HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual

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1.

Access the V-VOL window (see

“Selecting the V-VOL Group” (page 61)

) by selecting Go

Volume Manager V-VOL .

2.

Right-click XP Thin Provisioning in the V-VOL group tree of the V-VOL window, and then select
Associate V-VOL Groups with Pool. The Associate V-VOL Groups with Pool dialog box opens
(see

Figure 42 (page 69)

). Depending on your environment, it may take up to 30 seconds to

open the Associate V-VOL Groups with Pool dialog box.

3.

In the V-VOL groups information setting list in the Associate V-VOL Groups with Pool dialog
box, select the V-VOL groups you want to associate with a pool.

Display the list of V-VOL groups that are included in the CLPR by selecting a specific CLPR
from the CLPR list. The groups will be displayed in the V-VOL groups information setting list.
Find V-VOL groups by clicking the button in the page area under the list. The page that includes
the V-VOL groups will be displayed. The list displays V-VOL groups up to a maximum of 4,096
at a time. For lists that exceed this maximum, click Previous and Next to display the remaining
V-VOL groups.

The following V-VOL groups will not be displayed in the Associate V-VOL Groups with Pool
dialog box:

A V-VOL group in which the first LDEV has been associated with a pool.

A V-VOL group lacking any V-VOLs.

4.

Click Set. The specified V-VOL groups are displayed in blue bold italics and the Connect Pool
dialog box opens (see

“Selecting the Pool” (page 61)

).

5.

Click Clear to clear the specified V-VOL groups. To specify more V-VOL groups, repeat

Step

3

and

Step 4

.

6.

Select the pool ID with which you want to associate the V-VOL groups in the Connect Pool
dialog box, and then select Next to display the Change Threshold dialog box (see

“Changing

the Threshold” (page 62)

). If you clear the information and return to the Associate V-VOL

Groups with Pool dialog box, click Cancel.

7.

In the Change Threshold dialog box, select the threshold from the list, then click Set to implement
the settings and return to the V-VOL window. If you want to clear the information and return
to the Associate V-VOL Groups with Pool dialog box, click Cancel.

The pool ID and the threshold that you set are displayed in blue bold italics. To specify other
V-VOL groups, repeat

Step 3

.

8.

Click OK. The Associate V-VOL Groups with Pool dialog box closes and a confirmation message
is displayed to ask if it is OK to apply the setting to the storage system.

9.

Click OK. The confirmation message closes and the V-VOL groups are associated with the
pool. If you click the Cancel button in this message, the Associate V-VOL Groups with Pool
dialog box is displayed again. If the specified V-VOL groups cannot be associated with a
pool, a message box is displayed.

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