HP SAN Virtualization Services Platform - Manual (Page 86)

3. Select New. The Create Storage Pool wizard opens to the Enter storage pool parameters screen.
Figure 17 Create Storage Pool wizard—Enter Storage Pool parameters screen
. 4. In the Storage Pool name field, enter a name for the storage pool. The following naming
conventions are suggested:
• Pools—Create a name that identifies the array, disk type, and VRAID level (for example,
EVA8000_FC_RAID5).
• Virtual disks—Create a name that identifies the server to which the virtual disk will be
presented and a mount point (for example, Exchange01_e).
• VDG—Create a name that identifies the server or application (for example, Exchange01_CG,
Oracle_CG).
5. In the Free Capacity Alert Threshold field, enter a threshold as a percentage. If the free capacity
of this storage pool drops below this threshold, a notification will be sent to any notification
groups configured to receive this type of alert. For information about configuring notification
groups, see “
Configuring event log notifications ” on page 365.
6. In the Comment field, enter any text you want.
7. Click Next. The Select Back-End LU(s) screen appears displaying the list of available back-end
LUs.
8. If you would like to select a back-end LU from a folder, navigate to the folder in the tree on the
left of the screen. The Select Back-End LU(s) screen displays the list of back-end LUs in the selected
folder.
9. Select a back-end LU that you want to add to the storage pool. Back-end LUs that already belong
to storage pools are not selectable.
10. Click Add. The back-end LU you selected appears in the lower section of the screen. If you want
to deselect your back-end LU, select the back-end LU in the lower section, and click Remove.
NOTE:
To build a pool using only stripe sets, skip this step without adding any back-end LUs.
11. Repeat steps 8 through 10 to add more back-end LUs as necessary.
12. Click Next. The Select Stripe Set(s) screen appears.
13. Select a stripe set that you want to add to the storage pool.
Working with storage pools 86