HP XP7 Storage - Manual (Page 4)

Business Copy Z................................................................................................................29
Continuous Access Synchronous Z........................................................................................29
Continuous Access Journal Z...............................................................................................30
External Storage................................................................................................................31
Virtual LVI.........................................................................................................................32
Cache Partition..................................................................................................................33
Auto LUN..........................................................................................................................33
Volume Shredder...............................................................................................................33
3 Configuring custom-sized provisioning.........................................................34
Virtual LVI functions.................................................................................................................34
Virtual LVI requirements...........................................................................................................34
Virtual LVI specifications..........................................................................................................34
Virtual LVI specifications for mainframe systems......................................................................34
CV capacity by emulation type for mainframe systems............................................................35
SSID requirements ..................................................................................................................36
Virtual LVI size calculations......................................................................................................36
Calculating the size of a 3390-A volume...............................................................................36
Calculating the size of a 3390-V volume...............................................................................37
Calculating the size of a 3390-X volume...............................................................................37
Calculating the size of a 3390-XA, 3390-XB, 3390-XC volume................................................38
Management area capacity of a mainframe volume...............................................................38
Boundary values for RAID levels...........................................................................................39
Capacity of a slot..............................................................................................................39
Configuring volumes in a parity group .................................................................................39
Create LDEV function..............................................................................................................39
Creating an LDEV..............................................................................................................40
Finding an LDEV ID............................................................................................................42
Finding an LDEV SSID ........................................................................................................43
Editing an LDEV SSID ........................................................................................................43
Changing LDEV settings......................................................................................................43
Removing an LDEV to be registered......................................................................................44
Blocking LDEVs......................................................................................................................44
Blocking LDEVs in a parity group..............................................................................................44
Restoring blocked LDEVs..........................................................................................................45
Restoring blocked LDEVs in a parity group.................................................................................45
Editing an LDEV name.............................................................................................................46
Deleting an LDEV (converting to free space)...............................................................................46
Formatting LDEVs....................................................................................................................47
About formatting LDEVs......................................................................................................47
Storage system operation when LDEVs are formatted..............................................................47
Quick Format function.........................................................................................................47
Quick Format specifications............................................................................................48
Write to Control Blocks function...........................................................................................49
Formatting a specific LDEV..................................................................................................49
Formatting all LDEVs in a parity group..................................................................................50
Making external mainframe system volumes usable.....................................................................50
Registering external volumes................................................................................................51
Overwriting control blocks in specific external volumes............................................................51
Assigning an MP blade ..........................................................................................................52
Assigning an MP blade to a resource...................................................................................52
Changing the MP blade assigned to an LDEV........................................................................52
4 Configuring thin provisioning ....................................................................54
Thin Provisioning Z overview....................................................................................................54
Smart Tiers Z overview............................................................................................................54
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