HP XP7 User Manual page 124

Initial Number: From 1 to 9 digits that follow the prefix.
9. Click Options.
10. In the Initial Pool ID text box, type the number of the initial pool ID, from 0 to 127.
When you specify a pool ID that was previously registered, the smallest available ID is
displayed by default instead of the value you entered. If a pool ID unavailable, no number is
displayed.
1 1. In the Subscription Limit text box, enter an integer value from 0 to 65534 as the subscription
rate (%) for the pool.
If no number is entered, the subscription rate is set to unlimited.
12. In the Warning Threshold text box, enter an integer value from 1 to 100 as the rate (%) for
the pool. The default value is 70%.
13. In the Depletion Threshold text box, enter an integer value from 1 to 100 as the rate (%) for
the pool. The default value is 80%.
Enter a value that is greater than the value of the Warning Threshold.
14. In Protect V-VOLs when I/O fails to Blocked Pool VOL, select Yes or No. If Yes is selected,
when the pool-VOL is blocked, THP V-VOL is protected from reading and writing requests.
And at the same instant, the access attribute of the THP V-VOL is changed to the Protect
attribute.
15. In Protect V-VOLs when I/O fails to Full Pool, select Yes or No. If Yes is selected, when the
pool usage reaches the full size, THP V-VOL is protected from reading and writing requests.
And at the same instant, the access attribute of the THP V-VOL is changed to the Protect
attribute.
16. Click Add.
The created pool is added to the Selected Pools table. If invalid values are set, an error message
appears.
The Pool Type, Pool Volume Selection, and Pool Name must be set. If the required items are
not entered or selected, you cannot clickAdd.
If you select a row and click Detail, the Pool Properties window appears. If you select a row
and click Remove, the message appears asking whether you want to remove the selected row
or rows. If you want to remove the row, click OK.
17. Click Next.
The Create LDEVs window appears. Go to
If Subscription Limit of the created pool is set to 0%, the Create LDEVs window does not appear.
Click Finish and the Confirm window appears.
18. In the Confirm window, click Apply to register the setting in the task.
If you select a row and click Detail, the Pool Properties window appears.
If the Go to tasks window for status checkbox is selected, the Tasks window appears.
For Thin Provisioning when selecting pool-VOLs automatically
To create pools by selecting pool-VOLs automatically:
1. In the Storage Systems tree on the left pane of the top window, select Pool.
The Pool window appears.
2. Click Create Pools.
The Create Pools windows appears.
3. From the Pool Type list, select Thin Provisioning.
4. From the System Type list, select Open.
124 Configuring thin provisioning
"Creating V-VOLs" (page 133) to create LDEVs.