Smart Tiers Z Workflow - HP XP7 User Manual

Prerequisites
The Storage Administrator (System Resource Management) role is required to perform this task.
The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.
Procedure
1. Open the Logical Devices window.
In Command View Advanced Edition:
a. On the Resources tab, click Storage Systems, and then expand All Storage Systems.
b. Expand the target storage system, right-click Volumes, and then select System GUI.
In Remote Web Console:
a. Expand the Storage Systems tree.
b. Click Logical Devices.
2. In the Logical Devices window, select the LDEV ID of the volume with the relocation priority
you want to change.
3. Click Edit LDEVs.
4. In the Edit LDEVs window, select Relocation Priority and click Default or Prioritize.
If you choose Prioritize, the LDEV is relocated preferentially.
5. Click Finish.
The Confirm window appears.
6. In the Task Name text box, enter the task name.
You can enter up to 32 ASCII characters and symbols, with the exception of: \ / : , ; * ? "
< > |. The value "date-window name" is entered by default.
7. Click Apply.
If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.

Smart Tiers Z workflow

The following diagram shows the flow of work for a Storage Administrator to set up Smart Tiers Z
on the storage system.
As shown in the diagram, Remote Web Console and RAID Manager have different workflows.
The details about how to set up Smart Tiers using Remote Web Console are covered in subsequent
topics. For details about how to set up Smart Tiers Z using RAID Manager, see the HP XP7 RAID
Manager Reference Guide and HP XP7 RAID Manager User Guide. Use Remote Web Console to
create pools and THP V-VOLs.
108 Configuring thin provisioning