Changing a pool name, Recovering a blocked pool, Changing a pool name recovering a blocked pool – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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- From Filter option, select ON to filter the rows.

- Click Select All Pages to select all pool-VOL in the table.

- Click Options to specify the unit of volumes or the number of rows to be viewed.

3.

Click OK.

The Select Pool Volumes window closes. The number of the selected pool volumes appears
in Total Selected Pool Volumes, and the total capacity of the selected pool-VOL appears
in Total Selected Capacity.

5.

Click Finish.

6.

In the Confirm window, confirm the settings, in Task Name type a unique name for this task
or accept the default, and then click Apply.

If Go to tasks window for status is checked, the Tasks window opens.

Changing a pool name

1.

In the Remote Web Console main window, in the Storage Systems tree, select Pool.

2.

From the Pools table, select the pool for which you want to change the name.

Select multiple pools using the Shift key (if the pools are adjacent), or using the Ctrl key (if the
pools are not adjacent).

3.

Click More Actions, and then select Edit Pools.

4.

In the Edit Pools window, in Pool Name, specify a name for this pool.

1.

In Prefix, type the characters that will become the fixed characters for the beginning of
the pool name. The characters are case-sensitive.

2.

In Initial Number, type the initial number that will follow the prefix name.

5.

Click Finish.

6.

In the Confirm window, confirm the settings, in Task Name type a unique name for this task
or accept the default, and then click Apply.

If Go to tasks window for status is checked, the Tasks window opens.

Recovering a blocked pool

This procedure is for failure recovery of a blocked pool. Ordinarily you should not need to use this
procedure. A recovered pool can be used but the former data is lost.
1.

In the Remote Web Console main window, in the Storage Systems tree, select Pool.

The pool name appears below Pool.

2.

From the Pool table, select the pool to be recovered.

Select multiple pools using the Shift key (if the pools are adjacent), or using the Ctrl key (if the
pools are not adjacent).

3.

Click More Actions, and then select Restore Pools.

4.

The Restore Pools window opens with a list of the pool or pools selected in the the previous
step. To restore those pools, click Apply.

5.

In the Confirm window, confirm the settings, in Task Name type a unique name for this task
or accept the default, and then click Apply.

If Go to tasks window for status is checked, the Tasks window opens.

NOTE:

The recovery time for pools varies depending on pool usage or THP V-VOL usage. Allow

roughly 20 minutes of recovery time for every 100 TB of pool or THP V-VOL usage. Recovery time
may vary depending on the workload of the storage system at the time of recovery.

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