HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual

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4.

Select the pool usage rate threshold from the Threshold list.

CAUTION:

If the pool's usage rate exceeds the threshold, you cannot create new XP Snapshot pairs.
Ensure that you do not set the threshold at too small a value.

5.

Select XP Snapshot from the Attribute list.

6.

Check the setting contents. If there is no problem, click Set. The New Pool pane closes, and the
new pool appears in the Pool tree.

7.

Select the pool in the Pool tree.

8.

Select the volumes you want to register as pool-VOLs in the pool from the Free LDEVs list.

NOTE:

• If you select a CU number from the

CU list, volumes in the CU appear in the list. Within

the same CU, you can select multiple volumes at one time.

• The capacity of the pool management blocks in use increases if you add pool-VOLs. Be

careful to keep the capacity of the pool management blocks in use at less than its total
capacity.

9.

Click Add Pool-VOL. The pane listing the volumes you selected appears.

NOTE:

If you select and right-click a volume in the

Free LDEVs list, a shortcut menu appears. If you

select

Add Pool-VOL, the result is the same as if you clicked Add Pool-VOL.

10.

Check the list of the volumes on the pane. If there is no problem, click OK. The pane closes, and
the selected volumes appear in the Pool-VOL list.

11.

To add more pool-VOLs, repeat step 8 through step 10.

NOTE:

The pool's storage capacity is the total capacity of pool-VOLs in the pool. For more
information, see “

Notes on creating pools

” on page 31.

12.

To create another pool, repeat step 2 through step 6.

13.

Click Apply. A confirmation message appears.

CAUTION:

You cannot delete pool-VOLs after adding them. Check and ensure that the settings for the
pool-VOLs you are adding are correct.

14.

Click OK. The confirmation message closes, and the new pool information is applied to the array.

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