HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) version 2.1 User Guide

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Contents

1 Introduction...............................................................................................9

Data storage and SPM..............................................................................................................9

SPM environment......................................................................................................................9

Minimum requirements............................................................................................................11

Roles and workflow.................................................................................................................11

Browsing storage catalog entities..............................................................................................13

Identifying regions of the SPM interface................................................................................13

Customize columns to display..............................................................................................14

Customize data size format.................................................................................................14

2 Getting started with SPM...........................................................................15

Installing SPM........................................................................................................................15

Upgrading from SPM v1.x........................................................................................................15

Importing XP arrays as managed arrays during an upgrade....................................................16

Upgrading from SPM v2.0.......................................................................................................16

Setting up and configuring SPM to communicate with arrays and networks.....................................16

Launching SPM.......................................................................................................................17

Logging in to SPM..................................................................................................................17

Logging out of SPM................................................................................................................17

Backup and restore.................................................................................................................17

3 Importing storage into the storage catalog...................................................20

Importing an array..................................................................................................................20

Importing a storage pool.........................................................................................................21

Importing a volume.................................................................................................................21

Importing a network................................................................................................................22

4 Storage service policy...............................................................................23

Managing templates...............................................................................................................23

Creating templates.............................................................................................................23

View/edit/delete templates.................................................................................................25

Service types..........................................................................................................................25

SAN connected volume service............................................................................................25

Volume service..................................................................................................................26

SAN connectivity service.....................................................................................................26

Requirement types...................................................................................................................26

All Of requirement.............................................................................................................26

Any Of requirement............................................................................................................26

Connected To Fibre Channel Endpoint requirement.................................................................26

Connected To Network requirement......................................................................................26

Fibre Channel Initiator Endpoint requirement.........................................................................27

Fibre Channel Target Endpoint requirement...........................................................................27

Host requirement................................................................................................................27

Network Capability requirement..........................................................................................28

RAID Level requirement.......................................................................................................28

Resource Existence requirement............................................................................................28

Service Deactivation Policy requirement.................................................................................29

Storage Capability requirement...........................................................................................29

Storage Pool Available Capacity requirement........................................................................29

Storage Pool Subscription Ratio requirement..........................................................................30

Storage Pool Volume Count requirement................................................................................30

Tag requirement.................................................................................................................30

Use Resource requirement...................................................................................................30

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