HP StorageWorks XP48 Disk Array User Manual
Hp storageworks xp, Provisioning manager user guide
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- About this guide
- Revision history
- Revision tables
- 1 Overview of HP StorageWorks XP Provisioning Manager
- 1-1 The Provisioning Manager Mission
- 1-2 Provisioning Manager Components
- 1-3 Programs Related to Provisioning Manager
- 1-4 Installing Provisioning Manager
- 1-5 Operations That Can Be Performed With Provisioning Manager
- 1-6 Manipulating Storage Subsystems
- 1-7 Using Provisioning Manager with Other Products
- 2 Provisioning Manager Planning and Startup
- 3 Using Provisioning Manager
- 3-1 Managing Storage Pools
- 3-1-1 Viewing Storage Pool Usage Status
- 3-1-2 Storage Pools and Storage Areas Provided by Device Manager
- 3-1-3 Creating a Storage Pool
- 3-1-4 Linking Storage Pools with CLPR and SLPR Functions
- 3-1-5 Moving Volumes between Storage Pools
- 3-1-6 Viewing Usage Status for Storage Pools
- 3-1-7 Viewing Storage Pool Information from Different Perspectives
- 3-1-8 Viewing a List of Volumes
- 3-1-9 Moving Volumes between Storage Pools
- 3-2 Allocating and Unallocating Volumes
- 3-3 Managing Hosts
- 3-4 Creating, Expanding, and Deleting File Systems
- 3-5 Creating and Deleting Device Files
- 3-6 About Provisioning Plans
- 3-7 Managing Transaction Logs
- 3-1 Managing Storage Pools
- 4 Working With OS-Based Constraints
- 4-1 Restrictions on Host Management
- 4-2 Restrictions When the Host OS is Windows®
- 4-2-1 Prerequisites for the Host
- 4-2-2 Restrictions on Adding File Systems
- 4-2-3 Restrictions on Expansion and Deletion
- 4-2-4 Restrictions on Adding Device Files
- 4-2-5 Restrictions on Related Products
- 4-2-6 Improving Windows® Host Performance
- 4-2-7 Notes on Using the Volume Manager RAID Functionality
- 4-2-8 Deleting a Mount Point Directory
- 4-2-9 About File System and Device File Sizing Discrepancies
- 4-2-10 Preventing Misrecognition of the Disk Number and Drive Letter
- 4-2-11 Notes on Removing a File System That Is Being Used
- 4-2-12 Notes on Changing the Software Configuration
- 4-2-13 Notes on Changing a Host Name
- 4-2-14 Notes on Mounting a Folder in Windows® 2000
- 4-3 Restrictions When the Host OS is Solaris™
- 4-3-1 Prerequisites for the Host
- 4-3-2 Notes on Adding File Systems
- 4-3-3 Restrictions on Expansion and Deletion
- 4-3-4 Restrictions on Creating a File System
- 4-3-5 About Using a Shared Volume Group
- 4-3-6 Setting the Unit of Volume Management
- 4-3-7 Notes on Changing the Software Configuration
- 4-3-8 Notes on Changing a Host Name
- 4-3-9 Improving Solaris™ Host Performance
- 4-3-10 Using the Volume Manager RAID Functionality
- 4-3-11 About Fragment and Data Compression (Saving Disk Space)
- 4-3-12 Using a Log and Specifying Log Size Using a File System
- 4-3-13 Changing the File System Check at Startup Setting
- 4-3-14 Ensuring Dynamic Link Manager Operations
- 4-3-15 Deleting a Mount Point Directory
- 4-4 Restrictions When the Host OS is AIX®
- 4-4-1 Prerequisites for the Host
- 4-4-2 Restrictions on Expansion and Deletion
- 4-4-3 Restrictions on Creating a File System and Device File
- 4-4-4 About Using a Host as a Cluster Resource
- 4-4-5 About Using a Shared Volume Group
- 4-4-6 Setting the Unit of Volume Management
- 4-4-7 Improving AIX® Host Performance
- 4-4-8 Using the Volume Manager RAID Functionality
- 4-4-9 About the big vg Format Volume Group
- 4-4-10 About Fragment and Data Compression (Saving Disk Space)
- 4-4-11 About Creating a Logical Volume for the JFS Log
- 4-4-12 Changing the Size of the Logical Volume for the JFS Log
- 4-4-13 Changing the File System Check at Startup Setting
- 4-4-14 Ensuring Dynamic Link Manager Operations
- 4-4-15 Deleting a Mount Point Directory
- 4-4-16 AIX® File System and Device File Sizes
- 4-4-17 Notes on Changing the Software Configuration
- 4-4-18 Notes on Changing a Host Name
- 4-5 Restrictions When the Host OS is Linux
- 4-5-1 Prerequisites for the Host
- 4-5-2 About Host Management in Linux Environments
- 4-5-2-1 Notes on Installing a Storage Subsystem
- 4-5-2-2 Notes on Adding File Systems
- 4-5-2-3 Notes on Expanding File Systems
- 4-5-2-4 Notes on Deleting File Systems
- 4-5-2-5 Notes on Adding Device Files
- 4-5-2-6 Notes on Displayed Host Information
- 4-5-2-7 Notes on Changing the Software Configuration
- 4-5-2-8 Notes on Changing a Host Name
- 4-5-3 Volume Configurations Displayed by Provisioning Manager
- 4-5-4 Notes on Md Devices
- 4-5-5 Improving Linux Host Performance
- 4-5-5-1 Using Linux Command Utility Parameters
- 4-5-5-2 Notes on Managing Volumes in Small Units
- 4-5-5-3 Notes on Using the RAID Functions
- 4-5-5-4 Notes on Creating Many Small Files
- 4-5-5-5 Notes on Creating a Journal Log Area for ext3 File Systems
- 4-5-5-6 Notes on Creating and Expanding File Systems in Partitions
- 4-5-5-7 Notes on the Procedure for Recognizing the Device After Deleting an LU
- 4-5-5-8 Reason for Unmatched Volume and LU Sizes
- 4-6 Restrictions When the Host OS is HP-UX
- 4-6-1 Prerequisites for the Host
- 4-6-2 Restrictions on Expansion and Deletion
- 4-6-3 Restrictions on Related Products
- 4-6-4 About Host Management in HP-UX Environments
- 4-6-4-1 Notes on Installing a Storage Subsystem
- 4-6-4-2 Notes on Displaying Host Information
- 4-6-4-3 Notes on Adding File Systems
- 4-6-4-4 Notes on Expanding File Systems
- 4-6-4-5 Notes on Deleting File Systems
- 4-6-4-6 Notes on Adding Device Files
- 4-6-4-7 Notes on Deleting Device Files
- 4-6-4-8 Notes on Partitions
- 4-6-4-9 Notes on Snapshot File Systems
- 4-6-4-10 Notes on Physical Volume Groups
- 4-6-4-11 Notes on Setting PV-link
- 4-6-4-12 Notes on Changing the Software Configuration
- 4-6-4-13 Notes on Changing a Host Name
- 4-6-5 Improving HP-UX Host Performance
- 4-6-5-1 Notes on the Parameters of Command Utilities
- 4-6-5-2 Notes on Managing Volumes in Smaller Units
- 4-6-5-3 Notes on Creating Many Small Files
- 4-6-5-4 Notes on Handling File Systems and Device Files as Cluster Resources
- 4-6-5-5 Notes on Manipulating File Systems and Device Files Used as Cluster Resources
- 4-6-5-6 Notes on Allowing Concurrent Access to Volumes
- 4-6-5-7 Notes on Using the RAID Function
- 4-6-5-8 About reason for Unmatched Volume and LU Sizes
- 4-7 Maximum Setting Values
- 5 Managing Storage Pools
- 5-1 Managing a Storage Pool
- 5-2 Viewing a Storage Pool Overview
- 5-3 Viewing Storage Pool Usage Status for Each Storage Subsystem Model
- 5-4 Viewing Storage Pool Usage Status for Each RAID Level
- 5-5 Viewing Storage Pool Usage Status for Each Storage Subsystem Series
- 5-6 Viewing Storage Pool Usage Status for Each Storage Subsystem
- 5-7 Viewing a List of Unallocated Volumes on a Host
- 5-8 Allocating a Volume to a Host from a List of Unallocated Volumes
- 5-9 Viewing a List of Allocated Volumes on a Host
- 5-10 Allocating a Volume on a Host from a List of Allocated Volumes
- 5-11 Releasing a Volume Allocated on a Host from a List of Allocated Volumes
- 5-12 Moving Volumes between Storage Pools
- 6 Viewing Host Information
- 7 Managing File Systems
- 8 Managing Device Files
- 9 Managing Provisioning Plans
- 10 Viewing Transaction Logs
- 11 Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index