HP Storage Essentials NAS Manager Software - Manual (Page 414)

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• The name can have a maximum of 64 characters.
• The first character of a zone name must be a letter (A-Z, AZ).
• A zone name cannot contain spaces.
• Valid characters are a-a, AA, 0-9, caret (^), dash (-), underscore (_), and dollar sign ($).
• All names must be unique and may not differ by case. For example, myzone and MyZone
are considered to be the same zone.
4. Click OK.
The new zone is added to the Zone pane.
5. Click the Create Job button.
The job is added to the bottom pane.
6. Do one of the following:
• If you want the job to execute now, click the Execute Job ( ) button
• If you want the job to execute at a later time, schedule the job as described in the topic,
” Scheduling Provisioning Jobs ” on page 399.
Meta Volume Creation
Keep in mind the following when creating meta volumes:
• 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 use Path Provisioning to create meta volumes, 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: Meta Volume Creation
4. Wait for the management server to load the storage systems into the Storage System panel.
5. Select the storage system on which you want to create the metavolume.
(HDS only) Select the storage system from which you want to create the LUSE volume.