Virtual Storage Platform One Block Administrator User Guide for VSP One Block 20 Series

Version: A3-05-4x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-23VSP1B001-05
Published: 2026-09-02

Managing storage systems by using VSP One Block Administrator
VSP One Block Administrator overview
Storage system resource configuration
Storage system management workflow
Management client OS and browser requirements
Logging in to VSP One Block Administrator
VSP One Block Administrator main window
Maintenance utility main window
Command console for embedded CCI
Setting up user accounts and permissions
Accounts and permissions of VSP One Block Administrator users
Creating user accounts
Editing user accounts
Removing user accounts
Configuring storage resources
Workflow for configuring storage resources
Installing drives
Creating a pool
Editing pool settings
Creating volumes
Registering a server
Configuring port connections for a server
Editing a volume name
Modifying the capacity saving setting for volumes
Deleting volumes
Managing servers
Modifying server settings
Modifying server OS type option settings
Adding a WWN or iSCSI initiator name to a server
Deleting a WWN or iSCSI initiator name from a server
Modifying iSCSI target names
Removing a server
Modifying the storage system port settings
Modifying port OS type option settings
Creating and attaching volumes
Workflow for creating and attaching volumes
Creating volumes and attaching them to a server
Attaching volumes to servers by selecting servers
Attaching volumes to servers by selecting volumes
Checking I/O from the server
Detaching volumes from a server
Data backup and restore (snapshot)
Workflow for creating backup data using snapshots
Configuring volume policies and snapshot schedules
Creating a volume policy
Creating a snapshot schedule
Creating snapshots using the REST API
Creating snapshots on a regular basis using the REST API
Creating and mapping snapshots using the REST API
Creating snapshots
Restoring snapshots
Managing volume policies and snapshots
Checking snapshot
Checking volume policies
Checking volume policy details and snapshot schedules
Deleting snapshots
Deleting volume policies
Data replication and restore (ShadowImage)
Workflow for taking backups by using ShadowImage
Creating ShadowImage pairs
Splitting ShadowImage pairs
Resynchronizing ShadowImage pairs
Restoring ShadowImage pairs
Suspending ShadowImage pairs
Deleting ShadowImage pairs
Managing the capacity of volumes and pools
Workflow for expanding the capacity of volumes
Workflow for expanding pool capacity
Workflow for creating additional pools
Expanding the volume capacity
Checking the pool capacity
Checking the drives that make up a pool
Expanding the capacity of a pool
Checking the volume capacity
Deleting pools
Checking data reduction achieved using the capacity saving
Configuring and managing a global-active device environment
Workflow for configuring a global-active device environment
Preparing for global-active device configuration
Preparing a global-active device environment
Configuring remote paths
Configuring a quorum disk
Configuring a quorum disk by creating an external volume
Configuring a quorum disk by selecting an external volume
Configuring a quorum disk without using an external volume
Managing quorum disks
Changing the name of the external volume of a quorum disk
Adding external paths to a quorum disk
Removing external paths to a quorum disk
Removing the quorum disk settings and deleting the corresponding external volume
Removing the quorum disk settings
Managing remote paths
Adding remote paths
Removing remote paths
Deleting remote path groups
Configuring external iSCSI targets
Registering external iSCSI targets
Performing a login test to the external iSCSI targets
Removing external iSCSI targets
Configuring remote storage system
Import a remote storage system certificate
Register a remote storage system
Viewing remote storage systems
Viewing remote storage system certificates
Removing a remote storage system
Deleting a remote storage system certificate
Configuring a global-active device environment
Setting the ALUA mode
Creating a GAD consistency group and pairs
Editing Asymmetric Access States
Creating additional GAD pairs
Performing maintenance and planned outage
Suspending or resynchronizing GAD consistency groups
Suspending a consistency group
Resynchronizing a consistency group
Suspending or resynchronizing GAD pairs
Suspending a GAD pair
Resynchronizing a GAD pair
Removing global-active device configurations
Deleting GAD pairs
Resetting the virtual information
Deleting volumes associated with GAD
Data migration
Overview of data migration
Workflow for data migration
Creating external volumes
Creating migration pairs and performing data migration
Checking migration pairs
Deleting migration pairs
Deleting external volumes
Data encryption
Workflow for data encryption operations
Managing the encryption environment
Checking the encryption environmental settings
Editing the encryption environmental settings
Managing encryption keys
Checking the encryption keys
Backing up encryption keys as a file on the management client
Restoring encryption keys from a file
Managing key management servers
Checking the key management server settings for Data at Rest Encryption
Importing a certificate for connecting to the key management server
Registering a key management server
Performing a connection test to a key management server
Editing the key management server settings
Changing the priority of key management servers
Removing a key management server
Deleting a certificate for connecting to the key management server
Managing the operating status of volumes
Checking the operating status of volumes
Checking the operating status of volumes in the performance graphs
Editing QoS settings of volumes
Disabling the QoS settings of volumes
Monitoring storage systems
Monitoring the operating status of storage systems
Monitoring storage system problems
Monitoring the storage system
Checking health status
Checking storage system alerts in the maintenance utility
Checking notification history
Embedded CCI
About embedded CCI
Supported commands
Notes and restrictions for raidcom commands
Sessions and instances for embedded CCI
SSH specifications and requirements
Users and user authentication specifications
Using embedded CCI
Starting an embedded CCI user session
Using VSP One Block Administrator
Using SSH client software
Example of using embedded CCI
Audit logs for embedded CCI
Error codes for embedded CCI session errors
Troubleshooting for embedded CCI
Notes and restrictions
Notes and restrictions

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