HP Pay per use (PPU) Glossary, CIM, CLI, EVA, LUN, PPU, THP, UPS, URS, WBEM, CIMOM, OVSAM, SMI-S, Device, HP SIM, backups, program, software, Snapshot, hardware, software, solution

Glossary

	The following terms are used in this guide:
AE	Refers to the Advanced Edition version of the Command View software.
CIM	Refers to the Common Information Model.
CIMOM	Refers to the Common Information Model Object Manager.
CLI	Refers to Command Line Interface.
CV	Refers to the HP Command View server that manages URS disk arrays.
Device	Refers to the HP Command View server that manages EVA or XP disk arrays.
EVA	Refers to the HP Enterprise Virtual Array product that is supported in the URS solution.
HP SIM	Refers to the HP Systems Insight Manager software application.
LUN	Refers to the logical unit that is in a URS disk array.
OVSAM	Refers to the HP OpenView Storage Area Manager.
Partition/Server	A VSE partition (nPar or vPar) in a cell based server.
Physical device	Refers to a disk array that is managed by an HP Command View server (EVA or XP).
PPU	Refers to the HP Pay per use solution, which is a part of the HP Utility Pricing Solutions program.
PPU Agent Push	These partitions are monitored using the PPU Agent software that is installed on the partition itself.
Partitions	This agent wakes up every 30 minutes and sends data to the Utility Meter via WBEM. This solution
	is NOT available for Linux partitions.
PPU Agent	Refers to the HP Pay per use software that is installed on partitions in a server under a PPU contract
software	and sends usage data to the Utility Meter.
PPU Collector Pull	These Partitions or Servers are monitored from the Utility Meter. Every 30 minutes, the Utility
Partitions/Servers	Meter will send requests to the WBEM providers running on the partition or server and pull the
	usage data back. This solution is only available on HP-UX and Linux (RedHat and SuSe).
PPU installation	Refers to a customer site that has PPU servers metered by a Utility Meter.
SMI-S	Refers to the Storage Management Initiative Specification.
Snapshot	Refers to a nearly instantaneous copy of the contents of a virtual disk created without interruption
	of operations on the source virtual disk. Snapshots are typically used for short-term tasks such as
	backups.
THP	Refers to Thin Provisioning.
UPS	Refers to the HP Utility Pricing Solutions program.
URS	Refers to the HP Utility Ready Storage solution, which is a part of the HP Utility Pricing Solutions
	program.
URS instllation	Refers to a customer site that has URS devices (XP or EVA disk arrays, or a combination of both)
	metered by a Utility Meter.
Utility Meter	Refers to the combination of the HP Utility Meter software and the hardware running it.
Utility Meter	Refers to the HP-UX server that runs the Utility Meter software.
hardware
Utility Meter	Refers to the HP Utility Meter software (HP products T2805AA and T5462A).
software
Virtual disk	Refers to variable disk capacity that is defined and managed by the array controller and
	presentable to hosts as a disk.
WBEM	Refers to the Web-based Enterprise Management standard.
XP	Refers to the HP StorageWorks External Storage XP software product that is supported in the URS
	solution.

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