Managing Hp 3Par Virtual Domains; Overview; Default Domains; Creating A Domain - HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 2-node Administrator's Manual

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
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
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 51 1
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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58)). The user's default domain can be set and reset