HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage - Manual (Page 274)

converting temporary space from, 176
creating, 168 , 171
creating for volume sets, 168
creating schedules for volume sets, 170
creating SmartClone volumes from, 179
defined, 165
deleting, 180
making available, 175 , 176
requirements for, 167
rolling back from, 178 , 179
assigning Fibre Channel servers to volumes and snapshots,
212
assigning iSCSI servers to volumes and snapshots, 211
assigning servers to volumes and snapshots, 211 , 213
boot volume, 213
auto performance protection, 141
storage system inoperable, 141
storage system overloaded, 141
volume availability and, 141
availability of volumes and snapshots, 23 , 25 , 141
Availability tab, 23 , 25
available system pool, 107
B
backing out
of Remote Copy evaluation, 232
of scripting evaluation, 233
bandwidth, changing local settings, 117
base DN for Active Directory, 84
best practice
Active Directory, 84
frame size, 52
network, 49
network configuration, changing, 50
network interface bonding, 56
NIC bonds, 66
number of managers in management group, 122
recommended numbers for management group storage
items, 112
setting volume size, 145
single disk replacement checklist, 46
snapshots, 165
speed and duplex settings, 51
using snapshots for protection against data deletion,
165
Best Practice Summary
cluster-level data protection, 114
customizing on SAN Status Page, 87
disk level data protection, 114
disk protection using RAID, 114
disk RAID consistency, 114
large single-system SATA cluster, 114
monitoring on SAN Status Page, 86
network bond consistency, 115
network bonding, 115
network flow control consistency, 115
network frame size consistency, 115
overview, 113
systems running managers, 115
volume access, 115
volume-level data protection, 115
bind user name, 83
bladesystems, 21
block device, iSCSI as, 155
block storage system, 155
bonds
Active-Passive, 59
Adaptive Load Balancing, 64
Link Aggregation Dynamic Mode, 62
network interface, 56
supported with 10 GbE NICS, 58
unsupported with 10 GbE NICS, 58
boot devices
checking status of dedicated, 26
replacing drive for dedicated, 27
boot volume, 213
BOOTP, 55
C
capacity
clusters, 136
clusters and usable space in, 154
disk capacity and volume size, 155
monitoring on SAN Status Page, 87
of the SAN, 144
storage systems, 136
capacity management
and deleting snapshots, 151
and scheduled snapshots, 151 , 169
monitoring SAN for, 151
viewing SAN capacity and usage, 151
volume size and snapshots, 151
capacity planning
full provisioning, 145
thin provisioning, 145
volume size, 144
caution
allowing multiple iSCSI application server connections
to a volume, 211 , 242
before changing server connections and permissions,
213
changing RAID erases all data, 33
check Safe to Remove before replacing disk, 45
clone VSA only when in Available Systems pool, 107
create SmartClone volume or Remote Copy before
rolling back snapshot, 177
decreasing volume size not recommended, 156
deleting management group causes data loss, 120
deleting volume permanently removes data, 163
disabling network interface, 71
do not defragment file system unless required, 156
do not delete individual snapshot from snapshot set,
180
do not delete last snapshot of Network RAID-5 or
Network RAID-6 volume, 180
iSCSI failover issues with noncompliant iSCSI initiator
with load balancing, 203
keep all volumes in volume set, 164
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