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General – HP 3PAR Operating System Software User Manual

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General

1.

In the Template group box:
a.

(Optional) Description - Enter a template description.

b.

(Optional) Select the Allow override of unincluded properties checkbox to allow users to
set non-default values for unincluded properties when applying the template.

2.

In the General group box:
a.

In the Include default value column on the left, select the boxes for properties you want
to include in the template. The list of values for each property is provided in the Defined
default value column on the right. Include any properties for which you want to define
specific values to be used by the template. Selecting the Allow override checkbox allows
you to modify the value when applying the template.

b.

Use the following table as a guide when deciding which properties to include in a VV
template, User Space group box:

Include in the template in order to...

Property

Create a base volume template, select Thin or Thin or Full (Thin is
automatically selected if the system has a TPVV license). If no provisioning
type is selected, it is treated same as the "Thin or Full" type.

Provisioning

Determine the size that the volume created with this template presents to the
host.

Size

Select the CPG to use for user space.

CPG

Generate an alert when the copy space of the virtual volume exceeds the
specified percentage of the virtual volume size. (Default is 80%.)

Allocation Warning (Thin
only)

Prevent the snapshot copy space from growing beyond the specified
percentage of the virtual volume size.

Allocation Limit (Thin only)

3.

In the Copy Space group box:
a.

In the Include default value column on the left, select the boxes for properties you want
to include in the template. The list of values for each property is provided in the Defined
default value column on the right. Include any properties for which you want to define
specific values to be used by the template. Selecting the Allow override checkbox allows
you to modify the value when applying the template.

b.

Use the following table as a guide when deciding which properties to include in a VV
template, Copy Space group box:

Include in the template in order to...

Property

Select the CPG to use for copy space (must be in the same domain as the user
CPG).

CPG

Generate an alert when the copy space of the virtual volume exceeds the
specified percentage of the virtual volume size.

Allocation Warning

Prevent the copy space from growing beyond the specified percentage of the
virtual volume size.

Allocation Limit

4.

Click Next to enter policies and geometry information, or click Finish.

Editing a Virtual Volume Template

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