HP StorageWorks XP Provisioning Manager User Guide (December 2005)
Contents 5
5 Managing Storage Pools
5-1 Managing a Storage Pool.......................................................................................................................... 79
5-1-1 Perspective from a Parent Group to Subordinate Groups.............................................................. 80
5-1-2 Perspective from a Child Group to Its Subordinate Groups ........................................................... 81
5-1-3 Number of Volumes That Can Be Displayed.................................................................................. 83
5-2 Viewing a Storage Pool Overview ............................................................................................................. 83
5-3 Viewing Storage Pool Usage Status for Each Storage Subsystem Model................................................ 85
5-4 Viewing Storage Pool Usage Status for Each RAID Level........................................................................ 87
5-5 Viewing Storage Pool Usage Status for Each Storage Subsystem Series ............................................... 88
5-6 Viewing Storage Pool Usage Status for Each Storage Subsystem........................................................... 90
5-7 Viewing a List of Unallocated Volumes on a Host..................................................................................... 92
5-8 Allocating a Volume to a Host from a List of Unallocated Volumes .......................................................... 94
5-9 Viewing a List of Allocated Volumes on a Host ......................................................................................... 96
5-10 Allocating a Volume on a Host from a List of Allocated Volumes.............................................................. 97
5-11 Releasing a Volume Allocated on a Host from a List of Allocated Volumes ............................................. 99
5-12 Moving Volumes between Storage Pools................................................................................................ 101
6 Viewing Host Information
6-1 Preparing to View Host Information......................................................................................................... 104
6-2 Displaying Host Information .................................................................................................................... 104
6-3 Viewing a List of Accessible Hosts.......................................................................................................... 107
6-4 Viewing a List of File Systems Mounted on the Hosts ............................................................................ 107
6-5 Viewing Detailed Host Information .......................................................................................................... 108
6-6 Updating Host Information....................................................................................................................... 109
7 Managing File Systems
7-1 Overview of Managing File Systems ....................................................................................................... 110
7-2 Viewing File System Information ............................................................................................................. 110
7-3 Adding a File System .............................................................................................................................. 111
7-3-1 Selecting a Volume....................................................................................................................... 113
7-3-2 Setting Parameters....................................................................................................................... 114
7-3-3 Confirming the Settings ................................................................................................................ 114
7-4 Viewing the File System Information for a Mount Point........................................................................... 116
7-5 Expanding a File System......................................................................................................................... 117
7-5-1 Selecting a Volume....................................................................................................................... 118
7-5-2 Confirming the Settings ................................................................................................................ 119
7-6 Deleting a File System ............................................................................................................................ 121
7-7 Viewing the Data Path for a Mount Point ................................................................................................ 123
8 Managing Device Files
8-1 Overview of Managing Device Files ........................................................................................................ 125
8-2 Viewing Device File Information .............................................................................................................. 125
8-3 Adding a Device File ............................................................................................................................... 126
8-3-1 Selecting a Volume....................................................................................................................... 127
8-3-2 Setting Parameters....................................................................................................................... 128
8-3-3 Confirming the Settings ................................................................................................................ 129
8-4 Viewing Information about Device File Paths.......................................................................................... 130
8-5 Deleting a Device File ............................................................................................................................. 131
8-6 Viewing the Data Path for Each Path Name ........................................................................................... 133
9 Managing Provisioning Plans
9-1 About Managing Provisioning Plans........................................................................................................ 134
9-2 Viewing an Allocation Plan ...................................................................................................................... 135
9-3 Changing Allocation Plan Security Levels............................................................................................... 135
9-4 Editing an Allocation Plan........................................................................................................................ 136
10 Viewing Transaction Logs
10-1 About Viewing Transaction Logs............................................................................................................. 138
10-2 Viewing Transaction Logs ....................................................................................................................... 138
10-3 Resuming Operation after Processing is Interrupted .............................................................................. 139
11 Troubleshooting
11-1 Troubleshooting Procedures During Setup Operations........................................................................... 141
11-1-1 When Setup Fails ......................................................................................................................... 141
11-1-2 When Setup is Interrupted............................................................................................................ 142
11-2 Function-Specific Summary of Troubleshooting Steps ........................................................................... 142
11-3 Troubleshooting Method.......................................................................................................................... 161
11-3-1 Checking the Device Manager Agent Error Log ........................................................................... 162