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Creating multiple storage pool entries – HP Matrix Operating Environment Software User Manual

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information such as storage controller port WWN and LUN number, and perhaps defining additional
ports and WWNs). An example XML file is shown in

Example 2 “Example XML file for storage

import and export”

.

Creating multiple storage pool entries

The –import –spe option can also be used to create non-catalog based storage pool entries,
providing a mechanism for bulk creation of storage pool entries by importing a variety of
pre-allocated storage volumes to be used by logical servers.

To create storage pool entries in advance, the storage administrator populates an XML file with
details about storage volumes. Entering the LSMUTIL –import –spe command creates
corresponding storage pool entries for the storage volumes specified in the XML file. Insight Dynamics
automatically assigns ID values for the newly created storage pool entries.

The storage administrator must specify the elements contained in the XSD file as defined in

Example 1 “Storage definition XSD file”

into the XML file. An example XML file is shown in

Example 2 “Example XML file for storage import and export”

. These elements include ,

, as SAN, , and so on. The number of

must be at least 1.

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LSMUTIL database utility