[Info-vax] Software to manage a Raid Array Configuration

[Kari Uusimäki]

Christoph Gartmann wrote:
> In article <4accd151$0$3886$9b536df3 at news.fv.fi>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kari_Uusim=E4ki?= <uusimaki at exdecWITHOUTTHISfinland.org> writes:
>> Chuck Aaron wrote:
>>> I have two 5300 raid controllers running on a DS25, VMS 8.3 and have an 
>>> MSA30. Is there any software that will manage the disks on the MSA30 
>>> that I have working with the 5300 cards as a raid? I would like to view
>>> the msa30 config from my PC.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chuck
>> There's the Array Config Utility, which has a web interface.
>>
>> See:
>> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/products/acuxe/
> 
> You'll need to install HP SSL and HP MGMTAGENTS beforehand. Then you have
> a graphical interface. There is also a command-line tool: MCR msa$util
> An alternative way would be to configure the array from the srm console
> via ">>> run bios py?#" where "?#" is the number of the py device (PYA0 in 
> most cases) of the controller.
> 
> Regards,
>    Christoph Gartmann
> 

The CLI or the BIOS based configuring doesn't allow you to do e.g. 
multiple LUNs from a Raidset. The more advanced configurations can only 
be made with the ACU-XE.