HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) User Guide (5992-5070, March 2010)
Table Of Contents
- HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) User Guide
- Table of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Getting started with SPM
- 3 Configuring the storage catalog
- 4 Importing storage into the storage catalog
- 5 Monitoring the storage catalog
- 6 Managing storage catalog entities
- A Troubleshooting
- B Support and other resources
- Glossary
- Index
Glossary
application A client of a storage system, or a consumer of a storage service.
application server A system that is hosting one or more applications and is running an operating
system optimized for hosting applications. Storage may be direct attached (such
as a storage server) or networked.
Catalog The repository of service requests, services, service groups, and resources
managed by SPM.
See also Storage catalog
HP Command
View EVA
CV is a comprehensive software suite designed to simplify array management
and provisioning for the high performance HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual
Array (EVA) family of storage arrays.
HP StorageWorks
Enterprise Virtual
Arrays
EVA provides designed-in virtualization to support your most critical applications
as well as your bulk storage needs.
HP Insight
Orchestration
HPIO extends HP Insight Dynamics to provide rapid provisioning and repurposing
of infrastructure services from shared resource pools using a self-service portal.
HP Logical Storage
Manager
LSM is a host-based storage management utility that is part of HP Insight
Dynamics.
HP Operation
Orchestration
HPOO is a component of HPIO.
HP Storage
Provisioning
Manager
SPM, the software application described in this document.
logical disk A partition or logical disk that may contain a file system or database or be used
by a volume manager or hypervisor to present higher order volumes. Volumes
are backed by capacity that has been carved from lower level capacity meaning
that the source of the capacity has been identified. In SPM a volume is a type
of service.
See also volume.
logical unit The entity within a SCSI target that executes I/O commands. Each logical unit
exported by an array controller corresponds to a volume.
logical unit
number
A LUN is an address used in the SCSI protocol to access an array within a target.
In the case of SPM, a LUN refers to a volume that has been presented to one or
more initiators. SPM also supports unpresented volumes which have been created
but do not have LUNs.
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