Contents
About provisioning.................................................................................................................13
Basic provisioning..................................................................................................................13
Fixed-sized provisioning...........................................................................................................13
Disadvantages ......................................................................................................................14
When to use fixed-sized provisioning.........................................................................................15
Custom-sized provisioning........................................................................................................15
When to use custom-sized provisioning......................................................................................15
Basic provisioning workflow.....................................................................................................15
Thin Provisioning Overview......................................................................................................16
Thin Provisioning....................................................................................................................16
Thin Provisioning concepts ......................................................................................................17
When to use Thin Provisioning..................................................................................................17
Thin Provisioning advantages...................................................................................................17
Thin Provisioning advantage example........................................................................................18
Thin Provisioning workflow.......................................................................................................18
Smart Tiers............................................................................................................................19
Tiers concept .........................................................................................................................19
When to use Smart Tiers..........................................................................................................20
Data retention strategies..........................................................................................................20
Resource groups strategies.......................................................................................................20
Complimentary strategies........................................................................................................20
Key terms..............................................................................................................................21
Before you begin....................................................................................................................21
About cache management devices............................................................................................23
Calculating the number of cache management devices required by a THP V-VOL.......................23
2 Managing Virtual Storage Machine Resources.............................................24
About virtual storage machines and virtualized resources.............................................................24
Provisioning operations for resources in a virtual storage machine.................................................25
Pair operations with virtual storage machine pairs.......................................................................25
Program product operations for resources in a virtual storage machine..........................................26
Editing virtualization management settings.................................................................................26
Example of resource groups sharing a port............................................................................28
Example of resource groups not sharing ports........................................................................30
Meta_resource.......................................................................................................................31
Resource lock.........................................................................................................................31
User groups...........................................................................................................................31
Resource group assignments.....................................................................................................31
Resource group license requirements.........................................................................................32
Resource group rules, restrictions, and guidelines........................................................................32
Creating a resource group.......................................................................................................32
Adding resources to a resource group.......................................................................................33
Removing resources from a resource group.................................................................................34
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Содержание XP7
Страница 229: ...Select LDEVs window Available LDEVs table Description Item LDEV identifiers LDEV ID Create Resource Groups wizard 229 ...
Страница 303: ...Pools Volume tabs Pools Volume tabs 303 ...
Страница 378: ...Add LUN Paths wizard Select LDEVs window Available LDEVs table 378 LUN Manager GUI reference ...
Страница 381: ...Select Host Groups window Available Host Groups table Add LUN Paths wizard 381 ...