary Image back to Primary

Right click on the Secondary Image and Fracture the mirror. Did the state change?

Right click on the Secondary Image and click “Remove”.

Right click on the Mirror Name and click “Destroy”.

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Lab Exercise 7

Part 2 : Creating Asynchronous Mirrors

Step

Action

Creating an Asynchronous Mirror is very similar to a Synchronous Mirror.

Open the SG_W3k-240 Storage Group. Right click on LUN 2, Rename LUN 2 to
“MVA_Source_LUN2”

Click on the “Configure MirrorView” icon from the Task Bar.

Read the Welcome window and click Next.

From the “Select Servers” window highlight w3k-240 and click Next.

From the “Select Primary Storage System” window select cx4-Top-90 and click
Next.

From the “Select Storage LUN” window expand the Storage Group w3k-240, check
the box for MVS_Source_LUN1, highlight the LUN in the “Selected LUNs” menu.
Click Next.

From the “Select Secondary Storage System” window select cx4-Bott-92 and click
Next.

From the “Select Mirror Type” window read the dialog for the Mirror types and
choose “Asynchronous”. Click Next.

From the “Attribute” window read the dialog, keep the defaults, and click Next

From the “Configuration” window click Next.

From the “RAID Configuration” window keep the defaults and click Next.

From the “Select Servers” window, leave the defaults, and select w3k-241. Click
Next.

Read the Summary window and click Finish.

Read the “Results” window click Finish.

Note the difference on the ““MVA_Source_LUN2” status. MirrorView/A uses
snapshots to keep track of changed data on the source LUN. Check out the
following containers by expanding each one and note their contents. Also, verify the
mirror has been created on the secondary array under remote mirrors.

LUN Folders > SPA and SPB

Reserved LUN Pool (should have a “Allocated” LUN on the owning SP)

Storage Group w3k-240

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Step

Action

Manual Creation of a Mirror

Open Storage Group SG_w3-240

Right click on LUN 3 > Properties > Rename to MVS_Source_LUN3

Right Click on MVS_Source_LUN3 > MirrowView > Create Remote Mirror

Use the parameters shown in the screen (use the drop down to change from
Asynchronous to Sync)

Click OK, Yes, OK

Under Remote Mirrors check the status of the newly created Mirror

Right click to “Add Secondary Image”

From the screen ensure the secondary array is CX3-40-BOTT

Select LUN 2 > Select OK, Yes, OK

Check the status of both arrays and Mirrors

Destroy the Secondary Image, then the Mirror, from the “Remote Mirrors Container”

Click on the secondary mirror image > Remove

Click on the Mirror Name > Remove

Rename the MirrorView LUNs back to their original names.

End of Lab Exercise 7

Lab Exercise 8: Expanding LUNs and Migrating LUNs

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Purpose:

Expanding LUNs on a CLARiiON is how you can increase the
capacity of an existing LUN

You must first create a LUN to use for the base metaLUN.
MetaLUNs can be created using two methods

The LUN migration feature lets you move the data in one LUN or
metaLUN to another LUN or metaLUN. You might do this to
change the type of drive the data is stored on (for example, from
more economical ATA to faster FC, or vice-versa), to select a
RAID type that better matches the data usage, and/or recreate a
LUN with more disk space.

Objectives:

In this exercise, students will:

• Expand a LUN using Stripe Expansion
• Expand a LUN using Concatenation expansion
• Migrate

LUNs

References:

CLARiiON Basic Management Student Guide

CLARiiON Advanced Management Student Guide

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Lab Exercise 8

Part 1 : Expanding LUNs with Stripe Expansion

Step

Action

From the Storage Management Taskbar, click on the Expand Icon.

From the “Welcome to the Expand Storage Wizard” window, read the dialog and
click Next.

From the “Select Servers” window select server w3k-240 and click Next

Select the CX3-40-TOP array, Click Next

From the “Select LUN to Expand window” select LUN 0 and click Next

From the “Select Expansion Type window” select the default of “Stripe Expansion”
and click Next.

From the “Select Unused LUN”s window select LUN 1 and click Next.

From the “Specify MetaLUN Capacity” window take the default of maximum
capacity and click Next.

From the “Specify new LUN settings window” click Next

From the “Summary window” verify the capacity is correct (10GB) and click Finish.

From the “Results window” click Finish.

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Step

Action

Expand the LUN Folders container.

A striped metaLUN consists of a single Component with a number of LUNS that
comprise the metaLUN. Available LUNS are the same size and RAID Type of the
“base or source” LUN. Right click on the metaLUN to view the properties.
Expand the Private LUNs container, RAID Group container where that the LUN is
contained under, and the Storage Group in which the LUN is in. Note the numbers
to the right of the LUNs are assigned by the wizard. These will be different
depending on the array model.

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Lab Exercise 8

Part 2: Expanding LUNs with Concatenation Expansion

Step

Action

Click on the Expand icon and click Next.

Select server w3k-240 Storage Array cx4-Bott-92 and click Next.

Select LUN 0 and click Next.

Click the radio button for Concatenation and click Next.

From the “Select Unused LUNs” window select LUN 1 and click Next.

From the “Specify MetaLUN Capacity” window take the default of maximum
capacity and click Next.

From the “Specify MetaLUN Settings” window keep the defaults and click Next.

From the “Summary” window verify the capacity is correct (10 GB) and click Finish.

From the “Results window” and click Finish.

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Step

Action

Expand the LUN Folders container. Expand LUN 0. A concatenated metaLUN
consists of multiple components with a number of LUNS that comprise the
metaLUN. Available LUNS can be different sizes and RAID Types than the “base
or source” LUN. Right click on the metaLUN to view the properties. Expand the
Private LUNs container, RAID Group container where that the LUN is contained
under, and the Storage Group in which the LUN is in. Note the numbers to the right
of the LUNs are assigned by the wizard. These will be different depending on the
array model.

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Lab Exercise 8

Part 3: Migrating LUNs

Step

Action

Expand RAID Group 0 on the cx4-Bott-92 array.

Right click on LUN 2 and check the properties. Verify the LUN size and then click
Cancel.

Right click on LUN 2 again and click Migrate.

Expand both SP’s to view available LUNs. Note they may be from different RAID
Groups.

Select LUN 10 and click Next . Click OK to start the Migration.

Right clicking on the properties of LUN 2 will now show a “Migration” tab on the
upper right side of the window, click on the tab to show the status.

After migration completes verify the following;

Under which RAID Group does LUN 0 reside?

Where is LUN 10?

What is the RAID Type for LUN 0?

Verify the settings from the Summary window

End of Lab Exercise 8

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