Lun security – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Path Provisioning

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Mapped - There are two types of mapped volumes:

Masked - The volume is exposed to the storage port and to the host.
Unmasked - The volume is exposed to the storage port, but not to the host.

Unmapped – The volume is not exposed to the storage port. The management server puts all

unmapped volumes in this category when it first discovers an array.

Free Extents – Available free extents that can be used to create a meta volume. You can

create meta volumes on EMC Symmetrix and LUSE on HDS storage systems. To create a meta

volume or LUSE, select multiple free extents under the Free Extents node in the Volume pane.

Select multiple LDEVS from the Free Extents menu by holding down the shift key on your

keyboard and selecting free LDEVS. When you select free extents, they must of the same

type. For example, on Symmetrix, you cannot select a mirrored volume and a BCV (business

continuous volume) to create a meta volume.
When you first discover a storage system, no free extents are displayed. This is because the

management server puts all unmapped volumes into the “unmapped” category for the list of

volumes by default. To move a volume to the free extent node, delete the unmapped volume.

When the volume is deleted, it is moved to the free extents node. The free extents category is

used internally by the management server. See ”

Deleting a Storage Volume

” on page 373

for more information.

Keep in mind the following:
• Make sure the free extents you select are not being used. Data on the free extents becomes

unusable when a meta volume is created.

• You can narrow the type of volumes displayed in the Volumes pane by using the Volume

Customize Dialog ( ), located above the Volumes pane. See ”

Host Customize Dialog

” on

page 460.

• If the LUN has already been selected and Step 4 is clicked, skip this step or click the

button.

8.

Click Step 3.

9.

Click the Create Job button.
The job is added to the bottom pane.

10.

Do one of the following:

• If you want the job to execute now, select the job and then click the Execute Job ( ) button.
• If you want the job to execute at a later time, schedule the job as described in the topic,

Scheduling Provisioning Jobs

” on page 455.

LUN Security

Keep in mind the following:

If you have options still selected from a previous job, just clear the options you do not want in

your next job. For example, assume you just mapped a volume to a port. Now you want to map

the a different volume on the same host to another port. Just clear the Volume and LUN panes.
To clear a pane, click the button.

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