Initializing Custom Volumes For Other Than Open-V (Volume Initialize) - HP StorageWorks XP128 User Manual

14.Verify that the information is correct and click OK. The Customized Volume pane is displayed. The
created custom volumes are shown in blue.
NOTE:
the disk array or cancel them, but you can initialize additional custom volumes in VDEVs denoted
by red icons.
15.Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.
16.Click OK. The Make Volume operation begins. When LDEV formatting is in progress and at
completion, a notation is displayed across the bottom of the screen to indicate the progress. A dialog
box is displayed when the requested action is complete.
17. Click OK.

Initializing custom volumes for other than OPEN-V (Volume Initialize)

Use the Volume Initialize function to uninstall all custom volumes under a VSC volume, and reformat the
VSC volume as a normal volume (VDEV).
CAUTION: The Volume Initialize function is a destructive operation and destroys the data on selected
custom volumes. Back up the data as needed before performing this operation.
1. From the Customized Volume pane, click the LDEV folder in the Parity Group - LDEV tree to open a list
of CUs, and then select a VDEV. The Parity Group - LDEV table displays information about the LDEVs in
the selected VDEV.
NOTE:
the Volume Initialize function (see
the Volume Initialize function. Remove all invalid custom volumes before performing the Volume
Initialize function.
84 Volume Management for the XP128/XP1024
You cannot manipulate the VDEVs denoted by blue icons until you apply the changes to
If the selected VDEV contains one or more custom volumes that violates any restriction for
"Volume to Space operation" on page 60), you cannot perform