4 grouping resources – HP XP Array Manager Software User Manual
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Allocating volumes to clustered hosts ..................................................................................... 82
Allocating volumes by using a keyword search ....................................................................... 83
Allocating volumes by using a criteria search ......................................................................... 84
Allocating volumes by using existing volume settings ............................................................... 85
Allocate Volumes dialog box ............................................................................................... 85
About clustered-host storage ................................................................................................ 90
Defining clustered-host storage ............................................................................................. 91
About unallocating volumes ................................................................................................. 93
Unallocating volumes from hosts ........................................................................................... 93
Unallocate volumes dialog box ............................................................................................ 94
Managing WWNs by using nicknames ....................................................................................... 96
About managing WWNs by using nicknames ....................................................................... 96
Editing a WWN nickname .................................................................................................. 97
Managing LUN Paths ................................................................................................................ 98
About LUN path management .............................................................................................. 98
Editing LUN paths .............................................................................................................. 99
Editing the host mode and host mode options ...................................................................... 101
Editing LUN paths when replacing a failed HBA ................................................................... 102
Editing LUN paths when performing a planned HBA replacement ........................................... 103
Removing LUN paths after adding an HBA .......................................................................... 104
Replicating volumes ................................................................................................................ 105
About replicating volumes (pair management) ...................................................................... 105
Copy pair management operations .................................................................................... 105
Adding command devices ................................................................................................. 106
Editing command devices .................................................................................................. 106
Defining copy pairs .......................................................................................................... 107
Changing the status of a copy pair ..................................................................................... 107
Data mobility ......................................................................................................................... 108
About data mobility .......................................................................................................... 108
Reports for logical groups displayed in the Mobility tab ........................................................ 110
Reports for THP/Smart pools displayed in the Mobility tab .................................................... 110
Optimizing data placement in a logical group ..................................................................... 111
Optimizing data placement in a THP/Smart pool ................................................................. 112
Data migration ....................................................................................................................... 113
About data migration ....................................................................................................... 113
Notes on performing data migration ................................................................................... 114
Conditions for data migration ............................................................................................ 114
Migrating data for volume performance .............................................................................. 119
Migrating data to a different storage system ........................................................................ 120
Migrate data dialog box ................................................................................................... 121
Prerequisites for migrating data from an SMI-S enabled storage system to another storage
system ............................................................................................................................ 126
Migrating data from an SMI-S enabled storage system to another storage system ...................... 127
Managing tasks ..................................................................................................................... 129
About tasks ..................................................................................................................... 129
Viewing task status ........................................................................................................... 130
Rescheduling tasks waiting to be executed ........................................................................... 130
Stopping running data migration or data placement profile tasks ............................................ 131
Canceling scheduled tasks ................................................................................................ 131
Moving tasks to the History tab .......................................................................................... 132
Restarting a failed or stopped task ...................................................................................... 132
4 Grouping resources ........................................................................ 135
Managing logical groups ........................................................................................................ 135
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