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2 Managing Virtual Storage Machine Resources

Abstract

The virtual storage machine is the unit that is used to manage virtualized resources for each storage

system. For program products with multi-array virtualization functions, a virtual storage machine

is created in the storage system. For example, if nondisruptive migration is used to migrate a

storage system to HP XP7 Storage, the virtualized storage system is the migration source storage

system. The migration source storage system is created in the migration target storage system.

About virtual storage machines and virtualized resources

The following describes the relationship between virtual storage machines and a storage system.

Virtual storage machines are created with operations involving data migration or the high availability

function. Other than those operations, a user cannot create virtual storage machines in a storage

system. For information on removing virtual storage machines, see the HP XP7 RAID Manager User

Guide.

Information on the virtualized resources of a virtual storage machine appears in Remote Web

Console with associated physical storage information. If the information on these resources is not

displayed by default, you can change the Column Settings of the table option.

For information on displaying virtualized resources, see the HP XP7 RAID Manager User Guide.

As for the information about virtualized resources, following terms appear in Remote Web Console

windows.

DescriptionTerm

LDEVs that satisfy both of these conditions:LDEVs for which virtualization management is disabled

• The model name and serial number of the virtual storage

machine that manages a resource group with LDEVs is

the same as the storage system involved in the

operation.

• The values of the virtual LDEV ID and the LDEV ID are

the same.

LDEVs that satisfy one of these conditions:LDEVs for which virtualization management is enabled

• The model name and serial number of the virtual storage

machine that manages a resource group with LDEVs is

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