Applying a tiering policy to smart volumes – HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software Licenses User Manual
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1.
Click the Mobility tab, and select Logical Groups in the navigation pane.
Logical Groups can contain both Public Logical Groups and Private Logical Groups. You can
discover and register not only at the logical group level, but also at the host or Smart volume
level.
NOTE:
If you want to register by host, you can start this process by selecting the Resources tab.
2.
Expand the tree to select the target logical group from Public Logical Groups or Private Logical
Groups.
3.
If you want to set all Smart volumes in the logical group at the same time, select Actions located
in the corner of the application pane, then Edit Tier Relocation. If you want to specify the target
volumes, select one or more Smart volumes from the list of volumes, and then click the Edit Tier
Relocation button.
4.
Select Enable to enable tier relocation for Smart volumes. Select Disable to disable tier relocation.
5.
Set any required items in the window, and then execute the task.
6.
Verify that the task completed.
The applied tier location settings can be checked from Summary or the list of volumes, which are
displayed by selecting a logical group from the Mobility tab.
Related topics
• About virtualizing storage tiers
Applying a tiering policy to Smart volumes
Prerequisites
•
Two or more hardware tiers must exist in a Smart pool.
•
If selecting multiple Smart volumes from a logical group, all selected Smart volumes must belong
to the same Smart pool.
•
A Tiered Storage Manager license is required to perform operations from the Mobility tab.
1.
From the tree view in the Resources tab, select Storage Systems.
You can also perform this step from the Mobility tab.
If editing from logical groups, perform this step from the Mobility tab.
2.
Expand the tree and select the target Smart pools.
3.
Select one or more Smart volumes from the list of volumes on the THP Vols tab, and then click
Edit Tiering Policy.
4.
Select the tiering policy, and then execute the task.
You can schedule the task to be executed later.
5.
View the list of tasks to make sure that all tasks are complete.
The tiering policy is applied.
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