HP XP7 Storage User Manual
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You can create a THP V-VOL from any of the following tabs:
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The LDEVs tab, which appears when Logical Devices is selected.
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The Pools tab, which appears when Pools is selected.
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The Virtual Volumes tab, which appears when a pool in Pools is selected.
1.
You can create LDEVs from the following tab windows:
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The LDEVs tab, which appears when Logical Devices is selected.
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The Pools tab, which appears when Pools is selected.
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The Virtual Volumes tab, which appears when a pool in Pools is selected.
2.
Click Create LDEVs.
The Create LDEVs window appears.
3.
From the Provisioning Type list, confirm Thin Provisioning is selected.
If not, select Thin Provisioning from the list.
4.
In the System Type option, select a system type.
To create mainframe volumes, select Mainframe.
5.
From the Emulation Type list, confirm 3390-A is selected.
6.
From the Smart Pool field, select Enable when you create the V-VOL for Smart Tiers Z, and
select Disable when you do not create one.
If no pool is set to Enable in Smart Tiers Z, Disable is fixed.
7.
If you create TSE-VOL, select Enable in the TSE Attribute option. If not created, select Disable.
If you do not have the license of Compatible FlashCopy SE, you can select only Disable in
TSE Attribute. In addition, if there is no LDEV IDs that can be used as TSE-VOL, you can select
only Disable in TSE Attribute.
NOTE:
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You can specify the TSE Attribute function only when selecting Mainframe in the System
Type option.
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You can specify the TSE Attribute function only when selecting Disable in the Smart Pool
field.
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For TSE-VOL, if the relating pool ID is the odd number, the odd number is automatically
assigned as the CU number for the LDEV to create. If the relating pool ID is the even
number, the even number is automatically assigned as the CU number for the LDEV to
create.
8.
Select the pool according to the following steps.
1.
From the Drive Type/RPM list in Pool Selection, select the data drive type and RPM.
2.
From the RAID level list, select the RAID level.
3.
Click Select Pool.
The Select Pool window appears.
4.
In the Available Pools table, select a pool.
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