HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM Software (July 2008)

Path Provisioning598
The status of each job is displayed in the State column of the Provision Job section located in the
lower pane of the screen. A job can have one of the following statuses:
• Created - The job has been created, but it will not be executed. The job cannot be viewed by
others and is deleted when the Web browser is closed. See ”Scheduling Provisioning Jobs” on
page 628 for information about changing the state of the job from “created” to “scheduled”.
• Scheduled - The job has been tasked to execute at a specified time and date. Jobs are assigned
a scheduled state after you select the job and click the Execute Job () button.
• Started - The job has started. You cannot delete a job once it has started.
• Failed - The job failed.
• Ended - The job has finished.
How to Use Path Provisioning
All the provisioning tasks are centralized on one screen. Provisioning allows you to either select a
default template from the System Action combo-box or create a system action template consisting of
the provisioning tasks best suited to your system, as described in ”Creating a System Action
Template” on page 625.
The default provisioning templates are listed below:
• Volume Creation + LUN Security + Zone Operation - Lets you create a meta volume, map a
volume to a Fibre Channel port and host HBAs (HSG), and then create a zone. See ”Volume
Creation, LUN Security, and Zone Operation” on page 600 for more information.
• Meta Volume Creation - Lets you create a meta volume. See ”Creating a Meta Volume” on
page 605 for more information.
• LUN Security - Lets you map a meta volume to Fibre Channel port and host HBAs (HSG). See the
topic ”LUN Security” on page 607 for more information.
• Zone Operation - Lets you perform a zone operation. See ”Zone Operation” on page 611 for
more information.
• Volume Creation + LUN Security - Lets you create a meta volume and then map the meta volume
to a Fibre Channel port. See ”Volume Creation and LUN Security” on page 615 for more
information.
• LUN Security and Zone Operation - Lets you create a host security group with the host HBA
WWN along with zoning operations. See ”LUN Security and Zone Operation” on page 617.
• Volume Assignment - Lets you assign a volume to existing host security groups. See ”Volume
Assignment” on page 622.
Complete the steps in the various panes. A step that is not required for the action is disabled after
all data has been loaded.
Schedule the task as described in the topic, ”Scheduling Provisioning Jobs” on page 628.