VSP 360 Documentation

Version: 1.3.x
Audience: anonymous
Part Number: MK-25VSP360010-04
Published: 2026-08-04

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 360 Overview
Product overview
Workflow for installing and setting up the VSP 360 software
Installing VSP 360
System requirements
Installation requirements
Supported storage systems
Port requirements
Storage requirements
Supported browsers
Downloading the VSP 360 software
Installing VSP 360 on VMware vSphere ESX
Installing VSP 360 on Hyper-V
Installing VSP 360 on KVM
Updating the VSP 360 software
Updating the software from v1.2.2 to v1.3.0
Updating the software from v1.2.1 to v1.3.0
Updating the software from v1.2.0 to v1.3.0
Updating from v1.3.0 to a later version
Troubleshooting software update issues
Scaling resources based on system alerts
Setting up the VSP 360 software
Logging in to VSP 360 as the default platform administrator
Registering devices
Registering block storage
Registering file storage
Registering SDS block storage
Registering object storage
Reviewing the monitoring settings
Reviewing and modifying block monitoring settings
Default storage resource thresholds
Editing default storage resource thresholds
Reviewing the default storage alert profiles
Defining a monitoring time period
Editing default alert profiles
Cloning the application alert profile
Reviewing file and object monitoring settings
Configuring notification servers
Configuring the SMTP server
Importing the SMTP server SSL certificate
Configuring SNMP Manager
Editing SNMP Manager details
Configuring an SSL certificate
Generating a certificate signing request
Uploading an SSL certificate
Generating a self-signed SSL certificate
Troubleshooting SSL certificate errors
Configuring access to VSP 360
About default groups and users
About users, groups, and roles
Logging in to VSP 360 as security administrator
Creating users and groups
Creating users
Assigning users to groups
Creating groups and adding users
Creating subgroups and adding users
Configuring MFA
Configuring MFA authentication settings
Configuring MFA for users
Creating service accounts for API access
Setting up external authentication
Configuring Active Directory (AD)
Example AD structures
Configuring an identity provider
Adding self-signed certificates for external authentication
Configuring Hitachi Remote Ops for VSP 360
Logging in to the VSP 360 environment using SSH
Using the VSP 360 interface
Navigating the GUI
Dashboard overview
Configuring and managing storage systems
Configuring block storage
Block storage management overview
Creating volumes
Creating servers
Attaching existing volumes to servers and server groups
Creating server groups
Managing volumes
Volumes inventory
Protecting volumes using local replication
Expanding volumes
Updating volumes
Detaching volumes
Deleting volumes
Managing external volumes
External volumes inventory
Discovering external storage
Creating external volumes
Migrating external volumes
Monitoring migration jobs
Managing servers
Servers inventory
Refreshing the server inventory
Updating servers
Detaching volumes from servers
Deleting servers
Managing server groups
Server group inventory
Updating server groups
Detaching volumes from server groups
Deleting server groups
Creating and attaching volumes to servers and server groups
Creating and attaching volumes to a server
Creating and attaching volumes to multiple servers
Creating and attaching volumes to a server group
Managing virtual storage machines
Virtual storage machine inventory
Creating virtual storage machines
Removing virtual storage machines
Virtual storage machine storage system inventory
Adding storage systems to a virtual storage machine
Removing storage systems from a virtual storage machine
Virtual storage machine volume inventory
Adding undefined volumes to a virtual storage machine
Removing undefined volumes from a virtual storage machine
Moving defined volumes to a virtual storage machine
Removing defined volumes from a virtual storage machine
Virtual storage machine host group inventory
Configuring file storage
File storage management overview
Monitoring file storage
Viewing the Clusters inventory
Viewing the Nodes inventory
Viewing the Storage Pools inventory
Viewing the EVS inventory
Viewing the File Systems inventory
Managing NFS exports
Viewing the NFS Exports inventory
Creating an NFS export
Additional information about creating an NFS export
Modifying NFS export information
Deleting an NFS export
Managing SMB shares
Viewing the SMB Shares inventory
Creating an SMB share
Additional information about creating an SMB share
Modifying SMB share information
Deleting an SMB share
Guidelines for entering values in the Access Configuration box
IP address and domain specification
IP address export qualifiers
Specifying clients by name
Configuring object storage
VSP One Object storage management overview
Viewing the Clusters inventory
Viewing the Storage Components inventory
Viewing the Buckets inventory
Configuring SDS Block storage
SDS Block storage management overview
Protecting data
Data protection prerequisites
Data Protection workflows
Using local protection
Local protection overview
Creating a snapshot policy
Managing snapshot copies
Mounting a snapshot
Unmounting a snapshot
Restoring a volume
Deleting a local protection copy
Managing local protection policies
Viewing and editing a local protection policy
Creating a local protection copy instantly
Pausing a local protection policy
Resuming a local protection policy
Deleting a local protection policy
Using remote replication
Remote protection overview
Replication types
Active-active sync replication prerequisites
Creating a replication policy for high availability
Creating a replication policy for disaster recovery
Managing remote replication policies and copies
Viewing and editing a remote replication policy
Expanding replicated volumes
Pausing a replication copy
Resuming a replication copy
Swapping a replication copy
Resynchronizing a replication copy
Forcing IO mode for continuing remote replication on an alternate target
Deleting a remote replication copy
Deleting a remote replication policy
Monitoring storage systems with advanced analytics
Monitoring block storage
Accessing actionable insights for block storage
Identifying LUNs with a single path
Identifying unused host groups
Changing the host group status
Identifying ports without LUN security
Analyzing block storage port imbalances
Identifying idle applications for block storage
Changing the application idle status to active
Analyzing processor imbalances for block storage
Analyzing block storage workload placement
Example scenario for workload placement
Troubleshooting block storage health problems
Troubleshooting block storage health
Troubleshooting block storage data reduction health
Troubleshooting block storage application performance
Troubleshooting block storage alerts
Monitoring block storage data reduction
Data reduction metrics
Analyzing current savings with data reduction
Evaluating potential savings and data reduction candidates
Monitoring data protection metrics
Analyzing data protection metrics
Analyzing protected and unprotected volumes
Monitoring block storage capacity
Monitoring overall block storage capacity
Monitoring application capacity and forecast usage
Monitoring storage capacity and forecast usage
Identifying pools running out of capacity
Monitoring pool capacity and forecast usage
Monitoring volume capacity usage
Monitoring block storage performance
Zooming in to analyze granular data
Application performance
About applications
Application performance metrics
Identifying applications under stress
Analyzing application performance
Storage system performance
Analyzing storage system health
Analyze storage performance trends and metrics
Analyzing storage system performance
Pool performance
Identifying pools under stress
Analyzing pool performance
Volume performance
Identifying volumes under stress
Analyzing volume performance
Port performance
Identifying ports under stress
Analyzing port performance
Processor performance
Identifying processors under stress
Analyzing processor performance
Cache performance
Identifying caches under stress
Analyzing cache performance
Monitoring application anomalies
Detecting application anomalies
Monitoring block storage power consumption
Managing block storage reports
Adding a custom report
Scheduling reports
Scheduling a report
Editing a scheduled report
Downloading scheduled reports
Deleting a scheduled report
Downloading reports
Viewing and editing reports
Deleting reports
Monitoring object storage
Monitoring object storage capacity
Monitoring overall object storage capacity
Monitoring cluster capacity
Monitoring storage component capacity
Identifying storage components closest to full capacity
Monitoring bucket capacity
Monitoring object storage performance
Monitoring object storage performance
Identifying object clusters with high activity
Monitoring file storage
Monitoring file storage capacity
Monitoring overall file storage capacity
Monitoring storage pool and file system capacity
Identifying storage pools closest to full capacity
Identifying file systems closest to full capacity
Monitoring file storage performance
Identifying nodes with high activity
Identifying file systems with high activity
Monitoring jobs, alerts, and logs
Monitoring storage alerts
Monitoring VSP 360 system alerts
System alerts
Collecting information from log entries
Viewing system information
Downloading diagnostic data
Collecting RAID Agent logs
Monitoring jobs
Troubleshooting using diagnostics tools
Creating a query using Query Builder
Example to create a query using Query Builder
Creating a query using MQL
Viewing query result in Query Builder
Viewing a performance chart
Pinning a resource in a chart
Viewing the configuration details
Exporting query result
Viewing or editing a query
Cloning a query
Deleting a query
Managing applications in the App Store
Installing the Orchestrator built-in application from the App Store
Installing external applications from the App Store
Updating external application links
Removing applications from the App Store
Configuring orchestration workflows
Orchestration overview
Using the workflows catalog
Available workflows catalog
Using the Attach Existing Volume service
Using the Create Active-Active Sync Pair (GAD) service
Using the Create and Attach Volume with Existing Host Group/iSCSI Target service
Using the Create and Attach Volume with New Server workflow
Using the Delete Active-Active Sync Pair (GAD) service
Using the Expand Volume workflow
Using the Resync Active-Active Sync Pair (GAD) service
Using the Suspend Active-Active Sync Pair (GAD) service
Using the Detach Volume from Server workflow
About Insights
Managing VSP 360
Managing users and access
Configuring password update and MFA for users
Editing user details
Editing groups
Editing service accounts
Managing roles for a service account
Resetting or changing a forgotten user password
Deleting a user account
Managing devices
Device registry overview
Troubleshooting device registration and deletion errors
Editing device details
Removing devices
Starting and stopping probes
Editing general settings
Configuring report settings
Setting up the authentication application for MFA
Changing passwords
Configuring VSP 360 Analytics settings
Changing the truststore password for the VSP 360 Analytics container
Controlling the size of the performance database for VSP 360 Analytics container
Enabling host header validation for VSP 360 Analytics container
Enabling referer header validation for VSP 360 Analytics container
MARS Query Language Reference
Overview
Query language specification
Terminology
About query structure and filters
Query structure
Resource filters
Attribute filters
Scalar filters
Timeseries filters
Time windows
Subsequence filtering
Scalar attribute as a timeseries
Advanced data processing functions
Query options
Query global options
Query filter options
Interval rollup function
Syntax
Supported operations
Interval rollup function use case 1
Interval rollup function use case 2
Derived attributes function
Syntax
Supported operations
Derived attribute function use case 1
Derived attribute function use case 2
Derived attribute function use case 3
Derived attribute function use case 4
Resource rollup function
Syntax
Resource filtering
Supported operations
Resource rollup function use case 1
Resource rollup function use case 2
PreProcessing function
Syntax
Use case
Metrics Reference
Migrating to VSP 360
Migrating data from Analyzer detail view
Data migration guidelines
Data migration architecture
Migrating from Analyzer detail view to VSP 360
Rolling back to detail view
Migration limitations
Migrating data from Ops Center Administrator
Migrating data from Ops Center Protector
Migration prerequisites
Migrating snapshots from Ops Center Protector
Migrating replication data from Ops Center Protector
Troubleshooting the Protector migration
Using the Protector CLI migration tool

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