Operating Environment Software Instruction Manual

6. Select the Resource Existence requirement in the Template read-only requirements.
7. Click Edit.
8. Change the level from Required to Recommended. Verify that Use existing volume is selected.
9. Click OK to exit the Edit Requirement – Resource Existence dialog.
10. Click OK (or Apply).
Physical storage provisioning
Matrix infrastructure orchestration displays the storage volumes available for provisioning on the
infrastructure orchestration console Storage tab. The volumes that are also storage pool entries are
also visible on the Matrix OE visualization – Modify Logical Server Storage Pools page.
During service provisioning, infrastructure orchestration searches for an appropriate storage pool
entry and can create one if none is found. The auto-generated storage pool entries are fulfilled
through SPM using either pre-provisioned catalog storage pool entries or on-demand provisioned
storage.
For each physical logical server, infrastructure orchestration supports up to 16 data disks.
Service template defines storage by “Selecting a storage template”
HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) allows storage architects to create storage templates,
which are used for all storage provisioning requests. Using SPM, storage architects can encapsulate
their policies in storage template definitions, specifying various requirements (for example, a specific
RAID level, a capacity constraint, or the recommended or required use of thin provisioning).
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