Using Resource Partition And Other Hp Xp7 Storage Products; Parallel Access Volumes; Thin Provisioning Z And Smart Tiers Z - HP XP7 User Manual

Using Resource Partition and other HP XP7 Storage products

To use Resource Partition with other HP XP7 Storage products, the resources that are required for
the operation must satisfy specific conditions. The following topics provide information about the
specific resource conditions that are required for using each HP XP7 Storage product.
"Parallel Access Volumes" (page 27)
"Thin Provisioning Z and Smart Tiers Z" (page 27)
"DKA Encryption" (page 28)
"Performance Monitor" (page 28)
"Business Copy Z" (page 29)
"Continuous Access Synchronous Z" (page 29)
"Continuous Access Journal Z" (page 30)
"External Storage" (page 31)
"Virtual LVI" (page 32)
"Cache Partition" (page 32)
"Auto LUN" (page 32)
"Volume Shredder" (page 33)

Parallel Access Volumes

The following table provides information about specific Parallel Access Volumes conditions that
must be observed when using Resource Partition.
Operation name
Assign aliases
Remove aliases

Thin Provisioning Z and Smart Tiers Z

The following table provides information about specific Thin Provisioning Z and Smart Tiers Z
conditions that must be observed when using Resource Partition.
Operation name
Create LDEVs
Delete LDEVs
Create pools
Expand pools
Condition
The specified base volumes and free volumes must be assigned to the Storage
Administrator group permitted to manage them.
The specified base volumes and alias volumes must be assigned to the Storage
Administrator group permitted to manage them.
Condition
If THP V-VOLs are created, the following must be assigned to the Storage
Administrator group that is permitted to manage them.
LDEV ID
Pool VOL of the pool
If THP V-VOLs are deleted, the following must be assigned to the Storage
Administrator group that is permitted to manage them.
LDEV ID
Pool-VOL of the pool
Volumes to be specified as pool-VOLs must be assigned to the Storage Administrator
group permitted to manage them.
All the volumes that are specified when creating a pool must belong to the same
resource group.
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