HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 93)

Table 53 Other requirements for Using FCSE
Requirement Item
I-2107 Controller emulation type
The controller emulation type for an S-VOL and a T-VOL must be the same.
Compatible FlashCopy can use the volume whose LDKC:CU:LDEV (LDKC: control unit
image: logical device ID) is between 00:00:00 and 00:FE:FF. Available volume
Creating and modifying pools and TSE-VOLs for Compatible FlashCopy
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After you create a TSE-VOL, the volume is in blocked status. To resolve this issue, you must format
the LDEV after creating the TSE-VOL and then initialize the volume. Formatting the LDEV creates
two pages of control information.
Creating pools for Thin Provisioning Z
Before you can create a TSE-VOL (which can be used as an FCSE T-VOL), you must create a Thin
Provisioning Z pool. You use Remote Web Console to create pools for Thin Provisioning Z.
To create pools for Thin Provisioning Z:
1.
In the Storage Systems tree on the left pane of the top window, select Pool.
The Pool window appears.
2. Click Create Pools.
The Create Pools window appears.
3. From the Pool Type list, select Thin Provisioning.
4. From the System Type list, select Mainframe.
5. From the Multi-Tier PoolSmart Pool field, select Disable.
6. Follow the steps below to select pool-VOLs:
1.
From the Drive Type/RPM list, select a hard disk drive type and RPM.
2. From the RAID Level list, select the RAID level.
If you select External Storage from the Drive Type/RPM list, a hyphen (-) appears and you
cannot select the RAID level.
3. Click Select Pool VOLs.
The Select Pool Volumes window appears.
4. In the Available Pool Volumes table, select the pool-VOL line to be associated with a pool,
and then click Add.
The selected pool-VOL is registered in the Selected Pool Volumes table.
When adding external volumes, the Cache Mode of all of the volumes to be added must
be set to enable or disable.
5. Click OK.
The information in the Selected Pool Volumes table is applied to Total Selected Pool
Volumes and Total Selected Capacity.
7. In the Pool Name text box, enter the pool name as follows:
In the Prefix text box, enter up to 23 alphanumeric characters. These are fixed characters of
the head of the pool name; they are case-sensitive.
In the Initial Number text box, enter up to 9 numbers.
The Prefix and the Initial Number combined can contain as many as 32 characters.
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