HP XP Array Manager Software - Manual (Page 9)

1 Overview of Plug-in for Virtualization
Server Provisioning
This chapter provides an overview of Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning.
About Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning
Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning is software that allows you to centrally manage the
allocation of HP storage system (storage system) volumes to virtualization servers from VMware vSphere
Client.
By using Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning, you can allocate volumes in a storage system
to virtualization servers from the VMware vSphere Client window. If you need to create a virtual
machine or add a virtual disk, the server administrator can perform a variety of tasks, ranging from
allocating volumes to virtualization servers to creating datastores, without going through the storage
administrator, making it easier to quickly take action.
In addition, because the storage administrator can transfer some resource management tasks for a
virtualization server to the server administrator, the burden on any one person is reduced, and the
storage resource operations in a virtualization environment can be streamlined.
The following figure shows an example of using Plug-in for Virtualization Server Provisioning.
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