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
2. Click Create Role on the bottom right.
The Create Role dialog box appears.
3. Fill in the required information, noted by a red asterisk, on each tab of the dialog box
(Overview, Privileges, Users and Groups, Security).
4. Click OK.
The new role appears in the Roles content pane.
To view, modify, or delete roles, see Managing roles.
Grant privileges
Privileges are granted to the roles contained within SPM. When creating a new role, these are
assigned on the Privileges tab. To view current privileges assigned to a role, select a role from the
list and click the Privileges tab.
A list of available privileges is provided in the following table.
Table 1 Privileges
DescriptionPrivilege
Grants a role the ability to loginLogin
Grants a role the ability to impersonate another userLogin On Behalf Of
Grants a role the ability to run advanced diagnosticsRun Diagnostic
Grants a role the ability to view reports associated with the overall usage of SPMView Reports
Grants a role the ability to import resourcesImport Resources
Grants a role the ability to assign privileges to other rolesAssign privileges
Grants a role the ability to skip internal recovery or exit manual recovery when SPM
is in recovery mode
Modify Recovery Mode
Force service deactivation with offline resourcesForce Deactivation
Create security groups
As part of the default security configuration, a Root Security Group (parent) and Consumer Group
(child) are setup within the Security Groups content pane. The user is free to use, change or extend
this set as desired.
Security group creation is handled in the Security Groups section of Administration.
1. In the Navigation tree select Security Groups under Administration.
The Security Groups page appears in the content pane.
2. Click Create Security Group on the bottom right.
The Choose Parent Security Group dialog box appears.
3. Select the appropriate parent group.
4. Click OK.
The Create Security Group dialog box appears.
5. Fill in the required information, noted by a red asterisk, on each tab of the dialog box
(Overview, Access Control).
6. Click OK.
The new security group appears in the Security Groups content pane.
To view, modify, or delete security groups, see Managing security groups.
42 Managing storage catalog entities