Veritas Storage Foundation Intelligent Storage Provisioning 5.0 AdministratorÆs Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, May 2008

44 Understanding ISP
About ISP concepts
The following table shows some examples of user templates that might be
created:
As for templates, each user template can have a number of adjustable
parameters that you can use for tuning the characteristics of the created
volumes.
Note: A user template is not directly associated with a storage pool. Its
association is implied by its reference to capabilities and templates.
About application volumes
An application volume is created by ISP, and then exported for use by an
application such as a database or file system. It is identical to a traditional
volume that you would create using
vxassist and other VxVM commands, or
via the VEA GUI.
Note: In this book, the term volume always means application volume unless it is
specified that a traditional VxVM volume is meant.
About volume intent
The intent of a volume is a conceptualization of its purpose as defined by its
characteristics and implemented by a template. ISP attempts to preserve the
intent of a volume whenever the volume is reconfigured, resized, or relocated.
Intent preservation automatically conserves capabilities such as reliability and
performance, and observes additional rules such as allocating storage based on
confinement and exclusion specifications.
User template Description
OracleTable Provides a reliable high-performance volume that is suitable for
use by a database table.
OracleIndex Provides an extremely high-performance volume that is suitable
for a database index.