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Managing HP 3PAR Virtual Domains, Overview, Default Domains, Creating a Domain

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4 Managing HP 3PAR Virtual Domains Overview HP 3PAR Virtual Domains Software (domains) enables an administrator to create multiple domains, or spaces, within a system, where each domain is dedicated to a specific application. In effect, using domains restricts users to a subset of the volumes and hosts in a system, and prevents users from exporting virtual volumes to hosts outside of the users' assigned domains. For more information about domains, see the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Concepts Guide. This chapter provides instructions on creating domains and describes the administration tasks associated with maintaining domains. NOTE: HP 3PAR Virtual Domains Software requires an HP 3PAR Virtual Domains Software license. Contact your local service provider for details. Default Domains An HP 3PAR CLI user's default domain is the domain that the user accesses at the start of each CLI session. For example, if a user has Edit rights to Domains A and B and the default domain has been set to Domain A, each time a user starts a new CLI session, only objects in Domain A can be viewed and worked with (Figure 1 (page 58)). The user's default domain can be set and reset at any time by the administrator. In the following example, the default domain (Domain A) can be reassigned to Domain B for the current working session using the setclienv currentdomain command. When the currentdomain is set, you are able to view and work on objects in Domain B for a single CLI session. When that session is over, your next session is started in your default domain (Domain A) (see Figure 1 (page 58)). Thus, a current domain refers to the domain in which you are working during a particular, single CLI session. Figure 1 Assigned Default and Current Domains Creating a Domain To create a domain, issue the createdomain command, where is the name you want to assign the domain. The can be a maximum of 31 characters in length. If you want to add an informational note to a domain during its creation, issue the createdomain -comment command, where is the text of the note you wish to add about the domain being created. The comment length is restricted to 511 characters. • You can create up to 1,024 domains within a single system. • You can specify the maximum retention time for a virtual volume in the domain with the-vvretentiontimemax option. 58 Managing HP 3PAR Virtual Domains

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4 Managing HP 3PAR Virtual Domains
Overview
HP 3PAR Virtual Domains Software (domains) enables an administrator to create multiple domains,
or spaces, within a system, where each domain is dedicated to a specific application. In effect,
using domains restricts users to a subset of the volumes and hosts in a system, and prevents users
from exporting virtual volumes to hosts outside of the users’ assigned domains. For more information
about domains, see the
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage Concepts Guide
. This chapter provides
instructions on creating domains and describes the administration tasks associated with maintaining
domains.
NOTE:
HP 3PAR Virtual Domains Software requires an HP 3PAR Virtual Domains Software license.
Contact your local service provider for details.
Default Domains
An HP 3PAR CLI user’s default domain is the domain that the user accesses at the start of each CLI
session. For example, if a user has Edit rights to Domains A and B and the default domain has
been set to Domain A, each time a user starts a new CLI session, only objects in Domain A can
be viewed and worked with (
Figure 1 (page 58)
). The user’s default domain can be set and reset
at any time by the administrator.
In the following example, the default domain (Domain A) can be reassigned to Domain B for the
current working session using the
setclienv currentdomain <name>
command. When the
currentdomain <name>
is set, you are able to view and work on objects in Domain B for a
single CLI session. When that session is over, your next session is started in your default domain
(Domain A) (see
Figure 1 (page 58)
). Thus, a current domain refers to the domain in which you
are working during a particular, single CLI session.
Figure 1 Assigned Default and Current Domains
Creating a Domain
To create a domain, issue the
createdomain <domain_name>
command, where
<domain_name>
is the name you want to assign the domain. The
<domain_name>
can be a
maximum of 31 characters in length.
If you want to add an informational note to a domain during its creation, issue the
createdomain
-comment <comment> <domain_name>
command, where
<comment>
is the text of the note
you wish to add about the domain being created. The comment length is restricted to 511
characters.
You can create up to 1,024 domains within a single system.
You can specify the maximum retention time for a virtual volume in the domain with
the
-vvretentiontimemax
option.
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Managing HP 3PAR Virtual Domains