Blocking Volumes In A Parity Group - Hitachi G1000 User Manual

3. Select the volume you want to block, click More Actions, and then
select Block LDEVs. The Block LDEVs window opens.
4. Note the settings in the Block LDEVs window, enter a unique task name
or accept the default name, and then click Apply.
If Go to tasks window for status is selected, the Tasks window will
open.
Related topics
• The Block LDEVs section in the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000
Provisioning Guide for Open Systems.
• The Top window when selecting Logical Device section in the Hitachi
Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Provisioning Guide for Open Systems.
• The Top window when selecting Internal or External of Parity Group
section in the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Provisioning Guide
for Open Systems.

Blocking volumes in a parity group

You must have the Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role to perform this
task.
To block volumes in a parity group:
1. Display the parity group to be blocked:
In Hitachi Command Suite:
a. On the Resources tab, click Storage Systems, and then expand
b. Expand the target storage system, right-click Parity Groups, and
In Device Manager - Storage Navigator (mainframe-only environment):
Display the Parity Groups tab by choosing one of the following steps,
depending on the location of the parity group:
2. Confirm the current status of the volumes you want to block by viewing
the LDEV Status column of the table.
3. Select the parity group you want to block, click More Actions, and then
select Block LDEVs. The Block LDEVs window opens.
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Hitachi Volume Shredder User Guide
If the volume is already blocked, Blocked appears in the status
column.
If the volume is not blocked, a status other than Blocked appears in
the status column.
All Storage Systems.
then select System GUI.
In the Storage Systems tree, select Parity Groups.
In the Storage Systems tree, select Parity Groups and then select
Internal or External.
If the volume is already blocked, Blocked appears in the status
column.
If the volume is not blocked, a status other than Blocked appears in
the status column.
Volume Shredder operations
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