Accessing information about volumes – HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software User Manual
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Modifying the Cache Settings (Engenio and Sun 6130 Only)
Accessing Information About Volumes
IMPORTANT:
Some storage vendors require a password to access the storage system. If the same
password is not entered, an authentication error message is displayed. Refer to Discovery Data
Collection/Get Details to determine the user account that was used to access the storage system
during discovery.
If you use another product to make provisioning changes, you must perform Discovery Data
Collection/Get Details for the management server to be made aware of these changes.
To access information about volumes:
1.
Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager.
2.
In the right pane, click the Storage Systems tab.
3.
Click the Provision button for the storage system you want to provision.
4.
Click Step 2 Volume.
The right pane appears blank.
5.
To view volumes, do the following:
a. Select one of the following:
• All Volumes - Displays all volumes.
• Unmapped Volumes - Displays all unmapped volumes.
• Mapped Volumes - Displays all mapped volumes.
• A port under the Ports folder - Displays the volumes that use the selected port.
• A storage pool under the Storage Pools folder - Displays the volumes that are part of
the storage pool.
b. (Optional) To narrow your search, you can specify the following:
• A string - To display volumes containing a string, enter the string in the Name Contains
field.
• Size - To display volumes with the specified size in megabytes, enter the size in the Size
field.
c. Click Apply.
The following columns list information about the volumes:
• Volume - Click the name of the volume to view its properties.
• Size - Displays the size of the volume in megabytes (MB).
• Ports - Click a ports link to view its properties.
• Pool - Click the name of the pool to view its properties.
• *Mainframe -Displays whether the storage pools have volumes that are on a mainframe.
• **Default Owner - The controller which owns the storage system when it is rebooted.
• **Current Owner - The controller which currently owns the volume.
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