HP XP7 Storage - Manual (Page 50)

1. Select and block the LDEV to be formatted.
See “Blocking LDEVs” (page 44) for blocking an internal volume. See the HP XP7 External
Storage for Open and Mainframe Systems User Guide for blocking an external volume.
2. Click Format LDEVs.
When you select one of the following tabs, click More Actions and select Format LDEVs.
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LDEVs tab, which appears when Logical Devices is selected from the Storage System tree.
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Virtual Volumes tab, which appears when a pool from Pools in the Storage System tree
is selected.
3. In the Format LDEVs window, select the format type from the Format Type list, and then click
Finish.
4. In the Confirm window, click Apply.
If Go to tasks window for status is checked, the Tasks window opens.
Formatting all LDEVs in a parity group
The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.
You can use this procedure to perform Normal formatting on the volume.
When formatting all LDEVs in a parity group, you will need to:
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Specify a parity group.
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Format the LDEV.
Before formatting all LDEVs in a parity group, make sure that all LDEVs under this parity group
have been blocked.
See “Blocking LDEVs” (page 44) for blocking an internal volume. See the HP XP7 External Storage
for Open and Mainframe Systems User Guide for blocking an external volume.
1.
To format all LDEVs in the parity group, select the parity group.
2. Click Format LDEVs.
When you select one of the following tabs, click More Actions and select Format LDEVs.
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LDEVs tab, which appears when Logical Devices is selected from the Storage System tree.
•
Virtual Volumes tab, which appears when a pool from Pools in the Storage System tree
is selected.
3. In the Format LDEVs window, select the format type from the Format Type list, and then click
Finish.
In the Confirm window, click Next to go to the next operation.
4. Click Apply.
If Go to tasks window for status is checked, the Tasks window opens.
Making external mainframe system volumes usable
To use external mainframe volumes with a storage system, usually you must use External Storage
to perform external volume mapping, and then use the Format command of Virtual LVI to format
the volumes. However, formatting the external mainframe system volumes in this way may take a
lot of time.
If you want to make the external mainframe volumes usable more quickly, you can use an alternate
method:
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“Registering external volumes” (page 51)
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“Overwriting control blocks in specific external volumes” (page 51)
50 Configuring custom-sized provisioning