HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Administrator Guide (5697-0934, May 2011)

Creating stripe sets
See the “Working with stripe sets” chapter in the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services
Platform Manager User Guide for detailed information on using stripe sets.
Creating SVSP storage pools
See the “Working with storage pools” chapter in the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services
Platform Manager User Guide for detailed information on viewing and managing storage pools.
Creating SVSP virtual disks
See the “Working with virtual disks ” chapter in the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services
Platform Manager User Guide for detailed information on viewing and managing virtual disks.
Presenting SVSP virtual disks to application servers
See “Presenting SVSP virtual disks to servers” (page 29).
Presenting hosts in SVSP
See “Presenting SVSP virtual disks to servers” (page 29).
Installing the VSM CLI
The VSM CLI packages are located on the Virtualization Services Manager CD. To install the CLI
onto a Windows server:
1. If connected, disconnect the Fibre Channel cables from the VSM server.
2. Insert the Virtualization Services Manager CD into the DVD drive. A message asks if you want
active content on your computer.
NOTE: If autorun does not start when you insert the CD into the drive, right-click the CD in
My Computer, browse to the CD, and then run setup.exe manually.
3. Click Yes. The VSM menu appears.
4. To obtain the VSM CLI packages for Windows, click the hyperlink named Browse to VSM CLI
Packages to open a Windows Explorer window. Right-click a CLI package and select Save
as to copy the package elsewhere. The CD can be used to install the CLI packages on other
client servers.
NOTE: The VSM CLI installation packages for HPUX and Linux can also be obtained from
the CD.
Advanced tasks
The following are tasks that are performed after the completion of the more basic tasks.
Creating synchronous mirrors
See the “Using mirroring” chapter in the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform
Manager User Guide for information on using synchronous mirroring.
Import data from existing array virtual disks to reuse the data
See the “Using migration” chapter in the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform
Manager User Guide for information on copying data from one storage pool to another.
Creating PiTs and snapshots using HP Business Copy SVSP
See the “Using snapshots” chapter in the HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform
Manager User Guide for information on creating Point-in-Time (PiT) images and snapshots.
12 SAN Virtualization Services Platform overview