HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 352)

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• Volumes - Click the name of the volume to view its properties. If the storage system has a
large number of volumes, you are shown a Load Volumes button instead of the name of a
volume. Click the Load Volumes to view the volumes for a storage pool. To view the
volumes for all storage pools, click the Load All Volumes button.
• Capabilities - Click the RAID level or name to view its properties.
• *Mainframe -Displays whether the storage pools have volumes that are on a mainframe.
• **Delete - Click the button corresponding to the storage pool you want to delete. See the
topic, ” Deleting a Storage Pool (Engenio and CLARiiON Only) ” on page 322 for more
information.
NOTE: To create a storage pool, click the New Storage Pool button in the upper-right corner of
the page. See the topic, ” Creating a Storage Pool (Engenio, CLARiiON, Sun 6130 and Sun 35xx) ”
on page 321 for more information.
*This option is available to only HDS storage systems.
**These options are available to only Engenio, CLARiiON, Sun 6130, and Sun 35xx storage
systems.
Deleting a Storage Pool (Engenio and CLARiiON Only)
IMPORTANT: When you delete a storage pool on an Engenio storage system, all the volumes for
the volume group are deleted, including the placeholder volume.
To delete a storage pool:
1. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager.
2. In the right pane, click the Storage Systems tab.
3. In the right pane, click the Provision button corresponding to the storage system in which you
want to delete a storage pool.
4. Click Step 1 Storage Pool.
5. Click the button corresponding to the storage pool you want to delete.
When you delete a storage pool, you are warned about the other volumes that will be deleted.
6. Click OK.
7. The storage pool and its volumes are deleted.
Managing Volumes
This section describes the following:
• ” Accessing Information About Volumes ” on page 323
• ” Creating a Storage Volume ” on page 324
• ” Deleting a Storage Volume ” on page 327
• ” Changing the Cache Block Size for a Storage System ” on page 328