HP XP Array Manager Software - Manual (Page 36)

Before you allocate volumes to a host, register hosts and storage systems.
Information that needs to be confirmed beforehand:
• The name of the target storage system
• Target volumes
• The name of the target host
To allocate volumes to a host:
1. From the Resources menu, select Storage Systems.
2. Expand the tree and select the desired target storage system volumes.
3. Click Allocate Volumes, In the dialog box, select the host name. Specify the following items as
required:
• Path Options specify a LUN path when considering the path redundancy or specifying the
port to be used.
• Host Groups and LUN Settings specify the host group name, host mode, LUN, and other items
when there are operational rules for the system or application.
4. Click Show Plan and verify the information that is displayed.
5. If there is no problem with the plan, execute it
6. View a list of tasks to make sure that all tasks are completed.
Allocating volumes to clustered hosts
You can group hosts that belong to a cluster into a logical group and allocate volumes to those hosts
at the same time. This creates volumes allocated to individual hosts that belong to a cluster.
Information that needs to be confirmed beforehand:
• The names of the hosts that belong to the target cluster
• The number and size of volumes required
In addition, if there are conditions (such as drive type and parity group) that you want to specify
according to the operating environment, check them in advance.
If you specify a tier and then select volumes from the tier, the Tiered Storage Manager license is
enabled.
To allocate volumes to clustered hosts:
1. From the Resources menu, select Logical Groups.
2. Expand the tree and select the desired clustered hosts under the target logical group.
3. Click Show Plan and verify the information that is displayed.
4. If there is no problem with the plan, execute it
5. View a list of tasks to make sure that all tasks are completed.
Note that classifying hosts by using logical groups makes it easy to select the target hosts. If logical
groups have not been created, you can select multiple hosts in the Allocate Volumes dialog box
instead, which can be opened from the Actions menu, General Tasks, or the storage view.
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