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
 
D Working with 3PAR storage systems............................................................63
Overview..............................................................................................................................63
Understanding how to import 3PAR arrays into SPM....................................................................63
Understanding 3PAR capacity reporting....................................................................................63
Storage pool capacity........................................................................................................63
Volume capacity................................................................................................................65
Understanding 3PAR Storage System volume creation/growth......................................................65
Understanding 3PAR Storage System virtual domains..................................................................65
Exposing volume presentations in 3PAR Storage Systems..............................................................66
Working with 3PAR Storage System host modes..........................................................................66
Presenting volumes on 3PAR Storage Systems.............................................................................66
Creating hosts on a 3PAR Storage System..................................................................................66
Working with 3PAR Storage System active VLUNs and VLUN templates.........................................67
Working with autonomic groups...............................................................................................67
Volume migration (Tiering).......................................................................................................67
Importing a large number of volumes........................................................................................68
Unique identification of common provisioning groups (CPG).........................................................68
E Working with HP P9000/XP Disk Array.......................................................69
Supported configurations.........................................................................................................69
Understanding how to import P9000/XP array into SPM.............................................................69
Understanding P9000/XP disk array capacity reporting..............................................................69
Storage pool capacity........................................................................................................69
Understanding P9000/XP disk array presentation, mapping, and masking....................................70
Working with P9000/XP disk array host modes.........................................................................70
Creating hosts on a P9000/XP disk array.............................................................................70
F Working with unmanaged networks............................................................72
Overview..............................................................................................................................72
Unmanaged SANs.............................................................................................................72
Allow External Processing...............................................................................................72
Storage admin changes requested by SPM.......................................................................72
Zone removal...............................................................................................................72
XML file lifecycle................................................................................................................73
XML file location................................................................................................................73
XML errors........................................................................................................................73
Endpoints and zones..........................................................................................................73
Network types...................................................................................................................73
Element ordering...............................................................................................................74
XML object model...................................................................................................................74
SanResourceCollection........................................................................................................74
NetworkResource...............................................................................................................75
Network......................................................................................................................75
Name..........................................................................................................................75
DisplayName...............................................................................................................75
Description...................................................................................................................75
Network...........................................................................................................................75
Zone...........................................................................................................................75
Endpoint......................................................................................................................75
Name..........................................................................................................................76
ZoningState..................................................................................................................76
Zone................................................................................................................................76
Endpoint......................................................................................................................76
Name..........................................................................................................................76
Endpoint...........................................................................................................................76
Kind............................................................................................................................76
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