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
D Working with 3PAR storage systems............................................................63
Overview..............................................................................................................................63
Understanding how to import 3PAR arrays into SPM....................................................................63
Understanding 3PAR capacity reporting....................................................................................63
Storage pool capacity........................................................................................................63
Volume capacity................................................................................................................65
Understanding 3PAR Storage System volume creation/growth......................................................65
Understanding 3PAR Storage System virtual domains..................................................................65
Exposing volume presentations in 3PAR Storage Systems..............................................................66
Working with 3PAR Storage System host modes..........................................................................66
Presenting volumes on 3PAR Storage Systems.............................................................................66
Creating hosts on a 3PAR Storage System..................................................................................66
Working with 3PAR Storage System active VLUNs and VLUN templates.........................................67
Working with autonomic groups...............................................................................................67
Volume migration (Tiering).......................................................................................................67
Importing a large number of volumes........................................................................................68
Unique identification of common provisioning groups (CPG).........................................................68
E Working with HP P9000/XP Disk Array.......................................................69
Supported configurations.........................................................................................................69
Understanding how to import P9000/XP array into SPM.............................................................69
Understanding P9000/XP disk array capacity reporting..............................................................69
Storage pool capacity........................................................................................................69
Understanding P9000/XP disk array presentation, mapping, and masking....................................70
Working with P9000/XP disk array host modes.........................................................................70
Creating hosts on a P9000/XP disk array.............................................................................70
F Working with unmanaged networks............................................................72
Overview..............................................................................................................................72
Unmanaged SANs.............................................................................................................72
Allow External Processing...............................................................................................72
Storage admin changes requested by SPM.......................................................................72
Zone removal...............................................................................................................72
XML file lifecycle................................................................................................................73
XML file location................................................................................................................73
XML errors........................................................................................................................73
Endpoints and zones..........................................................................................................73
Network types...................................................................................................................73
Element ordering...............................................................................................................74
XML object model...................................................................................................................74
SanResourceCollection........................................................................................................74
NetworkResource...............................................................................................................75
Network......................................................................................................................75
Name..........................................................................................................................75
DisplayName...............................................................................................................75
Description...................................................................................................................75
Network...........................................................................................................................75
Zone...........................................................................................................................75
Endpoint......................................................................................................................75
Name..........................................................................................................................76
ZoningState..................................................................................................................76
Zone................................................................................................................................76
Endpoint......................................................................................................................76
Name..........................................................................................................................76
Endpoint...........................................................................................................................76
Kind............................................................................................................................76
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