HP XP Racks - Manual (Page 144)

2. From the Pools table on the right, click the row of a pool you want to confirm the free pool
capacity.
3. Click More Actions to select View Pool Management Status.
The View Pool Management Status window appears.
Following are cases that the free space of the pool is not formatted. In those cases, the free space
of the pool may not increase:
•
Pools other than the selected pool are being formatted.
•
The pool usage level reaches up to the warning threshold or the depletion threshold.
•
The selected pool is blocked.
•
I/O loads to the storage system are high.
•
The cache memory is blocked.
•
Pool-VOLs in the selected pool are blocked.
•
Pool-VOLs which are external volumes in the selected pool are blocked.
•
Correction access executes to the pool-VOL in the selected pool.
NOTE: Following are cases that the formatted pool capacity may decrease:
•
New pages are being allocated.
•
LDEV format is being performed on the pool-VOL.
•
Correction copy is being executed.
Viewing the progress of rebalancing the usage level among parity groups
The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.
1.
In the Storage Systems tree on the left pane of the top window, select Pool.
2. From the Pools table on the right, click the row of a pool you want to confirm the progress of
rebalancing the usage level among parity groups.
3. Click More Actions to select View Pool Management Status.
The View Pool Management Status window appears.
Following are cases that the progress ratio may not increase:
•
The usage level is being rebalanced among the parity groups in pools other than the selected
pool.
•
Tier relocation is performed.
Increasing pool capacity
The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.
Adding the pool-VOL to the pool created for Thin Provisioning or Smart Tiers increases the pool
capacity. The amount of pool capacity registered in the pool represents the pool capacity. You
need to check the pool free capacity to determine if additional pool capacity is required. You
cannot increase the pool capacity while it is being shrunk.
Notes on using Thin Provisioning
•
The internal volume, and the external volume whose Cache Mode is set to Disable cannot
coexist.
•
The external volume whose Cache Mode is set to Enable, and the external volume whose Cache
Mode is set to Disable cannot coexist.
144 Configuring thin provisioning