HP StorageWorks XP Provisioning Manager User Guide (December 2005)

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Figure 1-4 provides an overview of the operation flow used for installing Provisioning Manager onto a
management server.
Figure 1-4 Operation Flow for Installing Provisioning Manager
When you install a Provisioning Manager client, you do not need to configure installation or environment
settings. For details about the browser versions that can be used to operate Provisioning Manager clients and
how to work with the GUI, see 2 .
1-5 Operations That Can Be Performed With Provisioning
Manager
Table 1-1 lists and describes operations that you can perform using Provisioning Manager.
Table 1-1 Provisioning Manager Operations
Managed Item Operation Section(s)
Storage pool • View a storage pool.
Enables you to view storage pool information from various
perspectives, including all storage pool information, by RAID level,
and by storage subsystem.
• View a list of volumes.
Enables you to view a list of allocated and unallocated volumes.
• Allocate a volume.
• Unallocate a volume.
• Move a volume between storage pools.
3-1 Managing
Storage Pools,
3-2 Allocating and
Unallocating
Volumes
Host • View a host.
• Update host information.
3-3 Managing
Hosts
File system • View a file system.
• Create a file system.
• Expand a file system.
• Delete a file system.
3-4 Creating,
Expanding, and
Deleting File
Systems
Device file • View a device file.
• Create a device file.
• Delete a device file.
3-5 Creating and
Deleting Device
Files
Provisioning
plan
• View a provisioning plan
#
.
• Work with a provisioning plan
#
.
# A provisioning plan includes conditions for locating volumes in a storage
pool. It is used when creating file systems and device files.
3-6 About
Provisioning Plans
Operation log • View transaction logs.
• Re-start operations that were interrupted.
3-7 Managing
Transaction Logs
Table 1-2 lists access permission levels for operations that you can perform using Provisioning Manager.
Table 1-2 Access Permissions for Provisioning Manager Operations
Operation Access Permission
System User Local User (permission applies to group to
which the user belongs)