HP 3PAR StoreServ Concepts Guide: HP 3PAR OS 3.1.3

HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning Software: allows you to allocate virtual volumes to application
servers yet provision only a fraction of the physical storage behind these volumes. By enabling
a true capacity-on-demand model, a storage administrator can use HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning
to create TPVVs that maximize asset use. To learn more about TPVVs, see “Virtual
Volumes” (page 44).
HP 3PAR Thin Conversion Software: converts an FPVV to a TPPV. Virtual volumes with large
amounts of allocated but unused space are converted to TPVVs that are much smaller than the
original volume. To use the thin conversion feature, you must have an F-Class, T-Class, HP
3PAR StoreServ 10000, or HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 storage system, an HP 3PAR Thin
Provisioning license, and an HP 3PAR Thin Conversion license. To learn more about HP 3PAR
thin conversion, see “Enhanced Storage Applications” (page 54).
HP 3PAR Thin Persistence Software: minimizes the size of TPVVs and read/write snapshots of
TPVVs by detecting pages of zeros during data transfers and not allocating space for the
zeros. This feature works in real time and analyzes the data before it is written to the destination
TPVV or read/write snapshot of the TPVV. To use the thin persistence feature, you must have
an F-Class, T-Class, HP 3PAR StoreServ 10000, or HP 3PAR StoreServ storage system, an HP
3PAR Thin Provisioning license, and an HP 3PAR Thin Conversion license. To learn more about
HP 3PAR thin persistence, see “Enhanced Storage Applications” (page 54).
HP 3PAR EVA to 3PAR Online Import Software: manages the migration of data from a source
HP EVA storage system to a destination HP 3PAR storage system. You can migrate HP EVA
virtual disks and host configuration information to an HP 3PAR destination storage system
without changing host configurations or interrupting data access.
HP 3PAR Service Processor Software: the service processor can be deployed as a virtual
machine or as a physical server and functions as the communication interface between your
IP network and HP 3PAR Central by managing all service-related communications.
HP 3PAR Management Console Software: graphical user interface (GUI) for monitoring,
managing, and configuring HP 3PAR storage systems.
HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Software: command line user interface for monitoring,
managing, and configuring HP 3PAR storage systems.
HP 3PAR Web Services API Software: application programming interface for incorporating
the storage infrastructure into your platform for end-to-end automation of your service delivery
and management.
HP 3PAR SmartStart Software: simplifies system startup and guides the administrator through
the configuration of HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, HP 3PAR Service Processor, and production
application hosts.
HP 3PAR Host Explorer Software: automates host discovery and collection of detailed host
configuration information critical to speeding storage provisioning and simplifying maintenance.
HP 3PAR Autonomic Groups Software: allows domains, hosts, and volumes to be grouped
into a set that is managed as a single object. Autonomic groups allow for easy updates when
new hosts are added or new volumes are provisioned. If you add a new host to the set, volumes
from the volume set are autonomically provisioned to the new host with no administrative
intervention. If you add a new volume or a new domain to a set, the volume or domain inherits
all the rights of the set.
HP 3PAR mySnapshot Software: a copy utility designed for non-storage professionals, such
as database administrators, software developers, and test engineers, to safely and easily copy
and provision their own test data. With mySnapshot, developers have instant access to test
data, thus eliminating the time required to request, justify, and receive these copies from the
storage administrator. To learn more about the mySnapshot utility, see “HP 3PAR mySnapshot
Software” (page 54).
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