HP LeftHand P4000 Virtual SAN Appliance Software - Manual (Page 7)

9 Using specialized managers....................................................................121
Failover Manager.................................................................................................................121
Planning the virtual network configuration...........................................................................121
Failover Manager requirements..........................................................................................121
Using the Failover Manager on Microsoft Hyper-V Server...........................................................122
Installing the Failover Manager for Hyper-V Server...............................................................122
Using the Failover Manager for VMware ................................................................................123
Installing the Failover Manager for ESX Server ....................................................................123
Installing the Failover Manager using the OVF files with the VI Client......................................124
Installing the Failover Manager for VMware Server or VMware Workstation............................125
Troubleshooting the Failover Manager on ESX Server............................................................125
Uninstalling the Failover Manager from VMware ESX Server..................................................126
Virtual manager...................................................................................................................126
When to use a virtual manager.........................................................................................126
Disaster recovery using a virtual manager...........................................................................127
Storage system maintenance using a virtual manager...........................................................127
Requirements for using a virtual manager............................................................................127
Configuring a cluster for disaster recovery...........................................................................128
Adding a virtual manager.................................................................................................130
Starting a virtual manager to regain quorum.......................................................................131
Verifying virtual manager status.........................................................................................132
Stopping a virtual manager...............................................................................................132
Removing a virtual manager from a management group.......................................................132
10 Working with clusters............................................................................133
Clusters and storage systems..................................................................................................133
Creating a cluster.................................................................................................................133
Cluster Map View............................................................................................................134
Monitoring cluster usage.......................................................................................................134
Editing a cluster....................................................................................................................134
Editing cluster properties...................................................................................................134
Editing iSNS servers.........................................................................................................134
Editing cluster VIP addresses..............................................................................................135
Reconnecting volumes and applications after changing VIPs or iSNS servers............................135
Maintaining storage systems in clusters....................................................................................136
Adding a new storage system to a cluster............................................................................136
Upgrading the storage systems in a cluster using cluster swap................................................136
Reordering storage systems in a cluster...............................................................................137
Exchange a storage system in a cluster...............................................................................137
Removing a storage system from a cluster............................................................................137
Troubleshooting a cluster.......................................................................................................137
Auto Performance Protection..............................................................................................137
Repairing a storage system................................................................................................139
Deleting a cluster..................................................................................................................140
11 Provisioning storage..............................................................................141
Understanding how the capacity of the SAN is used.................................................................141
Provisioning storage..............................................................................................................141
Provisioning volumes.............................................................................................................141
Full provisioning...............................................................................................................142
Thin provisioning.............................................................................................................142
Planning data protection...................................................................................................142
Provisioning snapshots...........................................................................................................147
Snapshots versus backups.................................................................................................147
The effect of snapshots on cluster space..............................................................................147
Managing capacity using volume size and snapshots...........................................................148
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