User guide

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HP NonStop Storage
Management Foundation User's
Guide
Glossary Index Examples Figures Tables
Legal Notices
What's New in This Manual xi
Manual Information xi
New and Changed Information xi
About This Manual xiii
Who Should Read This Guide xiii
What’s in This Manual xiii
Related Manuals xiv
Notation Conventions xv
1. Introduction to Storage Management
Storage Administrators 1-2
System Administrators and Planners 1-2
System Operators 1-2
Application Developers 1-2
Storage Management Solutions 1-2
SMF Architectural Concepts 1-4
Location-Independent Naming
1-4
Storage Pools
1-4
Virtual Disks and Physical Volumes
1-5
Overview of SMF Processes 1-6
Master Process 1-6
Pool Processes
1-6
Virtual Disk Processes
1-7
SMF Catalogs 1-7
$ZSMS Process Catalog
1-7
Pool Process Catalogs
1-7
Virtual Disk Process Catalogs
1-8
Pending Operations Catalogs
1-8
Configuration Interfaces for SMF 1-8
DSC/COUP
1-8