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3 Configuring custom-sized provisioning.........................................................34
Virtual LVI functions.................................................................................................................34
Virtual LVI requirements...........................................................................................................34
Virtual LVI specifications..........................................................................................................34
Virtual LVI specifications for mainframe systems......................................................................34
CV capacity by emulation type for mainframe systems............................................................35
SSID requirements...................................................................................................................36
Virtual LVI size calculations......................................................................................................36
Calculating the size of a 3390-A volume...............................................................................36
Calculating the size of a 3390-V volume...............................................................................37
Calculating the size of a 3390-X volume...............................................................................37
Calculating the size of a 3390-XA, 3390-XB, 3390-XC volume................................................37
Management area capacity of a mainframe volume...............................................................38
Boundary values for RAID levels...........................................................................................38
Capacity of a slot..............................................................................................................38
Configuring volumes in a parity group..................................................................................39
Configuration of interleaved parity group...................................................................................39
Create LDEV function..............................................................................................................40
Creating an LDEV..............................................................................................................40
Finding an LDEV ID............................................................................................................43
Finding an LDEV SSID.........................................................................................................44
Editing an LDEV SSID.........................................................................................................44
Changing LDEV settings......................................................................................................45
Removing an LDEV to be registered......................................................................................45
Blocking LDEVs......................................................................................................................46
Blocking LDEVs in a parity group..............................................................................................47
Restoring blocked LDEVs..........................................................................................................47
Restoring blocked LDEVs in a parity group.................................................................................48
Editing an LDEV name.............................................................................................................49
Deleting an LDEV (converting to free space)...............................................................................49
Formatting LDEVs....................................................................................................................50
About formatting LDEVs......................................................................................................51
Storage system operation when LDEVs are formatted..............................................................51
Quick Format function.........................................................................................................51
Quick Format specifications............................................................................................52
Write to Control Blocks function...........................................................................................53
Formatting a specific LDEV..................................................................................................53
Formatting all LDEVs in a parity group..................................................................................54
Making external mainframe system volumes usable.....................................................................55
Registering external volumes................................................................................................55
Overwriting control blocks in specific external volumes............................................................56
Assigning an MP blade...........................................................................................................56
Assigning an MP blade to a resource...................................................................................56
Changing the MP blade assigned to an LDEV........................................................................57
4 Configuring thin provisioning.....................................................................59
Thin Provisioning Z overview....................................................................................................59
Smart Tiers Z overview............................................................................................................59
Thin provisioning requirements.................................................................................................59
License requirements...........................................................................................................59
Pool requirements...............................................................................................................59
Pool-VOL requirements........................................................................................................60
THP V-VOL requirements......................................................................................................62
Requirements for increasing THP V-VOL capacity....................................................................62
V-VOL full allocation requirement..........................................................................................63
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