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HP Storage Software SolutionsSRM Focus: HP Storage Essentials

Ali Mustakim Enterprise Storage Consultant

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Agenda• HP’s Storage Software Strategy• Storage Software Focus: SRM• HP’s SRM Solution: HP Storage Essentials• Applications of HP Storage Essentials• Why HP is the Right Choice

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Data Archiveand Migration

The HP StorageWorks Software Portfolio

Data Protectionand Recovery

•HP OpenView Data Protector•HP StorageWorks Data Protector

Express•HP StorageWorks Continuous

Information Capture•HP StorageWorks Application

Recovery Manager

DeviceManagement

•HP StorageWorks XP Software•Command View AE•Cache LUN•Auto LUN•LUN Configuration and Security

Manager•Performance Advisor •Performance Control•Resource Manager and

Data Exchange•Data Shredder•Disk/Cache Partition

•HP StorageWorks EVA Software•Command View

•HP StorageWorks B-Series Switch Software

•HP StorageWorks C-Series SwitchSoftware

•HP StorageWorks Command View Tape Library

•HP StorageWorks RIM for Databases •HP StorageWorks RIM for Messaging•HP StorageWorks RIM for Files•HP StorageWorks File Migration Agent•HP StorageWorks File System Extender•HP StorageWorks Medical Archive

System

Replication

•HP OpenView Storage Mirroring•HP StorageWorks Business Copy•HP StorageWorks Continuous Access•HP StorageWorks Cluster Extension•HP StorageWorks Flex Copy

Infrastructure

•HP StorageWorks Secure Path•HP OpenView Storage Volume Growth•HP OpenView Storage Virtual

Replicator

Storage ResourceManagement

•HP Storage Essentials Suite

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Agenda• Adaptive Enterprise Challenges• Storage Software Focus: SRM• HP’s SRM Solution: HP Storage Essentials• Applications of HP Storage Essentials• Why HP is the Right Choice

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SRM is a Strategic IT Infrastructure Management Component

SAN/Device Mgt.– Topology– Dependency– Fabric mgt.– Array mgt.

StorageManagement

NetworkManagement

Server Management

Backup Resource Mgt.– Reporting– Topology– Job event mgt.

Provisioning– Fabric zoning– LUN mapping– LUN masking

File SRM– Aging analysis– Consumption– Policy actions

App. Mgt.– Path mgt.– Performance– Capacity

Change Mgt.– Change log– Auditing– Modeling

Enterprise Management PlatformsIBM Tivoli HP OpenView CA Unicenter BMC Patrol

Storage Resource Management- Common agent - Common repository - Common user interface

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Agenda• Adaptive Enterprise Challenges• Storage Software Focus: SRM• HP’s SRM Solution: HP Storage Essentials• Applications of HP Storage Essentials• Why HP is the Right Choice

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SpecialistPlug-ins

HP First to Deliver on Unified Infrastructure Management

ClientMgmt Plug-in:

Client Manager

WorkloadMgmt

Blade Automation

BladeSystemMgmt

Vulnerability &Patch Mgmt

PerformanceMgmt

Virtual MachineMgmt

Storage Essentials Remote Mgmt

Deployment Server Configuration &

Health

Partition Mgmt

Cluster Mgmt

3rd Party/HP Developed

• Topology Maps

• Capacity• GUIs / CLIs

• Performance

• Policy Mgr

Backup Reporting

Provisioning File System Views

Chargeback Custom Reports

SybaseViews

Oracle Views

ExchangeViews

SQL Server Views

Unique

Printer Mgmt Plug-in: Web JetAdmin

• HP SIM is the common management platform delivering base management services • Ships with all HP server and storage products, and freely downloadable• Specialist plug-ins, sold separately, add powerful capabilities for specific management

tasks

CommonManagement

Platform

HP Systems Insight Manager

Tool Definitions

Reporting

EventNotification

Central Repository

GUI & CLUI

Role Based Security

Distributed Tasks

PartnerIntegration

Basic StorageCapacity

WebServices

Auto Discovery

Inventory Mgmt

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HP Storage Essentials 5.1Main console for open, heterogeneous SAN management

Chargeback Manager

Enterprise Edition

Provisioning Mgr

Oracle Viewer

Heterogeneous host to array path provisioning wizardOracle database availability and performance views

File System Viewer

Exchange Viewer

Global Reporter

Report Designer

Sybase Viewer

Rollup reporting of multiple Storage Essentials Server instances

SQL Server Viewer

Reporting

Application S

torage Mgm

tC

onfigM

gmt

Exchange database availability and performance viewsSybase database availability and performance views

SQL Server database availability and performance views

File system scanning – reclaim wasted space

Develop custom reports for storage infrastructure

Asset based chargeback management. Assign tiers

NAS Manager Reporting (disk, topology, cap, perf, etc.) and event management of NAS

Backup Manager Backup reporting on failures, SLAs, media utilization, SAN dependencies

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Agenda• Adaptive Enterprise Challenges• Storage Software Focus: SRM• HP’s SRM Solution: HP Storage Essentials• Applications of HP Storage Essentials• Why HP is the Right Choice

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1. What’s Really In My StorageInfrastructure?

Auto-discovery

Topology visualization

Fabric management

Heterogeneous device support

(active and passive)

Product:• Storage Essentials

Enterprise EditionBenefits:• Improve

operationalefficiency

• Ensure data availability

• Freedom to buy storage hardware that meets business and budget needs

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Storage Essentials main page-Able to view device Impact- launch external tools-View Port details

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Switch Port Details & Topology

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Host Specific DetailsDepicted as per SMI-SStandards, same for everyKind of host

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Array Specific DetailsDepicted as per SMI-SStandards, same for everyKind of Array.

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2. How Will Storage ChangesImpact My Applications?

Product:• Storage Essentials

Application Viewers for Oracle, Sybase, Exchange, SQL Server

Benefits:• Predict impact of

SAN changes on business

• Ensure application availability

Oracle tablespaces

and files

Host mount point, host, HBA, HBA

port

Switch ports and switches

(including ISLs)

Array ports, arrays,

volumes, and disks

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Able to view devices in Zone’s andImpact

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3. Where Do I Need More StorageCapacity?

Application capacity

Host capacity

Switch capacity

Array capacity

Product:• Storage Essentials

Enterprise EditionBenefits:• Prevent capacity

shortages• Optimize existing

resources• Simplify

consolidation efforts

• Simplify planning

Capacity details and trends for

each resource

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HP Storage EssentialsArray Specific Capacity Data

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Array Specific Capacity ChartedOver last 7 days, can be any Duration and trended going forward.Can also view volume groups.

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Host (HP-UX) Specific Capacity Data. - same for any other platform

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Host Capacity Report- Total Host View

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Exchange Application Capacity Report

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Oracle Application Capacity Report(MS SQL and Sybase supported as well)

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Host Capacity Report- Volume View

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4. What is the Root Cause of My Performance Problems?

Product:• Storage Essentials

Enterprise EditionBenefits:• Identify root causes

or performance problems

• Improve service levels

Real-time monitoring of storage

supply chain

SmartGuide™filters for

fast analysis

Monitor all statistics

concurrently

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Storage Essentials PerformanceManager.-Depicting the monitoring of multipleswitches

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Storage Essentials PerformanceManager.- Host monitors

Windows, Linux, Unix monitorsHistorical or real-time

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Storage Essentials PerformanceManager.- Array, Switch and HBA monitors

Array, Switch and HBA monitorsHistorical or real-time

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Storage Essentials PerformanceManager.- DB monitors

Oracle, SQL and Sybase monitorsHistorical or real-time

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MS Exchange monitorsHistorical or real-time

Storage Essentials PerformanceManager.- Exchange Monitors

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5. How Can I Improve Qualityof Service?

Product:• Storage Essentials

Provisioning Manager

Benefits:• Improve accuracy

and speed of allocating storage capacity

• Accelerate deployment of revenue-generating applications

• Provision ILM tiers through common interface

End-to-end path

provisioning interface

SmartGuide™rules for array, host binding, volume, LUN,

and zone operationsJob scheduler

minimizes business impact

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6. How Can I Reduce Storage Costs?

Product:• Storage Essentials

File System ViewerBenefits:• Defer capital

expenditures by reclaiming capacity

• Determine what data can be moved to lower cost storage tiers

• Implement ILM with greater accuracy and speed

Identify old, inappropriate, and duplicate

files

Classify unstructured data for ILM

Monitor end user space

hogs and disk usage by groups

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File System ViewerDepicting top 5 volumes by Usage- Can drill in by clicking on volume

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File System ViewerDepicting top 10 Extensions by Size- Can drill in to view file path

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File System ViewerDepicting Aging characteristics- Can drill in by clicking on volume

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File System ViewerDepicting top 10 Users by Usage- Can drill in by clicking on User ID

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File System ViewerDepicting top 10 Groups by Usage- Can drill in by clicking on Group

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7. How Can I Comply WithAudits/SLAs?

Product:• Storage Essentials

Backup ManagerBenefits:• Identify unprotected

servers, files, and applications

• Pinpoint root causes of backup failure

• Compare and communicate actual performance against backup and recovery service SLAs

Protection dashboard

summarizes distributed

backup health

Backup job success and

failure analysis and SLA

performance Media pool and backup resource

analysis

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8. How Do I Align My Storage CostsWith the Business?

Product:• Storage Essentials

ChargebackManager

Benefits:• Align storage costs

with business units that are responsible for them

• Communicate business value of storage infrastructure

• Identify out-of-date storage assets, firmware, and drivers.

Asset and utilization-

based chargeback

reports

Detailed asset records with user-defined

fields

Storage tier definitions for

ILM

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9. How Do I Manage Departmentaland Data Center NAS Storage?

Product:• Storage Essentials

NAS ManagerBenefits:• Ensure storage

availability for departments and regional offices

• Extend operational efficiencies from SAN environment to NetApp filers and HP ProliantStorage Servers

Centralized control of NAS (IP) and SAN

(FC) environment

Visualize dependencies

of hosts on NAS file systems

In-context launch of NAS

device managers

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10. How Do I Secure My Storage Operations?

Product:• Storage Essentials

Enterprise EditionBenefits:• Centrally lock down

storage operations• Ensure accurate

audit trails for all SAN changes

• Maximize number of users who can benefit from Storage Essentials investment

Roles and organizational

groupings control access to resources

Fine-grained access rights

associated with each role

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Benefits of HP Storage Essentials• Simplify IT infrastructure

− Consolidate multiple SAN and SRM point tools− Leverage common platform with HP Systems Insight Manager for

unified server and storage management

• Reduce costs− Plan capacity needs in advance for JIT purchasing− Leverage open, standards-built solution to increase pricing

leverage with storage hardware vendors− Manage more capacity with existing staff

• Respond faster to business opportunity− Provision capacity faster− Maximize SAN availability to ensure application availability− Comply with regulatory requirements and internal audits