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• HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) Version 2.1 User Guide
• Contents
• 1 Introduction
  • Data storage and SPM
  • SPM environment
  • Minimum requirements
  • Roles and workflow
  • Browsing storage catalog entities
    • Identifying regions of the SPM interface
    • Customize columns to display
    • Customize data size format
• 2 Getting started with SPM
  • Installing SPM
  • Upgrading from SPM v1.x
    • Importing XP arrays as managed arrays during an upgrade
  • Upgrading from SPM v2.0
  • Setting up and configuring SPM to communicate with arrays and networks
  • Launching SPM
  • Logging in to SPM
  • Logging out of SPM
  • Backup and restore
• 3 Importing storage into the storage catalog
  • Importing an array
  • Importing a storage pool
  • Importing a volume
  • Importing a network
• 4 Storage service policy
  • Managing templates
    • Creating templates
    • View/edit/delete templates
  • Service types
    • SAN connected volume service
    • Volume service
    • SAN connectivity service
  • Requirement types
    • All Of requirement
    • Any Of requirement
    • Connected To Fibre Channel Endpoint requirement
    • Connected To Network requirement
    • Fibre Channel Initiator Endpoint requirement
    • Fibre Channel Target Endpoint requirement
    • Host requirement
    • Network Capability requirement
    • RAID Level requirement
    • Resource Existence requirement
    • Service Deactivation Policy requirement
    • Storage Capability requirement
    • Storage Pool Available Capacity requirement
    • Storage Pool Subscription Ratio requirement
    • Storage Pool Volume Count requirement
    • Tag requirement
    • Use Resource requirement
    • Volume Capacity requirement
    • Volume Committed Capacity requirement
    • Volume Creation Security Group requirement
• 5 Storage service provisioning
  • Provisioning a storage service
  • Manually assigning a volume to a storage service
  • Viewing a storage service
  • Editing the configuration of a storage service
  • Editing basic properties (metadata) of a storage service
  • Deactivating a storage service
  • Deleting a storage service
• 6 Managing storage catalog entities
  • Managing arrays
    • Viewing and modifying array properties (Overview tab)
    • Viewing array storage pools (Storage Pools tab)
    • Viewing array volumes (Volumes tab)
    • Viewing array ports (Ports tab)
    • Viewing array targets (Targets tab)
    • Viewing array host entries (Hosts tab)
    • Viewing and modifying array capabilities settings (Capabilities tab)
    • Viewing and modifying array security settings (Security tab)
    • Removing an array
  • Managing storage pools
    • Viewing and modifying storage pool properties (Overview tab)
    • Viewing storage pool volumes (Volumes tab)
    • Viewing and modifying storage pool security settings (Security tab)
    • Removing a storage pool
  • Managing volumes
    • Viewing and modifying volumes settings (Overview tab)
    • Viewing volumes presentations (Presentations tab)
    • Viewing and modifying volumes security settings (Security tab)
    • Removing a volume
  • Managing networks
    • Viewing and modifying network settings (Overview tab)
    • Viewing connected arrays (Connected Arrays tab)
    • Viewing and modifying network capability settings (Capabilities tab)
    • Viewing and modifying network security settings (Security tab)
    • Removing a network
  • Managing security
    • Create security roles
    • Grant privileges
    • Create security groups
    • Grant permissions
    • Managing roles
      • Viewing and modifying role settings (Overview tab)
      • Viewing and modifying role privileges (Privileges tab)
      • Viewing and modifying role users and groups (Users and Groups tab)
      • Viewing and modifying role security settings (Security tab)
      • Deleting a role
    • Managing security groups
      • Viewing and modifying security group settings (Overview tab)
      • Viewing and modifying security group access control settings (Access Control tab)
      • Viewing security group objects (Objects tab)
      • Viewing security group effective permissions settings (Effective Permissions tab)
      • Deleting a security group
  • Resynchronizing resources
  • Quarantining resources
• 7 Monitoring the storage catalog
  • Monitoring inventory levels
  • Monitoring and managing jobs
  • Responding to storage services
• 8 Support and other resources
  • Related documentation
  • HP technical support
  • Subscription service
  • HP websites
  • Typographic conventions
  • Documentation feedback
• A Troubleshooting
  • Viewing operational logs
  • Addressing common issues
    • Storage Provisioning Manager issues
      • SPM does not launch in browser
      • The user is unable to login through the SPM user interface
      • Issues with multiple SPM servers managing the same volumes
      • Cannot import 3PAR Storage Systems
      • Removing initiators from an existing 3PAR volume presentation may fail
      • EVA arrays and/or XP arrays are marked as Offline when they appear to be functioning correctly outside of SPM
      • Modifying a catalog storage pool entry and unmasking the volume removes candidates
      • SPM can report volume capacity in GiB or GB
      • Restart is required if SPM loses connectivity to an XP storage array while it is attempting to access the array
      • Importing a volume (LDEV) with exactly 256 presentation paths does not succeed
      • SPM may mark an array offline when a volume is deleted during on-demand provisioning
      • Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Mode must be disabled
      • Limitations
        • Presenting an in-use storage volume to an unintended consumer may result in data loss
        • Storage volumes must be managed by one SPM
        • Required version of Brocade Network Advisor and HP B-Series Network Advisor
        • SPMs managing the same Brocade network must have distinct zones
        • Non-Brocade SAN environments must have unmanaged networks in SPM
        • SPM supports FC fabric repair and FC fabric re-configuration where the fabric identify remains intact
        • Importing a large number of volumes is time consuming and may result in failure
        • 3PAR autonomic groups, peer motion, and virtual domains are not supported in SPM
        • SPM cannot import or resynchronize P9500 or XP storage array resources if they are locked by RWC
        • Firmware for 3PAR storage systems
      • No matching candidates found
  • Managed SAN
    • Managed SAN cannot be imported
  • Unmanaged SAN
    • Unmanaged SAN cannot be imported
    • Unmanaged Zoned SAN goes offline after update
• B Working with Brocade Fibre Channel networks
  • Minimum requirements
  • Configuring SPM to communicate with SANs
  • Importing a network
  • Managing networks
  • Connectivity services
    • Managed networks
      • Zoning automation constraints
      • Zoning policy
      • Zoning naming convention
      • Zone modification
      • Zone destruction
      • Requirements
    • Unmanaged networks
• C Working with EVA storage systems
  • Understanding how to import EVA arrays into SPM
  • Understanding EVA capacity reporting
    • Storage pool capacity
  • Understanding EVA Storage System presentation, mapping, and masking
  • Working with EVA Storage System host modes
  • Creating hosts on an EVA Storage System
  • Backup and restore on EVA volumes
• D Working with 3PAR storage systems
  • Overview
  • Understanding how to import 3PAR arrays into SPM
  • Understanding 3PAR capacity reporting
    • Storage pool capacity
    • Volume capacity
  • Understanding 3PAR Storage System volume creation/growth
  • Understanding 3PAR Storage System virtual domains
  • Exposing volume presentations in 3PAR Storage Systems
  • Working with 3PAR Storage System host modes
  • Presenting volumes on 3PAR Storage Systems
  • Creating hosts on a 3PAR Storage System
  • Working with 3PAR Storage System active VLUNs and VLUN templates
  • Working with autonomic groups
  • Volume migration (Tiering)
  • Importing a large number of volumes
  • Unique identification of common provisioning groups (CPG)
  • Backup and restore handling on 3PAR volumes
• E Working with HP P9000/XP Disk Array
  • Supported configurations
  • Understanding how to import P9000/XP array into SPM
  • Understanding P9000/XP disk array capacity reporting
    • Storage pool capacity
  • Understanding P9000/XP disk array presentation, mapping, and masking
  • Working with P9000/XP disk array host modes
    • Creating hosts on a P9000/XP disk array
  • Backup and restore handling on XP volumes
• F Working with unmanaged networks
  • Overview
    • Unmanaged SANs
      • Storage admin changes requested by SPM
      • Zone removal
    • Simple unmanaged networks
      • WWN patterns
      • Creating an unmanaged network
      • Importing an existing unmanaged network
      • Unmanaged network management
    • XML file lifecycle
    • XML file location
    • XML errors
    • Network names
    • Endpoints and zones
    • Proxy WWNs
    • Allow external processing
    • Network types
  • XML object model
    • Network
      • Zone
      • Endpoint
      • Name
      • ZoningState
      • AddressPattern
    • Zone
      • Endpoint
      • Name
      • AddressPattern
    • Endpoint
      • Kind
      • Address
    • ZoningState
    • NetworkEndpointKind
    • AddressPattern
      • Pattern
      • Kind
  • Example unmanaged SAN XML files
• G Working with unmanaged arrays
  • Overview
    • Unmanaged storage
    • XML file lifecycle
    • XML file location
    • XML errors
    • Capacities
    • Unique identifiers
    • Names
    • Element ordering
  • XML object model
    • Entity
    • StorageArrayDefinition
      • HostmodeMap
      • RAIDMap
      • Arrays
    • Resource
      • UUID
      • DisplayName
      • ManagementURL
      • Tags
    • StorageArray
      • ProductName
      • Pools
      • Ports
      • HostEntries
    • StoragePool
      • SubscribedCapacity
      • CommittedCapacity
      • PhysicalCapacity
      • RaidLevel
      • DeviceRaidSpecificAvailableCapacity
      • Volumes
    • Volume
      • Capacity
      • CommittedCapacity
      • RaidLevel
      • Presentations
    • VolumePresentation
      • Access
      • LUN
      • InitiatorObjectID
      • TargetPortObjectIDs
    • NetworkEndpoint
      • Address
      • Kind
    • StorageArrayPort
      • Name
    • HostEndpoint
    • StorageArrayHostEntry
      • Name
      • HostMode
      • Initiators
    • Initiator
      • ProtocolKind
      • InitiatorName
    • StorageArrayTarget
      • TargetName
      • TargetPortObjectIDs
    • MapItem
  • Example of an unmanaged array XML file
• H Units of measurement
• Glossary
• Index