Choose Type Of Application; Entering An Application Name; Using The Create A Virtual Library Wizard; Accessing The Virtual Library Wizard - HP STORAGEWORKS ALL-IN-ONE STORAGE SYSTEM User Manual

Choose type of application

1. Select the type of application for hosting a user-defined application:
• Remote Windows Application- ASM will provision storage for the application and expose
the storage to the given server as an NTFS volume over the iSCSI protocol. This is the
recommended option for most scenarios. The All-in-One Storage Manager agent must be
installed on the application server to use this option.
• iSCSI LUN- Exposes a LUN to the remote server so the server can store data on the LUN. You
will need to install an iSCSI initiator on your host server. Storage is provisioned for these
applications.
• Local storage only- Creates a volume on your All-in-One Storage System. Storage is provisioned
for these applications.
2. Click Next to open the Enter an Application Name page (see
"Entering an application

Entering an application name

Use the Enter an Application Name page to enter a name for the application. This name will be used
anywhere the application is referenced in ASM, so it must be a unique name.
1.
Enter a name for the application.
2. When you are done, click Next to open the Storage Allocation page (see
"Allocating space for

Using the Create a Virtual Library Wizard

This wizard helps you create a virtual library for disk-to-disk backup of other client or servers to your
All-in-One Storage System and manage the storage for the virtual library through ASM. Install Data
Protector Express on additional servers you need to backup. See

Accessing the Virtual Library Wizard

To access the Create a Virtual Library Wizard
1. In the Actions pane, select Create a Virtual Library.
The Create a Virtual Library welcome page opens.
2. Click Next to open the Configure virtual library page (see
"Configure your virtual

Configure your virtual library

To configure your virtual library, do the following:
1.
In the name dialog box, type a name for your virtual library.
2. In the Number of slots field, type or use the arrows to indicate how many slots are needed for
your virtual library.
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