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HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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Provisioning Manager

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6

Unlike the native tool for the Sun 6130 storage system, the management server refers to virtual

disks as storage pools.

7

Volume groups are not represented in the provisioning or properties of IBM storage systems.

The HSGs are based on a host connection, which does not give any indication as to which

volume groups each of them belongs. Volume group can have many host connections, but only

one host connection can be part of a volume group.

8

If there is a failure in a Wizard Provisioning operation on the IBM ESS F20 array, the failure is

not reported to the management server from the IBM ESS management software. The Wizard

Provisioning UI hangs appearing busy and becomes unresponsive.

9

During a provisioning operating on Xiotech, the Provisioning Manager interface remains busy

and eventually times out. You can close the provisioning page after a few minutes and check on

the array, which should be updated properly.

10

You are using the EVA SMI-S provider if the cimom.eva.discovery.useSMI property

(Options > Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health. Then, click Advanced in the

Disk Space tree) is set to true. See ”

Discovering HP StorageWorks EVA Arrays Using Command

View EVA 4.x

” on page 76.

11

You are using the EVA provider if the cimom.eva.discovery.useSMI property (Options

> Storage Essentials > Manage Product Health. Then, click Advanced in the Disk Space

tree) is set to false. See ”

Discovering HP StorageWorks EVA Arrays Using Command View EVA

6.x

” on page 75.

See the following topics for more information about how storage provisioning works on your storage

system.

Issues Specific to CLARiiON Storage Systems

” on page 386

Issues Specific to EMC Symmetrix Storage Systems

” on page 387

Issues Specific to HDS Storage Systems

” on page 388

Issues Specific to Engenio Storage Systems

” on page 392