HP 3PAR Operating System Software User Manual

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Step 6. Summary

Review the summary information and when satisfied, click Finish.

Editing a Virtual Volume Template (Fully Provisioned from Physical Disks)

To edit a virtual volume template:
1.

Access the Templates screen.

2.

Right-click the virtual volume template you wish to edit.

3.

In the menu that appears, click Edit.

The Edit VV Template wizard appears.

Step 1. General

1.

In the Template group box:
a.

(Optional) Description - Enter a template description.

b.

(Optional) Click the Override Unincluded Properties checkbox to allow users to set
non-default values for unincluded properties when applying the template.

2.

In the User Space group box:
a.

In the Include 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 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

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

Size

create a base volume template, select Fully
Provisioned from PDs.

Provisioning

set the disk type, Fibre Channel (FC),Nearline (NL),
or Solid State (SSD).

Device Type

set the speed of the disk.

Device RPM

NOTE:

The Device RPM number does not represent a rotational speed for the drives without spinning

media (SSD). It is meant as a rough estimation of the performance difference between the drive and the
other drives in the system. For FC and NL drives, the number corresponds to both a performance measure
and actual rotational speed. For an SSD drive, the number is to be treated as relative performance benchmark
that takes into account in I/O per second, bandwidth, and the access time.

set the VV's RAID type.

RAID Type

set the VV's set size.

Set Size

3.

Click Next to enter copy space information, or click Finish.

Step 2. Copy Space Settings

1.

In the Include 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 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.

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