Managing storage systems, Unmanaging storage systems, 25 discover action confirmation – HP OpenView Storage Provisioner Software License User Manual

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Using Storage Provisioner

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Figure 25: Discover action confirmation

3. Click the option to discover the single storage system, in this example

Discover Right only. When you select the first option, the Discover button
displays.

4. Click Discover.

The discovery process is performed for the selected storage system.

Managing Storage Systems

To manage systems:

Note:

Storage systems must be configured in SCSI-3 mode.

1. Create a storage utility. See “

Creating Utilities

” on page 48.

2. Modify the storage system to associate it with the storage utility. See

Modifying Storage Systems

” on page 57.

After you create a storage utility and associate a storage system to it, the storage
system is managed by Storage Provisioner.

Unmanaging Storage Systems

Storage Provisioner allows you to remove a managed storage system from
management by moving the storage system to the Unmanaged Storage Systems
group. You may want to do this if the storage system is experiencing problems or
if the storage system is scheduled for maintenance. For example, if the storage
system goes to an offline status because one of the controllers in the controller pair
is in a failed state, you need to determine the reason for the failed state and correct

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