Initializing Hp Vma-Series Arrays - HP VMA SAN Installation And Configuration Manual

Configuring Storage Containers
The first step in configuring a vSHARE HP VMA SAN Gateway is to format the HP VMA-series
Arrays and create the containers needed to manage LUNs in the target storage on each Memory
Array. LUNs are addressable subsets of the container in a Memory Array. When a LUN is created,
it is assigned to a specific container and inherits the attributes of that container.
As of this release, one container comprises a HP VMA-series Array.
Note:

Initializing HP VMA-series Arrays

To configure a HP VMA-series Array to support block storage, first initialize the HP VMA-series
Array using the
Command Syntax and Parameters
This section describes the
Syntax
media init device <VIOLIN_MEMORY_ARRAY_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> type [block]
[force][name]
Using the force option of the media init command (media init <device_name>
WARNING!
<block_name> force) destroys the existing data on a Memory array. You should not use this command
on a previously initialized Memory Array without first backing up the data on the Memory Array.
Parameters
device <device>
type
name
force
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media init
command.
media init
<device>
The
initialized and is a string of the form:
VIOLIN_MEMORY_ARRAY_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
type
The
The name parameter is used to name the partition. The default is to
use the last 14 characters of the HP VMA-series Array serial number.
To use a different name, add this parameter followed by a custom
name of up to 14 alphanumeric characters in length.
force
The
series Array that has already been initialized.
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command syntax and available parameters.
parameter indicates the Memory Array to be
parameter defines media, such as
parameter is used to force initialization of a HP VMA-
ata-
block
(vSHARE).
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