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How to Provision Storage

As a system administrator, your job includes provisioning the storage in CA Server Automation for virtual and physical servers. The following diagram illustrates the necessary steps to provision storage devices:

How Provision Storage

To provision the storage, follow these steps:

  1. How storage works with CA Server Automation
  2. Review the requirements
  3. Verify storage provider connection
    1. View storage provider server list
    2. Add storage provider server
    3. Verify the storage provider connection
  4. Verify Enhanced Storage Policy
    1. View Enhanced Storage Policy list
    2. Add Enhanced Storage Policy
  5. Provision storage using user interface
  6. Verify storage provision
  7. (Optional) Deprovision Storage
  8. (Optional) Troubleshooting