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Inventory and resource information
The inventory pages display details about the storage system resources in Storage
Advisor. These resources include storage systems, servers, ports, and pools, volumes,
parity groups, external parity groups (if the storage system has external storage), and
replication groups. If the storage system has NAS modules, resources will also include file
pools, virtual file servers, file systems, and shares and exports. Common actions can be
performed on the inventory pages, such as the following:
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You can select one or more resources and delete them.
When you delete a storage system, you disassociate it from Storage Advisor. When
you delete a pool or volume, the resource is de-provisioned and removed from the
storage system.
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When a parity group is deleted, it is removed from the storage system and the disks
used to create the parity group are no longer in use. You can delete the parity group if
you want to reconfigure the storage system with some other RAID configuration or
simply decommission the array. If the parity group is in use by a pool, the parity group
deletion will fail.
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You can select one or more of the same type of resources and update their
properties. The properties that can be updated depend on the type of resource.
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You can click a particular resource to see more details about it on its resource detail
page.
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When you delete a block pool, the parity groups used by the pool will no longer be
in In Use status. The pool volumes on these parity groups will be formatted and
the parity group will eventually be in Available status.
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When you delete a volume, the pool subscription will go down. Volume deletion
will fail if the volume participates in data protection or is attached to a server.
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When you delete a file pool, the underlying related block pool is deleted.
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When you delete a server, the server is disassociated from Storage Advisor. You
will no longer be able to provision volumes to the server (or its WWNs). Server
deletion will fail if it has volumes attached to it.
Device Manager - Storage Navigator
Device Manager - Storage Navigator (HDvM - SN) is the application used to configure the
storage system. It is factory-installed and runs on the service processor (SVP) connected
to the storage system.
You can access Device Manager - Storage Navigator from the management software to
perform additional system administration tasks on your storage system besides those
available in the maintenance utility. In addition, you can easily access advanced storage
configuration options while performing management operations with the management
software.
In addition to the information in this guide, the HDvM - SN online help has procedures
for setting up and managing the storage system.
Inventory and resource information
Chapter 1: System administration overview
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