Editing An Ldev Name; Deleting An Ldev (Converting To Free Space) - HP XP7 User Manual

4. Block the LDEV to be restored.
For information on blocking internal volumes, see
on blocking externals volumes, see the HP XP7 External Storage for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide.
5. Click More Actions and select Restore LDEVs.
6. Note the settings in the Confirm window and enter a unique Task Name or accept the default
and click Apply.
If Go to tasks window for status is checked, the Tasks window opens.

Editing an LDEV name

Use this procedure to edit the name of a registered internal volume.
Prerequisites
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. Select the LDEV ID of the LDEV you want to edit.
3. Click Edit LDEVs.
4. In the Edit LDEVs window, edit the LDEV Name.
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 in all, except for \ / : , ; * ? " < > |.
The value "date-window name" is entered by default.
7. In the Confirm window, click Apply to register the setting in the task.
If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.

Deleting an LDEV (converting to free space)

You can convert one or more of the LDEVs on a selected parity group into free space by deleting
the LDEVs. That free space can be used to either create one or more variable-sized volumes (CVs)
using the Create LDEVs function, or left as free space for future use.
WARNING!
An LDEV cannot be deleted successfully if it is:
In the defined path (including the pair volumes of Continuous Access Synchronous Z and
Continuous Access Journal Z).
A pool-VOL.
Deleting LDEVs will erase your data. Back up your data before deleting LDEVs.
"Blocking LDEVs" (page 46)
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