3PAR AIX Implementation Guide (320-200187, June 2011)

4.3
Creating Storage on the InServ
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Consult the InForm Management Console help and the 3PAR Command Line Reference for
complete details on creating volumes for the InForm OS version that is being used on the
InServ Storage Server. Please note that the commands and options available for creating a
virtual volume may vary for earlier versions of the InForm OS.
4.1.2 Creating Thin Provisioned Volumes
This section explains how to export Thin Provisioned volumes to the host.
To create Thin Provisioned volumes, see the following documents:
■ OS Concepts Guide
■ CLI Administration Guide
■ CLI reference Guide
4.1.3 Exporting LUNs to the Host
This section explains how to export LUNs to the host server as VVs, referred to as Virtual LUNs
(VLUNs).
To export VVs as virtual LUNs, issue
createvlun [–cnt] <number of LUNs>
<name_of_virtual_LUNs> [.int] <starting_LUN_number> <hostname/
hostdefinition>
,
where:
■ [–cnt] Specifies the number of identical virtual volumes to create using an integer from 1
through 999. If not specified, one virtual volume is created.
■ <name_of_virtual_LUNs> specifies name of the virtual volume being exported as a
virtual LUN.
■ <starting_LUN_number> indicates that is the starting LUN number.
■ <hostname/hostdefinition> indicates that hostname is the name of the host created
in sections 2.1.1, 2.1.2, or 2.1.3.
Example:
# createvlun –cnt 5 TESTLUNs.0 0 hostname/hostdefinition