HP XP Racks - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
1 Introduction to provisioning........................................................................13
About provisioning.................................................................................................................13
Basic provisioning..................................................................................................................13
Fixed-sized provisioning...........................................................................................................13
Disadvantages ......................................................................................................................14
When to use fixed-sized provisioning.........................................................................................15
Custom-sized provisioning........................................................................................................15
When to use custom-sized provisioning......................................................................................15
Basic provisioning workflow.....................................................................................................15
Thin Provisioning Overview......................................................................................................16
Thin Provisioning....................................................................................................................16
Thin Provisioning concepts ......................................................................................................16
When to use Thin Provisioning..................................................................................................17
Thin Provisioning advantages...................................................................................................17
Thin Provisioning advantage example........................................................................................18
Thin Provisioning work flow......................................................................................................18
Smart Tiers............................................................................................................................18
Tiers concept .........................................................................................................................19
When to use Smart Tiers..........................................................................................................20
Data retention strategies..........................................................................................................20
Resource groups strategies.......................................................................................................20
Complimentary strategies........................................................................................................20
Key terms..............................................................................................................................21
Before you begin....................................................................................................................21
About cache management devices............................................................................................23
Calculating the number of cache management devices required by a THP V-VOL.......................23
Maximum capacity of cache management device..............................................................23
Calculating the number of cache management devices required by a volume that is not a THP
V-VOL...............................................................................................................................23
Viewing the number of cache management devices................................................................23
2 Managing Virtual Storage Machine Resources.............................................24
About virtual storage machines and virtualized resources.............................................................24
Provisioning operations for resources in a virtual storage machine.................................................25
Maintenance operations for resources in a virtual storage machine...............................................25
Pair operations with virtual storage machine pairs.......................................................................25
Program product operations for resources in a virtual storage machine..........................................26
3 Configuring resource groups......................................................................27
System configuration using resource groups................................................................................27
Resource groups examples.......................................................................................................27
Example of resource groups sharing a port............................................................................27
Example of resource groups not sharing ports........................................................................29
Meta_resource.......................................................................................................................30
Resource lock.........................................................................................................................30
User groups...........................................................................................................................30
Resource group assignments.....................................................................................................30
Resource group license requirements.........................................................................................31
Resource group rules, restrictions, and guidelines........................................................................31
Creating a resource group.......................................................................................................31
Adding resources to a resource group.......................................................................................32
Removing resources from a resource group.................................................................................33
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