HP Insight Virtualization Manager with Logical Server Management 6.1 User Guide

You can define your logical server storage configuration in the following ways:
• “Create a storage entry” (page 71) when you create a logical server.
A storage entry is associated with one logical server. You create a storage entry using the
Create→Logical Server... Storage Configuration screen, and modify it using the
Modify→Logical Server... storage tab.
• “Create a storage pool entry” (page 75) before or after you create a logical server, and
associate it with the logical server.
Each logical server can be associated with multiple storage pool entries. Multiple logical
servers can share the same storage pool entry.
You create and modify storage pool entries using Modify→Logical Server Storage Pools....
You can also create a storage pool entry by inserting a storage entry into the storage pool.
You can select catalog storage for the storage pool entry if you preconfigured storage using
HP Storage Provisioning Manager. See “Storage Provisioning Manager” (page 83) for more
information.
See “Using LSMUTIL with logical server storage” for information about using the LSMUTIL
database utility to define storage for logical servers.
Create a storage entry
A storage entry is associated with one logical server.
To create a new storage entry during logical server creation, use the Create→Logical Server...
menu selection. Complete the required information on the Identity and Compute Resources
screens. The third screen allows you to specify the storage configuration for the logical server.
1. Click the Select Storage Type dropdown menu and select SAN Storag e Entry or File (VM)
Storage Entry.
If you are creating a Virtual Connect logical server, you must specify SAN Storage Entry.
If you are creating an ESX or Hyper-V virtual machine logical server, you can specify SAN
Storage Entry or File (VM) Storage Entry. (If you want to be able to move the virtual
machine logical server to a server with Virtual Connect, specify SAN Storage Entry.)
2. If you are creating an ESX or Hyper-V virtual machine logical server, select a Datastore
from the drop-down menu.
3. Press the Create Storage Entry button, which displays the Storage Entry: SAN or Storage
Entry: File (VM) screen, depending on the storage type you selected. This screen allows you
to define and view your logical server storage configuration.
Figure 6-3 Create logical server storage configuration
Defining a SAN storage entry
The SAN Storage Entry screen allows you to add, modify, or view a SAN or RDM storage entry.
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