Unvirtualizing volumes – HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Software Licenses User Manual

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9.

Review the list of volumes to be virtualized and click OK.

10.

(Optional) Click Internal Volume Configuration to configure the options for the volume to be
virtualized, such as the parity group ID, CLPR, inflow control, LDEV labels, and LDEV IDs.

11.

Click Show Plan and confirm that the information in the plan summary is correct. If changes are
required, click Back.

12.

(Optional) Update the task name and provide a description.

13.

(Optional) Expand Schedule to specify the task schedule.

You can schedule the task to run immediately or later. The default setting is Now. If the task is
scheduled to run immediately, you can select View task status to monitor the task after it is
submitted.

14.

Click Submit.

If the task is scheduled to run immediately, the process begins.

15.

You can check the progress and result of the task on the Tasks & Alerts tab. Click the task name
to view details of the task.

When the task completes, the volumes on the discovered external storage system are virtualized and
can be managed from Command View AE Suite.

Related topics

About virtualizing and unvirtualizing volumes

, page 56

Virtualize Volumes dialog box

, page 60

Unvirtualizing volumes

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Unvirtualizing volumes

When you unvirtualize volumes, virtualized volumes are unmapped from the specified external storage
system.

Prerequisites

Volumes to be unmapped on the storage system are virtualized.

1.

From the Actions menu or General Tasks pane, select Unvirtualize Volumes.

2.

From the list, select an external storage system.

3.

From the list, select an internal storage system.

The parity groups that correspond to the virtualized volumes from the selected external storage
system are displayed in the Selected Parity Groups table. Only parity groups that are available
to unmap are listed in the table.

4.

(Optional) Click Add/Remove Parity Groups. In the Selected Parity Groups table, select any
external parity groups that you do not want unmapped and click Remove to move them to the
Existing Parity Groups table. You can select several external parity groups at one time.

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