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When the task completes, the existing volumes are allocated to the internal storage system and
virtualized.
Related topics
• About virtualizing and unvirtualizing volumes
• Virtualize Volumes dialog box
Discovering and virtualizing volumes of an unregistered storage system
Use the port scan and volume discovery functionality to detect external storage system volumes allocated
to the external port and then virtualize the available volumes.
Prerequisites
•
The internal storage system is discovered in HP StorageWorks P9000 Command View Advanced
Edition Suite.
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The internal storage system is the HP P9500 that has the port scan and volume discovery function-
ality.
•
The external storage system is connected to one or more external ports of the internal storage
system.
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The external mapping volumes are already allocated to the external ports.
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External Storage Management is installed on the internal storage system.
1.
From the Actions menu or General Tasks pane, select Virtualize Volumes.
2.
From the list of external storage systems, select Search new systems/volumes by port scan.
3.
From the list, select an internal storage system.
4.
Specify the external paths by choosing one of the following options:
• Click Select newly discovered external paths and continue with step 5.
• Click Select an existing external path group, select an external path group from the list, and
continue with step 7.
5.
Click Start Port Scan.
The external storage is discovered and the port ID and external WWN are displayed.
NOTE:
Because the external storage is discovered, you can virtualize additional volumes at a later
time without doing a port scan, provided that the same external paths are used. If you are
virtualizing additional volumes at a later time and not using the same external paths, then
you need to use the port scan functionality to discover available external storage volumes.
6.
Select an external storage, then choose the external paths to be used for virtualization and click
OK.
7.
(Optional) Click External Path Priority Settings to configure the external path and increase or
decrease external path priority.
8.
Click Start Volume Discovery.
The volumes that can be accessed using the selected external paths are displayed.
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