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SRM and SAN ManagementReducing Management Costs

and Complexity

Andy Namynanik, Hewlett-Packard

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Abstract

SRM and SAN Management: Reducing Management Costs and ComplexityThis session will illustrate the end user benefits of leveraging an SRM solution for effective, efficient and centralized management of everyday operational tasks as well as strategic initiatives. This tutorial will also illustrate the end user benefits being realized through the adoption of industry standards.

Agenda

Today’s SRMSRM Use Cases

Reducing Management Costs and ComplexityOperational and ROI Benefits

Accelerating Strategic IT InitiativesImportance of Storage StandardsLessons LearnedWhat to Look For

Storage Management Challenges

Application Application Application

Yesterday’s SRM

Point ToolsHigh Training Costs, Expertise Limited to Select Few

SpreadsheetsInefficient, Error-Prone, Not Secure

White BoardsA Recipe for Disaster!

SRM Today

Enterprise RFPs and Deployments Growing SteadilyWorldwide implementations in Global 200 accounts

Financial, Healthcare, Media, Manufacturing, TelecomVendor Consolidation

~30 vendors in 2002~10 vendors today

2nd Generation SRMNot just for file servers anymore

SMI-S in SRMSMI-S implemented by all leading SRM vendorsOver 500 products CTP compliant

SRM as a Storage Management PlatformCommon platform for all things “SRM”Encompassing term for all things “Storage Management”

The New SRM

SAN/Device Mgt.– Topology– Dependency– Fabric mgt.– Array mgt.

StorageManagement

NetworkManagement

Server Management

Backup Resource Mgt.– Reporting– Topology– Job event mgt.

Provisioning– Fabric zoning– LUN mapping– LUN masking

File SRM– Aging analysis– Consumption– Policy actions

App. Mgt.– Path mgt.– Performance– Capacity

Change Mgt.– Change log– Auditing– Modeling

Enterprise Management Platforms

Storage Resource Management- Common agent - Common repository - Common user interface

Agenda

Storage Infrastructure Challenges

Source: ESG Research – Based on ESG survey of 165 storage professionals

Additional IT Directives

Reduce capital expensesManage more with same number of peopleOptimize utilization of existing assetsFaster trouble shootingReduce the number of point products

SRM: The Great Enabler

Assists Daily OperationsAutomates discovery, monitoring, reporting, policy actionsReduces repetitive, manual administrationMoves admin from reactive to proactive management

Enables Strategic IT InitiativesProvides planning information and decision supportAccelerates project timelines and reduces costsReporting/tracking communicates project success

SRM Use CaseAutomated Discovery and Topology Mapping

Source: ESG, The Quantified Benefits of Storage Resource Management Software, 12/06

Tool Steps Comments Elapsed Time

Oracle DBA Studio

Launch DBA Studio Enterprise Manager. Select a database to manage. Launch the table space utilization view. Record table space to DB file mapping

DB admin login required

Command Line

Find the storage vendor and LUN (df –k and the Solaris format utility)

Root login required. Different for each operating system

HBA or O/S utility

Find WWN using LUN Different for each HBA

Storage GUI or CLI

Find the device using WWN and LUN. Record the RAID group and level. Record the hard drives in the RAID group and the drive configuration.

Different for each storage array

Manual

Switch GUI or CLI

View active zones Find the ingress port’s WWN. Find the egress port’s WWN. Record zone members and settings.

Different for each switch. Repeat for multi-switch SANs

One hour

Automated SRM Application to spindle discovery and topology

Fast, simple single screen

Less than a minute

Auto-discovery

Topology visualization

Fabric management

Heterogeneous device support

(active and passive)

Benefits:Improve operationalefficiencyEnsure data availabilityFreedom to buy storage hardware that meets business and budget needs

SRM SolutionAutomated Discovery and Topology Mapping

SRM Use CaseCapacity Planning and Utilization

Before SRM After SRM

Existing Storage Capacity 50 TB 50 TB

Projected Growth 60% 60%

Storage Utilization 45% 70%

Additional Disk required 30 TB 1.4 TB

Cost of Disk/GB $30 $30

Projected Capital Expense $900,000 $42,857

Savings $857,143

Application capacity

Host capacity

Switch capacity

Array capacity

SRM Benefits:Prevent capacity shortagesOptimize existing resourcesSimplify consolidation effortsSimplify planning

Capacity details and trends for

each resource

SRM SolutionCapacity Planning and Utilization

SRM Benefits:Defer capital expenditures by reclaiming capacityDetermine what data can be moved to lower cost storage tiersImplement ILM with greater accuracy and speed

Identify old, inappropriate, and duplicate

Classify unstructured data for ILM

Monitor end user space

hogs and disk usage by groups

SRM SolutionCapacity Planning and Utilization

SRM Use CaseAutomated Provisioning

Steps Tool Comments Elapsed Time

Location of unused capacity and/or add more drives Storage Console

Radically different user consoles for each vendor

Allocation of logical volumes Storage Console

Assignment of host addresses Storage Console

Use of LUN mask for security Storage Console

Multi-path Configuration Software and operating system

Available from multiple vendors with operating specific interfaces

Zoning Switch Console

Switch specific user interfaces. Zoning using WWN is tedious and can be error prone

HBA Configuration HBA Console Vendor and adaptor specific

Driver configuration BIOS or utility HBA and O/S specific

Server Recognizes new capacity O/S specific Very different procedures

between O/S

Manual

Application recognizes new capacity

Application specific

One Hour

Automated Provisioning Manager SRM Fast, single screen simplicity

Three Minutes

SRM Benefits:Improve accuracy and speed of allocating storage capacityAccelerate deployment of revenue-generating applicationsProvision ILM tiers through common interface

End-to-end path

provisioning interface

SmartGuide™rules for array, host binding, volume, LUN,

and zone operations

Job scheduler minimizes business impact

SRM SolutionAutomated Provisioning

SRM Use CaseApplication Performance Troubleshooting

Tool Steps Comments Elapsed Time

Trap collector

Initial traps are recorded. Hundreds of sympathetic alarms are generated equipment in the data path. All affected group leaders are notified. Wait to hear from applications group

Multiple tools may be required including HP OpenView, MicroMuse etc.

Meetings Group leaders and vendors gather to discuss problem

Finger pointing ensues

Visio Diagrams and Excel spreadsheets

Possibly outdated information is used to try to isolate problem

Tribal knowledge rules

Manual

Physical verification

Teams are dispersed through out the data center to check on their respective domains and isolate the problem

Time consuming, especially if multiple data centers are involved.

Approximately four hours – Extreme cases could days

Automated Database

module

Receive alarms and quickly indicate source of problem and application affected

One screen covers application through storage

Less than 5 minutes

SRM Benefits:Identify root causesor performance problemsImprove service levels

Real-time monitoring of storage

supply chainSmartGuide™

filters for fast analysis

Monitor all statistics

concurrently

Storage Essentials SolutionApplication Performance Troubleshooting

Who benefits from SRM ?

CxOsReduced Storage TCOImproved Business Continuity

IT DirectorsImproved Operational Efficiencies & ROI of Storage AssetsSupports Storage Management Best PracticesSupports Heterogeneous Open Systems Environments

System/Storage AdministratorsCentralized Web Based SolutionFlexible/Custom Reporting meets reporting needs

Users of Business Systems & Knowledge WorkersImproved Access to ApplicationsPromotes Faster Decision Making, Higher Productivity

Agenda

SRM Enables Strategic IT InitiativesAccelerating Project Timelines and Reducing Costs

Storage consolidationInformation Lifecycle Management (ILM) Data center / server consolidationSAN and NAS management Business application managementSecurity audits, internal controls, compliance reportingRemote data center managementChargeback and cost accountingAsset management

Consolidating StorageWith SRM and SAN Management

1. Take inventory of storage infrastructure2. Analyze capacity utilization and consumption3. Identify consolidation candidates4. Provision new storage5. Charge back business units & communicate

results

Centrally Located and Managed Storage

Marketing

Finance

Service

Storage Consolidation

Optimized Server Performance

Six Steps to Building an ILM Foundation with SRM

2. Classify Data Types

and Map Data to Classification

5. Monitor ILM Infrastructure

and Create Automated

Policies

6. Charge back Business Unitsin Accordance with Tiers and Communicate

Results

3. Assign Storage

Resources to ILM Tiers

4. Provision Storage in

Accordance with ILM Tiers

1. Take Inventoryof Existing

Storage Infrastructure

Agenda

SMI-S in SRM Solutions

SMI-S compliant SRM solutions provide the following benefits:

Agent less management of Windows infrastructureNormalized management for all storage systems, switches and hostsDevice support added quickly, without “shims” or “translators” to proprietary interfaces CIM-standard database schema, instead of a proprietary data model, results in faster administrator ramp-up and less risk of vendor lock-in.

Capacity ManagementTotal capacity, total used, total available, unmounted volume, and percentage used summary statisticsVolume name, partition type (FAT, NTFS, etc.), total capacity, total used, available, and percentage used

SMI-S in SRM SolutionsAgentless Management Features through WMI

Performance MonitoringEach server and the logical disks in each serverProcessor utilization, physical memory used, free physical memory, virtual memory used, and free virtual memory

SMI-S in SRM SolutionsAgentless Management Features through WMI

SMI-S in SRM Solutions

Normalized Array ManagementStandardized management UI based on SMI-S defined presentation modelReduces training and administration time

Management Framework Standard

SAN Mgt.– Dependency– Fabric mgt.– Array mgt.

Backup Mgt.– Reporting–Job event mgt.

Provisioning– Fabric zoning– LUN mapping– LUN masking

File/App. Mgt.– Path mgt.– Performance– Capacity– File analysis

Change Mgt.– Change log– Auditing– Modeling

Development shiftsto high value-add

functionality

SMI-S provides a standard way to

discover, model, and provision storage

Storage Management PlatformCommon components/services:- Topology - Data Model - Policy Management - Discovery - Events - Collector

MF extends SMI-S and eases development of

interoperable management apps

Agenda

Lessons Learned

Management support and endorsement at the executive level plays a crucial role

In successful deploymentsIn enabling the savingsCritical to get all domain experts on-board

Storage admins, DBAs, system admins, Exchange admins

Move from a culture of provisioning to a culture of managementDriving up utilization requires performance managementUse SRM to create baseline for IT initiatives

Use reports to communicate success of IT initiativesSMI-S compliance reduces risk and increase choicesThe tools are available today - pick one and get started

Agenda

What to Look for (in an SRM Solution)

Unified PlatformHeterogeneous Device Support ScalabilityStandards-builtBusiness application managementFile-level analysisRemote managementEase of useNormalized provisioning

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Many thanks to the following individuals for their contributions to this tutorial.

SNIA Education Committee

Ray DunnMarty Foltyn John KellyAndy Namynanik

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