Creating A Luse Volume Using The Select An Ldev List - HP StorageWorks XP128 User Manual

If you select a LUSE volume as the top LDEV, the Volume Count list is unavailable, and
performed. In this case, select the LDEVs in the Free LDEVs table and click Add. To delete LDEVs, select
the LDEVs in the Expanded LDEVs list and click Delete.
3. In the Volume Count list, select the number of LDEVs that should form a LUSE volume.
The Expanded LDEVs list displays as many LDEVs as specified in the Volume Count list. For example, if
3 is specified, the Expanded LDEVs list displays three LDEVs.
NOTE:
the LDEVs in the Free LDEVs table and click Add.
• To add more LDEVs to the Expanded LDEVs list, select one or more LDEVs in the Free LDEVs table
and click Add.
• To delete LDEVs from the Expanded LDEVs list, select one or more LDEVs in the Expanded LDEVs list
and click Delete.
4. Click Set. A confirmation message appears.
• If you are performing a LUSE operation on a path-defined volume, a confirmation message
appears. Click OK to confirm. Another confirmation message appears. Go to
• If you are performing a LUSE operation on a volume that does not have a path definition, a
confirmation message appears.
5. To create a LUSE volume, click OK. The changes are shown in blue in the LDEV Information table.
6. Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.
7. Click OK. The LUSE settings are registered with the disk array. A dialog box appears when the
requested action is complete.
8. Click OK.

Creating a LUSE volume using the Select an LDEV list

CAUTION: Creating a LUSE volume destroys existing data. To protect your data, make a backup copy of
the existing data before starting the LUSE creation operation.
1. In the Volume Management pane, select a CU number in the LDEV Information tree.
2. In the Select an LDEV list, select a top LDEV of the LUSE volume. The Expanded LDEVs list displays the
selected volume. The Free LDEVs table displays normal LDEVs, allocated LDEVs, VSC volumes, and
LUSE volumes that can be used for a LUSE volume.
• To add LDEVs to the Expanded LDEVs list, select one or more LDEVs in the Free LDEVs table and
click Add. The selected LDEVs are added to the Expanded LDEVs list and deleted from the Free
LDEVs table.
• To delete LDEVs from the Expanded LDEVs list, select one or more LDEVs in the Expanded LDEVs list
and click Delete. The selected LDEVs are deleted from the Expanded LDEVs list and displayed in the
Free LDEVs table.
3. Click Set. A confirmation message appears.
4. To perform a LUSE operation on a volume that has a path definition, click OK. If a message appears
asking if you want to perform a LUSE operation that will affect more than one SLPR or CLPR, go to
step 5. Otherwise, go to
5. To perform a LUSE operation that will affect more than one SLPR or CLPR, click OK. A confirmation
message appears.
6. Click OK. The changes are shown in blue in the LDEV Information table.
7. Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.
8. Click OK. The LUSE settings are registered with the disk array. A dialog box appears when the
requested action is complete.
9. Click OK.
You cannot select the LUSE volumes in the Volume Count list. To select LUSE volumes, select
step 6.
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