Example Scenarios For Using Smartclone Volumes; Deploy Multiple Virtual Or Boot-From-San Servers; Scenario: Computer Training Lab - HP StoreVirtual 4000 User Manual

Table 55 Terms used for SmartClone features (continued)
Term
Map view
In Figure 68 (page 179)
right, a regular volume with one SmartClone volume, one clone point, and two shared snapshots.
Figure 68 How SmartClone volumes, clone points, and shared snapshots appear in the CMC
1. Regular volumes and snapshots

Example scenarios for using SmartClone volumes

The following examples are just a few of the most typical scenarios for using SmartClone volumes.

Deploy multiple virtual or boot-from-SAN servers

You can save significant space in environments with multiple virtual or boot-from-SAN servers that
use the same base operating system. A server's operating system takes up considerable storage
but does not change frequently. You can create a master image of the operating system on a
volume and prepare it for duplication. Then you can create large quantities of SmartClone volumes
from that master image without using additional storage capacity. Each SmartClone volume you
create from the master image is a full read/write version of the operating system and has all the
same management features as a regular volume.

Scenario: Computer training lab

You run a computer lab for a technical training company. You routinely set up training environments
for classes in programming languages, database development, web design, and other applications.
The classes are anywhere from 2 days to 1 week long, and your lab can accommodate 75 students.
On your HP LeftHand Storage, you maintain master desktop images for each class offering. These
desktop images include all the software applications the students need for each class, in the default
configuration required for the start of the class.
To prepare for an upcoming class with 50 students, you clone the 50 student desktops from the
master image, without consuming additional space on the SAN. You configure the iSCSI connections
and the students are ready to start working. During the class, the only additional data added to
the SAN is the trainees' class work. When the class is finished, you can roll back all 50 SmartClone
volumes to the clone point and recreate the desktops.
you can see on the left a regular volume with three snapshots and on the
Definition
(page 179), the snapshots Volume_1_SS_1 and
Volume_1_SS_2 are shared snapshots.
Tab that displays the relationships between clone points
and SmartClone volumes. See the map view in
(page 191) and Figure 81 (page
2. SmartClone volumes, with clone points and shared
snapshots
What are SmartClone volumes? 179
Figure 80
192).