Viewing virtual disks, Viewing virtual disk properties, Virtual disk concepts – HP P6000 Continuous Access Software User Manual

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Viewing virtual disks

Display virtual disk list and tree views. See

Virtual disk views

.

Considerations

You can use the GUI or CLUI to display lists. See

Virtual disks actions cross reference

.

Tree views are available only in the GUI.

Procedures

This procedure uses the GUI.

1.

In the navigation pane, select Virtual Disks.

The content pane displays virtual disks.

2.

Click the List tab.

A tabular list of storage systems is displayed.

3.

Click the Tree tab.

A graphical tree of storage systems and their virtual disks is displayed.

Viewing virtual disk properties

View the properties of a specific virtual disk. See

Virtual disks properties summary

.

Considerations

You can use the GUI or the CLUI. See

Virtual disks actions cross reference

.

Procedure

This procedure uses the GUI.

1.

In the navigation pane, select Virtual Disks.

2.

On the List tab, select the virtual disk to view.

3.

Select Actions > View Properties.

The Virtual Disks Properties window opens.

4.

Click the properties tabs.

5.

To perform a low-level refresh of the properties in the General tab, click Refresh. See also

Low-level refresh of virtual disks

.

Virtual disk concepts

Virtual disks overview

The replication manager uses the terms virtual disk and virtual disk container to indicate a storage
systems identification or name
for a storage device. An important distinction between virtual disks
and virtual disk containers is that virtual disks can be presented to hosts for I/O, but containers
cannot be presented. See virtual disks

Presentation

and

Containers

.

Virtual disk properties are automatically discovered by the replication manager and are maintained
in the replication manager's database. See resources

Automatic discovery (refresh)

. Virtual disks

and containers are displayed in the Virtual Disks content pane. See

Virtual disks views

. You can

use a GUI action, a job, or CLUI command to work with virtual disks and containers.

Virtual disks are also called storage volumes, especially in replication manager job commands.

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