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

In addition to specifying the capabilities of a volume, templates can include storage
selection rules that specify how to select the appropriate storage, and storage
layout rules that define how volumes are to be created.
About user templates
A user template is a list of capabilities and rules that you can use to create similar
volumes whenever required. You create user templates either by editing them
directly or by using the GUIs, and then add them to the ISP configuration database
by using the vxusertemplate create command.
About adding new ISP configuration elements
The ISP language allows you to define new volume templates, storage pool
definitions and capabilities. It may help to use the definitions that are provided
in the /etc/vx/alloc/configuration_database.txt file as a model. After saving
the new definitions in a file, you can use the vxtemplate install command to
add them to the ISP configuration database.
See the Veritas Storage Foundation Intelligent Storage Provisioning Administrator’s
Guide.
Solutions using ISP
Additional information is available on how to use ISP to deploy solutions for
different real-world scenarios.
Information is available on simple cases of how using ISP volumes enhances
storage usage.
See “About volume creation solutions” on page 17.
Information is available on how to create storage tiers from ISP volumes to make
the best use of the available storage.
See “About tiered storage solutions” on page 23.
A description is available on how to move ISP volume snapshots to a different
host for independent processing.
See “About off-host processing solutions” on page 31.
A description is available on how to use the Remote Mirror feature with ISP
volumes to protect against site failure.
See “About Remote Mirror solutions” on page 41.
15Introduction to ISP
Solutions using ISP