HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.0.1 User Guide (TB581-96053, May 2011)

About logical groups .......................................................................................................... 45
Prerequisites for creating a logical group ............................................................................... 45
Creating logical groups ...................................................................................................... 46
Viewing logical group reports .............................................................................................. 46
Editing logical groups ......................................................................................................... 46
Performing operations from a logical group .......................................................................... 46
Managing storage tiers ............................................................................................................. 47
About tier-based storage management .................................................................................. 47
Creating tiers ..................................................................................................................... 47
Prerequisites for allocating volumes from a tier ....................................................................... 48
Allocating volumes from a tier .............................................................................................. 48
Expanding a tier ................................................................................................................ 48
Labeling volumes ...................................................................................................................... 49
About volume labels ........................................................................................................... 49
Editing a volume label ........................................................................................................ 49
Using volume labels to locate volumes to perform tasks ........................................................... 49
5 Monitoring operations in a SAN environment ...................................... 51
Viewing information summaries .................................................................................................. 51
About the dashboard .......................................................................................................... 51
Accessing the dashboard .................................................................................................... 51
Customizing the dashboard ................................................................................................. 52
About the storage systems tree ............................................................................................. 52
Viewing current storage system information ............................................................................ 53
About the hosts tree ............................................................................................................ 53
Viewing current host information ........................................................................................... 53
About checking system status in the global monitoring area ..................................................... 53
Setting data retention for task status indicators ....................................................................... 54
Managing alerts ....................................................................................................................... 54
About alerts ....................................................................................................................... 54
Confirming an alert ............................................................................................................ 54
Searching resources .................................................................................................................. 54
About searching storage resources ....................................................................................... 54
Searching storage resources ................................................................................................ 55
Saving search conditions ..................................................................................................... 55
Generating resource reports ....................................................................................................... 56
About generating reports .................................................................................................... 56
Differences in output between P9000 Command View AE Software v7.x and earlier versions ....... 56
Exporting host lists to a CSV file ........................................................................................... 66
Exporting logical group information to a CSV file ................................................................... 67
Exporting search results to a CSV file .................................................................................... 67
Exporting access control information for resources to a CSV file ................................................ 67
Optimizing storage ................................................................................................................... 67
About optimizing storage .................................................................................................... 67
6 Setting up P9000 Command View AE Software ................................... 69
Configuring your browser to access ............................................................................................ 69
About configuring browser settings ....................................................................................... 69
Disabling pop-up blocking ................................................................................................... 69
Setting security options for Internet Explorer ........................................................................... 70
Configuring proxy settings ................................................................................................... 71
Configuring log output settings ............................................................................................. 72
Configuring Java Web Start settings when multiple JRE versions are installed ............................. 72
Clearing the cache when upgrading P9000 Command View AE Software ................................. 72
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