HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software - Manual (Page 54)

1. Select and right-click the setting which you want to delete.
A pop-up menu will be displayed.
2. Select the Delete command from the pop-up menu.
Only the selected setting will be deleted from the Preview list.
Creating or Deleting Pools
This section describes how to create new pools. In addition, the procedures for changing the setting of
pools or deleting pools are also described in this section.
Creating New Pools
The required time for creating pools depends on the number and the capacity of the pools and pool-VOLs
which you add to the pool. If you create many pools, or if you add a pool-VOL of large capacity, it may
take about 20 minutes at most until the entire processing ends.
To create a new pool:
1. Change the mode of the Remote Web Console to Modify.
If the mode is already changed to Modify, you can skip this step. For information on how to
change the mode, see the HP StorageWorks XP24000 Remote Web Console User’s Guide.
2. Right-click XP Snapshot in the Pool tree of the Pool window ( Figure 9 on page 45).
A pop-up menu is displayed.
3. Select New Pool from the pop-up menu.
The New Pool dialog box ( Figure 13 on page 55) is displayed.
4. Enter the pool ID in the Pool ID text box.
Note: You can enter only a whole number from 0 to 127 in this text box. Do not enter any
number that is already used for another pool.
5. Select the threshold of the pool usage rate from the Threshold drop-down list.
Caution: If the usage rate of the pool exceeds the threshold, you cannot create new XP Snapshot
pairs. Make sure you do not set too small a value for the threshold.
6. Check the contents of the setting and, if there is no problem, click Set.
The New Pool dialog box closes and the new pool will be displayed in the Pool tree.
7. Select the pool in the Pool tree.
8. Select the volumes which you want to register in the pool as the pool-VOLs from the Free
LDEVs list.
Notes:
• If you select the CU number from the CU drop-down list, the volumes in the CU will be
displayed in the list. Within the same CU, you can select multiple volumes at a time.
• If you select an LDKC from the LDKC drop-down list, only the CUs in the selected LDKC are
displayed in the CU drop-down list.
• See the notes in section “ Notes on Using External Volumes as Pool-VOLs ” on page 32 when
you select an external volume.
9. Click Add Pool-VOL.
The dialog box that lists the volumes you selected in step 8 is displayed.
Note: If you select and right-click the volume in the Free LDEVs list, a pop-up menu will be
displayed. If you select the Add Pool-VOL command from the pop-up menu, the result will be
the same as when you click Add Pool-VOL.
10. Check the list of the volumes on the dialog box and, if there is no problem, click OK.
The dialog box closes and the selected volumes will be displayed in the Pool-VOL list.
11. To add more pool-VOLs, repeat step 8 and the subsequent steps.
Notes:
• Total capacity of the pool-VOLs in the pool is the storage capacity of the pool. See
“ Notes on Defining Pool Capacity ” on page 31 for notes on creating a pool.
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