hp OpenView

storage area manager white paper

gain control

gain control over your storage environment and manage availability, performance and growth
hp OpenView storage management solutions With the explosion of digital information, and the corresponding need to grow storage capacity, IT organizations are trying to gain control over the storage environment. As a result, the industry has been searching for the right paradigm to take storage from a dedicated, direct-attach state where storage space is unshared and unmanaged into a networked state where all storage resources on the network are available for use by all host computers. The challenge, however, is how to manage the migration from direct-attach to peer-to-peer storage networks. Most corporations cannot afford to ignore existing storage investments while reinvesting in all new solutions. As such, storage management tools have to leverage the existing environment and offer a path toward storage area networks. HPs strategy for delivering value immediately, while evolving into network-based storage, is called Federated Storage Area Management (FSAM). This storage strategy is built around the following attributes. Storage is: 1. mobile, allowing easy migration of data, by demand or policy, between logical and physical locations 2. innocuous, allowing transparent expansion 3. elastic, allowing expansion and contraction without application interruption 4. persistent, or always available until it is removed from management control 5. secure, where data is protected from unauthorized access 6. economical, where the total cost of management decreases as storage sizes increases 7. responsive, so performance service level parameters are met 8. visible, so authorized users have access to data, regardless of the infrastructure (direct attach, NAS attach or SAN attach) 9. automated, thus reducing the administrative issues of managing large amounts of data
A key differentiator of HPs FSAM strategy is the fact that these attributes need to be met whether the storage is server-centric (e.g. direct attach SCSI managed by host), storage-centric (EMC or HPs storage family-like devices where storage is managed by the storage device), or network attached (fibre channel and iSCSI attached storage). The ultimate goal is to reach a state of network centric storage, where all storage resources on the network participate as peers and are managed as one (or more) logical pool(s), regardless of the connected infrastructure. The complete virtualization of storage will take time to realizebut the ability to leverage the existing infrastructure and grow it is critical to the success of the process.

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the evolution of storage
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Figure B-1. The Evolution of Storage
With a plan to leverage existing investments, HPs FSAM strategy allows organizations to seamlessly and effortlessly scale out (adding server capacity) and scale up (adding storage capacity), regardless of the storage or host vender.
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Figure B-2. HP FSAM Vision

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As a foundation for the realization of this strategy, HP has introduced the HP OpenView Storage Area Manager suite of products as a means of managing this environment. hp OpenView storage area manager overview introduction HP OpenView Storage Area Manager is a suite of easy-to-deploy software products that assist in providing an order-of-magnitude improvement in storage operations efficiency. On top of capacity management and performance management capabilities, HP OpenView Storage Area Manager offers solutions for the management of network storage infrastructure and storage access control. Today this storage management software suite includes the following products: HP OpenView Storage Node Manager HP OpenView Storage Builder HP OpenView Storage Allocater HP OpenView Storage Optimizer
hp OpenView storage area management at a glance
Default_Domain Home List Capacity Performance Storage Networks Map List Lun Mgt Individual SAN -x Map List Capacity Hosts List Capacity Performance Lun Mgt Individual Hosts Properties Capacity Host LUN Paths Interconnect Devices List Performance Individual Switches Properties Ports Performance Port Performance Mgmt Paths Individual Hubs/Bridges Properties Ports Mgmt Paths Storage Devices List Capacity Performance Lun Mgt Individual Storage Devices Properties Capacity Hosts Performance Mgmt Paths Groups List Capacity Billing Individual Groups Properties Billing Directories Managed Directories Users Capacity Billing Volumes Capacity Key: Storage Node Mgr Storage Node Mgr Storage Builder Storage Optimizer Storage Allocater

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Figure B-3. HP OpenView Storage Area Management At a Glance
hp OpenView storage area manager architecture
HP OpenView Storage Area Manager is a three-tier architecture, consisting of the client graphical user interface (GUI), the management server, and agents on the managed devices. The Java based client GUI can be installed on multiple client workstations, allowing distributed access to the management server. The management client comprises the GUI and the Event/Status Viewer. Initial platform support for the client GUI is Windows NT and/or Windows 2000.

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storage area manager architecture
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Figure B-4. Storage Area Manager Architecture
The management server (left/bottom) is supported on either Windows NT or Windows 2000. The components installed on the management server include the Repository Server or JDBC compliant database, Device Discovery and Topology, the Event Status Poller, the SNMP Trap Processor, the Event Action Receiver, CLIF, a Web server, and components for both Storage Builder and Storage Optimizer. This modular and extensible foundation has been designed to easily accommodate future product components. The management server communicates using RMI registry port to the storage area network (SAN) hosts on the right, which today, are supported on Windows NT, Windows 2000, HP-UX, Solaris, and/or Linux. The host agent runs on each host connected to the SAN and is made of four components that run within a JCORE framework. They include: the DIAL interface that provides the local hosts view into the storage network, SCSI Gateway, CLIF or Command Line Interface, and the AutoUpdate Component, which is used for updating components to newer versions. The client GUI also communicates with the management server using RMI and runs within the JCORE framework. The client GUI provides all the graphical user interfacing to the OpenView Storage Area Manager products. The JCORE framework unites all of these Java components into a single virtual machine, which allows resources to be shared and all of the components to run as a single process.

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hp OpenView storage area manager system requirements
All HP Storage Area Manager solutions are designed to be run on a single management server platform. System requirements follow: For the management server Windows NT or Windows 2000 Workstation/Server 1GHz PIII Multi-Processor or faster 1GB Ram 40+ GB Disk, 15 GB for data collection NTFS file system suggested 100 MB/sec PCI based Ethernet Card High-resolution graphics card with 19-inch monitor For managed devices (servers) HP OpenView Storage Area Manager agent For managed devices (disks) Storage Network Industry Association (industry standard) library on devices
hierarchical multi-domain architecture
Like HP OpenView Operations today, HP OpenView Storage Area Manager has been architected to scale to support hundreds of managed devices and thousands of LUNs spread across both logical and physical (direct, NAS, SAN) domains in the storage infrastructure. Additional scalability improvements are planned for subsequent releases, which involve a manager of managers architecture that will allow storage administrators to have a complete view of the storage infrastructure, while allowing individual administrators access to those infrastructure components for which they are responsible.
hp OpenView storage node manager foundation for connectivity
Manage all storage devices, regardless of infrastructure (direct attach, NAS, SAN) Track problems using the topology map Discover heterogeneous storage

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hp OpenView storage node manager discover all devices, monitor status regardless of infrastructure
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Figure B-5. HP OpenView Storage Node Manager
The foundation product for the HP OpenView Storage Area Manager suite, HP Storage Node Manager, provides insight into the storage infrastructure and device status. Storage Node Manager addresses the first order issue associated with network connected devices, that being: Are devices on the network connected and communicating? Without this core infrastructure tool, second-order SAN, such as LUN managers, are of limited value. more than SAN management, its storage area management Today, every business is an e-business. And the ongoing demands of managing at the speed of e require reliable access to your organizations information. Nowhere are these demands more evident than in networked storage. As is well known, its critical to efficiently monitor, manage and troubleshoot storage components to keep the business processes running. HP OpenView Storage Node Manager suite helps operators understand, control, plan and manage direct-attached and networked storage. Acting as a central console, it provides storage network status and event monitoring through an easy-to-read topology map that displays devices, the physical connections between those devices, and redundant connections between devices. effective from the start With HP OpenView Storage Node Manager, users quickly begin gaining control of the network storage resources. Shortly after installation, HP OpenView Storage Node Manager automatically discovers all recognized components, including server-based Fibre Channel host bus adapters, hubs, switches and storage devices. It then begins monitoring the devices and displaying alerts and alarms when the health of the networked storage system is in jeopardy. Armed with this information, an administrator can immediately start to proactively manage storage resources to prevent the problems that impact availability and uptime.

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benefits that grow with your storage network In general, the storage network is dynamic and growing fast. Thats why HP OpenView Storage Node Manager automatically maps and displays new components as they are added. HP OpenView Storage Node Manager automatically scans the network every fifteen minutes, but administrators can customize this scan to meet their needs. The administrators can also customize the topology map to reflect your organization, e.g., by geographical location, departmental relationship or service supplied (e.g. Exchange e-mail) so you can more effectively manage your growing storage network. manage a world of storage from a single interface HP OpenView Storage Node Manager provides a single interface that consolidates access to host storage management tools and devices regardless of where those tools and devices reside. In fact, HP OpenView Storage Node Manager supports an extensive breadth of operating systems, infrastructure devices, storage components and all of the associated device managers. Using in-band and out-of-band methods to discover heterogeneous storage, including direct-attached devices, HP OpenView Storage Node Manager allows administrators to manage devices across the entire storage network. And all of this is displayed in a single interface that offers centralized, real-time status in a customizable format. the what, where, how and why networked storage With HP OpenView Storage Node Manager, administrators will know what devices have been added or removed and what storage configurations have changed. Further, administrators will understand how the storage network is performing and whythrough a graphical device map that provides an easy-to-interpret visual status of all aspects of the storage network. To help administrators manage priorities, HP OpenView Storage Node Manager can be configured to detect events and automatically notify operators of the impact on the business so operations personnel can focus their attention on the most critical issues. troubleshoot from a service desk Users no longer need to run from device to device to troubleshoot problems or reconfigure the system. Instead, they can monitor and manage the continually growing networked storage environment through HP OpenView Storage Node Managers single, central interface. This Web-based interface consolidates access to all the storage management tools, allowing centralized configuration and troubleshooting. A quick glance at the console is all it takes to identify a problem area. Then, with just a few mouse clicks, operators can launch associated applications to drill down to a specific device and solve the problem or re-configure the system. They can create and launch a set of multiple applications for a device, making it even easier to manage networked storage. monitoring made easy HP OpenView Storage Node Manager uses color-coded icons to instantly identify devices that are experiencing problems or are completely down. Simply click on a device icon (i.e. a hub) to change the map perspective and show which devices are connected to the selected device and determine the overall impact of the problem. Users can also integrate HP OpenView Storage Node Manager into HP OpenView Operations or other network management systems and monitoring applications via SNMP traps. For example, administrators can configure an alarm so that when a specified event occurs, HP OpenView sends a pager alert or e-mail to notify the system administrator.

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keeping it in perspective HP OpenView Storage Node Manager maintains an ongoing log of device events for review at any time, so information is there when you need it. An event browser enables users to review the detailed events, which are grouped by categories. Users can sort the event log by source, severity, time logged or other attributes. hp OpenView storage node manager:
Feature Centralized Management Console Benefit Operators no longer need to run from device to device to troubleshoot problems. Adding, deleting or changing storage configurations and tracking data center environment changes are handled through a single interface. Proactive and quick isolation through visible alerts and alarms that display the health of each design (event logs maintained for review at any time). Maximized availability as changes in the storage network are immediately identified and mapped through continual automatic discovery. Reduced configuration and troubleshooting time by launching device applications directly from the management station. Choice among market share leaders Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, HP-UX, Sun and Linux servers are all supported. Easy-to-interpret visual status of all aspects of the storage network, including redundant connections between devices. Efficient management through a standard set of icons. Customizable location fields allow system administrators to easily identify physical location of devices in large, distributed (e.g., campus) environments.
Status and Event Monitoring
Auto-Discovery of Devices
Device Applications Multi-Vendor Host Support Graphical Device Maps Device Icons Asset Management
hp OpenView storage builder
Monitor resources by host, storage device, LUN, partition, volume, directory, and user regardless of the physical infrastructure. Lower costs by increasing utilization of your existing resources and acquiring new storage when you need it. Prepare for growth and plan capacity with graphs and extrapolations. Locate wasted and unnecessary space with reports.

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hp OpenView storage builder detail storage informationregardless of infrastructure
Figure B-6. HP OenView Storage Builder
get control of your storage network In our information-intensive world, chances are that the storage network is growing faster than IT staffs ability to manage it. Wouldnt it be great to maximize utilization rates for existing storage resources across the network? With a little help from HP, capacity for an entire storage network can be controlled from a single pane of glass with HP OpenView Storage Builder. HP OpenView Storage Builder is a resource planning tool for direct-attached, SAN-attached, and network-attached storage. It displays storage allocation and utilization by host, storage device, LUN, partition, volume, directory, and user across Windows NT, Window 2000, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, and Linux. It also stores historical information that enables users to graph trends and extrapolates future usage rates. stay in control HP OpenView Storage Builder helps get more from the storage that is already on the floor. Its utilization reports let administrators see how much storage is assigned and how much storage is available for deployment so they can see who the major users are and establish consumption norms and quotas. Using HP OpenView Storage Builder, its easy to identify junk files, selectable by extension, that waste valuable storage space. Users can also use HP OpenView Storage Builder to identify files with low access rates so they can decide which files to delete and which to route to secondary storage. As a result, administrators can reduce the amount of space used and the time, bandwidth and CPU cycles required to manage unnecessary data as well as avoid buying more storage before really needing it. To avoid problems before they cause system outages and problems for users, HP OpenView Storage Builder provides a threshold-based early warning system that automatically warns operators of a potential capacity

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shortfall. Administrators can set thresholds for hosts, partitions, volumes, directories, and users. In addition, they can establish and monitor capacity quotas on a per-user basis to ensure that storage growth is in line with the companys goals. Use HP OpenView Storage Builder to create groups (of partitions, volumes, directory, or users) that reflect lines of business, departments, or physical locationsbased on the way administrators need to manage the business. With the help of OpenView Storage Builder, the storage load can be managed across systems to mitigate the impact of new users, applications and data, thereby avoiding performance problems. HP OpenView Storage Builder: Polls each managed host for usage data Monitors and reports all your direct-attached, SAN-attached and network-attached storage Generates implementation planning reports Extrapolates historical trend data of storage usage rates into a plan plan for growth HP OpenView Storage Builder scales easily from a single host with minimal storage to hundreds of hosts with terabytes of storage. And as your storage environment grows, HP OpenView Storage Builder will show which hosts are the best candidates for nodes on a storage area. It does this by extrapolating the future needs of the network from the historical usage data it collects and stores. These projection tools let administrators plan for upgrades rather than react to capacity shortages. Historical trend analysis shows how to avoid growth-related slow downs and other problems without buying excess capacity or buying storage earlier than it is really needed. Then, when additional storage needs to be purchased, HP OpenView Storage Builder develops easy-to-understand reports that help validate purchasing recommendations.
Accessible from the Capacity View Panel for hosts, storage devices, NAS devices, groups, directories, users and volumes. Key metrics available include: Total Space Available, Used Space, Free Space, Device Overhead, and Number of Files Accessed. The Pie Chart icon is displayed wherever a graph is available. The Line Chart icon is displayed wherever a graph is available.

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hp OpenView storage builder:
Feature HP OpenView Builder provides a view through screens and reports of allocated vs. unallocated storage by host, storage device, LUN, partition, volume, directory and user. HP OpenView Builder provides a view through screens and reports of used vs. unused storage by host, partition, volume, directory, and user. Benefit Storage managers will gain an understanding of how much of their storage resources are assigned and how much storage is available for deployment. As a result, storage resource will be better utilized, lowering total cost of ownership. Storage managers will gain an understanding of how much allocated storage capacity has been used. With this view, storage managers can balance the load across systems and optimize the addition of new users, applications and data. Moreover, storage managers can understand what host, LUNs, partitions, volumes, or directories are at critical free space levels that need to be resized. As a result, storage resource will be better utilized, lowering total cost of ownership. Storage managers will get an early warning of a capacity shortfall that could cause system outages or user inconvenience. In addition, capacity quotas on a per-user basis can be established and monitored to ensure that storage growth is in line with company goals. By establishing groups that reflect lines of businesses or departments, storage managers can understand who their major users are, establish consumption norms and quotas.

HP OpenView Builder enables storage managers to set thresholds on hosts, partitions, volumes, directories, and user. HP OpenView Builder enables storage managers to create groups of partitions, volumes, directory, or users to reflect lines of business, departments, or physical locations. Screens, reports, and thresholds can be created for these storage groups. HP OpenView Builder identifies junk files selectable by extension such as MP3, games etc. that waste valuable storage space. In addition, storage manager can use HP OpenView Builder to identify low accessed files for possible deletions or routing to secondary storage, freeing up even more primary storage space. HP OpenView Builder provides screens and reports that rank hosts by the amount of storage accessed each day. HP OpenView Builder provides historical trending of storage capacity data through screens and reports. In addition, HP OpenView Builder will extrapolate storage capacity data into the future. HP OpenView Builder provides tabular and graphic reports showing allocated vs. unallocated storage as well as consumed vs. free storage. Almost all reports are available on a host, storage device, LUN, volume, directory and user (file) level.
According to Peripheral Concepts, a storage area network market research firm, storage costs $0.35/MB for hardware and $3.00/ MB/year for the labor to manage storage resources. So if you use HP OpenView Builder to eliminate 30GB of junk files, 30% of a 100GB SAN, you can reduce your hardware cost by $10,500 and your labor costs $90,000 (30 percent) for savings of $100,500. Subtract approximately $10,500 for a 500GB license of HP OpenView Builder and youll realize a net saving of $90,000: a 9:1 ROI in the first year alone. The hosts with the most storage accessed over time would be ideal candidates for nodes on a storage area network, resulting in better asset utilization, higher availability, and centralized management. Storage managers will be able to understand when storage capacity shortfalls may occur and plan for just-in-time purchases of additional storage capacity improving their storage resource management efficiency and lowering total cost of ownership. The historical and extrapolated data will also enable storage managers to justify decisions to upper management. Facts, trends and analysis concerning an organizations storage resources can be communicated effectively to staff and upper management.

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hp OpenView storage allocater

Eliminate downtimeadministrators can add, remove and reassign storage quickly. Control access to the networked storage, ensuring that only specified hosts on the SAN have access to particular devices. Optimize the utilization of storage on any SAN, including cluster server and shared tape environments.
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Figure B-7. HP OpenView Storage Allocater
simplify network storage access management Networked storage environments solve storage problems but they also bring challengesincluding the potential of unauthorized access to your organizations data. Add the unpredictability of storage growth, staffing issues and the need to manage remote storage networks and there is a recipe for disaster. So, how do administrators manage networked storage without taxing already limited resources? Building and managing complex storage networks of heterogeneous servers and storage devices is easy using HP OpenView Storage Allocater. Its intuitive user interface lets users conveniently and confidently assign storage to one or more hosts and be assured that only specified hosts have access. Further, they can view storage and nodes and manage the entire storage network from one central console, managing hundreds of storage logical unit numbers (LUNs) and hosts as a single storage network, to increase the departments efficiency. the reality of downtime Downtime is a result of storage growth. Is this a bold statement? Not really. As users know, downtime is more often the result of a scheduled event, such as adding or reconfiguring storage, than the consequence of an equipment failure or disaster. And with the haste at which storage is growing today, thats a lot of downtime.

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With HP OpenView Storage Allocater, administrators can add, remove and assign storage in a matter of seconds and without having to reboot the host. In fact, when administrators move LUNs containing Windows NT file systems, HP OpenView Storage Allocater automatically mounts them and creates drive letters, making the file systems immediately available for use. As a result, you can logically assign storage when and where it is needed, 24/7without downtime. administration couldn't be easier! Because HP OpenView Storage Allocater uses a host software approach rather than relying on storage access control mechanisms implemented by specific network components or storage devices, it provides a simple and uniform method of managing access control. When it is time to modify the storage network, only authorized users may open and use the HP OpenView Storage Allocater administration interface. This interface, which utilizes a simple tree structure, makes locating devices and determining their status easy, while unique icons, badges, and colors convey status information so you can quickly focus on meaningful information. HP OpenView Storage Allocater also provides a powerful, error-free way to visualize and manage storage configurations where more than one host must access the same device(s), simplifying cluster-server and shared-tape configuration. Then, because every environment is unique HP OpenView Storage Allocater can be customized to meet your management needs. View filters help reduce on-screen clutter by enabling users to limit what devices or hosts are displayed. automatic discovery, simple storage assignment, and shared storagea powerful combination During installation HP OpenView Storage Allocater automatically discovers storage devices (LUNs) and hosts on its network domain, greatly reducing the potential for operator error. Users can then use the device group feature to organize LUNs into logical groups. To assign storage, its simply selecting the individual devices or an entire device group with a mouse and dragging it to a host. If a particular host does not need all the storage available on an array, users can assign the additional capacity to another host, maximizing storage utilization. To further improve utilization and add flexibility, users can also treat storage from various manufacturers as a pool of devices that can be assigned to any host. data availability keeps the business running If not properly designed and implemented, centralized management can compromise availability. Thats why HP OpenView Storage Allocater has been designed to ensure that it does not introduce a single point of failure into your infrastructure. For example, you can mirror the networked storage configuration database three ways so a copy will always be available. Further, each host accesses the database independently, eliminating run-time interdependencies between hosts. And because hosts are independent, no communications take place over the messaging network (like Ethernet) unless you are reconfiguring a SAN. So a host can still boot and access all its assigned storage even if it has temporarily lost the messaging network connection.

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hp OpenView storage allocater:
Feature LUN level storage assignment Storage security Highly scalable Add/remove/assign storage without host reboots No single point of failure Automated storage network discovery Intuitive graphical user interface Share Groups for cluster configurations Fibre Channel topology independence Open system, heterogeneous environments Native file system and raw disk support Benefit Optimizes storage utilization by enabling any LUN to be assigned to any host Prevents data loss and unauthorized access by controlling which hosts can access specific storage devices Simplifies administration since one software solution may be used in a wide range of configurations Allows administrators to assign storage whenever it is needed without interrupting host operation, increasing overall system availability System availability is maintained by the highly available, mirrored SAN configuration database that is accessed independently by hosts Automatically populating configuration database with host and storage device information dramatically reduces configuration time and eliminates a major source of errors Using familiar techniques like drag-and-drop and powerful controls like view filters maximizes productivity and minimizes training time Clear visualization of storage accessible to multiple hosts prevents errors when setting up cluster server and shared tape device environments Compatibility with FC Arbitrated Loop and Switched Fabric provides SAN configuration flexibility A single tool can be used to provide storage security in data centers with a mixture of Windows NT servers, UNIX servers and storage from multiple vendors Greatly simplifies process for moving existing storage to SANs, no need to copy data or reformat disks
HP OpenView Storage Optimizer
Leverage storage expertisemonitor performance even from a remote location. Find and fix potential problems before they impact performance Maximize ROI and minimize the impact of upgrades using historical information to plan upgrades. Infrastructure independent.

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hp OpenView storage optimizer SAN performance parameters/optimization
Figure B-8. HP OpenView Storage Optimizer
keep storage performance on track Like most organizations in this e-business world, storage performance bottlenecks can cost time and money, or even stop business in its tracks. Predictability is the culprit. Until now, the tools needed to predict SAN-based storage performance have not been available. Today, HP OpenView Storage Optimizer can be used to monitor the performance of the storage networkincluding hosts, infrastructure and storageall from a single management station. With HP OpenView Storage Optimizer, administrators can receive automatic notification of impending performance problems before they become serious, and track performance over time so they never get caught short by demand. HP OpenView Storage Optimizer monitors the performance of all the storage components on the network and gives users all the information needed to centrally track storage performance. The process is easy: set thresholds for a wide range of performance metrics for networked storage, including I/O and throughput. When thresholds are reached, HP OpenView Storage Optimizer immediately alerts the management console. As a result, users can act straight away, and can ensure that storage, and the data that resides on it, is available. And the business continues to perform. The same process can be used to ensure that performance meets service levels. planning for the future Soon after installation, HP OpenView Storage Optimizer begins collecting data and providing reports. Then, as more data is collected, historical trends of performance metrics become available. This information can be used to help manage the unpredictability of performance because users can analyze trends and prepare for changes such as upgrade planning. information that counts Business depends on fast access to the most important data; count on HP to make sure your business gets what it needs. With HP OpenView Storage Optimizer, users have a complete reporting structure

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for evaluating, monitoring and managing the quality and cost of your IT servicesand all from a central location. Users can choose from several ways to access the data it collects, including a GUI that graphs metrics over time, a CLUI that manipulates raw or summarized measurements, and a set of reports based on data summed over different intervals. So users will have the information that is needed, in the format that is appropriate. With this information at their fingertips, administrators can easily communicate key storage resource trends to users and others who need to understand storage performance as well as validate purchasing recommendations and substantiate changes to storage configurations. HP OpenView Storage Optimizer: Monitors key performance metrics down to an individual node level Saves historic data for convenient review at any time Displays trends from your history Keeps you ahead of your network storage requirements Works with other applications
expansion and efficiencythe keys to storage management With the ever-tightening labor market, storage managers can use HPs centralized management software to increase the amount of storage an administrator can handle. And, with HP OpenView Storage Optimizer, one administrator can efficiently manage the storage for all operating systems in the organization from a single, centralized station. Of course, HP OpenView Storage Optimizer grows right along with your storage. As your network expands and changes, it can help you assess the impact of infrastructure upgrades and plan for additions or changes to help get the very most out of your new and existing resources. hp OpenView storage optimizer:
Feature Monitors key metrics of SAN performance with ability to drill down to an individual node level such as hosts, switch, or storage array. HP OpenView Optimizer minimizes the resources needed for the management of storage resources to a single centralized station. On first release, the HP OpenView Optimizer platform will support HP-UX, Sun Solaris, NT, Windows 2000, and Linux. HP OpenView Optimizer offers several types of access to its collected data. For example, a GUI that allows graphing of metrics over time, a CLUI that can manipulate raw or summarized measurements and a set of reports focused on reporting data summed over different intervals. HP OpenView Optimizer enables simple thresholds to be set on performance metrics for SAN infrastructure. For example, I/Os per switch port.

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Benefit Storage managers can act proactively to ensure service levels based on SAN performance. In this way, business processes associated with the SAN will always be available.
By centralizing storage management on a SAN, storage managers can increase the amount of storage their administrators can handle. Some research firms have this increase as high as 10 TB per administrator. Moreover, one administrator may be able to manage the storage for all OS in the organization rather than assigning one administrator per platform. Storage managers will have the information they need to optimize their SAN operation in the form they prefer. Communication of key storage resource trends to upper management will be facilitated through the use of defined reports.
Storage managers can be alerted to potential SAN service slowdowns before they happen through the use of simple thresholds. In this way, storage managers can proactively assure their SAN service level expectations are met.
HP OpenView Optimizer provides the ability to graph historical performance metrics of SAN components.
With the use of historical graphs, storage managers can proactively identify trends and anomalies in their SAN infrastructure. In the same way, the impact of system, storage and infrastructure upgrades can be evaluated, improving the overall efficiency of a storage network operation.

future products

hp OpenView storage billing technology Service level definition and management Billing based on customer desired service level Accounting to user-group LUN level With the inclusion of HP OpenView storage billing technology, administrators will be able to complete the storage cycle of create/modify, deliver, mange and bill for storage services provided. Utilizing HP OpenView storage billing technology enables organizations to define pricing tiers or service levels and allocate charges based on the various service levels. Customers can be given the freedom of choice in terms of storage offerings. For example, space on an EMC array may be more expensive than space on a JBOD, or LUNs running on high performance drives can be priced differently than LUNs on slower performing spindles.
storage area manager adds value today and well into tomorrow
HP OpenView Storage Area Manager works with all storage interconnects: SAN, NAS and directattached SCSI. This versatility offers an immediate return on investment as you are able to deploy the solutions across the existing environment. Over time, as more and more storage is moved to the SAN and NAS, the tools continue to return value.

Figure B-9. HP OpenView Storage Area Manager

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Access to information is critical to any companys success. As such, the risks associated with moving to a SAN infrastructure need to be considered. business Investments in storage, both in a legacy form (direct attach) and in a SAN form need to be protected. As such, todays infrastructure needs to be considered as well as leveraging it into future investment. Even companies with vast resources at their disposal cannot afford to shuttle legacy technology for new technology. Investments in the old must be preserved going forward. Similarly, the world of SAN technology is still emerging, with many players small and large. Given the nascent market, the changing standards and yet to emerge defacto standards (e.g. Brocade vs. Connetrix/McData), one should partner with a financially stable and reliable vendera vender with the financial footing to absorb the market tosses and turns of this rapidly changing environment. technology On the technology front, there are numerous risks associated with Fibre/SAN technologies. Unlike the world of IP networks, standards (from industry organizations such as SNIA) in the SAN arena are only now emerging, even when definitions are poorly supported by venders. This lack of standardization has forced the vendors (like Hewlett-Packard) to exhaustively test the matrix of possible device interfaces and API protocols to ensure the infrastructure deployed delivers on the promise. This is not a trivial task and only companies the size of Hewlett-Packard have the resources required to test and support this level of complexity. Hewlett-Packards philosophy is a basic commitment to standards as they emerge. Hewlett-Packard has a long history of supporting, promoting, and driving open systems and standards. HewlettPackard intends to have a similar position in the storage arena. As an active member of SNIA, and a vender with SNIA library APIs in our storage products, Hewlett-Packard is committed to the standards emerging in the storage market. Another technology risk is the emergence of alternate technologies that obsolete current infrastructure implementations. Like direct attach and storage centric solutions before them, storage area networks will eventually be legacy as newer technologies (e.g. storage over IPSoIP) bring new capabilities to peer-to-peer storage. As such, management solutions deployed need to be architecture independent, so as to include legacy direct-attach, storage-centric, and network-centric infrastructures. HPs SAM products are able to deliver on the infrastructure independent promise today.

in summary

Driven by a strategy/vision of federated storage and, backed up by deliverable products and services needed to be successful in implementing mission critical solutions, Hewlett-Packard becomes the logical vender of choice for network storage management needs.
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HP OpenView Smart Plug-in for HP OpenView Storage Area Manager software
HP OpenView Smart Plug-in (SPI) for HP OpenView Storage Area Manager (SAM) software increases your systems efficiency and reduces your operating costs by centralizing and automating storage management.

Gain complete control

The SPI enables SAM software to integrate into the rest of the HP OpenView family of products, extending the eventmanagement and process-monitoring capabilities of the software. SPI for SAM helps you manage all aspects of your unique IT environment and deliver storage and storage services as an integrated part of the IT utility.
range of enterprise-storage resources across distributed, multi-vendor network and direct-attached storage systems, for both disk and tape. Plus, it gives you the ability to manage and monitor storage and storage services from a central console. Now you can measure, monitor and troubleshoot across all elements of your infrastructure. And, with readily accessible information on availability, performance and usage, youll maintain tighter controls on costs and growth. The SAM suite of software capabilities is comprised of: HP OpenView Storage Allocater for access control and storage allocation HP OpenView Storage Accountant for metering and billing HP OpenView Storage Builder for capacity management HP OpenView Storage Node Manager for device management HP OpenView Storage Optimizer for performance management

HP OpenView SAM offers:

A central enterprise console Proactive monitoring Rapid problem solving Out-of-the-box integration
Amplify your enterprise management system
A solid solution HP OpenView Storage Area Manager is a comprehensive software suite that simplifies management of the entire
The HP OpenView Smart Plug-in (SPI) for HP OpenView Storage Area Manager (SAM) software expands an organizations ability to manage its storage resources as part of an overall enterprise management system.

Evolved performance

With the SPI for HP OpenView SAM software you get seamless, out-of-box integration between HP OpenView Operations for UNIX and Microsoft Windows, HP OpenView Reporter, HP OpenView Service Desk, and
HP Internet Usage Manager (IUM). This tight integration gives you a cost-effective, easily configurable, and time saving method that rapidly and successfully incorporates new business applications and management solutions into your service delivery infrastructure.
HP OpenView Operations for UNIX and Windows
The Application Group pane at the top/right shows the Application Bank for SAM. From here you can start/stop SAM services and backup/restore the SAM DB.
The bottom pane is the event browser. With a right-click on a message you can launch SAM in the context of the event for drill-down.
Through its seamless integration with HP OpenView Operations, the SPI for SAM delivers these features: Create HP OpenView Storage Area Manager specific message group, node groups and application groups Start, stop and monitor the OpenView SAM management server and host agent processes Backup and restore OpenView SAM database Enable event storm suppression, event forwarding with instructions and context-sensitive drill-down, event correlation
Launch context sensitive OpenView SAM screens Create operator initiated action in response to events Display service hierarchy map with storage network graphic included (previously part of the HP OpenView Service Navigator integration) Automatically forward events to Service Desk Enable two-way acknowledgement of events between HP OpenView Operations and OpenView SAM
HP OpenView Reporter integration
HP OpenView Reporter integration features Create daily reports to display inventory, capacity, allocation, and service level information of storage resources Develop new custom format templates to report storage information Consolidate reports for system, network, application and storage
Provide customer-segmented reports Consolidate storage information across multiple SAM management servers Run application reports for Oracle and Microsoft Exchange Create date range-based on-demand reports
HP OpenView Service Desk integration
HP OpenView Service Desk integration capabilities Load storage configuration item information from OpenView SAM repository into the Service Desk configuration management database
Map storage events forwarded from OpenView Operations to the SAM specific configuration items in OpenView Service Desk. Two-way acknowledgement of events via OpenView Operations
HP Internet Usage Manager (IUM) integration
Data sources Application services Business applications Data warehouse Operational support systems Business intelligence Billing and rating

Other sources

Storage devices

Network devices

Storage capacity usage by volume and host Storage capacity usage by directory and users LUN capacity and allocation
HP Internet Usage Manager (IUM) integration capabilities Measure actual and assigned storage usage via HP OpenView SAM including allocated LUNs, LUN utilization, volume usage, user consumption and directory consumption
Consolidate system, network and storage usage information to support the datacenter usage analysis and billing solution features

Simplify management

The SPI for SAM allows management of the HP OpenView SAM environment from the HP OpenView family of enterprise products, providing the most complete end to end multi-platform solution.
HP OpenView Service Reporter version A.03.00 & above HP Internet Usage Manager 4.1, 4.5

Supported releases

HP OpenView Operations for UNIX version A.07.00, A.07.10 HP OpenView Operations for Windows version A.07.00 HP OpenView Service Desk version 4.0 with Service Pack 2, 4.5, 4.5 with Service Pack 1
Award-winning support and services
As the leader in storage solutions, HP offers a complete portfolio of support and services that let you maximize your return on investment. Our flexible and supportive Software Support options are backed by the HP commitment to responsive and effective customer support and services. HP OpenView support lets you maintain the value of your investment with award-winning support 24x7, globally.
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