HP X1800sb G2 Network Storage Blade - Manual (Page 10)

3 Hosting storage for applications and shared folders
The Automated Storage Manager (ASM) radically simplifies hosting application storage and shared
folders on your HP Storage System, using storage-allocation wizards. Use storage-allocation wizards
to allocate and configure storage for these applications:
Notes Description Application
See “Using the Host an Exchange
Storage Group Wizard”
(page 10)
.
Allocate and configure storage for one or more Exchange storage
group components. A wizard assists you by discovering
Exchange storage group components (such as mail stores, public
stores, and logs), suggesting default storage configurations based
on best practices for Exchange, migrating the Exchange storage
group components you selected to your HP Storage System, and
configuring Exchange to store data on your HP Storage System. Exchange
See “Using the Create a Shared
Folder Wizard” (page 12) .
Create shared folders on your HP Storage System. A wizard
assists you in allocating and configuring storage space for shared
folders, and creating shared folders. Shared Folders
See “Using the Host a SQL Server
Database Wizard” (page 14) .
Allocate and configure storage for SQL Server databases. A
wizard assists you by discovering servers that host SQL Server
and SQL Server database components (such as data files and
logs), suggesting default storage configurations based on best
practices for SQL Server, migrating the SQL Server database
components you selected to your HP Storage System, optionally
deleting the SQL Server database components you selected from
the server that hosts SQL Server, and configuring SQL Server to
store data on your HP Storage System. SQL Server
See “ Using the Host a
User-Defined Application Wizard”
(page 15)
.
Allocate and configure storage for any remote application over
the iSCSI protocol or any other application that requires storage
on the HP Storage System. A wizard assists you in allocating
and configuring storage space.
The wizard does not migrate user-defined application data to
your HP Storage System or reconfigure the application to store
data on your HP Storage System. You must do this manually as
described in
“Migrating user-defined application data from a
remote application” (page 25) , and as described in the
application's documentation.
User-Defined
Applications
See “Using the Create a Virtual
Library Wizard” (page 17) .
Create a virtual library that backs up data from a remote system
on your HP Storage System. A wizard assists you in choosing
size and storage allocation. Data Protection
Using the Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard
The Host an Exchange Storage Group Wizard automatically discovers the Exchange storage groups
on your application server and helps you allocate and configure storage space for these components:
•
Mail stores—Contain the data in user mailboxes.
•
Public stores—Contain the data in public folders.
•
Logs—Provide a record of every message stored in a storage group.
Before you begin configuring storage for Exchange
•
Make sure the ASM agent is installed on each server with Exchange data you plan to host.
•
Make sure you have a current backup of your Exchange data and logs.
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