Defining Smartclone Volume Characteristics; Naming Smartclone Volumes; Characteristics For New Smartclone Volumes - HP StorageWorks P4000 User Manual

Defining SmartClone volume characteristics

When creating SmartClone volumes, you define the following characteristics.
Table 52 Characteristics for new SmartClone volumes
SmartClone volume
characteristic
Quantity
SmartClone Name
Provisioning
Server
Permission

Naming SmartClone volumes

Because you may create dozens or even hundreds of SmartClone volumes, you need to plan the
naming convention for them. For information about the default naming conventions built into the
SAN/iQ software, see
When you create a SmartClone volume, you can designate the base name for the volume. This base
name is then used with numbers appended, incrementing to the total number of SmartClone volumes
you create. For example,
"C#" and 10 clones. (The number in parentheses indicates how many snapshots are under that
volume.)
What it means
The number of SmartClone volumes you want to create. You can create up to 25
as one operation in the CMC, and then repeat the process to create the desired
number of SmartClone volumes. Use the CLI to create larger quantities of SmartClone
volumes in a single operation.
The name of the SmartClone volume that is displayed in the CMC. A volume name
is from 1 to 127 characters and is case sensitive. The name cannot be changed
after the volume is created.
SmartClone volumes default to Thin Provisioning. You can select Full Provisioning
when you create them. You can also edit the individual volumes after they are created
and change the type of provisioning.
Server assigned to the volume. While you can only assign one server when you
create SmartClone volumes, you can go back and add additional clustered servers
later. For more information, see
volumes" on page 264.
Type of access to the volume: Read, Read/Write, None
"Setting naming conventions" on page 30.
Figure 83 on page 238 shows a SmartClone volume with the base name of
"Assigning server connections access to
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