4 configuring custom-sized provisioning – HP XP Racks User Manual

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Managing Resource Groups.....................................................................................................33

Changing the name of a resource group...............................................................................33
Deleting a resource group...................................................................................................34

Using Resource Partition and other HP XP7 Storage products........................................................34

Thin Provisioning................................................................................................................35
DKA Encryption.................................................................................................................35
LUN Manager...................................................................................................................35
Performance Monitor..........................................................................................................37
Business Copy...................................................................................................................37
Fast Snap.........................................................................................................................37
Continuous Access Synchronous...........................................................................................38
Continuous Access Journal..................................................................................................38
External Storage................................................................................................................39
Open Volume Management................................................................................................41
Cache Partition..................................................................................................................41
Auto LUN..........................................................................................................................41
Volume Shredder...............................................................................................................42
Performance Control...........................................................................................................42

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Virtual LUN functions...............................................................................................................43
Virtual LUN requirements.........................................................................................................43
Virtual LUN specifications........................................................................................................43

Virtual LUN specifications for open systems...........................................................................43
CV capacity by emulation type for open systems....................................................................44

SSID requirements ..................................................................................................................44
Virtual LUN size calculations....................................................................................................44

Calculating OPEN-V volume size (CV capacity unit is MB).......................................................45
Calculating OPEN-V volume size (CV capacity unit is blocks)...................................................45
Calculating fixed-size open-systems volume size (CV capacity unit is MB)..................................45
Calculating fixed-size open-systems volume size (CV capacity unit is blocks)..............................46
Management area capacity of an open-systems volume..........................................................47
Boundary values for RAID levels...........................................................................................47
Capacity of a slot..............................................................................................................47
Configuring volumes in a parity group .................................................................................47

Create LDEV function..............................................................................................................48

Creating an LDEV..............................................................................................................48
Finding an LDEV ID............................................................................................................51
Finding an LDEV SSID ........................................................................................................51
Editing an LDEV SSID ........................................................................................................51
Changing LDEV settings......................................................................................................52
Removing an LDEV to be registered......................................................................................52

Blocking LDEVs......................................................................................................................52
Blocking LDEVs in a parity group..............................................................................................53
Restoring blocked LDEVs..........................................................................................................53
Restoring blocked LDEVs in a parity group.................................................................................54
Editing an LDEV name.............................................................................................................54
Deleting an LDEV (converting to free space)...............................................................................54
Formatting LDEVs....................................................................................................................55

About formatting LDEVs......................................................................................................55
Storage system operation when LDEVs are formatted..............................................................56
Quick Format function.........................................................................................................56

Quick Format specifications............................................................................................57

Formatting a specific LDEV..................................................................................................58
Formatting all LDEVs in a parity group..................................................................................58

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