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Step 1 - select storage system – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual

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If you have options still selected from a previous job, just clear the options you do not want in

your next job. For example, assume you created a volume. Now you want to create a new

volume on the same host used previously. Just clear the Volume pane. To clear a pane, click the

button.

If you want to clear all the steps, except for the Step 1 (storage systems), select another option

from the System Action combo-box.

(HDS only) Before you can create a volume. You must delete some unmapped LDEVs using the

standard provisioning tool. To delete LDEVs, click Provisioning (

). Then, click the Storage

Systems tab, then the Provision button for the storage system. Then, click Step 2 Volume. Click

the Unmapped Volumes folder in the left pane. Select the desired number of LDEVs for the

LUSE volume then click the Delete Selected Volumes button. Take note of the array group from

which you deleted the LDEVs. You need this information to create the LUSE volume.

You can assign a volume to existing host security groups, as described in the following steps.

1.

Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager.

2.

In the right pane, click Start Here on the Path Provisioning tab.

3.

Select the following from the System Action combo-box: Volume Assignment

Step 1 - Select Storage System

1.

Wait for the management server to load the storage systems into the Storage System panel.

2.

Select the storage system on which you want to create the metavolume.

NOTE:

The S heading in the Storage Systems pane means that only a single selection is

allowed.

(HDS only) Select the storage system from which you want to create the LUSE volume.

3.

Click the Step 1 button underneath the pane.