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
4. If changes are required, click Edit Template at the bottom right.
The Edit Template page appears.
5. Make the necessary edits to the template by clicking on each tab that is required.
6. As each tab is completed, click Apply at the bottom right.
7. When all changes have been completed, click OK.
The template information screen appears.
8. If a template requires deletion, click Delete Template at the bottom right of the template
information screen.
The Delete Template verification screen appears.
9. To verify deletion, click Delete Template.
The Templates page appears.
10. If Delete Template was clicked in error, click Cancel.
The template information screen appears.
NOTE: The default Matrix template should be edited with caution; any changes made will apply
to all Matrix storage provisioning involving manual specification of storage needs (e.g., manually
defining a storage pool entry using SPM catalog storage, or manually specifying logical disk
information when defining a Matrix service). The default Matrix storage template should not be
deleted or the ability for Matrix to provision storage using SPM will be lost.
Service types
When creating a new template, there are three service types to choose from. For more details on
these see the following:
• SAN connected volume service
• Volume service
• SAN connectivity service
SAN connected volume service
The SAN connected volume service provides a volume with configured connectivity on a SAN. It
is a combination of the other two services, volume and SAN connectivity. When creating a new
template, it is the default service type.
Volume service
The volume service provides a single volume from a storage array.
SAN connectivity service
The SAN connectivity service configures connectivity between endpoints in a SAN.
Requirement types
Service requirements are a specification of a property, behavior, or policy describing a goal state
to which a service or the service resources are managed to conform. When a service containing
requirements is received by SPM, a matching process occurs that evaluates the requirements against
services which could be built from existing resources as well as against resources which could be
created if needed. When a resource is created, it will be constructed meeting the requirements.
When comparing requirements against existing resources, only services or resources matching the
requirements already, or those which could match by running automated reconfiguration on the
resource, satisfy the requirements.
22 Storage service policy