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

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Keep in mind the following:
• You can narrow the type of volumes displayed in the Volumes pane by using the Customize
Volume Options dialog box ( ), located above the Volumes pane. See ”Host Customize
Dialog Box” on page 632.
NOTE: The Customize Volume Options dialog box is not available for the HP EVA.
• If the LUN has already been selected and Step 4 is clicked, skip this step or click the
button.
Step 4 - Select a Host Security Group
1. Select a host security group. See ”Creating a Host Security Group” on page 627 for information
on how to create a host security group. See ”General Provisioning Issues” on page 563 for
information on how your storage system handles host security groups.
2. Click Step 4.
3. Click Create Job.
The job is added to the bottom pane.
4. Take one of the following actions:
• If you want the job to execute now, click the Execute Job () button
• If you want the job to execute at a later time, schedule the job as described in the topic,
”Scheduling Provisioning Jobs” on page 628.
Zone Operation
Keep in mind the following:
• If you have options still selected from a previous job, clear the options you do not want in your
next job. For example, assume you created a zone. Now you want to create a new zone that
includes the same host used previously. Clear the Zone pane. To clear a pane, click the
button.
• If you want to clear all the steps, except for the Step 1 (storage systems), select another option
from the System Action combo-box.
You can use Path Provisioning to perform zoning operations, as described in the following steps:
1. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager.
2. In the right pane, click Start Here on the Path Provisioning tab.
3. Select the following from the System Action combo-box: Zone Operation
Step 1 - Select Storage System
1. Wait for the management server to load the storage systems into the Storage System panel.
2. Select a storage system.