HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 458)

Path Provisioning 426
• ” Volume Assignment ” on page 448
• ” Providing a LUN Number ” on page 451
• ” Adding a Host ” on page 453
Volume Creation, LUN Security, and Zone Operation
You can use Path Provisioning to create meta volumes. Then, map that meta volume to a Fibre
Channel port and host HBA (HSG). Finally, you could designate that volume to appear in a
pre-existing zone or create your own.
Keep in mind the following:
• If you have options still selected from a previous job, just clear the options you do not want in
your next job. For example, assume you created a volume. Now you want to create a new
volume on the same host used previously. Just clear the Volume pane. To clear a pane, click the
button.
• If you want to clear all the steps, except for the Step 1 (storage systems), select another option
from the System Action combo-box.
• (HDS only) Before you can create a volume. You must delete some unmapped LDEVs using the
standard provisioning tool. To delete LDEVs, click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning
Manager
. Then, click the Storage Systems tab, then the Provision button for the storage system.
Then, click Step 2 Volume. Click the Unmapped Volumes folder in the left pane. Select the
desired number of LDEVs for the LUSE volume then click the Delete Selected Volumes button.
Take note of the array group from which you deleted the LDEVs. You need this information to
create the LUSE volume.
To access Path Provisioning:
1. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager or click Tools > Storage
Essentials
> Home. Then, click Provisioning Manager in the left pane.
2. In the right pane, click Start Here on the Path Provisioning tab.
3. Select the following from the System Action combo-box: Volume Creation + LUN Security +
Zone Operation
Step 1 - Select Storage System
1. Wait for the management server to load the storage systems into the Storage System panel.
2. Select a storage system on which you want to create the metavolume.
NOTE: The S heading in the Storage Systems pane means that only a single selection is
allowed.
(HDS only) Select the storage system from which you want to create the LUSE volume.
3. Click the Step 1 button underneath the pane.