HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) version 2.3 User Guide

Importing resources............................................................................................................70
Cannot import HP XP/P9000 arrays into SPM...................................................................70
Cannot import EVA arrays into SPM.................................................................................70
Managed SAN......................................................................................................................71
Managed SAN cannot be imported.....................................................................................71
Unmanaged SAN...................................................................................................................71
Unmanaged SAN cannot be imported..................................................................................71
Unmanaged Zoned SAN goes offline after update.................................................................71
B Working with Brocade Fibre Channel networks............................................72
Minimum requirements............................................................................................................72
BNA Historical Data Collection performance issues with automated zoning...............................72
Configuring SPM to communicate with SANs..............................................................................72
Importing a network................................................................................................................72
Managing networks................................................................................................................72
Network limitations for configurations involving multiple instances of BNA and/or SPM..............72
SPMs managing the same Brocade network must have distinct zones.......................................73
Connectivity services...............................................................................................................73
Managed networks............................................................................................................73
Zoning automation constraints........................................................................................73
Zoning policy...............................................................................................................74
Zoning naming convention.............................................................................................74
Zone modification.........................................................................................................74
Zone destruction...........................................................................................................74
Requirements................................................................................................................74
Unmanaged networks........................................................................................................75
C Working with HP P6000/EVA disk arrays...................................................76
Understanding how to import HP P6000/EVA disk arrays into SPM..............................................76
Understanding P6000/EVA capacity reporting...........................................................................76
Storage pool capacity........................................................................................................76
Understanding P6000/EVA storage system presentation, mapping, and masking............................77
Working with P6000/EVA storage system host modes.................................................................77
Creating hosts on a P6000/EVA storage system.........................................................................77
Backup and restore on P6000/EVA volumes..............................................................................78
D Working with HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Systems........................................79
Overview..............................................................................................................................79
Understanding how to import HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Systems into SPM...................................79
Understanding HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System capacity reporting...........................................79
Storage pool capacity........................................................................................................79
Volume capacity................................................................................................................81
Understanding HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System volume creation/growth...................................81
Understanding HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System virtual domains...............................................82
Firmware version support for virtual domains.........................................................................82
Licensing..........................................................................................................................82
Capabilities......................................................................................................................82
Pools................................................................................................................................82
Importing dynamic storage pool......................................................................................83
Importing concrete pools................................................................................................83
Creating a volume in a virtual domain..................................................................................83
Creating a host in a virtual domain......................................................................................83
Component migration.........................................................................................................83
Renaming items.................................................................................................................83
Exposing volume presentations in HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Systems...........................................84
Working with HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System host modes.......................................................84
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