HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software - Manual (Page 172)

The Make Volume operation deletes all volumes in a VDEV, and creates new variable-sized volumes
(CVs) according to the specified settings. You can specify the following settings (see
Table 29 ).
Table 29 Settings for the Make Volume operation (OPEN-V only)
CVS volumes to be created Setting No.
A CVS volume that has the spe-
cified number of CVs of the spe-
cified capacity is created. This is
the same as the Install CV opera-
tion.
Specify the capacity and number
of variable-sized volumes (CVs)
under a CVS volume.
1
A CVS volume that has the spe-
cified number of CVs is created (the
VDEV is divided by the specified
number).
Specify the number of variable-
sized volumes (CVs).
2
A CVS volume that has CVs of the
specified capacity is created (the
VDEV is divided by the specified
capacity).
Specify the capacity of a variable-
sized volume (CV).
3
If some space remains in the VDEV
after CVS volumes are created by
settings 1 through 3, that remaining
space can also be converted into
a CVS volume.
Specify the remaining capacity for
a CVS volume.
4
The following are the restrictions on CVs for the Volume Initialize function (other than OPEN-V):
• The CV must not be path-defined (including Hitachi TrueCopy for z/OS, Continuous Access XP,
Hitachi ShadowImage for z/OS, Business Copy XP, and Continuous Access XP Journal pair
volumes).
• The CV must not be a component of a LUSE volume.
• The CV must not be reserved for Auto LUN XP.
• The CV must be read/write-enabled.
• The CV must not be a pool volume (pool-VOL)
• The CV must not be a journal volume.
• The CV must not be remote command device.
• The CV must not contain extents.
The following are the restrictions on CVs for the Make Volume function:
• The CV must not be path-defined (including Hitachi TrueCopy for z/OS, Continuous Access XP,
Hitachi ShadowImage for z/OS, Business Copy XP, and Continuous Access XP Journal pair
volumes).
• The CV must not be reserved for Auto LUN XP.
• LUSE volumes concatenated with one or more LDEVs belonging to a different VDEV must not exist.
• The CV must be read/write-enabled.
• The CV must not be a pool volume (pool-VOL)
• The CV must not be a journal volume.
• The CV must not be a remote command device.
• The CV must not contain extents of Data Retension Utility*1.
*1: A Data Retension Utility extent is a data area in an OPEN-V volume to which a VMA area is
set. By using XP RAID Manager library, the Read Only attribute can be set to the extent. If an extent
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