Changing relocation priority setting of v-vol, Smart tiers workflow – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Changing relocation priority setting of V-VOL

1.

In the Storage Systems tree on the left pane of the top window, select Logical Devices.

The following shows an example of the other operations to select LDEVs.
1.

In the Storage Systems tree on the left pane of the top window, select Pool.

The pool name appears below Pool.

2.

Click the pool associated with the V-VOLs where changing the setting of the relocation
priority.

3.

Click the Virtual Volumes tab on the right pane.

2.

From the table, click the row of the V-VOL to be performed.

To select consecutive V-VOLs, click them while pressing the Shift key. To select multiple separate
V-VOLs, click them while pressing the Ctrl key.

3.

Click More Actions to select Edit LDEVs.

The Edit LDEVs window appears.

4.

Select the Relocation Priority check box and select Default or Prioritize. If you select Prioritize,
LDEV is relocated preferentially.

5.

Click Finish.

The Confirm window appears.

6.

In the Task Name text box, enter the task name.

You can enter up to 32 ASCII characters and symbols in all, except for \ / : , ; * ? " < > |.
"date-window name" is entered by default.

7.

Click Apply.

If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.

Smart Tiers workflow

The following diagram shows the flow of work for a Storage Administrator to set up Smart Tiers
on the storage system.

As shown in the diagram, Remote Web Console and RAID Manager have different workflows.
The details about how to set up Smart Tiers using Remote Web Console are covered in subsequent
topics. For details about how to set up Smart Tiers using RAID Manager, see the HP P9000 RAID
Manager Reference Guide
and HP P9000 RAID Manager User Guide. Use Remote Web Console
to create pools and THP V-VOLs.

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