1-4 Overview of Universal Volume Manager
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Universal Volume Manager User’s Guide
Unifying Connections from a Host to Different Storage Systems
When a system has multiple storage systems, a host usually needs to connect
all storage systems. When a system administrator configures the connections
from a host to volumes, they need to follow the different instructions
depending on the storage systems.
If you install Universal Volume Manager, a system administrator only needs to
configure the connection from a host to the USP V/VM storage system. After
the configuration is completed, a host can manipulate volumes in the external
storage system in the same way as volumes in the USP V/VM storage system.
Host
Legend
Volumes installed in the storage system
Virtual volumes that do not have physical memory space
Access
Lines showing the concept of virtualization
UVM allows you to unify the connections from a host
to different storage systems.
External Storage System
USP V/VM
Storage System
Host
External Storage System
USP V/VM
Storage System
Without UVM, a host needs to connect all storage systems.

Figure 1-2 Unifying Connections from a Host to Different Storage

Systems