HP Insight Virtualization Manager 6.3 Software with Logical Server Management User Guide

Table 17 Storage types
Use this storage typeAnd your storage configuration is...
If your logical server will be active
on...
SAN Storage EntrySAN, with RDM disk presented to ESX
VM Host
Server with Virtual Connect and ESX
virtual machine (cross-technology
logical server)
SAN Storage EntrySANServer with Virtual Connect
SAN Catalog Storage EntrySAN configured with Storage
Provisioning Manager
Server with Virtual Connect
SAN Pre-populated Catalog Storage
Entry
SAN configured with Storage
Provisioning Manager, with volumes
pre-presented to WWNs
Server with Virtual Connect
SAN Storage EntrySAN, with RDM disk presented to ESX
VM Host
ESX virtual machine
File (VM) Storage EntryFile (residing on local drive, SAN, or
iSCSI)
ESX virtual machine
File (VM) Storage EntryFile (residing on local drive, SAN, or
iSCSI)
Hyper-V virtual machine
File (VM) Storage EntrySAN physical [whole] disks, or virtual
disks that are logical volumes created
in a Shared Logical Volume (SLVM)
volume group
Integrity VM virtual machine
SAN Storage EntrySANOperations Orchestration workflow
physical server
SAN Catalog Storage EntrySAN configured with Storage
Provisioning Manager
Operations Orchestration workflow
physical server
You can define your logical server storage configuration in the following ways:
• “Create a storage entry” (page 74) when you create a logical server.
A storage entry is associated with one logical server. You create a storage entry using the
Create→Logical Server... Storage Configuration screen, and modify it using the Modify→Logical
Server... storage tab.
• “Create a storage pool entry” (page 79) before or after you create a logical server, and
associate it with the logical server.
Each logical server can be associated with multiple storage pool entries. Multiple logical
servers can share the same storage pool entry.
You create and modify storage pool entries using Modify→Logical Server Storage Pools....
You can also create a storage pool entry by inserting a storage entry into the storage pool.
You can select catalog storage for the storage pool entry if you preconfigured storage using
HP Storage Provisioning Manager. See “Storage Provisioning Manager” (page 90) for more
information.
See “Using LSMUTIL with logical server storage” (page 96) for information about using the LSMUTIL
database utility to define storage for logical servers.
Create a storage entry
A storage entry is associated with one logical server.
To create a new storage entry during logical server creation, use the Create→Logical Server...
menu selection. Complete the required information on the Identity and Compute Resources screens.
The third screen allows you to specify the storage configuration for the logical server.
74 Defining storage for logical servers