HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software Licenses - Manual (Page 57)

Virtualizing volumes of a registered storage system
Choose from a list of existing unallocated volumes in the external storage system to be virtualized.
Or specify the number of volumes and volume capacity to search for volumes that meet the criteria.
Prerequisites
• The internal and external storage systems are registered in HP StorageWorks P9000 Command
View Advanced Edition Suite.
• The external storage system is connected to one or more external ports of the internal storage
system.
• External Storage Management is installed on the internal storage system.
• Specify the volumes or identify the number and capacity of volumes you are virtualizing.
• Identify the number of external paths between the external and internal storage systems.
1. From the Actions menu or General Tasks pane, select Virtualize Volumes.
2. From the list, select an external storage system. A storage system is preselected if you selected
a storage system from the Storage Systems tree and launched the dialog box.
3. From the list, select an internal storage system.
4. Choose the volumes by clicking one of the following options:
• Select from existing available volumes: Click Add/Remove Volumes to select from a list of
available volumes, then click Add to add them to the Selected Volumes table.
• Specify number of volumes and volume capacity: From the list, select the No. of Volumes and
enter the Volume Capacity. Click Advanced Options to specify drive type, drive speed, RAID
level, or parity group in the volume criteria. The storage system will search for volumes that
match the criteria.
5. Specify the No. of External Paths per Volume.
6. (Optional) Click External Path Priority Settings to configure the external path and increase or
decrease external path priority.
7. (Optional) Click Host Group and LUN Settings to configure the host group settings and LUN
number.
8. (Optional) Click Internal Volume Configuration to configure the options for the volume to be
virtualized, such as the parity group ID, CLPR, inflow control, LDEV labels, and LDEV IDs.
9. Click Show Plan and confirm that the information in the plan summary is correct. If changes are
required, click Back.
10. (Optional) Update the task name and provide a description.
11. (Optional) Expand Schedule to specify the task schedule.
You can schedule the task to run immediately or later. The default setting is Now. If the task is
scheduled to run immediately, you can select View task status to monitor the task after it is
submitted.
12. Click Submit.
If the task is scheduled to run immediately, the process begins.
13. You can check the progress and result of the task on the Tasks & Alerts tab. Click the task name
to view details of the task.
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