HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) version 2.2 User Guide

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Contents

1 Introduction.............................................................................................10

Data storage and SPM............................................................................................................10

SPM environment....................................................................................................................10

Minimum requirements............................................................................................................12

Roles and workflow.................................................................................................................12

2 Getting started with SPM...........................................................................15

Installing SPM........................................................................................................................15

Upgrading from SPM v1.x........................................................................................................15

Importing HP XP/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

Browsing storage catalog entities..............................................................................................17

Identifying regions of the SPM interface................................................................................17

Customize columns to display..............................................................................................18

Customize data size format.................................................................................................18

Backup and restore.................................................................................................................19

3 Importing resources into the storage catalog................................................21

Importing an array..................................................................................................................21

HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage System virtual domains................................................................22

Importing a storage pool.........................................................................................................22

Importing a volume.................................................................................................................23

Importing a network................................................................................................................23

4 Storage service policy...............................................................................25

Service types..........................................................................................................................25

SAN connected volume service............................................................................................25

Volume service..................................................................................................................25

SAN connectivity service.....................................................................................................25

Requirement types...................................................................................................................25

All Of requirement.............................................................................................................26

Any Of requirement............................................................................................................26

Connected To Fibre Channel Endpoint requirement.................................................................26

Connected To Network requirement......................................................................................26

Fibre Channel Initiator Endpoint requirement.........................................................................26

Fibre Channel Target Endpoint requirement...........................................................................26

Host requirement................................................................................................................27

Network Capability requirement..........................................................................................27

RAID Level requirement.......................................................................................................28

Resource Existence requirement............................................................................................28

Service Deactivation Policy requirement.................................................................................28

Storage Capability requirement...........................................................................................28

Storage Pool Available Capacity requirement........................................................................29

Storage Pool Subscription Ratio requirement..........................................................................29

Storage Pool Volume Count requirement................................................................................29

Tag requirement.................................................................................................................29

Use Resource requirement...................................................................................................29

Volume Capacity requirement..............................................................................................29

Volume Committed Capacity requirement..............................................................................29

Volume Creation Security Group requirement.........................................................................30

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