HP XP24000/XP20000 Thin Provisioning Software User Guide (T5227-96015, November 2011)

Create V-VOL Confirmation Dialog Box......................................................................................43
Connect Pool Dialog Box.........................................................................................................44
Change Threshold Dialog Box..................................................................................................45
Associate V-VOL Groups with Pool Dialog Box............................................................................46
Release V-VOL Groups from Pool Dialog Box..............................................................................47
Delete V-VOL Groups Dialog Box..............................................................................................49
5 Performing XP Thin Provisioning Operations.................................................52
XP Thin Provisioning Flow Chart................................................................................................52
Managing Pools.....................................................................................................................52
Viewing Pool Information....................................................................................................53
Creating a Pool.................................................................................................................53
Associating the Pool-VOL with the Pool..................................................................................55
Changing the Pool Threshold...............................................................................................55
Deleting Pools...................................................................................................................55
Deleting a Single Pool...................................................................................................56
Deleting Multiple Pools..................................................................................................56
Recovering Pools in Blocked Status.......................................................................................56
Recovering a Single Blocked Pool....................................................................................56
Recovering Multiple Blocked Pools...................................................................................57
Managing V-VOLs and V-VOL Groups.......................................................................................57
Creating a V-VOL Group.....................................................................................................57
Changing the V-VOL Settings...............................................................................................60
Associating a V-VOL with a Pool......................................................................................60
Releasing a V-VOL from a Pool........................................................................................62
Changing the V-VOL Threshold........................................................................................62
Increasing V-VOL Capacity.............................................................................................62
Releasing Pages in a V-VOL............................................................................................66
Changing the V-VOL Settings of Multiple V-VOL Groups..........................................................67
Associating Multiple V-VOL Groups with a Pool.................................................................67
Releasing Multiple V-VOL Groups from a Pool...................................................................69
Deleting V-VOL Groups.......................................................................................................71
Deleting a V-VOL Group.................................................................................................71
Deleting Multiple V-VOL Groups...........................................................................................71
Deleting V-VOLs.................................................................................................................72
6 Troubleshooting........................................................................................74
XP Thin Provisioning Troubleshooting.........................................................................................74
Managing Pool-Related SIMs....................................................................................................78
Troubleshooting when using XP RAID Manager..........................................................................79
Calling HP Technical Support...................................................................................................80
7 Support and Other Resources.....................................................................82
Related Documentation............................................................................................................82
Conventions for Storage Capacity Values...................................................................................82
HP Technical Support..............................................................................................................83
Subscription Service................................................................................................................83
HP Websites..........................................................................................................................83
Documentation Feedback.........................................................................................................83
Glossary....................................................................................................84
Index.........................................................................................................86
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