HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) version 2.3 User Guide

NOTE: You can skip this screen in the future by selecting the check box at the bottom.
3. Click Next.
The Template Properties screen appears.
4. In the Template Properties screen, enter the required information noted by a red asterisk, and
any additional properties.
5. Select a service type.
A selection of base templates appears. All templates must be based on a base template.
6. Select the appropriate base template.
7. Choose an option to copy the selected template or to use the selected template as a parent
of the new template, then click Next.
The Read–only Requirements screen appears.
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. Newly-created templates
may be created by copying an existing template, in which case they have the same parent
template as the copied template.
8. Specify the requirements that are not modifiable by users but are used when fulfilling any
service using this template, then click Next.
The Allowed Requirement Types screen appears.
9. Select the requirements users are allowed to add by specifying whether a value is Allowed,
Disallowed, or Mandatory, then click Next.
The Default Values screen appears.
NOTE: The Provision Service Wizard automatically prompts for requirements marked
'Mandatory'.
10. Specify the requirements that users can modify that are added by default to any service created
using the template, then click Next.
The Security screen appears.
11. Select the security group for this template, then click Next.
Only users in the group with permissions to view and provision templates are able to select
and use the template.
The Summary screen displays all requirements and settings for this template.
NOTE: If the template is intended to be used from Matrix OE then it must be in a security
group that provides sufficient access to the Matrix roles, such as the Matrix User Security
Group. If using Matrix OE multi-tenancy, there may be specific SPM roles and security groups
for the various organization administrators and users.
12. If anything needs to be changed, click Back.
Otherwise, click Finish.
13. Select Storage Services→Templates in the Navigation tree to return to the Templates page.
The newly created template appears with the other existing templates and their descriptions.
View/edit/delete templates
When templates are created, a summary of their requirements and other details can be viewed or
edited from the Dashboard. To view template details:
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