Adding block storage

Ops Center Administrator User Guide
Version
10.9.x
File Size
6.6 MB
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-99ADM001-17

You can add multiple storage systems at the same time by specifying an SVP IP address that has multiple storage systems. You cannot add storage systems with different credentials at the same time.

To add a storage system without an SVP, you can specify either of the GUM IP addresses.

If a supported storage system includes NAS modules, the file storage is added automatically along with the block storage.

Ops Center Administrator also supports onboarding of 4-node clusters, which is a requirement for GAD Enhanced for NAS. GAD Enhanced for NAS takes advantage of global-active device to cluster two VSP G200, G/F400, G/F600, G/F800 systems with NAS modules across two sites.

Note: Onboarding a storage system also migrates server information from Hitachi Storage Advisor Embedded. For data integrity purposes, the Hitachi Storage Advisor Embedded provisioning function is turned off after migration.

For details, see "Appendix A: Migrating to Ops Center Administrator" in the Hitachi Ops Center Administrator Getting Started Guide.

Ops Center Administrator needs access to all resources groups on the storage system so that the workflows function correctly.

Verify the following:

  • The service processor (SVP) user name used to onboard a storage system in Ops Center Administrator has access to all resource groups on the storage system, including custom resource groups and meta resource groups, so that workflows function correctly.
  • The user is a member of the Administration Users Group.
  • If the storage system includes NAS modules, the user must also be a member of the Support Personnel Group.
Note: To receive storage systems alerts from Ops Center Administrator, the storage system must be set to SNMPv3. If storage systems have SNMPv1 or SNMPv2c settings configured, you can still onboard the storage systems, but alert information for these storage systems is not shown in Ops Center Administrator. For Ops Center Administrator to receive alerts from onboarded storage systems, change the SNMP setting to SNMPv3, then restart the Ops Center Administrator server so that the Ops Center Administrator is added as an SNMP trap destination.

To launch Storage Navigator under one of the following conditions, the account used for onboarding must be authenticated locally by Storage Navigator:

  • The storage system is VSP G1x00 or VSP F1500
  • The Storage Navigator Launch Setting option is disabled.
Note: To get storage system alerts from two or more VSP G1x00/VSP F1500 storage systems, enable Use a unique SNMP engine ID for all VSP G1x00 and VSP F1500 storage systems. To do this, see "Edit Advanced System Settings wizard" in the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1x00 and F1500 System Administrator Guide.
Note: Some storage systems support upgrading the controllers by Controller Board replacement. After Controller Board replacement, update the storage system data in Ops Center Administrator by manually refreshing or waiting for the automatic refresh to complete. You can confirm that the data in Ops Center Administrator is successfully updated by verifying the following information:
  • The MODEL in the storage system inventory and storage system details is updated.
  • The report showing that the storage system model is updated is reported in the Jobs window.
  1. On the Ops Center Administrator dashboard, click Storage Systems.
  2. Click the plus sign (+) to add a storage system.
  3. In the Onboard Storage System window, enter values for the following parameters:
    IP Address:
    For a storage system with an SVP, enter the IP address (IPv4) of the external service processor for the storage system you want to discover.
    User name and password:
    Log in as a user who has administrator privileges on this storage system. For example, you can log in with the username maintenance.
    Note: If the storage system has a virtual SVP, you can specify the SVP access port number following the IP address in the IP address field. The syntax is IP-address:Port-number.
  4. Click Submit.

When you successfully add a 4-node cluster, a message displays requesting that you ensure both storage systems in the global-active device pair are added before performing procedures.

The Jobs tab is updated with a job called Create Storage System. If you are adding multiple storage systems, there is a job for each one.

Wait a while for Administrator to add the storage system. Refresh the Jobs tab to verify that the storage system has been onboarded.

The dashboard shows that the number of storage systems has been incremented by one. Additionally, when you click Storage Systems, you are redirected to the storage system inventory window where you can see the newly added storage system.

When a storage system is onboarded, Ops Center Administrator goes through an initialization process where it gathers the information about the current configuration of the storage system. During this time, you see that the ports, volumes, pools, and parity groups in the storage system are "Not accessible". After the initialization is complete, you can see the port, pool, volume, and parity group information in the Storage System detail window.

  1. From the parity groups inventory window for the storage system, create parity groups to convert the raw disk capacity into usable capacity.
  2. From the settings menu, access the tier definitions before creating pools.