HP XP P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide

DescriptionItem
• Thin Provisioning Z
• Smart Tiers Z
Select the system type.*System Type
If you select Fast Snap or Snapshot, only Open is displayed.
If Thin Provisioning is selected for the pool type, you can enable or disable Smart
Pool. If it is set to enabled, Smart Tiers or Smart Tiers Z is enabled.
*Smart Pool
Select the hard disk drive type and RPM of the pool-VOL. Mixable appears.
When the volume is the external volume, Drive Type displays External Storage.
*Drive Type/RPM
Select the RAID level of the pool-VOL.*RAID Level
Mixable appears in the case of Thin Provisioning or Smart Tiers. A hyphen (-)
appears when External Storage is selected in the Drive Type/RPM list.
Opens the Select Pool VOLs window. Selecting a pool-VOL is mandatory.*Select Pool VOLs
Displays the total number of the selected pool-VOLs.Total Selected Pool Volumes
Displays the total capacity of the selected pool-VOLs.Total Selected Capacity
Set the pool name.*Pool Name
• Prefix: Enter the alphanumeric characters, which are fixed characters of the
head of the pool name. The characters are case-sensitive.
• Initial Number: Enter the initial number following the prefix name, which can
be entered up to 9 digits.
• You can enter up to 32 characters including the initial number.
The smallest available number is entered in the text box as a default. No number
appears in the text box if no available pool ID exists.
Initial Pool ID
If you specify the pool ID which is used already, the minimum pool ID after that
the specified pool ID is automatically set.
Set the subscription limit of the pool from 0 to 65534 (%).Subscription Limit
If this is blank, the subscription is set to unlimited.
When creating a Fast Snap or Snapshot pool, this setting is not necessary.
Set the threshold between 1 and 100%. The default value is 70%.Warning Threshold
For Fast Snap or Snapshot: Set the threshold between 20% and 95%. The default
value is 80%.
Set the threshold between 1% and 100%. The default value is 80%.Depletion Threshold
When creating a Fast Snap or Snapshot pool, this setting is not necessary.
Select Auto or Manual of performance monitoring and tier relocation.Tier Management
• Cycle Time
Select the cycle of performance monitoring and tier relocation.
• Monitoring Period
When 24 Hours is selected in the Cycle Time list, specify the time zone from
00:00 to 23:59 (default value), in which performance monitoring is to be
performed. Take one or more hours between the starting time and the ending
time. If you specify the starting time later than the ending time, the performance
monitoring continues until the time when you specify as the ending time on
the next day.
This function can be set when the Smart Pool is enabled.
Specifies the monitoring mode, If you perform the tier relocation weighted to the
past period monitoring result, select Continuous Mode. If you perform the tier
Monitoring Mode
256 Thin Provisioning Z and Smart Tiers Z GUI reference