HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) version 2.3 User Guide

Contents
1 Introduction.............................................................................................10
Data storage and SPM............................................................................................................10
SPM environment....................................................................................................................10
Minimum requirements............................................................................................................12
Roles and workflow.................................................................................................................13
2 Getting started with SPM...........................................................................15
Installing SPM........................................................................................................................15
Upgrading from SPM v1.x........................................................................................................15
Importing HP XP/P9000 arrays as managed arrays during an upgrade....................................16
Upgrading from SPM v2.0.......................................................................................................16
Setting up and configuring SPM to communicate with arrays and SAN networks.............................16
Launching SPM.......................................................................................................................17
Logging in to SPM..................................................................................................................17
Web security with SPM............................................................................................................17
Browsing storage catalog entities..............................................................................................19
Identifying regions of the SPM interface................................................................................19
Customize columns to display..............................................................................................20
Customize data size format.................................................................................................20
Backup and restore.................................................................................................................21
3 Importing resources into the storage catalog................................................23
Importing an array..................................................................................................................23
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System virtual domains................................................................24
Importing a storage pool.........................................................................................................24
Importing a volume.................................................................................................................25
Importing a network................................................................................................................25
4 Storage service policy...............................................................................27
Service types..........................................................................................................................27
SAN connected volume service............................................................................................27
Volume service..................................................................................................................27
SAN connectivity service.....................................................................................................27
Requirement types...................................................................................................................27
All Of requirement.............................................................................................................28
Any Of requirement............................................................................................................28
Connected To Fibre Channel Endpoint requirement.................................................................28
Connected To Network requirement......................................................................................28
Fibre Channel Initiator Endpoint requirement.........................................................................28
Fibre Channel Target Endpoint requirement...........................................................................28
Host requirement................................................................................................................29
Network Capability requirement..........................................................................................30
RAID Level requirement.......................................................................................................30
Resource Existence requirement............................................................................................30
Service Deactivation Policy requirement.................................................................................30
Storage Capability requirement...........................................................................................31
Storage Pool Available Capacity requirement........................................................................31
Storage Pool Subscription Ratio requirement..........................................................................31
Storage Pool Volume Count requirement................................................................................31
Tag requirement.................................................................................................................31
Use Resource requirement...................................................................................................31
Volume Capacity requirement..............................................................................................32
Volume Committed Capacity requirement..............................................................................32
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