15 Provisioning Manager

Depending on your license, Provisioning Manager may not be available. See the List of Features to determine if you have access to Provisioning Manager. The List of Features is accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials). Provisioning is not included with HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition.

This chapter contains the following topics:

•About Provisioning Manager, page 517

•Managing Zones, page 518

•Managing Storage, page 536

About Provisioning Manager

The software provides the following tools to assist you in provisioning your storage. These tools are accessible by clicking Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager or by clicking Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Provisioning Manager.

•Path Provisioning tool - Lets you schedule provisioning tasks to take place when the network traffic is light. For more information, see ”About Path Provisioning” on page 595.

•SAN Zoning tool - Lets you create and modify zones, zone aliases and zone sets. Click the Provisioning button next to the fabric on which you want to do provisioning.

You can also view the properties of a fabric or switch by clicking its link in the table. For more information, see ”SAN Zoning Overview” on page 518.

•Storage System Provisioning tool - Lets you manage storage pools, volumes, and host security groups. Click the Provisioning button next to the storage system on which you want to do provisioning.

You can also view the properties of a storage system by clicking its link in the table. For more information, see ”Setting Up Storage Partitioning” on page 536.

IMPORTANT: Ports designated as an Initiator on a storage system belonging to the HDS Freedom Storage™ Lightning 9900™ Series or the Freedom Storage Lightning 9900V Series cannot be used for provisioning. If you select one of these ports, you receive a message saying that provisioning failed because the HiCommand Database was not refreshed.

Once you have become adept at provisioning, you might want to try accessing the provisioning screens using one of the following methods:

•Double-click a storage system or switch in System Manager and then click the Provisioning Manager tab.

•Right-click a storage system or switch in the Access tab in System Manager. For more information, see ”The Access Tab” on page 258.

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