3 Preparing for XP Disk/Cache Partition Operations

This chapter discusses the preparation needed for XP Disk/Cache Partition operations.

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Possible Interacting and Conflicting Functions, page 15

Storage Administrator and Storage Partition Administrator Privileges

Once the XP Disk/Cache Partition license key has been installed for the HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Java API, a storage administrator with write permission for XP Disk/Cache Partition can then log on to the storage system and allocate license capacities to various storage logical partitions as needed, using the License Key Partition Definition panel. See License Key Partition Definition Window” on page 24 for a description of the window, and

Partitioning and Allocating Licensed Capacity to Storage Logical Partitions” on page 30 for instructions on allocating license key capacity to the SLPRs.

You will need to either purchase an unlimited license for an option, or allocate the license capacity for that option among the various SLPRs. You will also need to enable or disable each option for each of the storage logical partitions. You cannot use an option in SLPRs until the license capacity has been allocated.

NOTE:

A storage partition administrator has authority only within the assigned storage logical partition. Only storage administrators can make settings for SLPR 0. The storage administrator can also assign write permission for one or more of the following functions:

Open Volume Management

Volume Shredder

Data Retention Utility

LUN Manager

Cache Residency Manager

XP Performance Monitor

XP Remote Web Console

API

Administrator access for the storage system is divided into two types:

Storage Administrators manage the entire storage system and all of its resources, can create and manage storage logical partitions and cache logical partitions, and assign access permission for storage partition administrators. Storage administrators have sole access to the following functions:

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