Creating V-Vols - HP XP7 User Manual
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To use the protecting function of THP V-VOL, following must be satisfied:
Data Retention must be installed.
Pool types must be Thin Provisioning or Smart Tiers which is the multi tier pool.
When the access attribute of the volume is changed to Protect by the protecting function of THP
V-VOL then the protecting function of THP V-VOL is disabled, the access attribute is still the Protect
attribute. For details about changing the access attribute other than Protect, see
attributes" (page
Even if Data Retention is uninstalled, settings by the protecting function of THP V-VOL to pools are
kept. When Data Retention is installed again, settings before the uninstallation are incorporated
in pools.
Creating V-VOLs
The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.
1.
You can create LDEVs from the following tab windows:
The LDEVs tab, which appears when Logical Devices is selected.
The Pools tab, which appears when Pools is selected.
The Virtual Volumes tab, which appears when a pool in Pools is selected.
2.
Click Create LDEVs.
The Create LDEVs window appears.
3.
From the Provisioning Type list, confirm Thin Provisioning is selected.
If not, select Thin Provisioning from the list.
4.
In the System Type option, select a system type.
To create open system volumes, select Open.
5.
From the Emulation Type list, confirm OPEN-V is selected.
6.
From the Smart Pool field, select Enable when you create the V-VOL for Smart Tiers, and select
Disable when you do not create one.
If no pool is set to Enable in Smart Tiers, Disable is fixed.
NOTE:
option.
7.
Select the pool according to the following steps.
1.
From the Drive Type/RPM list in Pool Selection, select the data drive type and RPM.
2.
From the RAID level list, select the RAID level.
3.
Click Select Pool.
The Select Pool window appears.
4.
In the Available Pools table, select a pool.
159).
You cannot specify the TSE Attribute option when selecting Open in the System Type
"Configuring access
Working with THP V-VOLs 133
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