HP XP7 User Manual page 126

13. In the Depletion Threshold text box, enter an integer value from 1 to 100 as the rate (%) for
the pool. The default value is 80%.
Enter a value that is greater than the value of the Warning Threshold.
14. In Protect V-VOLs when I/O fails to Blocked Pool VOL, select Yes or No. If Yes is selected,
when the pool-VOL is blocked, THP V-VOL is protected from reading and writing requests.
And at the same instant, the access attribute of the THP V-VOL is changed to the Protect
attribute.
15. In Protect V-VOLs when I/O fails to Full Pool, select Yes or No. If Yes is selected, when the
pool usage reaches the full size, THP V-VOL is protected from reading and writing requests.
And at the same instant, the access attribute of the THP V-VOL is changed to the Protect
attribute.
16. Click Add.
The created pool is added to the Selected Pools table. If invalid values are set, an error message
appears.
If an item that must be set is not entered or selected, you cannot click Add.
The Pool Type, Pool Volume Selection, and Pool Name must be set. If the required items are
not entered or selected, you cannot click Add
If you select a row and click Detail, the Pool Properties window appears. If you select a row
and click Remove, the message appears asking whether you want to remove the selected row
or rows. If you want to remove the row, click OK.
17. Click Next.
The Create LDEVs window appears. Go to
If Subscription Limit of the created pool is set to 0%, the Create LDEVs window does not appear.
Click Finish and the Confirm window appears.
18. In the Confirm window, click Apply to register the setting in the task.
If you select a row and click Detail, the Pool Properties window appears.
If the Go to tasks window for status checkbox is selected, the Tasks window appears.
For Smart Tiers pool when selecting pool-VOLs manually
To create pools by selecting pool-VOLs manually:
1. In the Storage Systems tree on the left pane of the top window, select Pool.
The Pool window appears.
2. Click Create Pools.
The Create Pools windows appears.
3. From the Pool Type list, select Thin Provisioning.
4. From the System Type list, select Open.
5. From the Smart Pool field, select Enable.
NOTE:
Cache Mode set to Disable.
6. From the Pool Volume Selection field, select Manual.
7. Follow the steps below to select pool-VOLs.
1. In the Drive Type/RPM list, make sure Mixable is selected.
2. In the RAID Level list, make sure Mixable is selected.
3. Click Select Pool VOLs.
The Select Pool VOLs window appears.
126 Configuring thin provisioning
You cannot select Enable if the storage system has only external volumes with the
"Creating V-VOLs" (page 133) to create LDEVs.