Table Of Contents - HP XP7 User Manual

Contents
1 Introduction to provisioning........................................................................10
About provisioning.................................................................................................................10
Key terms..............................................................................................................................10
Basic provisioning..................................................................................................................11
Fixed-sized provisioning......................................................................................................11
Custom-sized provisioning...................................................................................................11
Basic provisioning workflow................................................................................................12
Resource group strategies........................................................................................................12
Complimentary strategies........................................................................................................13
Thin Provisioning ...................................................................................................................13
Thin Provisioning Z concepts...............................................................................................13
When to use Thin Provisioning Z..........................................................................................14
Thin Provisioning Z advantages............................................................................................14
Thin Provisioning Z advantage example................................................................................15
Thin Provisioning Z workflow...............................................................................................15
Smart Tiers........................................................................................................................15
Smart Tiers Z................................................................................................................15
Overview of tiers...........................................................................................................16
When to use Smart Tiers Z.............................................................................................17
Requirements.....................................................................................................................17
System requirement........................................................................................................17
About cache management devices..................................................................................18
2 Configuring resource groups......................................................................20
System configuration using resource groups................................................................................20
Resource groups examples.......................................................................................................20
Example of resource groups sharing a port............................................................................20
Example of resource groups not sharing ports........................................................................22
Meta_resource.......................................................................................................................23
Resource lock.........................................................................................................................23
User groups...........................................................................................................................23
Resource group assignments.....................................................................................................23
Resource group license requirements.........................................................................................24
Resource group rules, restrictions, and guidelines........................................................................24
Managing resource groups......................................................................................................24
Creating resource groups....................................................................................................24
Editing resource groups......................................................................................................25
Deleting resource groups....................................................................................................26
Using Resource Partition and other HP XP7 Storage products........................................................27
Parallel Access Volumes......................................................................................................27
Thin Provisioning Z and Smart Tiers Z...................................................................................27
Compatible FlashCopy SE...................................................................................................28
DKA Encryption.................................................................................................................28
Performance Monitor..........................................................................................................28
Business Copy Z................................................................................................................29
Continuous Access Synchronous Z........................................................................................29
Continuous Access Journal Z...............................................................................................30
External Storage................................................................................................................31
Virtual LVI.........................................................................................................................32
Cache Partition..................................................................................................................32
Auto LUN..........................................................................................................................32
Volume Shredder...............................................................................................................33
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