Allocate Volumes with Smart Provisioning: Service details

Ops Center Automator User Guide
Version
11.0.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-99AUT001-22

The following service template details apply to the Allocate Volumes with Smart Provisioning service template.

You can watch a video on how to use this service template.

Software and setup prerequisites

For software and setup prerequisites, see Service template prerequisites.

Edit Service settings

The following table lists the Edit Service settings for the Allocate Volumes with Smart Provisioning service template.

Navigation pane Settings pane Description
Volume Settings Configuration Manager Connection Shows a table from which you can choose the Configuration Manager connection.
Storage System Selection Specify whether to select storage system at volume allocation. If you select Automatic, then a storage system will be selected automatically.
Select from Specify where to select from in the automatic selection:
  • "All Storage Systems" selects from all storage systems registered on Configuration Manager.
  • "Virtual Storage Machine" selects the storage system to provision from the storage systems that comprise the specified virtual storage machine.
Virtual Storage Mapping Definition
Virtual Model Specify the virtual model of the Virtual Storage Machine by referring to the Virtual Storage Machine table.
Virtual Serial Number Specify the virtual serial number of the Virtual Storage Machine by referring to the Virtual Storage Machine table.
Physical Storage System
Model Specify the model of the storage system registered on Configuration Manager.
Serial Number Specify the serial number of the storage system registered on Configuration Manager.
Virtual LDEV ID Range
Starts from Specify the start of the Virtual LDEV ID range for the volume to allocate.
Ends at Specify the end of the Virtual LDEV ID range for the volume to allocate.
Virtual Storage Machine Specify the Virtual Storage Machine. If the "Virtual Storage Machine consists of one Resource Group" column is "No", then the resource group with the minimum ID will be used. If the "Virtual Storage Mapping Definition" column is "None" or "Unnecessary", then revise Virtual Storage Mapping.
"Virtual Storage Machine consists of one Resource Group" column values:
  • Yes: There is no storage system with multiple resource groups.
  • No: There is one or more storage systems with multiple resource groups.
"Virtual Storage Mapping Definition" column values:
  • None: There is no VSM or registered storage system definition in the Virtual Storage Mapping Definition.
  • Unnecessary: There is an unregistered storage system in the Virtual Storage Mapping Definition.
  • OK: Other than above.
Select MPU/MPB based on utilization Select “Disabled” to automatically assign each MPU/MPB so that the number of volumes to be processed is divided equally among the MPUs/MPBs whose auto assignment setting is set to "Enabled" after the storage system is determined. Select "Enabled" to acquire the average MPU utilization from Ops Center Analyzer, select a storage system based on the utilization, and assign the MPU/MPB with the lowest utilization out of all MPUs/MPBs in the storage system to the volumes.
Monitoring Connection Select a performance monitor.
Performance evaluation window Evaluate MPU/MPB utilization based on the specified performance history window in days.
Storage System Specify the storage system.
Resource Group Selection Specify whether to select resource group at volume allocation. If you select Meta resource, then the meta resource group will be selected.
Resource Group Specify the resource group.
Pool Selection * Specify whether to select pool at volume allocation. If you select Automatic, then a pool will be selected automatically.
Pool Specify the pool.
Capacity Format Specify the volume capacity format as Block or Byte.
Volume Settings Specify the parameters for creating new volumes.
Volume Settings
Volume Usage Specify the volume usage to be assigned.
Number of Volumes Specify the number of volumes.
Volume Capacity When Byte is selected for Capacity Format, specify the volume capacity in bytes. When Block is selected for Capacity Format, the volume capacity is specified by the number of blocks.
Volume Label Specify the volume label.
Disk Type Specify the disk type to be used to configure the pool. This setting is ignored when specifying a pool or reusing a pool allocated to a host.
LDEV Setting
LDEV ID Starts From Specify the startup LDEV ID as a hexadecimal number for the volume to allocate.
Virtual LDEV ID Starts From Specify the startup Virtual LDEV ID for the volume to allocate.
LUN Setting
LUN Starts From Specify the starting logical unit number assigned to the volume for a host.
Select Capacity Saving Function Specify the Capacity Saving Function for the target volumes. Refer to your storage system product documentation for the optimal setting.
Select Capacity Saving Mode Specify the Capacity Saving Mode for the target volumes. Refer to your storage system product documentation for the optimal setting.
Resource Criteria Resource Criteria Specify the Storage Port Configuration Expressions (Name and Value) that meets the specified criteria (Equals, Not Equals, Starts with, and Ends with) based on the selected condition (All or Any).
Choose pool/port based on Select the pool or port based on its capacity, or its capacity and performance history. The performance history consists of BusyRate in the case of pools, and Port Transfer rate in the case of ports.
Monitoring Connection Select a performance monitor.
Pool BusyRate lower than Choose a pool with BusyRate percentage lower than the specified value.
Port Transfer Rate lower than Choose a port with TransferRate in MBps lower than the specified value.
Performance evaluation window Evaluate Pool BusyRate and Port TransferRate based on the specified performance history window in days.
Host Settings Input Type Specify the host input type as Input Host information to add a new host or specify Select Host to use an existing host.
Port Type Specify the port type as Fibre or iSCSI.
Host Mode/Host Mode Options Specify the parameters for creating a new host group.
Host Mode Specify the host mode.
Host Mode Options Specify the host mode options.
Number of Hosts Select the number of hosts to allocate volume.
Host Settings Specify information about the hosts where the volumes will be allocated.
Host Name Specify the host name.
WWN Settings Specify WWN settings.
WWN Specify the World Wide Name (WWN).
WWN Nickname Specify the WWN nickname.
Multiple Hosts Per Storage Port Select to share storage ports with multiple hosts.
Multiple Hosts Per Host Group Select to share host groups with multiple hosts.
Host Settings Specify information about the hosts where the volumes will be allocated.
Host Name Specify the host name.
WWN Settings Specify WWN settings.
WWN Specify the World Wide Name (WWN).
WWN Nickname Specify the WWN nickname.
iSCSI Settings Specify the iSCSI settings when using the iSCSI port type.
iSCSI Name Specify the iSCSI name.
iSCSI Nickname Specify the iSCSI nickname.
Storage Management Connection Specify the host input type as Input Host information to add a new host or specify Select Host to use an existing host.
Hosts Filter Use the filters to display only the source hosts that match the specified criteria.
Rows Per Page Use the filter to display only the specified number of source hosts.
Current Page Use the filter to display only the specified page number of the rows per page number of source hosts.
Hosts Select the hosts which allocate volumes.
Join Host Filters By Use the "and" or the "or" operator to join multiple filters.
Select the same storage system Specify whether to select the same storage system and pool as existing volumes if any volumes have already been allocated to the specified host/WWN/iSCSI name. If "Enabled" is specified, volumes will be created on the same storage system and pool as the existing volumes. If "Disabled" is specified, volumes will be created on a pool with the lowest usage rate.
Fabric Settings Use Fabric Settings Select this option to enable fabric information collection.
Target Fabrics Specify the fabric name. Separate multiple values by commas. If omitted, all fabrics defined as FOS_PrimarySwitch or DCNM in Connections will be used.
Fabric Connection Type Specify the fabric type, either FOS_PrimarySwitch or DCNM to filter the Category in Connections.
Connections Specify the connection defined in the Web Service Connections on the Administration tab. If this value is omitted, the system uses all connections that are defined for the product name listed in the Web Service Connections.
Use Existing Zone Specifies whether to select a predefined zone or any connectable path. If you select this option, the system selects paths within the range of the existing active Zone setting. If you don not select this option, the system selects connectable paths regardless of the existing Zone setting.
Number of Hops Restriction Determines whether restrict path selection to within an assigned number of hops. When this property enabled, the service will fail if there is no path that matched the specified collection range.
Maximum Number of Hops When using the Number of Hops Restriction option, specify the collection range by the number of hops.
Zone Settings Update Zone Configurations Select this option to enable the modification of zone settings.
Use Existing Zone Aliases Select this option to use predefined Zone Aliases regardless of the naming conventions the user specifies. If you do not select this option, the system selects Zone Aliases that follow the naming conventions. In either case, if there are no existing Zone Aliases, the system creates new Zone Aliases that follow the naming conventions.
Update Current Active Zone Configuration Select this option to add a Zone to the active Zone Configuration.
Zone Configurations to Update To add a zone to a Zone Configuration other than the active configuration, specify the name of the Zone Configuration in which to add the zone.
Script for Zone Naming Specify the naming convention script that determines the Zone name for the path.
Script for Host Zone Alias Naming Specify the naming convention script that determines the Zone Alias name for the host port.
Script for Storage Zone Alias Naming Specify the naming convention script that determines the Zone Alias name for the storage port.
Notes:

* If you select Automatic for Pool Selection in the Volume Settings panel of the Edit/Submit Service window, the pool is automatically selected using the following criteria:

  1. Select the pool with the largest free pool capacity after volume allocation.
  2. If the free pool capacity is the same, select the pool on the storage system with the higher priority in the following table.
  3. If no storage port is found where an LU path with the selected storage system and pool combination can be created, go back to 1 and select the next candidate pool.
Priority Storage model
1 VSP 5200, 5600, 5200H, 5600H
2 VSP 5100, 5500, 5100H, 5500H
3 VSP F1500, VSP G1500, VSP G1000
4 VSP One Block 28
5 VSP One B26
6 VSP One B24
7 VSP E1090, VSP E1090H
8 VSP E990
9 VSP E790, VSP E790H
10 VSP E590, VSP E590H
11 VSP F900, VSP G900
12 VSP F700, VSP G700
13 VSP F370, VSP G370
14 VSP F350, VSP G350
15 VSP F800, VSP G800, VSP N800
16 VSP F400, VSP F600, VSP G400, VSP G600, VSP N400, VSP N600
17 VSP G200

Submit Service Request settings

The following table lists the Submit Service Request settings for the Allocate Volumes with Smart Provisioning service template.

Navigation pane Settings pane Description
Volume Settings Configuration Manager Connection Shows a table from which you can choose the Configuration Manager connection.
Storage System Selection Specify whether to select storage system at volume allocation. If you select Automatic, then a storage system will be selected automatically.
Select from Specify where to select from in the automatic selection:
  • "All Storage Systems" selects from all storage systems registered on Configuration Manager.
  • "Virtual Storage Machine" selects the storage system to provision from the storage systems that comprise the specified virtual storage machine.
Virtual Storage Machine Specify the Virtual Storage Machine. If the "Virtual Storage Machine consists of one Resource Group" column is "No", then the resource group with the minimum ID will be used. If the "Virtual Storage Mapping Definition" column is "None" or "Unnecessary", then revise Virtual Storage Mapping.
"Virtual Storage Machine consists of one Resource Group" column values:
  • Yes: There is no storage system with multiple resource groups.
  • No: There is one or more storage systems with multiple resource groups.
"Virtual Storage Mapping Definition" column values:
  • None: There is no VSM or registered storage system definition in the Virtual Storage Mapping Definition.
  • Unnecessary: There is an unregistered storage system in the Virtual Storage Mapping Definition.
  • OK: Other than above.
Select MPU/MPB based on utilization Select “Disabled” to automatically assign each MPU/MPB so that the number of volumes to be processed is divided equally among the MPUs/MPBs whose auto assignment setting is set to "Enabled" after the storage system is determined. Select "Enabled" to acquire the average MPU utilization from Ops Center Analyzer, select a storage system based on the utilization, and assign the MPU/MPB with the lowest utilization out of all MPUs/MPBs in the storage system to the volumes.
Monitoring Connection Select a performance monitor.
Performance evaluation window Evaluate MPU/MPB utilization based on the specified performance history window in days.
Storage System Specify the storage system.
Resource Group Selection Specify whether to select resource group at volume allocation. If you select Meta resource, then the meta resource group will be selected.
Resource Group Specify the resource group.
Pool Selection * Specify whether to select pool at volume allocation. If you select Automatic, then a pool will be selected automatically.
Pool Specify the pool.
Capacity Format Specify the volume capacity format as Block or Byte.
Volume Settings Specify the parameters for creating new volumes.
Volume Settings
Volume Usage Specify the volume usage to be assigned.
Number of Volumes Specify the number of volumes.
Volume Capacity When Byte is selected for Capacity Format, specify the volume capacity in bytes. When Block is selected for Capacity Format, the volume capacity is specified by the number of blocks.
Volume Label Specify the volume label.
Disk Type Specify the disk type to be used to configure the pool. This setting is ignored when specifying a pool or reusing a pool allocated to a host.
LDEV Setting
LDEV ID Starts From Specify the startup LDEV ID as a hexadecimal number for the volume to allocate.
Virtual LDEV ID Starts From Specify the startup Virtual LDEV ID for the volume to allocate.
LUN Setting
LUN Starts From Specify the starting logical unit number assigned to the volume for a host.
Select Capacity Saving Function Specify the Capacity Saving Function for the target volumes. Refer to your storage system product documentation for the optimal setting.
Select Capacity Saving Mode Specify the Capacity Saving Mode for the target volumes. Refer to your storage system product documentation for the optimal setting.
Resource Criteria Resource Criteria Specify the Storage Port Configuration Expressions (Name and Value) that meets the specified criteria (Equals, Not Equals, Starts with, and Ends with) based on the selected condition (All or Any).
Choose pool/port based on Select the pool or port based on its capacity, or its capacity and performance history. The performance history consists of BusyRate in the case of pools, and Port Transfer rate in the case of ports.
Monitoring Connection Select a performance monitor.
Pool BusyRate lower than Choose a pool with BusyRate percentage lower than the specified value.
Port Transfer Rate lower than Choose a port with TransferRate in MBps lower than the specified value.
Performance evaluation window Evaluate Pool BusyRate and Port TransferRate based on the specified performance history window in days.
Host Settings Input Type Specify the host input type as Input Host information to add a new host or specify Select Host to use an existing host.
Port Type Specify the port type as Fibre or iSCSI.
Host Mode/Host Mode Options Specify the parameters for creating a new host group.
Host Mode Specify the host mode.
Host Mode Options Specify the host mode options.
Number of Hosts Select the number of hosts to allocate volume.
Host Settings Specify information about the hosts where the volumes will be allocated.
Host Name Specify the host name.
WWN Settings Specify WWN settings.
WWN Specify the World Wide Name (WWN).
WWN Nickname Specify the WWN nickname.
Multiple Hosts Per Storage Port Select to share storage ports with multiple hosts.
Multiple Hosts Per Host Group Select to share host groups with multiple hosts.
Host Settings Specify information about the hosts where the volumes will be allocated.
Host Name Specify the host name.
WWN Settings Specify WWN settings.
WWN Specify the World Wide Name (WWN).
WWN Nickname Specify the WWN nickname.
iSCSI Settings Specify the iSCSI settings when using the iSCSI port type.
iSCSI Name Specify the iSCSI name.
iSCSI Nickname Specify the iSCSI nickname.
Storage Management Connection Specify the host input type as Input Host information to add a new host or specify Select Host to use an existing host.
Hosts Filter Use the filters to display only the source hosts that match the specified criteria.
Rows Per Page Use the filter to display only the specified number of source hosts.
Current Page Use the filter to display only the specified page number of the rows per page number of source hosts.
Hosts Select the hosts which allocate volumes.
Join Host Filters By Use the "and" or the "or" operator to join multiple filters.
Select the same storage system Specify whether to select the same storage system and pool as existing volumes if any volumes have already been allocated to the specified host/WWN/iSCSI name. If "Enabled" is specified, volumes will be created on the same storage system and pool as the existing volumes. If "Disabled" is specified, volumes will be created on a pool with the lowest usage rate.
Fabric Settings Use Fabric Settings Select this option to enable fabric information collection.
Target Fabrics Specify the fabric name. Separate multiple values by commas. If omitted, all fabrics defined as FOS_PrimarySwitch or DCNM in Connections will be used.
Fabric Connection Type Specify the fabric type, either FOS_PrimarySwitch or DCNM to filter the Category in Connections.
Connections Specify the connection defined in the Web Service Connections on the Administration tab. If this value is omitted, the system uses all connections that are defined for the product name listed in the Web Service Connections.
Use Existing Zone Specifies whether to select a predefined zone or any connectable path. If you select this option, the system selects paths within the range of the existing active Zone setting. If you don not select this option, the system selects connectable paths regardless of the existing Zone setting.
Number of Hops Restriction Determines whether restrict path selection to within an assigned number of hops. When this property enabled, the service will fail if there is no path that matched the specified collection range.
Maximum Number of Hops When using the Number of Hops Restriction option, specify the collection range by the number of hops.
Zone Settings Update Zone Configurations Select this option to enable the modification of zone settings.
Use Existing Zone Aliases Select this option to use predefined Zone Aliases regardless of the naming conventions the user specifies. If you do not select this option, the system selects Zone Aliases that follow the naming conventions. In either case, if there are no existing Zone Aliases, the system creates new Zone Aliases that follow the naming conventions.
Update Current Active Zone Configuration Select this option to add a Zone to the active Zone Configuration.
Zone Configurations to Update To add a zone to a Zone Configuration other than the active configuration, specify the name of the Zone Configuration in which to add the zone.
Script for Zone Naming Specify the naming convention script that determines the Zone name for the path.
Script for Host Zone Alias Naming Specify the naming convention script that determines the Zone Alias name for the host port.
Script for Storage Zone Alias Naming Specify the naming convention script that determines the Zone Alias name for the storage port.
Notes:

* If you select Automatic for Pool Selection in the Volume Settings panel of the Edit/Submit Service window, the pool is automatically selected using the following criteria:

  1. Select the pool with the largest free pool capacity after volume allocation.
  2. If the free pool capacity is the same, select the pool on the storage system with the higher priority in the following table.
  3. If no storage port is found where an LU path with the selected storage system and pool combination can be created, go back to 1 and select the next candidate pool.
Priority Storage model
1 VSP 5200, 5600, 5200H, 5600H
2 VSP 5100, 5500, 5100H, 5500H
3 VSP F1500, VSP G1500, VSP G1000
4 VSP One Block 28
5 VSP One B26
6 VSP One B24
7 VSP E1090, VSP E1090H
8 VSP E990
9 VSP E790, VSP E790H
10 VSP E590, VSP E590H
11 VSP F900, VSP G900
12 VSP F700, VSP G700
13 VSP F370, VSP G370
14 VSP F350, VSP G350
15 VSP F800, VSP G800, VSP N800
16 VSP F400, VSP F600, VSP G400, VSP G600, VSP N400, VSP N600
17 VSP G200

Zone naming conventions

The following table lists the zone naming conventions for use with the Allocate Volumes with Smart Provisioning service template.

Type Zone name Zone alias name (Host side/Storage side)
Input

One object has the following properties:

  • hostName: Host name
  • hostPortWorldWideName: WWN of HBA. Separator notation is based on FC switch manager services.
  • storagePortWorldWideName: WWN of CHA. Separator notation is based on FC switch manager services.
  • storageSystemSerialNumber: Serial number of physical storage system
  • storagePortName: Display port name of the storage system
  • serviceProperties: List of the service properties passed to the plug-in
Output Zone name to add to the specified Zone Configuration. Zone alias name to add to the zone specified in the Zone name convention.
Handling when the output is the same name

Same zone name of the same fabric refers to the same zone.

In the case of an existing zone: Add an alias in the zone and add to the Zone Configuration.

null: Do not create a zone.

Same zone alias name of the same fabric refers to the same alias.

In the case of an existing alias: Add WWN in the alias and add to the Zone.

null: Do not create an alias.

Handling when unavailable characters are used for output Characters other than alphanumeric characters and "_" are converted to "_" and become part of the name.
If the output string is too long When the output string is over 60 characters, the 61st and subsequent characters are truncated. When the output string is over 64 characters or more, the 65th and subsequent characters are truncated.
Validation

An error occurs if the return value is one of following:

  • Other than String
  • When starting from non-alphabetic characters.
  • When having a non-standard prefix for the zone. ("LSAN_","TI_", "QOS[HML][0-9]+_")(case ignored)

An error occurs if the return value is one of following:

  • Other than String
  • When starting from non-alphabetic characters.