HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) version 2.3 User Guide

overwritten at or after service deactivation until archive or aging processes outside of SPM
have been done.
• Manually set by the administrator—At any time the administrator can set or unset the quarantine
state of a resource. This may be useful when performing maintenance or upgrades on a
resource to ensure SPM does not attempt to perform automation on the resource during the
maintenance window, or at any other time the administrator wants to prevent SPM from
performing configuration of a resource.
Managing templates
Storage architects are able to perform the following operations on templates:
• Create a new template.
• Modify an existing template. (You are prompted whether to change existing services based
on the template.)
• Modify template requirements on an existing storage service.
• Delete a template if there are no existing storage services based on it.
Storage architects and admins can perform the following operations on templates:
• Add or remove templates to and from a security group.
• View template details, contents, or both.
• View all services based on a template.
• View template of a service.
Creating templates
Creating templates is the responsibility of the storage architect. All created templates must have a
parent template from which they inherit their basic properties. The parent template must be chosen
when the template is created. New templates can be created by copying an existing template, in
which case they have the same parent template as the copied template.
During the creation process, you will be prompted to provide requirements for the template.
NOTE: SPM ships with a default Matrix OE template that is used for Matrix storage provisioning.
This is used for manually specified requests, such as manually defining a storage pool entry using
SPM catalog storage, or manually specifying the attributes of physical storage when defining a
Matrix service template. An architect defining the physical storage information in a Matrix service
template can also browse other SPM storage templates and make a selection. The storage architect
can control Matrix storage provisioning by editing the default Matrix template or creating new
templates from the default template (perhaps as copies) and then modifying them.
For more information on creating templates, see the Faster storage provisioning in the Matrix
Operating Environment: Use of the HP Storage Provisioning Manager storage catalog with controlled
storage operations white paper available from the following HP website:
http://www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs
For more information on Service Requirements, see Requirement types.
To create a template:
1. In the Navigation tree, under Storage Services, select Templates.
The Templates page appears in the content pane. Any existing templates and their descriptions
are visible.
2. Click Create Template.
Alternatively, right click on Templates under Storage Services and click Create Template.
The Create Template Wizard appears with some basic guidelines.
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