General – HP 3PAR Operating System Software User Manual

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General

1.

In the Template group box:
a.

(Optional) Description - Enter a template description.

b.

(Optional) Click the Allow override of unincluded properties checkbox to allow users to
set non-default values for unincluded properties when applying the template.

2.

In the General group box:
a.

In the Include default value column on the left, check the appropriate boxes to include
properties in the template. The list of values for each property are listed in the Defined
default value column on the right. Include any properties for which you wish to define
specific values to be used by the template. Checking the Allow override checkbox allow
users to modify that property's value when applying the template.

b.

Use the following table as a guide when choosing which properties to include in a VV
template, User Space group box:

Include in the template in order to...

Property

Create a base volume template, select Thin or Thin or Full (Thin will be
selected automatically if the system has a TPVV license). If no provisioning
type is selected, it will be treated same as the "Thin or Full" type.

Provisioning

Determine the size that the volume created with this template presents to the
host.

Size

Select the CPG to use for user space.

CPG

Generate an alert when the copy space of the VV exceeds the specified
percentage of the VV size. (Default is 80%.)

Allocation Warning (Thin
only)

Prevent the snapshot copy space from growing beyond the specified
percentage of the VV size.

Allocation Limit (Thin only)

3.

In the Copy Space group box:
a.

In the Include default value column on the left, check the appropriate boxes to include
properties in the template. The list of values for each property are listed in the Defined
default value column on the right. Include any properties for which you wish to define
specific values to be used by the template. Checking the Allow override checkbox allow
users to modify that property's value when applying the template.

b.

Use the following table as a guide when choosing which properties to include in a VV
template, Copy Space group box:

Include in the template in order to...

Property

Select the CPG to use for copy space (must be in the same domain as the user
CPG).

CPG

Generate an alert when the copy space of the VV exceeds the specified
percentage of the VV size.

Allocation Warning

Prevent the copy space from growing beyond the specified percentage of the
VV size.

Allocation Limit

4.

Click Next to enter policies and geometry information, or click Finish.

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