Veritas Storage Foundation Intelligent Storage Provisioning 5.0.1 Administrators Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, November 2009

Table B-1
Values of the precedence order (continued)
Precedence orderValue
S < D < A < T6
A < S < T < D (default behavior)7
D < S < T < A8
A < S < D < T9
D < S < A < T10
A < D < S < T11
D < A < S < T12
Table B-2 shows the meaning of the precedence order symbols.
Table B-2
Precedence order symbols
DescriptionSymbol
Autogrow: If permitted by the value of the AutoGrow setting, the
storage pool may be grown to increase the available storage.
A
Desired Rules: Rules may be dropped if insufficient storage is available.D
Self-Sufficient: If permitted by the value of the SelfSufficent
setting, templates may be added to the storage pool if insufficient
storage is available.
S
Template Combination: Different template combinations may be used
if insufficient storage is available.
T
Indicates the precedence in choosing an action when attempting to
allocate storage. “X < Y” means that Y is chosen in preference to X.
The rightmost items in the list are chosen before those to the left.
<
For example, the default behavior of ISP (equivalent to setting
allocation_policy_order=7), A < S < T < D, has the following meaning:
First, drop desired rules in preference to using a different template
combination.
T < D
Secondly, use a different template combination in preference to adding
more templates to the storage pool.
S < T
Changing the allocation behavior of ISP
About ISP allocation behavior
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