HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 456)

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The status of each of the job can be one of the following, and it is displayed in the State column in
the Provision Job section of the screen (lower pane):
• Created - The job has been created, but it will not be executed. The job cannot be viewed by
others and it is deleted when the Web browser is closed. See ” Scheduling Provisioning Jobs ” on
page 455 for information about changing the state of the job from “created” to “scheduled”.
• Scheduled - The job has been tasked to execute at a specified time and date. Jobs are
assigned a scheduled state after you select the job and click the Execute Job button ( )
button.
• Started - The job has started. You cannot delete a job once it has started.
• Failed - The job failed.
• Ended - The job has finished.
How to Use Path Provisioning
All the provisioning tasks are centralized on one screen. You select the provisioning actions you
want to take by selecting a default system action template from the System Action combo-box in the
upper-left corner or you can create your own system action template, as described in ” Creating a
System Action Template ” on page 452.
The following are the default templates:
• Volume Creations + LUN Security + Zone Operation - First you create a meta volume.
Second, you map a meta volume to a Fibre Channel port and host HBAs (HSG). Third, you
create a zone. See ” Volume Creation, LUN Security, and Zone Operation ” on page 426 for
more information.
• Meta Volume Creation - Creates a meta volume. See ” Meta Volume Creation ” on page 431
for more information.
• LUN Security - Map a meta volume to Fibre Channel port and host HBAs (HSG). See the topic
” LUN Security ” on page 432 for more information.
• Zone Operation - Lets you perform just a zone operation. See ” Zone Operation ” on page 437
for more information.
• Volume Creation + LUN Security - First you create a meta volume. Second you map a meta
volume to a Fibre Channel port). See ” Volume Creation and LUN Security ” on page 441 for
more information.
• LUN Security and Zone Operation - Lets you create a host security group (HSG) with the host
HBA WWN along with zoning operations,. See ” LUN Security and Zone Operation ” on
page 443.
• Volume Assignment - Lets you assign a volume to existing host security groups. See ” Volume
Assignment ” on page 448.
After you select a system action, complete the steps in the various panes. If a step is disabled after
all data has been loaded, that step is not required.
When you have completed your steps, schedule the task as described in the topic, ”
Scheduling
Provisioning Jobs ” on page 455.