HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 405)

Storage Essentials 5.00.01 User Guide 375
11 Path Provisioning
IMPORTANT: Depending on your license, Path Provisioning may not be available. See the “List of
Features” to determine if you have access to Path Provisioning. The “List of Features” is accessible
from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials).
This chapter describes the following:
• ” About Path Provisioning ” on page 375
• ” How Path Provisioning Works ” on page 376
• ” How to Use Path Provisioning ” on page 377
• ” System Actions ” on page 379
• ” Adding a Host ” on page 397
• ” Creating a Host Security Group ” on page 398
• ” Scheduling Provisioning Jobs ” on page 399
• ” Executing Provisioning Jobs ” on page 400
• ” Monitoring Provisioning Jobs ” on page 401
• ” Deleting Multiple Jobs ” on page 402
• ” Naming Conventions for Zones ” on page 402
• ” Using Multipathing with Path Provisioning ” on page 403
• ” Customizing Path Provisioning ” on page 403
About Path Provisioning
Path Provisioning lets you schedule provisioning tasks to take place at a later time when the network
traffic is light. For example, you could use Path Provisioning to schedule multiple provisioning tasks
to take place at 1 a.m. When you come in the later that morning, you can view the status of the
provisioning tasks.
You can also use Path Provisioning to identify host/storage dependencies so you can make
informed decisions when deciding where new volumes, zones or LUN security is needed.
To view the latest provisioning information in Path Provisioning, click the Refresh button. The
Refresh
button updates the following:
• The Path Provisioning screen with changes made in Provisioning Manager. For example, assume
you used the wizards in Provisioning Manager to create a host security group. When you access
Path Provisioning, your changes are not shown.
• The Path Provisioning screen with changes from executed jobs. After a job is executed in Path
Provisioning, the Path Provisioning screen is not updated until you click the Refresh button or
you exit and re-enter Path Provisioning.
• Adding a volume to an existing host security group on an EMC Symmetrix or DMX array only
performs the masking operation, but it does not map the port on the array. The native tools for