HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 Logical Server Management User Guide

Use this storage type to ensure that managed arrays in SPM
are returned as candidates.
SAN Pre-populated Catalog Storage
Pool Entry (Server with Virtual
Connect logical servers only)
Allows you to select storage that was preconfigured in HP
Storage Provisioning Manager. All volumes are already
presented to WWNs, and the WWNs are displayed with
the volumes. Add a volume, select a candidate for the
volume and a storage port WWN, and the rest of the
information is filled in automatically.
Use this storage type to ensure that unmanaged arrays in
SPM are returned as candidates.
Table 7 Storage types
Use this storage typeAnd your storage configuration is...
If your logical server will be active
on...
SAN Storage EntrySAN, with RDM disk presented to ESX
VM Host
Server with Virtual Connect and ESX
virtual machine (cross-technology
logical server)
SAN Storage EntrySANServer with Virtual Connect
SAN Catalog Storage EntrySAN configured with Storage
Provisioning Manager (managed
arrays)
Server with Virtual Connect
SAN Pre-populated Catalog Storage
Entry
SAN configured with Storage
Provisioning Manager, with volumes
Server with Virtual Connect
pre-presented to WWNs (managed
and unmanaged arrays)
SAN Storage EntrySAN, with RDM disk presented to ESX
VM Host
ESX virtual machine
File (VM) Storage EntryFile (residing on local drive, SAN, or
iSCSI)
ESX virtual machine
File (VM) Storage EntryFile (residing on local drive, SAN, or
iSCSI)
Hyper-V virtual machine
File (VM) Storage EntrySAN physical [whole] disks, or virtual
disks that are logical volumes created
Integrity VM virtual machine
in a Shared Logical Volume (SLVM)
volume group
SAN Storage EntrySANOperations Orchestration workflow
physical server
SAN Catalog Storage EntrySAN configured with Storage
Provisioning Manager
Operations Orchestration workflow
physical server
You can define your logical server storage configuration in the following ways:
• “Create a storage entry” (page 46) 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 50) 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.
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