HP XP7 Storage - Manual (Page 135)

4. In the Expand Pool window, select the pool-VOL.
1. Click Select Pool VOLs.
2. In the Select Pool VOLs window, from the Available Pool Volumes table, select the pool-VOL
you want to assign, and then click Add.
The selected pool-VOLs are registered in the Selected Pool Volumes table.
Up to 1024 volumes can be added including the volumes already in the pool.
NOTE: If necessary, perform the following steps:
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From Filter option, select ON to filter the rows.
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Click Select All Pages to select pool-VOLs in the table. To cancel the selection, click
Select All Pages again.
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Click Options to specify the unit of volumes or the number of rows to be viewed.
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To set the tier rank of an external volume to a value other than Middle, select a tier
rank from External LDEV Tier Rank, and then click Add.
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For a pool, you can add volumes whose Drive Type/RPM settings are the same and
whose RAID Levels are different. For example, you can add the following volumes
to the same pool:
Volume whose Drive Type/RPM is SAS/15K and whose RAID Level is 5 (3D+1P)
Volume whose Drive Type/RPM is SAS/15K and whose RAID Level is 5 (7D+1P)
3. Click OK.
The Select Pool VOLs 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
The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.
1.
In the Remote Web Console main window, in the Storage Systems tree, select Pool.
2. From the Pools table, select the pool with the name you want to change.
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
The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.
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.
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