HP 3PARInfo 1.4 User Guide

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1 HP 3PARInfo 1.4 User Guide Abstract This guide provides information about installing and using HP 3PARInfo. It is intended for system and storage administrators who monitor and direct system configurations and resource allocation for HP 3PAR Storage Systems. For the latest information about this product, see the HP 3PARInfo Release Notes. HP Part Number: Published: July 2015 Edition: 5

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3 Contents 1 Introduction...4 Overview...4 HP 3PARInfo environment Installing HP 3PARInfo...5 For UNIX platform...5 Prerequisites...5 To install, uninstall, or upgrade HP 3PARInfo on a UNIX platform...5 For Windows platform...5 Prerequisites...5 To install or uninstall HP 3PARInfo on a Windows platform...5 Installation...5 Uninstallation...6 HP 3PARInfo directory structure...6 Components...6 Installing HP 3PARInfo...6 UNIX platforms...6 Windows platform...6 Removing HP 3PARInfo...7 UNIX platforms...7 Windows platform Working with HP 3PARInfo...8 Command options...8 Get version information...8 Get help...8 Get LUNs...9 Get list of LUNs separated by specified delimiter...9 Get LUN information...10 Get LUNs with VV ID and Domain ID...10 Log files Troubleshooting HP 3PARInfo...14 Unable to view a specific device file...14 Invalid values displayed for LUNs that are removed from the host...14 Cannot execute binary file Support and other resources...16 Contacting HP...16 Related information...16 Glossary...18 Contents 3

4 1 Introduction Overview This chapter describes HP 3PARInfo 1.4, its features, and the working environment. HP 3PARInfo is provided with HP 3PAR System Reporter apart from being available as a web download. You can use this utility to obtain configuration information about HP 3PAR LUNs that are exposed to the host from HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage. You can obtain the following information using HP 3PARInfo: List of LUNs exposed to hosts Information about a specific LUN that is exposed to the host HP 3PARInfo environment For information on the list of supported environments, see HP 3PARInfo under HP Storage SPOCK, available at: 4 Introduction

5 2 Installing HP 3PARInfo This section describes how to install and uninstall HP 3PARInfo. It also lists the various components of HP 3PARInfo. For UNIX platform Prerequisites The following are the prerequisites for installing, removing and executing HP 3PARInfo on a UNIX platform: Ensure root user access to the system is available. The unix_local_install.sh script must have executable permissions. If it does not have the same, run the following command: #chmod +x./unix_local_install.sh For Linux, libstdc++.so.6 or later version must be installed on the system. For Solaris, libstdc++.so.6 and libgcc_s.so.1 or later version must be installed on the system. For HP-UX 11.23, the Portability Package must be installed on the system. This package provides new HP-UX APIs, and adds enhancements to the existing HP-UX APIs, for the HP-UX 11i v2 release. For more information, check displayinstallinfo.do?productnumber=portpkg. To install, uninstall, or upgrade HP 3PARInfo on a UNIX platform To Install HP 3PARInfo on UNIX, run the following install script:./unix_local_install.sh Install, uninstall, or upgrade is performed based on these scenarios:- If HP 3PARInfo is not installed on the system, then a fresh copy is installed by the installer. If a same version of HP 3PARInfo is available, then the installer prompts for an uninstallation. If an older version of HP 3PARInfo is available, then the installer identifies the same and prompts for an upgrade. NOTE: The unix_local_install.sh is a common script for all UNIX platforms. The unix_local_install.sh script detects supported platform and installs accordingly. If a platform is not supported, "Host Operating System is not supported" warning message is displayed. For Windows platform Prerequisites You must have Administrator privileges to install and execute HP 3PARInfo. To install or uninstall HP 3PARInfo on a Windows platform Installation Navigate to HP3PARInfo-windows folder, and execute the 'setup.exe' file. You will be guided through the installation steps. For UNIX platform 5

6 Uninstallation Uninstall the HP 3PARInfo from the 'Add or Remove Programs' screen. NOTE: Default destination folder on windows is: C:\Program Files (x86)\3par\hp 3PARInfo Shortcut is created under the following location: Start > All Programs > HP 3PAR > HP 3PARInfo 1.4 HP 3PARInfo directory structure Components All folders, except HP3PARInfo-windows contain bin and lib sub-folders. HP3PARInfo-windows folder contains setup.exe. The software components of HP 3PARInfo are: bin directory This directory contains the binary. lib directory This directory contains the library files. unix_local_install.sh This script is used to install, uninstall, or upgrade HP 3PARInfo on UNIX platforms. setup.exe This file is used to install HP 3PARInfo on Windows. README This file contains prerequisites and instructions to install, remove and upgrade HP 3PARInfo. Installing HP 3PARInfo UNIX platforms Transfer the HP3PARInfo.tar file to the target system and untar it. Run the unix_local_install.sh script to install HP 3PARInfo. The syntax is:./unix_local_install.sh When you run this command: The binary is copied to /usr/bin directory. The libraries are either copied to /usr/lib or /usr/lib64 directory. After running the installation script, view the directories and ensure that the following files are available: HP3PARInfo in the /usr/bin/ directory libhp3parinfologger.* files in the /usr/lib/ or /usr/lib64/ directory Windows platform Transfer the HP3PARInfo.tar file to the target system and untar it. Navigate to HP3PARInfo-windows folder and execute the setup.exe file and follow the installation steps. 6 Installing HP 3PARInfo

7 After a successful completion of the setup: The binary and other required files will be copied to C:\Program Files (x86)\3par\hp 3PARInfo, if the user has selected the default location during installation. A shortcut to launch HP 3PARInfo is created under Start > All Programs > HP 3PAR. Removing HP 3PARInfo UNIX platforms To remove HP 3PARInfo, run the unix_local_install.sh script. The syntax is:./unix_local_install.sh When you run this command: The binary is removed from the /usr/bin/ directory. The libraries are either removed from /usr/lib or /usr/lib64 directory. The log files are removed from: /var/adm/hp3parinfo/ directory on HP-UX /var/log/hp3parinfo/ directory on other UNIX platforms After running the script for removing HP 3PARInfo, view the directories and ensure that the following files are removed: HP3PARInfo in the /usr/bin/ directory libhp3parinfologger.* files in the /usr/lib or /usr/lib64 directory Windows platform Uninstall HP 3PARInfo from the 'Add or Remove Programs' screen. Once the uninstallation is successful: The folder HP 3PARInfo and all its files would be deleted from the default installation folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\3par) Shortcut to launch HP 3PARInfo is deleted from Start > All Programs. Removing HP 3PARInfo 7

8 3 Working with HP 3PARInfo This section describes how to use the command options of HP 3PARInfo. Command options HP 3PARInfo supports five command options: -v, -h, -i, -d and -f. Each of these options display a specific set of information. Table 1 (page 8) lists the command options. Table 1 Command options Command option -v -h -i -f -d -ea Information you get Version information of HP 3PARInfo. Help for HP 3PARInfo. The list of LUNs that are exposed to hosts. More information about the specified LUN. Detailed information about all the 3PAR LUNs delimited by the specified character The list of LUNs that are exposed to hosts with their VV ID and Domain ID. Get version information Use the -v option to view HP 3PARInfo version information. The syntax is: # HP3PARInfo -v Figure 1 (page 8) shows the sample output. Figure 1 Get version information Get help Use the -h option to view help about HP 3PARInfo. All the command options are displayed. The syntax is: # HP3PARInfo -h Figure 2 (page 9) shows the sample output. 8 Working with HP 3PARInfo

9 Figure 2 Get help information Get LUNs Use the -i option to view the list of LUNs that are exposed to hosts. The syntax is: # HP3PARInfo -i Figure 3 (page 9) shows the sample output. Figure 3 Get LUN list The -i option displays the following information: Device File Name LUN Size Target ID LUN ID LUN WWN VV Name Code Revision Array Serial Number For more information about these fields, see Table 2 (page 11). Get list of LUNs separated by specified delimiter Use the -d option to view detailed information about all the 3PAR LUNs separated by the user specified delimiter. Output will display one LUN per line. The syntax is: #HP3PARInfo -d{char} Command options 9

10 This option can be used to obtain data in csv format. Get LUN information Use the -f option to view more information about a LUN. The syntax is: # HP3PARInfo -f [devicefile] Figure 4 (page 10) shows the sample output. Figure 4 Get LUN information The -f option displays the following information in addition to the information mentioned in the Get LUNs (page 9) section: Domain Name Domain ID VV Name VV ID Provisioning Type User CPG Name Snap CPG Name TP VV Allocation Unit Reserved User Size Used User Size TPVV Reclaim ATS Support XCOPY Syupport For more information about these fields, see Table 2 (page 11). Get LUNs with VV ID and Domain ID Use the -ea option to view the list of LUNs that are exposed to hosts. This option is similar to -i option with the exception that there are two additional columns, VV ID and Domain ID in the end. The syntax is: # HP3PARInfo -ea 10 Working with HP 3PARInfo

11 Figure 5 (page 11) shows the sample output. Figure 5 Get LUN list with VV ID and Domain ID The -ea option displays the following information: Device File Name LUN Size Target ID LUN ID LUN WWN VV Name Code Revision Array Serial Number VV ID Domain ID For more information about these fields, see Table 2 (page 11). Table 2 (page 11) lists the information about the fields displayed when -i,-f, -ea, and d options are used with the HP3PARInfo command. Table 2 LUN information Field Device File Name LUN Size Host Target or Target ID Array LUN or LUN ID LUN WWN VV Name Code Revision Array Serial Number Domain Name VV ID Domain ID Description Name of the device as seen by the host. Size of LUN in megabytes. SCSI ID of the target device (LUN) in Hexadecimal. Logical Unit Number (LUN) in Hexadecimal, a unique identifier used on a SCSI bus to distinguish between devices that share the same bus. A unique 64-bit value used to identify fibre channel devices on an arbitrated loop. The WWN consists of a prefix issued by the IEEE to uniquely identify the company and a suffix that is issued by the company. Name of the virtual volume. InForm OS version number. Serial number of the array from which the LUN is exposed to the host. Name of the domain associated with the LUN. NOTE: If a domain is not associated, then the value of this field is set to 0. Virtual volume identifier Domain Identifier Command options 11

12 Table 2 LUN information (continued) Field User CPG Name Snap CPG Name Provisioning Type TP VV Allocation Unit Reserved User Size Used User Size TPVV Reclaim ATS Support XCOPY Support Description Name of the User Common Provisioning Group (CPG) associated with the LUN. CPG is a set of logical disks from which you can create virtual volumes and virtual copies that are capable of allocating storage on demand. Name of the snap CPG associated with the LUN. Type of the provisioning Fully Provisioned, Thinly Provisioned, or Snapshot. Thinly Provisioned Virtual Volume allocation unit in kilobytes. If the volume is fully provisioned, this field displays NA (Not Applicable). Logical size (in megabytes) of user data for thinly-provisioned virtual volume. If the volume is fully provisioned, this field displays NA. Used User Size (in megabytes) allocated to thinly-provisioned virtual volume. If the volume is fully provisioned, this field displays NA. Indicates whether reclaim support is available on thinly provisioned virtual volumes. Indicates whether Atomic Test and Set is supported. This is a VAAI (vstorage API for Array Integration) capability that is used to off-load work to the storage array, and thus reduce the host workload. Indicates whether XCOPY is supported. This is a VAAI (vstorage API for Array Integration) capability that is used to off-load work to the storage array, and thus reduce the host workload. Log files Logs are generated by default whenever you run the HP3PARInfo command. You can find the log files at the following location: On Linux, AIX, Solaris, ESX and ESXi /var/log/hp3parinfo/ On HP-UX /var/adm/hp3parinfo/ On Windows Folder in which HP 3PARInfo is installed. HP 3PARInfo implements a rollover logger; each time HP 3PARInfo is run, the existing log files are rolled over. At any time, a maximum of five latest log files are present in the log directory. When you run HP 3PARInfo for the first time, HP3PARInfo.log is created. When you run it for the second time, the existing log file HP3PARInfo.log is renamed as HP3PARInfo.log.0, and the new log file HP3PARInfo.log is created. Similarly, whenever a new log file is created, the older log files are renamed. But, only the five latest log files are retained in the log directory. For example, when we have log files HP3PARInfo.log to HP3PARInfo.log.4, and HP 3PARInfo is run again, HP3PARInfo.log.4 is overwritten and lost. NOTE: You cannot configure the number of log files that need to be retained. If you want to retain a particular log file, you must back up the file. 12 Working with HP 3PARInfo

13 NOTE: When multiple instances of HP 3PARInfo are run simultaneously, the log file is not rolled over; all the logs are logged into HP3PARInfo.log. If you need to analyze the logs of a particular instance, look for the Process ID of the instance, run the grep command to find the lines of that instance, and redirect those lines to a temporary log file. This makes the analysis of the particular instance easier. For example, if you want to analyze logs of process id 11380, run the following command on Linux: cat /var/log/hp3parinfo/hp3parinfo.log grep "11380" > /tmp/hp3parinfo_option_i.log A new log file that contains the logs of process id 11380, HP3PARInfo_Option_i.log, is created. This log file can be used for analysis. Log files 13

14 4 Troubleshooting HP 3PARInfo This chapter describes how to troubleshoot and solve common problems that might occur while using HP 3PARInfo. Unable to view a specific device file If you are unable to view a specific device file after running the HP3PARInfo -i command, perform the following to search for the device: On Linux run fdisk l <device_file_name> On HP-UX run ioscan m dsf <persistent_device_file_name> On AIX run cfgmgr On Windows Re-scan disks under Disk Management. The following is an example scenario on Linux: HP 3PARInfo does not report a newly exposed LUN; name of the device file is/dev/sdar. Run the fdisk command to search for the device: fdisk -l /dev/sdar If there is no output for this command, the device file is not recognized. Perform a SCSI bus re-scan, so that the environment recognizes the device file. After re-scanning is complete, run the fdisk -l /dev/sdar command again. An output similar to the following is displayed: Disk /dev/sdar: 2147 MB, bytes 67 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1009 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4154 * 512 = bytes Run HP 3PARInfo to display the specific device file. Invalid values displayed for LUNs that are removed from the host The values that are displayed for VVs that are removed from the host are invalid, even after re-scanning the devices are invalid. NOTE: This error is noticed only in Linux. When you remove a LUN from the HP 3PAR Management Console and run HP3PARInfo on the command-line interface, the following output might be displayed: Device File Name Size [MB] Tgt Lun LUN WWN VV Name Code Rev Serial# ======================================================================================================================================================= /dev/sdbj MU /dev/sdbk ac f8 HP3PARINFO_Demo_LUN_SET MU /dev/sdbl ac f8 HP3PARINFO_Demo_LUN_SET MU This means that the Linux OS does not recognize the deleted LUNs. In this example, the deleted device sdbj is not recognized. Run the following command on RHEL to detect deleted LUNs: echo 1 > /sys/block/<device-name>/device/delete For example: echo 1 > /sys/block/sdbj/device/delete Run HP3PARInfo again to get the correct output. [root@paxppr2 HP3PARInfo-linux-32]# HP3PARInfo -i 14 Troubleshooting HP 3PARInfo

15 Device File Name Size [MB] Tgt Lun LUN WWN VV Name Code Rev Serial# ======================================================================================================================================================= /dev/sdbk ac f8 HP3PARINFO_Demo_LUN_SET MU /dev/sdbl ac f8 HP3PARINFO_Demo_LUN_SET MU In this sample output, the deleted device sdbj is not shown. Cannot execute binary file This means that you have installed HP-UX binary in the Linux environment. NOTE: In general, for any other issues you might face, check the HP3PARInfo.log file. Look for the word Error, and check for the lines around the word Error for clues about operation failure. The following is a sample extract from the log file: [30/08/ :58:33]:Thread Id[0] opendevicefile() in linux/src/linuxscsicollector.cpp at line# 42 Entry [30/08/ :58:33]:Thread Id[0] opendevicefile() in linux/src/linuxscsicollector.cpp at line# 60 Error in open() Device or resource busy [30/08/ :58:33]:Thread Id[0] opendevicefile() in linux/src/linuxscsicollector.cpp at line# 73 Exit with file descriptor value as -1 [30/08/ :58:33]:Thread Id[0] FetchData() in common/src/delegate.cpp at line# 246 Failed to open the device file #/dev/sda# :( In this sample extract, you can see that the device /dev/sda was busy and the operation failed for this reason. If you face an error similar to this, run the operation after sometime. Cannot execute binary file 15

16 5 Support and other resources Contacting HP HP technical support For world wide technical support information, see the HP support website: Before contacting HP, collect the following information: Product model names and numbers Technical support registration number (if applicable) Product serial numbers Error messages Log files Operating system type and revision level Detailed questions Subscription service HP recommends that you register your product at the Subscriber's choice for Business website: After registering, you will receive notification of product enhancements, new driver versions, firmware updates, and other product resources. Documentation feedback HP welcomes your feedback. To make comments and suggestions about product documentation, you can: Send an to Related information Documents In addition to this guide, see the following documents for this product: HP 3PARInfo Release Notes All documentation associated with this release is also available on the web. You can find the documents on the Manuals page of the HPSC website: In the Manuals section, navigate to All HP products Storage Storage Software Storage 3PAR Device Management Software, and then select HP 3PAR System Reporter Software under HP 3PAR Device Management Software. Websites HP.com HP Storage HP Manuals 16 Support and other resources

17 HP download drivers and software HP Software Depot Related information 17

18 Glossary A ATS Atomic, Test, and Set. This command allows the hypervisor to lock only the required blocks rather than the entire LUN. Without VAAI, the entire LUN temporarily could be locked by the numerous VMFS operations of one single hypervisor and this prevents other hypervisors from accessing the shared LUNs. The ATS API off-loads lock management from the host to the storage array and keeps the LUN available by locking only required blocks, not the entire VMFS file system. C Command Line User Interface (CLUI) CPG A CLUI is a means of interaction with a computer program where the user (or client) passes commands in the form of a line of text (a command line). Common Provisioning Group. CPG is a set of logical disks from which you can create virtual volumes and virtual copies that are capable of allocating storage on demand. L LUN Logical Unit Number. S SAN Storage area network. A network of storage devices available to one or more servers. T TPVV Thinly-Provisioned Virtual Volume. V VAAI VV vstorage API for Array Integration. The VAAI can off-load specific storage operations to compliant storage hardware, which results in less CPU, memory, and storage fabric bandwidth consumption. Virtual Volume. W WWN World Wide Name. A unique identifier assigned to a Fibre Channel device. X XCOPY Extended Copy. This is a more functional file copying utility than the copy command. For example, XCOPY can be used for copying multiple files or entire directory trees from one directory to another and for copying files across a network. 18 Glossary