HP OpenView Storage Provisioner Software License - Manual (Page 39)

Getting Started with Storage Provisioner
37 OpenView Storage Provisioner User Guide
Getting Started with the Quick Tour
After you install and start Storage Provisioner for Storage Providers, you must set
up your storage requirements, service levels, and customers and allocate volumes
for use by your customers. After configuration, notify your customers of the login
username and password they need to access Storage Provisioner for Storage
Consumers. Use the following procedure as a guide for configuring Storage
Provisioner:
General Setup
1. Use the Command View EVA to set the local host name, password, and CLI
Config option. You can access Command View EVA from the Devices menu
in the Management Appliance.
2. Review Storage Provisioner concepts about utilities, service levels, and
reporting tools.
See
“Introducing Storage Provisioner” on page 19 .
3. Modify your local system to export and print provisioning data.
See “About Exporting Data” on page 87 and “About Printing
Reports” on page 90 .
4. Start Storage Provisioner.
See “Starting Storage Provisioner” on page 39 .
Create the Storage Environment
1. Discover any storage systems.
See “Discovering New Storage Systems” on page 53 .
2. Create the service levels.
See “Working with Service Levels” on page 77
3. Create the storage utilities.
See “Creating Utilities” on page 48 .
4. Create the customer accounts.
See “Creating Customers” on page 65 .
5. (Optional) Create customer groups.
See “Creating Customer Groups” on page 62 .
Provide Access to Storage
1. Assign storage systems to utilities.
See “Granting Quotas” on page 74 .
2. Migrate unmanaged storage to managed storage. See “Managing Unmanaged
Volumes” on page 69 .