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Appendix E: HP VLS6000 upgrade options
The HP VLS 6000 is very modular in design and there are a number of upgrade options you can
deploy to protect your investment.
deploy to protect your investment.
1.
Upgrading within the same VLS model. This involves:
– Purchasing either 250-GB or 500-GB capacity kits, which come with an associated LTU.
– Mixing 250-GB and 500-GB enclosures within the same VLS model. However mixing 250-GB
– Mixing 250-GB and 500-GB enclosures within the same VLS model. However mixing 250-GB
and 500-GB drives in the same enclosure is not allowed.
– Applying the license first, and then connecting in the additional array.
– Understanding that on power up, the VLS6000 detects the additional storage and automatically
– Understanding that on power up, the VLS6000 detects the additional storage and automatically
redistributes the virtual media across all the arrays available to it. This happens when a piece of
virtual media is next written to.
virtual media is next written to.
2.
Upgrading an entire 250-GB system to a 500-GB system. This involves:
– Purchasing the required number of 500-GB upgrade drives.
– Backing up the current (250-GB) system virtual media onto physical tape (especially if this data is
– Backing up the current (250-GB) system virtual media onto physical tape (especially if this data is
not preserved anywhere else).
– Performing the 1-for-1 disk type swap out and powering up the VLS.
– Running the “rebuild storage pools” command from the Command View VLS GUI.
– Recreating the virtual media cartridges using Command View VLS.
– Restoring physical tape copies back to virtual tape, if required.
– Running the “rebuild storage pools” command from the Command View VLS GUI.
– Recreating the virtual media cartridges using Command View VLS.
– Restoring physical tape copies back to virtual tape, if required.
3.
Upgrading from one VLS model to another, for example, VLS6105 to VLS6840. This involves:
– Purchasing the new virtual node model and base level storage enclosures.
– Backing up current VLS system to tape if the data is not stored elsewhere.
– Using HP services to transfer the node configuration from the old VLS node to the new VLS node.
– Backing up current VLS system to tape if the data is not stored elsewhere.
– Using HP services to transfer the node configuration from the old VLS node to the new VLS node.
This transfers the Fibre Channel World Wide Names (WWN) and virtual device serial numbers.
– Making existing (original) enclosures the base enclosures for the new node.
– Enabling licenses for new storage enclosures, and then adding new storage enclosures.
– Recreating virtual tape media using Command View.
– Restoring virtual cartridge data from physical tape, if needed.
– Enabling licenses for new storage enclosures, and then adding new storage enclosures.
– Recreating virtual tape media using Command View.
– Restoring virtual cartridge data from physical tape, if needed.
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