HP P6000 manual Contents

Contents
1 Overview	7
Prerequisites	7
HP P6000 Command View software suite	7
HP P6000 Command View features	8
Server-based and array-based management	8
HP Management Integration Framework	10
User interface	11
Storage systems point of view	12
Settings point of view	13
Accessing HP P6000 Command View	14
Internet Protocol support	15
2 Managing security and passwords	16
Server-based HP P6000 Command View security groups	16
Array-based HP P6000 Command View security groups	16
Password protection for storage systems	16
Enabling management of a password-protected storage system	17
Disabling management of a password-protected storage system	18
Setting a password for HP EVA storage systems	18
Reestablishing communication with a password-protected storage system	19
Single sign-on from HP Systems Insight Manager	19
3 Licensing HP P6000/EVA storage systems	21
Licenses to use and license keys	21
Activating an instant-on license	23
Retrieving licenses	23
Entering license keys	23
Importing licenses	24
Deleting incorrectly entered license keys	25
Displaying temporary license expiration date	25
4 Provisioning storage	26
Disk groups	26
Disk group capacity	28
Redundancy (Vraid) levels	29
Virtual disks	30
Hosts	32
Presentation	33
Online virtual disk migration	33
Mirrorclone migration	33
Thin provisioning	33
5 Replicating storage	35
HP P6000 Business Copy software	35
Snapclones	35
Snapshots	36
Mirrorclones	37
Containers	39
Optimizing replication performance	40
Planning for host I/O workloads	40
Optimizing snap creation	40
Using containers (preallocation)	40
Minimizing snapclone workloads	41

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