HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) Version 2.0 User Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) Version 2.0 User Guide
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Getting started with SPM
- 3 Importing storage into the storage catalog
- 4 Storage service policy
- Managing templates
- Service types
- Requirement types
- All Of requirement
- Any Of requirement
- Connected To Fibre Channel Endpoint requirement
- Connected To Network requirement
- Fibre Channel Initiator Endpoint requirement
- Fibre Channel Target Endpoint requirement
- Fibre Channel Host requirement
- Network Capability requirement
- RAID Level requirement
- Resource Existence requirement
- Service Deactivation Policy requirement
- Storage Capability requirement
- Storage Pool Available Capacity requirement
- Storage Pool Subscription Ratio requirement
- Storage Pool Volume Count requirement
- Tag requirement
- Use Resource requirement
- Volume Capacity requirement
- Volume Committed Capacity requirement
- Volume Creation Security Group requirement
- 5 Storage service provisioning
- 6 Managing storage catalog entities
- Managing arrays
- Viewing and modifying array properties (Overview tab)
- Viewing array storage pools (Storage Pools tab)
- Viewing array volumes (Volumes tab)
- Viewing array ports (Ports tab)
- Viewing array host entries (Hosts tab)
- Viewing and modifying array capabilities settings (Capabilities tab)
- Viewing and modifying array security settings (Security tab)
- Removing an array
- Managing storage pools
- Managing volumes
- Managing networks
- Managing security
- Resynchronizing resources
- Quarantining resources
- Managing arrays
- 7 Monitoring the storage catalog
- 8 Support and other resources
- A Troubleshooting
- Viewing operational logs
- Addressing common issues
- Storage Provisioning Manager issues
- SPM will not launch in browser
- The user is unable to login through the SPM user interface
- Issues with multiple SPM instances pointed to the same storage resources
- Cannot import 3PAR Storage Systems
- 3PAR SMI-S connection problems
- Service activation fails to present volumes on 3PAR arrays
- EVA arrays and/or XP arrays are marked as Offline when they appear to be functioning correctly outside of SPM
- HP Matrix OE storage pool issues
- Storage Provisioning Manager issues
- Backup and recovery
- Managed SAN
- Unmanaged SAN
- B Working with Brocade Fibre Channel networks
- C Working with EVA storage systems
- D Working with 3PAR storage systems
- Overview
- Understanding how to import 3PAR arrays into SPM
- Understanding 3PAR capacity reporting
- Understanding 3PAR Storage System volume creation/growth
- Understanding 3PAR Storage System virtual domains
- Exposing volume presentations in 3PAR Storage Systems
- Working with 3PAR Storage System host modes
- Presenting volumes on 3PAR Storage Systems
- Creating hosts on a 3PAR Storage System
- Working with 3PAR Storage System active VLUNs and VLUN templates
- Working with autonomic groups
- Volume migration (Tiering)
- Importing a large number of volumes
- Unique identification of common provisioning groups (CPG)
- E Working with HP P9000/XP Disk Array
- F Working with unmanaged networks
- G Working with unmanaged arrays
- H Units of measurement
- Glossary
- Index
4 Storage service policy
SPM allows storage architects to control storage service provisioning policy using templates.
Templates dictate the types of requirements that consumers are allowed to or must add to any
storage service that is based on the template. Templates can also contain read-only and default
requirements that are automatically added to services.
Templates have the ability to prohibit selected requirements from being specified by storage services.
This allows the storage architect to pre-specify important characteristics and not let the consumer
influence them. In conjunction with access control, this allows the storage architect to have tight
control of storage service provisioning without having to be directly involved with every request.
Managing templates
Storage architects, by default, will be able to perform the following operations on templates:
• Create new template
• Modify existing template (the user is prompted as to whether or not to change existing services
based on the template)
• Modify template requirements on an existing storage service
• Delete a template (a template cannot be deleted if there are existing storage services based
on it)
Storage architects and admins will be able to perform the following operations on templates:
• Add or remove templates to/from a security group
• View template details/contents
• View all services based on a template
• View template of a service
Creating templates
Template creation is the responsibility of the storage architect. Templates must be based on an
existing template.
During the creation process the user will be prompted to provide requirements for the template.
NOTE: SPM ships with a default Matrix OE template that is used for all Matrix storage
provisioning. This is used for manually specified requests (e.g. manually defining a storage pool
entry using SPM catalog storage or manually specifying the attributes of a logical disk when
defining a Matrix service template.) In addition, an architect defining the logical disk information
in a Matrix service template can browse other SPM storage templates and make a selection. The
storage architect can control Matrix storage provisioning by directly editing the default Matrix
template, creating new templates from the default template, or creating copies of the default template
and then making appropriate modifications.
For more information on Service Requirements see Requirement types.
To create a template:
1. In the Navigation tree, under Storage Services, select Templates.
The Templates page appears in the content pane. Any existing templates and their descriptions
will be visible.
2. Click Create Template on the bottom right. (Alternatively, right click on Templates under Storage
Services and click Create Template.)
The Create Template Wizard appears with some basic guidelines.
20 Storage service policy