HP XP Array Manager Software User Manual
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Contents
Preface ................................................................................................ 7
1 Overview of Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning ......................... 9
About Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning .......................................................................... 9
System configuration ................................................................................................................. 10
Setting up the Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning GUI ....................................................... 11
GUI window structure ......................................................................................................... 12
Viewing Help ..................................................................................................................... 13
Operational flow when Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning is used ...................................... 13
2 Initial Settings in P9000 Command View AE Suite ................................ 15
Flow of setting resources ............................................................................................................ 15
Setting resources ....................................................................................................................... 16
Flow of registering users and controlling access ............................................................................ 17
Registering users ....................................................................................................................... 17
Setting access control ................................................................................................................ 18
3 Setting Up Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning ......................... 21
Preparing the installation environment .......................................................................................... 21
Preparing the information required for registering Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning ............ 22
Registering Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning ................................................................. 23
Logging in to Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning .............................................................. 24
Changing registered Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning information ................................... 24
Deleting Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning ..................................................................... 25
4 Allocating Storage Resources to Virtualization Servers ........................... 27
Allocating storage resources ....................................................................................................... 27
About allocating storage resources ....................................................................................... 27
Allocating storage resources as datastores ............................................................................. 29
Allocating storage resources as raw devices .......................................................................... 30
Checking storage resources ........................................................................................................ 31
Unallocating storage resources ................................................................................................... 32
About unallocating storage resources .................................................................................... 32
Unallocating storage resources ............................................................................................ 32
Checking and performing tasks .................................................................................................. 33
About tasks ....................................................................................................................... 33
Checking task statuses ........................................................................................................ 33
Moving tasks to the history list and deleting tasks ................................................................... 34
5 Troubleshooting ............................................................................... 35
Flow of troubleshooting ............................................................................................................. 35
Troubleshooting examples .......................................................................................................... 35
Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning User Guide
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