HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage (DAS) Provider release notes HP-UX 11i v3 HP Part Number: 5900-0480 Published: September 2009
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Table of Contents 1 HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider release notes...5 Announcement...6 HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider...7 What's New in This Release...8 Installing HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider...9 Hardware Requirements and OS Support...9 Software Requirements...9 Disk Space Requirement...10 Defects Fixed in This Version...11 Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations...12 Related Documentation...13 Software Availability in Native Languages...14 Table of Contents 3
List of Tables 1-1 Documentation Support for DAS Provider...5 1-2 DAS Provider Supported Platform and OS Requirement...9 1-3 DAS Provider Software Requirement for Itanium-based system...9 1-4 DAS Provider Software Requirement for PA-RISC system...9 1-5 DAS Provider Disk Space Requirement...10 1-6 Defects Fixed in DAS Provider version B.11.31.0909.01 and version B.11.31.0909.02 on HP-UX 11i v3 OS...11 1-7 WBEM Provider Related Documents...13 4 List of Tables
1 HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider release notes This document discusses the most recent product information on HP-UX WBEM DAS provider, which is supported on HP-UX 11i v3 operating system. Table 1-1 Documentation Support for DAS Provider lists the product versions for which the document is applicable. Table 1-1 Documentation Support for DAS Provider Operating System HP-UX 11i v3 Version B.11.31.0909.01 and B.11.31.0909.02 The document addresses the following topics Announcement (page 6) HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider (page 7) Installing HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider (page 9) Defects Fixed in This Version (page 11) Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations (page 12) Related Documentation (page 13) Software Availability in Native Languages (page 14) 5
Announcement Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) is an industry wide initiative to unify the management of system, networks, and applications across multiple and diverse vendor environments. The WBEM clients use the mass storage providers to gather information about various subsystems. The WBEM standard enables the WBEM clients to subscribe to indications, and indication consumers to receive indications on the occurrence of events of interest on the managed system. 6 HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider release notes
HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider This product is used to diagnose the hardware using the industry standard WBEM format. The provider enables WBEM client applications to retrieve information about Direct Attached Storage systems. Currently, the following hardware can be monitored by the provider: DS2500 Storage Enclosure MSA 30 and MSA 1000/1500 (Storage Arrays) MSA 60 and MSA 70 (JBODs) Stand-alone disks The features supported by the provider are described below: Supports Instance provider feature This feature provides information about the stand-alone or fixed disks available on the system. NOTE: The Instance provider feature is not supported for LUNs. Supports Consolidated Status Provider (CSP) feature This feature reports the consolidated status of the stand-alone or fixed disks available on the system. Supports Indication Provider (IP) feature This feature generates indications in WBEM format and delivers the events to the cimserver. The indication provider uses EMS events generated by Online Diag monitors and wraps them up in WBEM format. This provider generate indications for stand-alone or fixed disks, storage arrays, and storage enclosures. NOTE: The Indication provider feature is not supported for LUNs. Supports HP-UX WBEM services to provide Web access to HP-UX data for management clients. Used by HP Software Management clients, HP System Insight Manager (SIM), HP System Management HomePage (SMH), and others. Supports WBEM Services A.02.07 or later security features to control access to HP-UX data. HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider 7
What's New in This Release This version of the DAS provider is supported on the latest HP-UX 11i v3 Integrity Superdome systems. This version also includes resolutions for a few defects. For more information on defect fixes, see Defects Fixed in This Version (page 11). 8 HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider release notes
Installing HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider The latest WBEM DAS provider depot is available for installation from the OE media. It is also available on the Web for download at: http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/ displayproductinfo.do?productnumber=wbemp-storage. The product depot can also be downloaded from the mega bundle available at the following location: http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/ displayproductinfo.do?productnumber=diagprodcollection. NOTE: The WBEM providers depot available on the Web at https://h20392.www2.hp.com/ portal/swdepot/displayproductslist.do?category=iss, does not support CSP and IP features for all the related subsystems. For more information on installing the providers, see the Website at: http://h20392.www2.hp.com/ portal/swdepot/displayproductinfo.do?productnumber=wbemp-storage Hardware Requirements and OS Support Table 1-2 lists the platform support information for the DAS provider Table 1-2 DAS Provider Supported Platform and OS Requirement Provider Product Name Supported OS Mode of Delivery DAS Provider WBEMP-Storage HP-UX 11i v3 ISU Software Requirements DAS provider requires certain software products to be installed on the managed system. These requirements are listed below. Table 1-3 DAS Provider Software Requirement for Itanium-based system Software Requirement ProviderSvcsBase version C.02.00.05.01 installs the following products on the system: WBEM Services version A.02.09 SysMgmtPlus version A.02.00.04.02 OnlineDiag version B.11.31.06.05 SysFaultMgmt version C.06.00.07.01 NOTE: The DiagProdCollection mega bundle includes DAS provider, ProviderSvcsBase, and other dependent products listed in the table Table 1-3 DAS Provider Software Requirement for Itanium-based system. In this mega bundle, a version lock is implemented between ProviderSvcsBase (Product name ProviderSvcsCore), SysFaultMgmt, WBEM Services, and OnlineDiag starting from B.11.31.0903 release. The version lock ensures that if ProviderSvcsBase product is selected for installation, other products (of versions listed in table Table 1-3 DAS Provider Software Requirement for Itanium-based system ) are pulled in for installation. For more information about DiagProdCollection mega bundle, see https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/ displayproductinfo.do?productnumber=diagprodcollection. Table 1-4 DAS Provider Software Requirement for PA-RISC system Software Requirement WBEM Services version A.02.07 Installing HP-UX WBEM DAS Provider 9
Table 1-4 DAS Provider Software Requirement for PA-RISC system (continued) SysMgmtPlus version A.02.00.04.02 SysFaultMgmt version C.06.00.07.01 OnlineDiag version B.11.31.06.05 EMS-Core version A.04.00.01 Disk Space Requirement Table 1-5 lists the disk space requirement for the DAS provider. Table 1-5 DAS Provider Disk Space Requirement Provider Disk Space Required DAS Provider (includes CSP and IP Providers) 16696 KB 10 HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider release notes
Defects Fixed in This Version The following defects are fixed in the DAS provider for September 2009 release. Table 1-6 Defects Fixed in DAS Provider version B.11.31.0909.01 and version B.11.31.0909.02 on HP-UX 11i v3 OS Defect ID Description Defects Fixed in DAS Provider version B.11.31.0909.02 on HP-UX 11i v3 OS QXCR1000938587 QXCR1000958375 In the previous release, when an application requests thread creation on a system on which DAS provider is running, the request is not processed if the provider has created threads beyond the threshold value set on the system. Due to this, warning messages are logged in the system log file as the DAS provider thread spawns over a period of time. In the current release, this defect is fixed and warning messages are not logged in the system log file as the DAS provider thread does not spawn over a period of time. In the previous release, the status of LUNs in the SMH page are displayed as degraded even when the status of LUNs are not degraded. In the current release, this defect is fixed and the LUN status is displayed appropriately in the SMH page. Defects Fixed in DAS Provider version B.11.31.0909.01 on HP-UX 11i v3 OS QXCR1000896835 QXCR1000893566 QXCR1000894271 In the previous release, the getwbemstatus function in the XML page uses the class HP_DiskDrive to get the consolidated status of the disks, but the consolidated status is provided by the classhp_diskcollection. In the current release, this defect is fixed and the XML page is modified to get the consolidated status from the class HP_DiskCollection. Appropriate status is displayed on the SMH page. In the previous release, a file named diskaldata is created in the root directory of a system when the DAS provider is started. The file size is negligible and users can ignore the occurrence of the file. This file can be deleted, but the file may reappear. In the current release, this defect is fixed and the file diskaldata is not created in the root directory of the system. In the previous release, a core file is created randomly in the var/opt/ wbem directory. Occurrence of this file does not affect normal working of the product. In the current release, this defect is fixed and the core file is not created in the var/opt/wbem directory. Defects Fixed in This Version 11
Known Problems, Workarounds, Limitations The product has no known problems or limitations in the current release. 12 HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider release notes
Related Documentation Table 1-7 lists the available documentation for the WBEM providers: Table 1-7 WBEM Provider Related Documents Description Location CIM Tutorial Information about HP WBEM Services Overview of the Indication Schema Provider Datasheets http://www.wbemsolutions.com/tutorials/dmtf/cim.html or http://www.dmtf.org/education/tutorials/ http://software.hp.com and http://www.hp.com http://www.openpegasus.org/uploads/40/3452/wbemindications.pdf Datasheets of all the providers are installed along with the product at the following location on the system:/opt/<provider-name>/doc The datasheets are also available at the following location: http://docs.hp.com/en/netsys.html#hp%20wbem%20providers Related Documentation 13
Software Availability in Native Languages The DAS provider documentation is available in English language only. 14 HP-UX WBEM Direct Attached Storage Provider release notes