Managing Virtual Volume Autonomic Groups; Creating Virtual Volume Sets; Adding Virtual Volumes To Virtual Volume Sets; Modifying Virtual Volume Sets - HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 2-node Administrator's Manual

Managing Virtual Volume Autonomic Groups

Virtual volumes can be combined into autonomic groups. Autonomic groups are sets of objects
that can be managed as one object. If you have a group of volumes used by a database or another
application and all the virtual volumes require the same administrative procedures, it is easier to
group those volumes into a set and manage them together. Individual virtual volumes can be
members of multiple virtual volume sets.
Virtual volumes added to a set inherit the rights of that set. For example, if a group of virtual volumes
is exported to a host and a new virtual volume is added to the virtual volume set, the new virtual
volume is visible to the host as soon as it is added to the virtual volume set. The opposite is also
true. If a virtual volume is removed from a set, all the rights of that virtual volume set are revoked
for the removed virtual volume.
A virtual volume in a virtual volume set cannot be removed from the system until it has been removed
from the virtual volume set, or until the virtual volume set is removed from the system. Removing a
virtual volume set does not remove the virtual volumes in that set. Changing the name of a virtual
volume in a set neither changes the rights of the virtual volume nor removes it from the virtual
volume set.

Creating Virtual Volume Sets

To create a virtual volume set, issue the createvvset <set_name> <VV_names> command,
where:
<set_name> is the name of the virtual volume set being created.
<VV_names> are the names of the virtual volumes included in the virtual volume set.
For a complete list of options available for the createvvset command, see the HP 3PAR Command
Line Interface Reference and the HP 3PAR CLI Help.

Adding Virtual Volumes to Virtual Volume Sets

To add a virtual volume to an existing virtual volume set, issue the createvvset -add
<set_name> <VV_names> command, where:
<set_name> is the name of the virtual volume set that will include the added virtual volumes.
<VV_names> are the names of the virtual volumes being added to the virtual volume set.
For a complete list of options available for the createvvset command, see the HP 3PAR Command
Line Interface Reference and the HP 3PAR CLI Help.

Modifying Virtual Volume Sets

To change the name of a virtual volume set, issue the setvvset -name <new_name>
<set_name> command, where:
<new_name> represents the new name of the virtual volume set.
<set_name> represents the name of the virtual volume set being modified.
For a complete list of options available for the setvvset command, see the HP 3PAR Command
Line Interface Reference and the HP 3PAR CLI Help.

Removing Virtual Volume Sets

To remove a virtual volume set from the system, or to remove virtual volumes from a set, issue the
removevvset <set_name> <VV_names> command, where:
<set_name> is the name of the virtual volume set being removed or modified.
<VV_names> are the names of the virtual volumes being removed from the <set_name>
virtual volume set. This specifier is optional and it is not required if you are removing the entire
set.
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