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
NOTE: If there is a problem activating a service, it is still moved into the resourced state because
the resources are committed to the service. The error will likely be reflected by the service being
in a nonconformant state.
Provisioning a storage service
Storage services may be provisioned manually using the SPM GUI, or they can be provisioned
automatically from Matrix OE (e.g., a user defines storage pool entries in Matrix and browses and
selects candidates, or Matrix OE creates an SPE to represent the storage (logical disk) needs of a
service template and fulfills the storage service request through SPM).
To provision a storage service from the SPM GUI:
NOTE: Requirements contain a condition which matches or does not match a candidate. The
following table describes the expected requirement match status when matching different requirement
types against a candidate.
Candidate does not match
requirement condition
Candidate matches requirement
conditionRequirement LevelRequirement Operator
No Candidate or Match with
Automation *
MatchRequired
Match, <=, >=
MatchNo Candidate or Match with
Automation **
Must not
NoMatch or Match with
Automation *
MatchRecommended
MatchNoMatch or Match with
Automation **
Not Recommended
No CandidateMatchRequired
Match (without
automation) ***
MatchNo CandidateMust not
NoMatchMatchRecommended
MatchNoMatchNot Recommended
* When possible to automate the candidate to match the requirement condition
** When possible to automate the candidate to not match the requirement condition
*** No Candidate generated when automation changing condition property
1. From the Tools menu select Provision Storage Service.
The Provision Storage Service Wizard appears.
2. In the Choose Template window choose a Service type from SAN Connected Service, Volume
Service, or SAN Connectivity Service.
A list of available templates appears below the service type dropdown.
3. Choose a template from the list of available templates.
4. Click Next.
Depending on the template chosen, there might be several additional pages. These pages
correspond to the mandatory requirement types of the template. There will be one page for
every mandatory requirement. For more information on requirement types, see Requirement
types.
Complete all necessary information on these screens, clicking Next until the Choose Solution
screen appears.
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