HP XP P9000 Command View Advanced Edition Suite Software 7.6.0-00 User Guide

About deleting unallocated volumes
Volumes that are not allocated to any host can be deleted and their space added to the unused
capacity of THP/Smart pools or parity groups.
Related topics
• About creating volumes, page 49
• Deleting unallocated volumes, page 52
• About removing hosts and releasing associated resources, page 44
• About releasing a LUSE volume, page 53
Deleting unallocated volumes
You can delete unallocated volumes from a registered storage system.
Prerequisites
Gather the following information:
• Target storage system
• Target volumes
1. On the Resources tab, select the target storage system.
2. Expand the tree and select the storage system from which you want to delete volumes.
3. Select Open-Unallocated or THP Pools and then select the THP Vols tab of the target THP/Smart
pool.
4. From the volume list, select the volumes that you want to delete, and then click Delete Volumes.
5. Specify additional information, as appropriate:
• Verify the information that is displayed.
• Enter a name in Task Name.
• Specify when to execute the task.
6. Click Submit, and confirm task completion.
When the task completes, deleted volumes no longer appear in the Open-Unallocated or THP volume
list.
Related topics
• About deleting unallocated volumes, page 52
About creating a LUSE volume
A LUSE volume is collection of two or more basic volumes that have been grouped together to increase
available capacity.
If the capacity of the LUSE volumes or basic volumes that have already been allocated to hosts becomes
insufficient, you can increase capacity by adding unallocated volumes or creating LUSE volumes.
LUSE volumes are created by using volumes that belong to the same resource group, have the same
drive type, and are at the same RAID level.
Managing storage resources in a SAN environment52