HP StorageWorks XP10000 Disk Array User Manual

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a. To add more LDEVs to the Expanded LDEVs list, select normal LDEVs, CVS volumes, or LUSE

volumes in the Free LDEVs table, and click Add.

b. To delete LDEVs from the Expanded LDEVs list, select the LDEVs in the Expanded LDEVs list,

and click Delete.

4.

Click Set.
A pane appears. If the displayed pane asks whether you want to perform a Volume Manager

operation on a volume that has a path definition (see

Volume Manager operations using a

path-defined LDEV

for more information about this operation), follow step 4a. If the Set LUSE

Confirmation pane appears, follow step 4b.
a. If the displayed pane asks whether you want to perform a Volume Manager operation on a

volume that has a path definition, click OK. A confirmation message appears. Go to step 5.
To cancel the Volume Manager operation, click Cancel. The previous pane appears, and

you can retry the operation.

b. If the Set LUSE Confirmation pane appears, go to step 5.

5.

To create the LUSE, click OK. The selected top LDEV appears (in blue bold italics) as a LUSE volume

in the LDEV Information table.

NOTE:

You can reset LUSE volumes that have been created but not yet registered to the array

(those in blue bold italics) to the state they were in before they were created (see

Resetting

unregistered LUSE volumes

).

6.

Click Apply.

7.

Click OK (or Cancel). Settings for this Volume Manager operation are registered for the array.

Creating LUSE volumes using the Select an LDEV list

CAUTION:

Creating a LUSE volume destroys existing data. To protect the data, make a backup copy of the existing

data before starting the LUSE creation operation.

1.

In the Volume Manager pane, select a CU number in the LDEV Information tree.

2.

In the Select an LDEV list, select the first LDEV for the LUSE from the Free LDEVs table that displays

available LDEVs.

3.

Select one or more additional normal LDEVs, CVS volumes, or LUSE volumes for the LUSE volume.

Click Add to move selected LDEVs from the Free LDEVs table to the Expanded LDEVs list.

4.

To delete an LDEV from the Expanded LDEVs list and move it back to the Free LDEVs table, select one

or more volumes, and click Delete.

5.

Click Set.
A pane appears. If the displayed pane asks whether you want to perform a Volume Manager

operation on a volume that has a path definition (see

Figure 85

), follow step 5a. If the displayed

pane asks whether you want to perform an Volume Manager operation that affects more than one

SLPR or CLPR, follow step 5b. If the Set LUSE Confirmation pane appears, follow step 5c.
a. To perform a Volume Manager operation on a volume that has a path definition (see

Figure 85

),

click OK. If a message appears asking whether you want to perform a Volume Manager

operation that affects more than one SLPR or CLPR, go to step 5b. If such a message does

not appear, go to step 6.
If you do not want to perform a Volume Manager operation on a volume that has a path

definition, click Cancel. The previous pane appears, and you can retry the operation.

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