The storage device needs to collect host information

songminwang · Created Aug 23, 2019 02:17:49

Hello guys!

Below I will provide several systems and how to detect host information.

Checking the host information includes checking the information about the configuration, multipathing software, and aggregated disks of a host. This section describes how to check the host information on different operating systems such as Windows, Linux, AIX, andHP-UX.

On Windows

You can check whether UltraPath is working properly by viewing the information about physical paths, logical paths, virtual disk properties, performance statistics and alarms on the CLI or GUI ofUltraPath.

1. Check the physical path status.

In the CMD window, run the upadm show path command to check the status of a specified or all physical paths, including the working status as well as the storage system, controller and HBA to which the physical paths belong.

2. Check the virtual disk information.

In the CMD window, run the upadm show vlun command to check the information about all LUNs or a specified virtual disk, including VLUN IDs, hos tLUN IDs, disk names, VLUN names, VLUN WWNs, VLUN status, capacities, their controllers, storage device names, storage SNs, logical path IDs and working status.

3. Check the performance statistics.

In the CMD window, run the upadm show iostat command to check the performance statistics information about a storage system or VLUN, including the IOPS and bandwidth.

4. Check theUltraPath configuration.

In the CMD window, run the upadm show upconfig command to check the UltraPath configuration.

On Linux

1. Check whether the multipathing software is installed.

Run the rpm-qa | grep UltraPath command to check whether the UltraPath is installed properly. If the UltraPath information is displayed, UltraPath is installed.

2. Check the physical path status.

Run the upadminshow path command to check the information about a specified or allphysical paths, including physical path IDs, initiator WWNs, storage systemname, controllers, target WWNs, physical path status, path detection type, pathdetection status and port type.

3. Check the virtual disk information.

Run the upadminshow vlun command to check the information about all LUNs or aspecified virtual disk, including VLUN IDs, disk names, VLUN names, VLUN WWNs,VLUN status, capacities, their controllers, storage device names, storage SNs,logical path IDs, and working status.

4. Check the logical path status.

Run the upadminshow vlun id=? command to check the information about the logical path of a VLUN whose ID is specified, including logical path ID, SCSI address and path status.

5. Check the UltraPath configuration.

Run the upadminshow upconfig command to check the UltraPath configuration.

On AIX

1. Check the physical path status.

a) Run the upadmshow phypath command to check the information about a specified or all physical paths, including physical path IDs, initiator WWNs, storage systemname, controllers, target WWNs, physical path status, path detection type, pathdetection status and port type.

b) Run the upadmstart phypathcheck id=? command to check the working status of a specified physical path.

2. Check the logical path status.

Run the upadmshow path command to check the information about all logical paths ora specified VLUN's logical paths. The information includes VLUN IDs, logical path IDs, physical path IDs, initiator WWNs, storage system name, controller, target WWNs, logical path status and port type.

3. Check the virtual disk information.

Run the upadmshow vlun to view the information about a specified or all VLUNs mapped from the storage system to the application server. The information includes VLUN IDs, host LUN IDs, disk names, VLUN names, LUN WWNs, VLUN status,VLUN capacities, owning/active controller, storage system name and storage SN.

4. Check the performance statistics.

Run the upadmshow iostat command to view the IOPS and bandwidth information aboutthe storage system or a VLUN.

5. Check the UltraPath configuration.

Run the upadmshow upconfig command to check the UltraPath configuration.

On HP-UX

HP-UX11.31 is delivered with the NMP multipathing software. The NMP multipathing software is installed upon the system installation.

1. Check the NMP status and ensure that it is enabled.

Run the scsimgrget_attr -a leg_mpath_enable command to check the NMP status.

2. Check the disksthat the system discovers and check the NMP status of LUNs that are mapped.

a) Run the ioscan-funNC disk command to check the LUNs that are mapped.

b) Run the scsimgrget_attr -D diskname -a leg_mpath_enable command. In the command, diskname indicates the name of the device to which the system allocates the LUNs to.

3. Check the disk path information after the NMP takes over the disks.

Run the scsimgrlun_map -D ? and scsimgr get_info -D ? commands to check the disk path information after the NMP takes over the disks.

In the preceding command output, focus on the following content:

State: indicates the state of a path. Ensure that the states of two paths are ACTIVE before using them.

I/O load balance policy: indicates the load balancing mode. By default, if ALUA is disabled on the storage system, the load balancing mode of the NMP is round_robin.

Asymmetric logical unit access supported: indicates that LUNs support the ALUA mode. If ALUA is enabled, the supported ALUA type will be displayed (implicit or explicit ALUA).

4. After the NMP takes over the disks, find the disk device name and perform the read and write operations.

a) Run the newfs-F vxfs -o largefiles ? command to create a file system.

b) Run the mount diskname mountpoint command to mount the file system to a specified directory.

c) Run the bdf commandto check the read and write information.

songminwang · Created Aug 23, 2019 02:17:49

Hello guys!

Below I will provide several systems and how to detect host information.

Checking the host information includes checking the information about the configuration, multipathing software, and aggregated disks of a host. This section describes how to check the host information on different operating systems such as Windows, Linux, AIX, andHP-UX.

On Windows

You can check whether UltraPath is working properly by viewing the information about physical paths, logical paths, virtual disk properties, performance statistics and alarms on the CLI or GUI ofUltraPath.

1. Check the physical path status.

In the CMD window, run the upadm show path command to check the status of a specified or all physical paths, including the working status as well as the storage system, controller and HBA to which the physical paths belong.

2. Check the virtual disk information.

In the CMD window, run the upadm show vlun command to check the information about all LUNs or a specified virtual disk, including VLUN IDs, hos tLUN IDs, disk names, VLUN names, VLUN WWNs, VLUN status, capacities, their controllers, storage device names, storage SNs, logical path IDs and working status.

3. Check the performance statistics.

In the CMD window, run the upadm show iostat command to check the performance statistics information about a storage system or VLUN, including the IOPS and bandwidth.

4. Check theUltraPath configuration.

In the CMD window, run the upadm show upconfig command to check the UltraPath configuration.

On Linux

1. Check whether the multipathing software is installed.

Run the rpm-qa | grep UltraPath command to check whether the UltraPath is installed properly. If the UltraPath information is displayed, UltraPath is installed.

2. Check the physical path status.

Run the upadminshow path command to check the information about a specified or allphysical paths, including physical path IDs, initiator WWNs, storage systemname, controllers, target WWNs, physical path status, path detection type, pathdetection status and port type.

3. Check the virtual disk information.

Run the upadminshow vlun command to check the information about all LUNs or aspecified virtual disk, including VLUN IDs, disk names, VLUN names, VLUN WWNs,VLUN status, capacities, their controllers, storage device names, storage SNs,logical path IDs, and working status.

4. Check the logical path status.

Run the upadminshow vlun id=? command to check the information about the logical path of a VLUN whose ID is specified, including logical path ID, SCSI address and path status.

5. Check the UltraPath configuration.

Run the upadminshow upconfig command to check the UltraPath configuration.

On AIX

1. Check the physical path status.

a) Run the upadmshow phypath command to check the information about a specified or all physical paths, including physical path IDs, initiator WWNs, storage systemname, controllers, target WWNs, physical path status, path detection type, pathdetection status and port type.

b) Run the upadmstart phypathcheck id=? command to check the working status of a specified physical path.

2. Check the logical path status.

Run the upadmshow path command to check the information about all logical paths ora specified VLUN's logical paths. The information includes VLUN IDs, logical path IDs, physical path IDs, initiator WWNs, storage system name, controller, target WWNs, logical path status and port type.

3. Check the virtual disk information.

Run the upadmshow vlun to view the information about a specified or all VLUNs mapped from the storage system to the application server. The information includes VLUN IDs, host LUN IDs, disk names, VLUN names, LUN WWNs, VLUN status,VLUN capacities, owning/active controller, storage system name and storage SN.

4. Check the performance statistics.

Run the upadmshow iostat command to view the IOPS and bandwidth information aboutthe storage system or a VLUN.

5. Check the UltraPath configuration.

Run the upadmshow upconfig command to check the UltraPath configuration.

On HP-UX

HP-UX11.31 is delivered with the NMP multipathing software. The NMP multipathing software is installed upon the system installation.

1. Check the NMP status and ensure that it is enabled.

Run the scsimgrget_attr -a leg_mpath_enable command to check the NMP status.

2. Check the disksthat the system discovers and check the NMP status of LUNs that are mapped.

a) Run the ioscan-funNC disk command to check the LUNs that are mapped.

b) Run the scsimgrget_attr -D diskname -a leg_mpath_enable command. In the command, diskname indicates the name of the device to which the system allocates the LUNs to.

3. Check the disk path information after the NMP takes over the disks.

Run the scsimgrlun_map -D ? and scsimgr get_info -D ? commands to check the disk path information after the NMP takes over the disks.

In the preceding command output, focus on the following content:

State: indicates the state of a path. Ensure that the states of two paths are ACTIVE before using them.

I/O load balance policy: indicates the load balancing mode. By default, if ALUA is disabled on the storage system, the load balancing mode of the NMP is round_robin.

Asymmetric logical unit access supported: indicates that LUNs support the ALUA mode. If ALUA is enabled, the supported ALUA type will be displayed (implicit or explicit ALUA).

4. After the NMP takes over the disks, find the disk device name and perform the read and write operations.

a) Run the newfs-F vxfs -o largefiles ? command to create a file system.

b) Run the mount diskname mountpoint command to mount the file system to a specified directory.

c) Run the bdf commandto check the read and write information.

wissal · Created Aug 23, 2019 04:34:50

Hi,

Collecting Information Using SmartKit

You can use SmartKit to collect system data, archive information, and host information.

Exporting System Data

After installing the SmartKit information collection tool on a storage system, you can use the tool to customize information collection policies and collect information about the storage system in real time.

Prerequisites

The SmartKit information collection tool has been installed on the maintenance terminal.

Context

After starting SmartKit, you can obtain tool use instructions by clicking imgDownload?uuid=663ff2978f224a8ca684584 in the upper right corner of the user interface.

Procedure

Start SmartKit.
The SmartKit page is displayed.
Add a device.
1. Click Devices and then Add.
  The Add device step 2-1: Basic Information dialog box is displayed.
2. Enter basic information, including the IP address and proxy. In the Add Policy and Select Proxy areas, select Specify IP Address (add a device by the IP address) and No Proxy, respectively.
3. Enter configurations, including the user name, password, and port of the device. Click Next. In the Login Information area, enter Username, Password, and Port of the device to be added. The default value of Port is 22.
4. Click Finish.
  The newly added device is displayed in the device list.
Collect information.
1. On the main page, choose Troubleshooting > Storage Information Collection > Information Collection.
  The Information Collection dialog box is displayed.
2. In the device list, select the device whose information you want to collect and click Setting.
  The Set Device Information Collection dialog box is displayed.
3. On the Base Setup tab page, set items to be collected for the device and click OK.
  The device information collection setting is complete.
  NOTE:
  - The storage system can collect information such as system logs, alarm logs, operation data, disks, and electronic labels.
  - SmartKit can collect device information by node. On the Advanced Settings tab page, select the node whose information you want to collect and click . The selected node is displayed in the list on the right.
4. In the Information Collection dialog box, click Collect.
  Information about the selected node starts to be collected. The information collection status is displayed at the bottom of the page.
Check the information collection result.
Click Open Directory to check collected device information.

Collecting Device Archive Information

After installing the SmartKit archive information collection tool on a storage system, you can use the tool to collect the configuration and deployment information about the storage system and generate archives.

Prerequisites

SmartKit has been installed on the maintenance terminal and an archive information collection tool has been loaded.

Procedure

Start SmartKit.
Choose Troubleshooting > More > Device Archive Collection.
The device archive information collection page is displayed.
For details about archive information collection operations, click in the upper-right corner to obtain help.

Collecting Host Information

When a host information collection tool is installed on a storage system, the tool can be used for one-click information collection of hosts and database systems.

Prerequisites

SmartKit has been installed on the maintenance terminal and a host information collection tool has been loaded.
To add devices, the super administrator account is required for connections.

Context

To use the information collection tool, you have two methods with the same function: directly using the tool or importing the tool to SmartKit. The following uses the latter method as an example to describe how to use the information collection tool.

When the information collection tool is imported to SmartKit for utilization, installing JRE is not required.
When directly using the information collection tool, install JRE first.
For details about how to download JRE, see MigrationDirector InfoGrab Tool Operation Guide.

Procedure

Start SmartKit.
Choose Troubleshooting > More > Host Information Collection.
The host information collection page is displayed.
For details about host information collection operations, click Help in the upper-right corner to obtain help.

Analyzing Log Files Using SmartKit

When SmartKit is installed on a storage system and a log analysis tool is loaded, you can use the log analysis tool to analyze system logs exported from DeviceManager and results from an information collection tool, and have solutions to problems.

Prerequisites

SmartKit has been installed on a maintenance terminal and a log analysis tool has been loaded.
System log files have been exported from DeviceManager and related information files have been collected using the SmartKit information collection tool.

Procedure

Start SmartKit.
Choose Troubleshooting > More > Log Analysis.
The log analysis tool page is displayed.
For details about log analysis operations, click in the upper-right corner to obtain help.

Thanks

Unicef · Created Nov 22, 2021 12:09:51

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The storage device needs to collect host information