HP Plug-in for SAP NetWeaver Landscape Virtualization Management for Storage - Manual (Page 6)

3 Architecture
This chapter provides an overview of the HP Storage plug-in.
Architecture
This section explains the architecture of the HP Storage plug-in.
Storage Provider
LVM
API
Management Server
Java NW 7.3
HP Storage Array
Storage Adapter
Source
SAP ABAP/JAVA
RHEL/SLES/HP-UX/Windows
Target
RHEL/SLES/HP-UX/Windows
Storage Library Storage Library
OS
OS
Web
Service
Target LUN
Source LUN
HP 3PAR StoreServ SMI-S / P9000 RMI
The HP Storage Adapter communicates to SAP LVM using API integration and provides array
related functionality for System Clone, System Copy, System Refresh, and Application Migration.
The HP Storage Adapter sends requests to the common HP Storage Provider using web services
to interact with the underlying HP Storage Arrays.
The HP Storage Provider implements the array functionality. The Storage Provider provides a
common layer for the various HP storage arrays. The Common HP Storage Provider interprets the
request from the Storage Adapter, separates the HP 3PAR StoreServ and XP P9000 requests and
communicates with the underlying HP Storage Array through HP 3PAR StoreServ SMI-S or HP XP
P9000 RMI.
HP Storage Library must be deployed on every managed SAP landscape. The Storage Library
interacts with the SAP host agents and the underlying operating system.
6 Architecture