Managing Vls12000 Gateway Capacity; Discovering Array Luns - HP StorageWorks 12000 User Manual

NOTE:
If needed, these disks can be unpresented. See
a LUN, you must then reconfigure the LUN numbering for all LUNs on the VLS Gateway
that follow the unpresented LUN in sequential numbering.

Managing VLS12000 Gateway Capacity

There are several ways to manage the capacity of your Gateway system:
• Add external LUNs to the VLS Gateway configuration. See
• Delete external LUNs from the VLS Gateway configuration. See
• Create storage pools. See
• Destroy storage pools. See
• Enable device-side data compression when creating new tape drives. See
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Discovering Array LUNs

1. Discover the LUNs, either by rebooting the entire VLS Gateway or:
a. Open a Command View VLS session and log in as the administrator. See
Command View VLS Session from a Web
b. In the Storage tab navigation tree, select Storage LUNs.
c. Select Discover Unconfigured Storage from the task bar. This causes the VLS to recognize
all presented LUNs and return the following message: # storage lun(s) discovered.
# storage lun(s) deleted. At this point, the LUNs are still unconfigured.
40 Storage Configuration
Configuring Storage Pools.
Deleting Array LUNs
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Deleting Array LUNs. If you unpresent
Discovering Array
Deleting Array
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LUNs.
LUNs.
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