SFHA Solutions 6.2: Interfaces for administering DMP on ESXi
In the VMware environment, you can administer the Symantec Dynamic Multi-Pathing (DMP) solution through the Command Line Interface (CLI), the Web Client, and the vSphere Client interfaces. Each interface provides a unique experience in managing storage arrays, host bus adapters (HBAs), logical unit numbers (LUNs), array ports, and paths. You can use the interfaces based on your requirements: CLI: The VxDMP remote CLI uses the vxdmpadm, vxddladm, and vxpooladm commands. You can use the vxdmpadm command to perform the administrative tasks. Use the vxddladm command to perform the disk discovery tasks and the vxpooladm command to configure and manage the SmartPool. You can invoke these commands from a command-line prompt on a Linux or a Windows system that has the VxDMP remote CLI package installed. Web Client: The VMware vSphere's Web Client is a browser-based interface that lets you manage DMP from a graphical interface. The Web Client provides an graphical representation of the array ports, storage arrays, virtual machines, host, LUN, and local devices that are connected in the vSphere environment. The Web Client also enables you to manage the SmartPool capacity. You can access the vSphere Web Client using your vCenter credentials. vSphere Client: The vCenter plug-in lets you manage DMP in the vSphere environment, using the VMware vSphere Client as the Graphical User Interface (GUI). The GUI appears as the DMP solution's home view, and also as the VxDMP tab for the host and datacenter components of the inventory. You can access the DMP for VMware home view from the vCenter Home in the vSphere Client. For more information on administering DMP, see: Administering VxDMP using the CLI Administering VxDMP using Web Client Administering VxDMP using vSphere Client For more information on the SmartPool feature, see: About configuring storage for caching with SmartPool You can also learn more about the interfaces by taking up the course at LearnCentral- DMP 6.2 for VMware. Symantec Dynamic Multi-Pathing for ESXi documentation for other releases can be found on the SORT website.
Veritas Operations Manager 6.0: Administering Business Applications using the makeBE command line script
You can use the makeBE command line script to perform various operations related to Business Applications in Veritas Operations Manager. The makeBE script is packaged with the VRTSsfmcs package and you need to use the vomadm utility to run the makeBE script. Business Entities in Veritas Operations Manager version 5.0 are re-branded as Business Applications in Veritas Operations Manager version 6.0. For more information on makeBE operations, see: About the makeBE script Creating Business Application using the makeBE script Exporting Business Application using the makeBE script Updating Business Application using the makeBE script Deleting Business Application using the makeBE script You can create, edit, and delete a Business Application using the options (import/export/user defined import) that are provided with the makeBE script. In order to administer Business Applications using the makeBE script, you need to provide base objects and the comma-separated values (CSV) file details. The CSV file contains the information on the Business Application objects to be added or removed, the operation identifier, and the type of the operation to be executed (for example, adding or removing the objects). The makeBE script options are: import - Imports the content of an existing CSV file to create a Business Application or update or delete an existing Business Application. The operation type parameter (oper_type) mentioned in the CSV file determines the type of the operation. For example, to add an object to the Business Application, the value of oper_type is set to I, and for the delete operation, it is set to D. export - Exports the content of a Business Application to a CSV file. user_defined_import - Provides additional flexibility to add objects to the Business Application. For example, add all the hosts starting with SFHA to the Business Application. To learn more about the CSV file and its parameters, see: Objects used in the makeBE script makeBE script parameters details Note: Virtual Business Services do not support makeBE operations. To learn more about makeBE script limitations and the log files, see: Limitations of makeBE script makeBE script log files For more information about makeBE script, see: Veritas Operations Manager Management Server User Guide Storage Foundation and High Availability and Veritas Operations Manager documentation for other releases and platforms can be found on the SORT website.Veritas Operations Manager 6.0: Support for Storage Area Network fabric and switch discovery
The Fabric Insight Add-on for Veritas Operations Manager 6.0 lets you discover Storage Area Network (SAN) fabric and switches that are configured in the data center and provides a correlated view of physical connectivity and logical access control (zoning) for your hosts and storage arrays. The Fabric Insight Add-on lets you discover: Cisco switches, using the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) It discovers virtual SANs (VSANs), switches (including switches in the N Port virtualization mode), switch ports, active zones, zone members and other attributes. Brocade switches, using the HTTP communication or Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) connection to Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) It discovers switches, multi-protocol routers, access gateways, virtual switches, active zones, zone members, inter-switch and N Port virtualization(NPV)/N_Port ID virtualization (NPIV) links between the switches, and other properties. For more information on the SAN switch discovery, see: About storage area network fabric discovery using Fabric Insight Add-on About Cisco switch discovery About Brocade switch discovery To set up switch discovery, you need to first install the Fabric Insight Add-on on the Management Server and then on one or more managed hosts. The configuration requires selecting the discovery host, seed switch, and other vendor- specific parameters. For more information on setting up switch discovery, see: About setting up switch discovery Configuring Cisco switch discovery Configuring Brocade switch discovery Using the Veritas Operations Manager Management Server console, you can refresh, edit, and remove switch discovery. For more information on these operations, see: Refreshing switch discovery Editing switch configuration Removing switch discovery Switch discovery may fail due to the inaccessibility of the switch, invalid user credentials and several other reasons. To learn more about such errors and the information to rectify them, see: About troubleshooting fabric discovery For more information about SAN switch discovery, see: Veritas Operations Manager Management Server Add-ons User Guide Storage Foundation and High Availability and Veritas Operations Manager documentation for other releases and platforms can be found on the SORT website.