HP XP7 Storage - Manual (Page 5)

Example of the configuration definition files when specifying a virtual storage machine by
command options.........................................................................................................95
Commands to the virtual storage machine........................................................................96
Operation target when you specify the virtual storage machine by the raidcom command .....97
4 Starting up RAID Manager......................................................................100
Starting up on UNIX systems..................................................................................................100
Starting up on Windows systems............................................................................................101
Starting up on OpenVMS systems...........................................................................................102
Starting RAID Manager as a service (Windows systems)............................................................103
5 Provisioning operations with RAID Manager..............................................106
About provisioning operations................................................................................................106
Overview of the configuration setting command...................................................................106
Synchronous command processing................................................................................106
Asynchronous command processing..............................................................................106
Asynchronous commands.............................................................................................107
Help on configuration setting commands.............................................................................108
LDEV nickname function....................................................................................................108
Available provisioning operations...........................................................................................108
Available provisioning operation (specifying device group)........................................................113
Summary........................................................................................................................113
Operation method...........................................................................................................114
Common operations when executing provisioning operations.....................................................115
Resource group operations.....................................................................................................116
Creating resource groups..................................................................................................116
Deleting resource groups..................................................................................................116
Allocating resources that are allocated to resource groups to other resource groups..................116
Execution example...........................................................................................................117
Internal volume operations.....................................................................................................118
Creating internal volumes (open-systems).............................................................................118
Script examples (open systems)..........................................................................................118
Creating internal volumes (Mainframe volume).....................................................................121
Script examples..........................................................................................................121
Script examples...............................................................................................................122
Virtual volume (Thin Provisioning) operations............................................................................124
Creating virtual volumes (Thin Provisioning).........................................................................124
Virtual volume (Thin Provisioning for Mainframe) operations.......................................................126
Creating virtual volumes (Thin Provisioning for Mainframe)....................................................126
Script examples...............................................................................................................126
Virtual volume (Smart Tiers) operations....................................................................................127
Operational flow.............................................................................................................127
Creating virtual volumes (Smart Tiers).................................................................................129
Script examples...............................................................................................................130
External volume operations....................................................................................................132
Creating external volumes.................................................................................................132
Script Examples...............................................................................................................133
Cache Partition operations.....................................................................................................135
Performing Cache Partition operations................................................................................135
Displaying CLPR information..............................................................................................136
Migrating parity groups in a CLPR......................................................................................136
Displaying parity group information...............................................................................136
Moving parity groups..................................................................................................136
Checking result of CLPR transfer....................................................................................136
Performance Control operations..............................................................................................136
State transitions of Performance Control..............................................................................137
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