User manual HP STORAGEWORKS XP PROVISIONING MANAGER SOFTWARE

[. . . ] HP StorageWorks XP Provisioning Manager software user guide Version 6. 0 or later Reference number: T1783-96023 First edition: May 2008 Legal notices © Copyright 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12. 211 and 12. 212, Commercial Computer Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed to the U. S. Government under vendor's standard commercial license. [. . . ] When you select List Unallocated LDEVs in the Storage Pool subwindow, the latest information reflecting the processing result is displayed. For details, see section 5-9 . 5-12 Moving volumes between storage pools Using the Move LDEVs dialog box, you can move volumes among storage pools by performing the following operations; from a list of volumes found according to a resource group or provisioning plan, select LDEVs that you want to move, and then select a resource group that is associated with the destination storage pool. NOTE: Information not reflecting the latest status might be displayed when the storage subsystem information is being updated. In such a case, a warning message is displayed; wait a while and then retry the view operation. NOTE: If the volume is operated using partitioned storage administrator permissions, and different SLPRs or CLPRs are set for the LDEV that configures the selected volume, or the SLPR for the selected volume is different from the one for the assigned port, an error message is displayed indicating that the operation cannot be performed by the partitioned storage administrator. In such a case, use Device Manager to check which LDEV is inconsistent, and then reset the SLPR and CLPR information for the storage subsystem. A maximum of 16, 384 volumes can be displayed in the list of volumes. If you want to display information for 16, 385 or more volumes, specify storage pool settings by following the procedure in 5-1-3 . 91 Managing storage pools IMPORTANT: Be aware of the following: · · · Only users with Admin permission can move volumes between storage pools. A volume that has been assigned to the host cannot be moved. If a volume is shared with another resource group and that volume is moved, access permissions to that volume for the resource group that has been sharing the volume are canceled. To move the volumes: 1. In the Explorer menu, select Resources and then Storage Pool. In the method area, the Storage Pool subwindow opens. In the Storage Pool subwindow, select Move LDEVs to open the Move LDEVs dialog box (see Figure 5-5). Figure 5-5 Move LDEVs dialog box 3. Set the following items according to the volumes that you want to move. Resource Group: You can view the volumes available for the specified resource group. From the pull-down list, select a resource group to which the volume that you want to move is related. Plan: You can view the volumes applicable to the specified application plan. From the pulldown list, select an allocation plan for the volume that you want to move. When you click the Details button, the detailed information about the allocation plan specified in Plan is displayed in a new window. The following items are displayed (see Figure 5-6): Resource Group used to specify destination A list of the volumes that meet the conditions specified in Resource Group and Plan in step 3 92 Managing storage pools Figure 5-6 Move LDEVs dialog box when Show LDEVs is clicked 5. From Resource Group displayed in 4, select the resource group associated as the destination storage pool from an item in a pull-down list. For details about setting items and limitations, see the Help for the window. To further narrow down the volumes, use filtering. In the list of volumes, from the pull-down list for an item, select the value that corresponds to the desired volumes. The volumes that meet the selected value are selected from the displayed volumes. [. . . ] The copy-source volume in replication performed by XP Business Copy Software, XP Continuous Access Software or XP Snapshot. This connection resides on a channel adapter. A name associated with a set of volume attributes (parameters). A provisioning plan is used to select a volume from a storage pool, by specifying particular conditions that the volume must satisfy. Linux Linux 5 Linux AS/ES 3 Linux AS/ES 4 LU LUN LUN security LUSE NBPI P-VOL port provisioning plan 177 Glossary Glossary term RAID level Definition A classification for types of redundancy. [. . . ]