HP 3PAR Operating System Software - Manual (Page 172)

31 Working with Virtual Volumes
The Provisioning Manager allows you to perform all tasks associated with system volumes, from
their creation, to their maintenance, and ultimately, their removal. The following topics are provided:
“Viewing Virtual Volumes” (page 172)
“Creating Virtual Volumes” (page 189)
“Editing Virtual Volumes” (page 192)
“Creating Similar Virtual Volumes” (page 194)
“Saving a Virtual Volume as a Template” (page 195)
“Exporting Virtual Volumes” (page 195)
“Creating a Remote Copy Group from Virtual Volumes” (page 196)
“Adding a Virtual Volume to a Remote Copy Group” (page 196)
“Moving a Virtual Volume to Another Domain” (page 197)
“Removing Virtual Volumes” (page 197)
“Tuning Virtual Volumes” (page 197)
“Restarting Tuning a Virtual Volume” (page 198)
“Rolling Back a Tuned Virtual Volume” (page 198)
Viewing Virtual Volumes
To view a system's virtual volumes:
1.
In the Manager Pane, click Provisioning.
2. In the Management Tree, click Virtual Volumes under the system node you wish to view.
The Provisioning-Virtual Volumes screen appears in the Management Window, provides information
about system virtual volumes on three tabs, Summary, Virtual Volumes, and Alerts, which are
explained in the following topics:
“Viewing the Virtual Volumes Summary Tab” (page 172)
“Viewing the Virtual Volumes Tab” (page 173)
“Viewing the Virtual Volumes Alerts Tab” (page 189)
NOTE: In addition to providing comprehensive information about a system's virtual volumes,
the InForm Management Console also allows you to view the same type of information for specific
types of volumes. Each child node under the Virtual Volumes node in the Management Tree is a
specific type of virtual volume. These include Remote Copy volumes, Exported volumes, Unexported
volumes, volumes By Device Type, and volumes By RAID Type. The format and type of the
information displayed is identical to that displayed under the Virtual Volumes node.
Viewing the Virtual Volumes Summary Tab
To view the virtual volume Summary tab:
1.
Access the virtual volume screen.
2. In the Management Window, click the Summary tab.
The Summary tab provides information about virtual volumes in the system.
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