HP Virtualization Manager with Logical Server Manager 6.2 User Guide

Storage validation is supported on the following HP StorageWorks Disk Arrays:
• EVA3000/5000/4x00/6x00/8x00
— Command View versions 9.1, 9.2/9.21, 9.3
— Support for a password-protected EVA array requires use of the same password as the
Command View password
• MSA2000fc G2
— using explicit mapping (default mapping not yet supported for storage validation)
— MSA SMI-S provider version 1.1.2 or later
• MSA1000/1500
Validation is not available for SAN Catalog Storage Entries and SAN Pre-populated Catalog
Storage Entries. Catalog-based storage is validated when presentation is complete.
After you have specified your storage configuration, confirm that the server WWN has been
associated with the storage port WWN and LUN by pressing the Validate button.
The number of table rows for each port corresponds to the number of sharers for the storage
entry or storage pool entry.
Figure 6-14 SAN storage
See “Configuring HP SIM for SAN storage validation” (page 60) for important setup information.
Storage Provisioning Manager
HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM), automatically installed as part of HP Insight Dynamics,
is a software tool that provides a service-centric management interface to storage, allowing
storage requests to be fulfilled with available storage services from a storage catalog. It securely
automates storage management tasks.
SPM enables the storage administrator to define a catalog of storage volumes. These volumes
can be automatically matched against storage requests specified in Insight Dynamics as storage
pool entries. Matching is done based on size, RAID level, desired operating system mode and
presentation, and optional text tags. The storage administrator is able to grant appropriate
privileges for performing storage operations (view only, can modify presentation) on the entire
catalog, arrays, or individual volumes.
Storage operations (such as changing operating system mode or adjusting LUN masking) is
performed automatically, if appropriately authorized. Changing OS mode automatically enables
a smaller number of volumes to be pre-provisioned, with Insight Dynamics adjusting the hostmode
as appropriate when a storage pool entry is affiliated with a logical server. LUN masking can be
used to ensure a data volume is made invisible prior to operating system deployment, and then
90 Defining storage for logical servers