HP XP P9500 Storage - Manual (Page 127)

Decreasing pool capacity
1. In the Remote Web Console main window, in the Storage Systems tree, select Pool.
The pool name appears below Pool.
2. Select the pool that contains the pool-VOLs to be deleted.
3. From the Pool volumes, select the pool-VOL to be deleted.
To select multiple pool-VOLs that are consecutively listed, highlight all of the pool-VOLs to be
selected and press the Shift key. To select separate pool-VOLs, click each pool-VOL while
pressing the Ctrl key.
You cannot delete pool-VOLs unless Shrinkable is applied.
4. Click Shrink Pool.
The Shrink Pool window opens.
The details of Before Shrinking and After Shrinking, including the pool capacity, the used
pool capacity and the free pool capacity, appears in Prediction Result of Shrinking.
5. In the Confirm window, confirm the settings, in Task Name type a unique name for this task
or accept the default, and then click Apply.
If Go to tasks window for status is checked, the Tasks window opens.
Stopping the decrease of pool capacity
1. In the Remote Web Console main window, in the Storage Systems tree, select Pool.
2. From the Pools, select the pool for which you want to stop decreasing pool capacity.
To select multiple pools that are consecutively listed, highlight all of the pools to be selected
and press the Shift key. To select separate pools, click each pool while pressing the Ctrl key.
3. Click Stop Shrinking Pools.
The Stop Shrinking Pools window opens.
4. In the Confirm window, confirm the settings, in Task Name type a unique name for this task
or accept the default, and then click Apply.
If Go to tasks window for status is checked, the Tasks window opens.
Deleting a tier in a pool
To delete a tier in a pool, you must delete all the pool-VOLs in the tier to be deleted.
If you delete a pool, its pool-VOLs (LDEVs) will be blocked. If they are blocked, format them before
using them.
You cannot delete the pool-VOL when:
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Creating the pool.
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Deleting the pool.
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Increasing the pool capacity.
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Decreasing the pool capacity.
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Restoring the pool.
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Stopping decreasing the pool capacity.
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Changing the threshold.
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Initializing the pool capacity.
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Changing the external LDEV tier rank
Managing pools and THP V-VOLs 127