HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 55)

Restoring a blocked LDEV
You can restore a blocked LDEV using any of the following tabs:
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LDEVs tab when selecting any parity group in Parity Groups.
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LDEVs tab when selecting Logical Devices.
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Virtual Volumes tab when selecting any pool in Pool.
1. In the Remote Web Console main window, in the Storage Systems tree, select the resource to
view in the tab.
2. Find the target LDEV in the table and confirm the LDEV status in the Status column.
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If Blocked appears, the LDEV is blocked. Restore a blocked LDEV using the following
steps.
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If Blocked does not appear, the LDEV is not blocked.
3. Select the blocked LDEV, and then click Restore.
Select multiple LDEVs using the Shift key (if the LDEVs are adjacent), or using the Ctrl key (if
the LDEVs are not adjacent).
4. 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.
Editing an LDEV name
You can edit the name of a registered internal volume.
For information about editing a registered external volume, see HP P9000 External Storage for
Open and Mainframe Systems User Guide.
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Select the LDEV to be edited.
2. Click Edit LDEVs.
3. In Edit LDEVs window, edit LDEV Name.
4. Click Finish.
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.
Deleting an LDEV (converting to free space)
You can convert one or more of the LDEVs on a selected parity group into free space by deleting
the LDEVs. That free space can be used to either create one or more variable-sized volumes (CVs)
using the Create LDEVs function, or left as free space for future use. You can also delete a system
disk if you no longer need it.
WARNING! Deleting LDEVs will erase your data. Back up your data before deleting LDEVs.
An LDEV cannot be deleted successfully if it is:
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In the defined path (including the pair volumes of Continuous Access Synchronous, Business
Copy, and Continuous Access Journal).
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A configuration element of LUSE.
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A reserved volume of Auto LUN.
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Does not have the read/write access attribute.
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A pool-VOL (including LUSE).
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