HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) version 2.3 User Guide

Deleting a storage service

NOTE: A service in a resourced state cannot be deleted until it is deactivated.

To delete a storage service:

NOTE: Services created through Matrix OE should not be deleted from SPM. These services

should be managed through Matrix OE.

1. Access a specific storage service by following the steps in Viewing a storage service

2. Click Storage Service Actions then select the Delete Service option.

The Delete Service verification window appears.

3. Click Delete Service to delete or click Cancel if you did not intend to delete the service.

The Storage Services information screen appears.

Fibre Channel service zoning

When SPM provisions a new SAN Connected Volume (SCV) service presenting a volume on an

array to an initiator using the automated zoning functionality, it requires a zone to connect the

initiator to the array. If there is an existing zone connecting the initiator to target ports on the array,

SPM will re-use that zone. If there is no existing zone, SPM will create a new zone containing the

initiator and all ports on the array that are on the same fabric/network as the initiator. This behavior

can be changed by modifying the port group configuration file, and by using Fibre Channel

Port Group requirements.

The Port Group configuration file is stored in <SPM install

location>/state/storageArrayBridge/Configuration.xml. An example configuration

file is shown below.

If port groups are configured for an array, when creating a service using a volume on that array

SPM will zone each initiator to the ports in one port group. If a service request includes a port

group requirement within its host requirement and there is a port group with the same name for

the array, SPM will use the ports in the group with the name specified by the requirement. If a

service request does not include a port group requirement within an initiator endpoint requirement

or if there is such a requirement but the specified port group name does not match the name of

any port group defined for the array, SPM will use the port group containing a target port that is

used by the smallest number of SPM storage services. If a number of ports are used by the smallest

number of SPM storage services, SPM will choose one at random.

Ports that are not mentioned in the port group file are treated as if they are in a port group

containing only that port. Arrays not mentioned in the port group file are treated as if all ports on

the array are in a single group. These default groups are not named, and cannot be specified in

a port group requirement.

Port Group configuration file example

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<StorageArrayBridgeConfiguration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://

www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" Version="2.2" xmlns="urn:StorageArrayBridgeConfiguration">

</PortGroup>

</PortGroup>

</ArrayPortGroupList>

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