HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) Version 2.0 User Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) Version 2.0 User Guide
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Getting started with SPM
- 3 Importing storage into the storage catalog
- 4 Storage service policy
- Managing templates
- Service types
- Requirement types
- All Of requirement
- Any Of requirement
- Connected To Fibre Channel Endpoint requirement
- Connected To Network requirement
- Fibre Channel Initiator Endpoint requirement
- Fibre Channel Target Endpoint requirement
- Fibre Channel Host requirement
- Network Capability requirement
- RAID Level requirement
- Resource Existence requirement
- Service Deactivation Policy requirement
- Storage Capability requirement
- Storage Pool Available Capacity requirement
- Storage Pool Subscription Ratio requirement
- Storage Pool Volume Count requirement
- Tag requirement
- Use Resource requirement
- Volume Capacity requirement
- Volume Committed Capacity requirement
- Volume Creation Security Group requirement
- 5 Storage service provisioning
- 6 Managing storage catalog entities
- Managing arrays
- Viewing and modifying array properties (Overview tab)
- Viewing array storage pools (Storage Pools tab)
- Viewing array volumes (Volumes tab)
- Viewing array ports (Ports tab)
- Viewing array host entries (Hosts tab)
- Viewing and modifying array capabilities settings (Capabilities tab)
- Viewing and modifying array security settings (Security tab)
- Removing an array
- Managing storage pools
- Managing volumes
- Managing networks
- Managing security
- Resynchronizing resources
- Quarantining resources
- Managing arrays
- 7 Monitoring the storage catalog
- 8 Support and other resources
- A Troubleshooting
- Viewing operational logs
- Addressing common issues
- Storage Provisioning Manager issues
- SPM will not launch in browser
- The user is unable to login through the SPM user interface
- Issues with multiple SPM instances pointed to the same storage resources
- Cannot import 3PAR Storage Systems
- 3PAR SMI-S connection problems
- Service activation fails to present volumes on 3PAR arrays
- EVA arrays and/or XP arrays are marked as Offline when they appear to be functioning correctly outside of SPM
- HP Matrix OE storage pool issues
- Storage Provisioning Manager issues
- Backup and recovery
- Managed SAN
- Unmanaged SAN
- B Working with Brocade Fibre Channel networks
- C Working with EVA storage systems
- D Working with 3PAR storage systems
- Overview
- Understanding how to import 3PAR arrays into SPM
- Understanding 3PAR capacity reporting
- Understanding 3PAR Storage System volume creation/growth
- Understanding 3PAR Storage System virtual domains
- Exposing volume presentations in 3PAR Storage Systems
- Working with 3PAR Storage System host modes
- Presenting volumes on 3PAR Storage Systems
- Creating hosts on a 3PAR Storage System
- Working with 3PAR Storage System active VLUNs and VLUN templates
- Working with autonomic groups
- Volume migration (Tiering)
- Importing a large number of volumes
- Unique identification of common provisioning groups (CPG)
- E Working with HP P9000/XP Disk Array
- F Working with unmanaged networks
- G Working with unmanaged arrays
- H Units of measurement
- Glossary
- Index
NOTE: SPM does not support on-demand storage provisioning on XP storage systems. Additionally,
management of XP storage systems through SPM requires Fibre Channel connectivity to the server
running SPM.
Minimum requirements
SPM supports the following managed storage systems:
Required Management SoftwareFirmwareStorage System Model
InFormOS 2.3.1 MU5, InFormOS
3.1.1 MU1
3PAR F200, 3PAR F400, 3PAR
T400, 3PAR T800
EVA CV 9.2 or greater.Please refer to the Single Point of
Connectivity Knowledge for HP
EVA4400, EVA6400, EVA8400,
P6300, and P6500
Storage Products (SPOCK) for
firmware compatibility at http://
www.hp.com/storage/spock.
P9500 RWC Micro code: 7002050000XP24000 requires firmware version
60–08–06 or later; please refer to the
XP12000, XP20000, XP24000,
and P9500
Single Point of Connectivity
Knowledge for HP Storage Products
(SPOCK) for firmware compatibility at
http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.
For more information, see HP P6000 Command View Software and HP 3PAR Utility Storage Family.
SPM supports the following Brocade Network Advisor software packages:
Brocade Switch FOS/M-EOSc versionSAN Management Software
FOS v5.0.x, v5.1.x, v5.2.x, v5.3.x, v6.0.x. v6.1.x, v6.2.x,
v6.3.x, v6.4.x, v7.0.x; for specific devices, as listed in the
HP B-Series Network Advisor 11.1.3 (Enterprise,
Professional Plus, or SMI Agent Only) options
release notes, M-EOSc 9.6.x, 9.7.x, 9.8.x and 9.9.x are
also supported.
-or-
Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) v11.1.3 (Enterprise,
Professional Plus, or SMI Agent Only) options
NOTE: Brocade Network Advisor 11.1.3 or HP B-Series Network Advisor 11.1.3 must be installed
in order to manage Brocade based SAN environments.
For more information and access to HP B-Series Network Adviser software, see HP B-series
Management Software - Overview & Features. Download information can be found under “HP
Support and Drivers.”
Roles and workflow
Tasks in SPM can be logically broken out into two categories: administrative tasks and consumer
tasks. By default, SPM defines three different roles to handle the administrative tasks: storage
administrator, storage architect and storage operator. People who fulfill these roles are responsible
for setting up and managing the storage resources in the SPM catalog, defining provisioning policy
and configuring security. SPM also defines a single consumer role by default whose primary task
is to request storage from SPM. The primary tasks, the associated roles, and the order in which
tasks are performed are as follows:
NOTE: For an explanation of the use models, see Data storage and SPM.
NOTE: In addition to these roles, the following roles are defined in order to facilitate use of SPM
with Matrix OE: Matrix Architect, Matrix Administrator, Matrix Service and Matrix User.
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