4 grouping resources – HP XP Array Manager Software User Manual

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Allocating volumes to clustered hosts ..................................................................................... 82
Allocating volumes by using a keyword search ....................................................................... 83
Allocating volumes by using a criteria search ......................................................................... 84
Allocating volumes by using existing volume settings ............................................................... 85
Allocate Volumes dialog box
............................................................................................... 85
About clustered-host storage ................................................................................................ 90
Defining clustered-host storage ............................................................................................. 91
About unallocating volumes ................................................................................................. 93
Unallocating volumes from hosts
........................................................................................... 93
Unallocate volumes dialog box ............................................................................................ 94

Managing WWNs by using nicknames ....................................................................................... 96

About managing WWNs by using nicknames ....................................................................... 96
Editing a WWN nickname .................................................................................................. 97

Managing LUN Paths ................................................................................................................ 98

About LUN path management .............................................................................................. 98
Editing LUN paths .............................................................................................................. 99
Editing the host mode and host mode options ...................................................................... 101
Editing LUN paths when replacing a failed HBA ................................................................... 102
Editing LUN paths when performing a planned HBA replacement ........................................... 103
Removing LUN paths after adding an HBA .......................................................................... 104

Replicating volumes ................................................................................................................ 105

About replicating volumes (pair management) ...................................................................... 105
Copy pair management operations
.................................................................................... 105
Adding command devices ................................................................................................. 106
Editing command devices
.................................................................................................. 106
Defining copy pairs .......................................................................................................... 107
Changing the status of a copy pair
..................................................................................... 107

Data mobility ......................................................................................................................... 108

About data mobility .......................................................................................................... 108
Reports for logical groups displayed in the Mobility tab ........................................................ 110
Reports for THP/Smart pools displayed in the Mobility tab
.................................................... 110
Optimizing data placement in a logical group ..................................................................... 111
Optimizing data placement in a THP/Smart pool ................................................................. 112

Data migration ....................................................................................................................... 113

About data migration ....................................................................................................... 113
Notes on performing data migration ................................................................................... 114
Conditions for data migration
............................................................................................ 114
Migrating data for volume performance .............................................................................. 119
Migrating data to a different storage system ........................................................................ 120
Migrate data dialog box ................................................................................................... 121
Prerequisites for migrating data from an SMI-S enabled storage system to another storage
system
............................................................................................................................ 126
Migrating data from an SMI-S enabled storage system to another storage system ...................... 127

Managing tasks ..................................................................................................................... 129

About tasks ..................................................................................................................... 129
Viewing task status ........................................................................................................... 130
Rescheduling tasks waiting to be executed
........................................................................... 130
Stopping running data migration or data placement profile tasks ............................................ 131
Canceling scheduled tasks
................................................................................................ 131
Moving tasks to the History tab .......................................................................................... 132
Restarting a failed or stopped task
...................................................................................... 132

4 Grouping resources ........................................................................ 135

Managing logical groups ........................................................................................................ 135

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