HP Storage Volume Growth Media

• Enables the Microsoft® Windows® (see prerequisites table)operating system to recognize capacity created
  based volume growth
  
• Allows users to rapidly respond to unpredictable capacity requirements
• Ensures continuous access to production data even while the storage environment is expanding
• Supports iterative volume growth (subject to available free space)
• Easy to install and to operate
• Year of support (phone-in assistance and software and manual updates) is included with the product

What's New

HP Storage Volume Growth software support the following enhancements:

• Simpler administration of the product by by not having customers to enter a license key.

Feature List

• Dynamic expansion of volumes on Microsoft Windows (see prerequisites table) Basic Disks
• Operation through a graphical user interface
• Volume growth by percentage or by specific capacity

Customer Benefits

• Easily expand existing storage capacity on Microsoft Windows (see prerequisites table) for quick response to evolving storage requirements
• Supplement array-based volume growth capability of the StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array storage system to provide a complete, fully supported end-to-end solution from a single vendor
• Ensure continuous access to production data even while the storage environment is expanding
• Easily facilitate from start to finish through an intuitive wizards-based graphical user interface
• Flexible addition of capacity provided through the ability to expand the basic disk

• Dynamic expansion of volumes on Microsoft Windows (see prerequisites table) Basic Disks
• Operation through a graphical user interface
• Volume growth by percentage or by specific capacity

Windows 2003 Standard Edition (32 bit)
Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (32 bit)
Windows 2003 Standard Edition (64 bit)
Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition (64 bit)
Windows Server 2003 SP1 Standard Edition (32bit)
Windows Server 2003 SP1 Standard Edition (64bit)
Windows Server 2003 SP1 Enterprise Edition (32bit)
Windows Server 2003 SP1 Enterprise Edition (64bit)

Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (32 bit)
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (64 bit)
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (32 bit)
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (64 bit)

• Any Industry Standard Server as documented in the Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows Server2003 Hardware Compatibility List
  
• Any StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array storage system with the volume growth capability as enabled by the Virtual Controller Software (VCS)

• HP Storage Volume Growth is available on an individual product CD-ROM

The HP Storage Volume Growth documentation consists of the following:

• User Guide
  
• Installation Instructions
  
• Release Notes
  
• Help file
  

HP Storage Volume Growth will be licensed to use on a single system. License enforcement has been disabled in this release. Please refer to the instructions delivered with your license purchase or the product documentation for more details.

Product Support gives the customer access to HP's experienced technical support resources as well as access to HP's Information Services database for support on a variety of multi-vendor/multi-platform software products. Product support includes escalations and problem coordination with the appropriate engineering group. HP offers a variety of options to allow you to tailor your product service to meet the needs of your organization. Basic services on products can be uplifted from day one to ensure you receive the service you need when you need it.

• Software Support is available 8 hours per day, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
  
• Software Support 24 x 7 is available 24 hours per day, Monday through Sunday, including holidays.
  
• Tailored support contracts based on personalized statement of work: contact your local support center via http://www.hp.com/support/
  

HP warrants only that the Software media will be free of physical defects for a period of ninety (90) days from delivery.

Software Product Services Included with the Product:

• One year of Software Support HP Care Pack Service (includes software technical support 8 x 5 and software product and documentation updates).

• HP Care Pack services are available to upgrade the one year of Software Support included with the product to 3 full years
  
• HP Care Pack services are available to upgrade the one year of Software Support included with the product to Software Support 24 x 7
  
• HP Care Pack services are available to upgrade the one year of Software Support included with the product to Software Support 24 x7 for 3 full years
  
• HP Care Pack services are prepaid and must be ordered with the product.

For additional software product services information for North American HP Care Pack services, as well as orderable part numbers, please refer to the URLs listed below:
All storage services: http://www.hp.com/hps/storage/
HP Care Pack Priority Services: http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack/storage/cp_networked.html
Software Support HP Care Pack Services: http://www.hp.com/hps/carepack/software/cp_storage.html

For additional HP Care Pack services information (hardware, software and installation support) for Europe and other geographies, as well as orderable part numbers, please refer to the URL listed below and select the country of your choice:
http://customersupport.servicesonline.emea.hp.com/business_mgt/wintel/HPCarePack/

If you have specific service questions contact your local HP representative. Contact information for your local area can be found at:
http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpsupport/index.pl
Maintenance releases, bug fixes and software patches are available at no charge at the following Web site: http://www.hp.com/cgi-bin/hpsupport/index.pl

The following contractual software support services are available at the point of product sale or post product purchase:

• Software Support is available 8 hours per day, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.
  
• Software Support 24 x 7 is available 24 hours per day, Monday through Sunday, including holidays.
  
• Tailored support contracts based on personalized statement of work: contact your local support center via http://www.hp.com/support/
  

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