HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.6.1-00 Administrator Guide (Web Version)

Configuration in which a virtual HBA is allocated for each virtual machine (by using NPIV HBAs)

Figure 10 Operation workflow for allocating volumes to virtual machines (when allocating a virtual

HBA to each virtual machine)

1. Register the virtualization servers that run the virtual machines whose volume status you want to

manage in Device Manager.

2. If you manage the virtualization servers from vMA, use the createnpivinfo command to register

the virtual WWNs that are assigned to the virtual HBAs in Device Manager.

3. Register the virtual machines whose volume usage you want to manage in Device Manager as

normal hosts.

4. Allocate the LUN paths of volumes to both the virtualization servers (physical WWNs) and virtual

machines (virtual WWNs), and then make the virtual machines recognize the volumes as RAW

device.

Note that Device Manager cannot recognize volumes that make up a datastore.