HP P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide (AV400-96369, October 2011)

Contents
1 Introduction to provisioning..........................................................................8
About provisioning...................................................................................................................8
Basic provisioning....................................................................................................................8
Fixed-sized provisioning........................................................................................................8
Disadvantages ...............................................................................................................8
When to use fixed-sized provisioning.................................................................................9
Custom-sized provisioning.....................................................................................................9
When to use custom-sized provisioning..............................................................................9
Basic provisioning workflow..................................................................................................9
Thin provisioning....................................................................................................................10
Thin Provisioning Z.............................................................................................................10
Thin Provisioning Z concepts ..........................................................................................10
When to use Thin Provisioning Z.....................................................................................11
Thin Provisioning Z advantages.......................................................................................11
Thin Provisioning Z advantage example...........................................................................11
Thin Provisioning Z example...........................................................................................11
Thin Provisioning Z work flow.........................................................................................12
Resource groups strategies.......................................................................................................12
Key terms..............................................................................................................................13
Before you begin....................................................................................................................13
System requirements...........................................................................................................14
Shared memory requirements..............................................................................................14
Overall provisioning workflow.............................................................................................14
2 Configuring resource groups......................................................................15
System configuration using resource groups................................................................................15
Meta_resource.......................................................................................................................15
Resource lock.........................................................................................................................15
User groups...........................................................................................................................16
Resource group assignments.....................................................................................................16
Resource group license requirements.........................................................................................16
Resource group rules, restrictions, and guidelines........................................................................16
Creating a resource group.......................................................................................................17
Adding resources to a resource group.......................................................................................17
Removing resources from a resource group.................................................................................18
Managing Resource Groups.....................................................................................................18
Changing the name of a resource group...............................................................................18
Deleting a resource group...................................................................................................19
Using Resource Partition and other P9500 products.....................................................................19
Parallel Access Volumes......................................................................................................19
Thin Provisioning Z.............................................................................................................20
DKA Encryption.................................................................................................................20
Performance Monitor..........................................................................................................20
Business Copy Z................................................................................................................21
Continuous Access Synchronous Z........................................................................................21
Continuous Access Journal Z...............................................................................................22
External Storage................................................................................................................23
Virtual LVI.........................................................................................................................24
Cache Partition..................................................................................................................24
Auto LUN..........................................................................................................................24
Volume Shredder...............................................................................................................25
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