HP XP7 Storage User Manual
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- XP7 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide
- Contents
- 1 Introduction to provisioning
- About provisioning
- Basic provisioning
- Fixed-sized provisioning
- Disadvantages
- When to use fixed-sized provisioning
- Custom-sized provisioning
- When to use custom-sized provisioning
- Basic provisioning workflow
- Thin Provisioning Overview
- Thin Provisioning Z
- Thin Provisioning Z concepts
- When to use Thin Provisioning Z
- Thin Provisioning Z advantages
- Thin Provisioning Z advantage example
- Thin Provisioning Z work flow
- Smart Tiers Z
- Tiers concept
- When to use Smart Tiers Z
- Resource groups strategies
- Complimentary strategies
- Key terms
- Before you begin
- About cache management devices
- 2 Configuring resource groups
- System configuration using resource groups
- Resource groups examples
- Meta_resource
- Resource lock
- User groups
- Resource group assignments
- Resource group license requirements
- Resource group rules, restrictions, and guidelines
- Creating a resource group
- Adding resources to a resource group
- Removing resources from a resource group
- Managing Resource Groups
- Using Resource Partition and other HP XP7 Storage products
- 3 Configuring custom-sized provisioning
- Virtual LVI functions
- Virtual LVI requirements
- Virtual LVI specifications
- SSID requirements
- Virtual LVI size calculations
- Calculating the size of a 3390-A volume
- Calculating the size of a 3390-V volume
- Calculating the size of a 3390-X volume
- Calculating the size of a 3390-XA, 3390-XB, 3390-XC volume
- Management area capacity of a mainframe volume
- Boundary values for RAID levels
- Capacity of a slot
- Configuring volumes in a parity group
- Create LDEV function
- Blocking LDEVs
- Blocking LDEVs in a parity group
- Restoring blocked LDEVs
- Restoring blocked LDEVs in a parity group
- Editing an LDEV name
- Deleting an LDEV (converting to free space)
- Formatting LDEVs
- Making external mainframe system volumes usable
- Assigning an MP blade
- 4 Configuring thin provisioning
- Thin Provisioning Z overview
- Smart Tiers Z overview
- Thin provisioning requirements
- Using Thin Provisioning Z or Smart Tiers Z with other HP XP7 Storage products
- Thin Provisioning Z workflow
- Smart Tiers Z
- About tiered storage
- Tier monitoring and data relocation
- Smart Pool
- Tier monitoring and relocation cycles
- Tier relocation flow
- Tier relocation rules, restrictions, and guidelines
- Buffer area of a tier
- Smart Tiers Z cache specifications and requirements
- Execution modes for tier relocation
- Relocation speed
- Monitoring modes
- Notes on performing monitoring
- Downloading the tier relocation log file
- Tiering policy
- Tiering policy expansion
- Tiering policy examples
- Setting tiering policy on a THP V-VOL
- Tiering policy levels
- Viewing the tiering policy in the performance graph
- Reserving tier capacity when setting a tiering policy
- Example of reserving tier capacity
- Notes on tiering policy settings
- New page assignment tier
- Relocation priority
- Assignment tier when pool-VOLs are deleted
- Formatted pool capacity
- Rebalancing the usage level among parity groups
- Execution mode settings and tiering policy
- Changing the tiering policy level on a THP V-VOL
- Changing new page assignment tier of a V-VOL
- Opening the Edit Tiering Policies window
- Changing a tiering policy
- Changing relocation priority setting of a V-VOL
- Smart Tiers Z workflow
- Smart Tiers Z tasks and parameters
- Managing Smart Tiers Z
- Changing a pool for Smart Tiers Z to a pool for Thin Provisioning Z
- Working with pools
- Working with THP V-VOLs
- Monitoring capacity and performance
- Thresholds
- Working with SIMs
- Manually completing a SIM
- Managing pools and THP V-VOLs
- Viewing pool information
- Viewing formatted pool capacity
- Viewing the progress of rebalancing the usage level among parity groups
- Increasing pool capacity
- Changing a pool name
- Recovering a blocked pool
- Decrease pool capacity
- Deleting a tier in a pool
- Deleting a pool
- Changing external LDEV tier rank
- Increasing THP V-VOL capacity
- Changing the name of a THP V-VOL
- About releasing pages in a THP V-VOL
- Enabling/disabling tier relocation of a THP V-VOL
- Deleting a THP V-VOL
- Starting pool monitoring manually
- Stopping pool monitoring manually
- Starting tier relocation manually
- Stopping tier relocation manually
- 5 Configuring access attributes
- 6 Troubleshooting
- 7 Support and other resources
- A RAID Manager command reference
- B Resource Partition GUI reference
- C Volume Retention GUI reference
- D LDEV GUI reference
- Parity Groups window
- Parity Groups tab: Internal or external volume
- LDEVs tab: Internal or external volumes
- Logical Devices window
- Create LDEVs wizard
- Edit LDEVs wizard
- Change LDEV Settings window
- View SSIDs window
- Select Free Spaces window
- Select Pool window
- View LDEV IDs window
- View Physical Location window
- Edit SSIDs window
- Change SSIDs window
- Format LDEVs wizard
- Restore LDEVs window
- Block LDEVs window
- Delete LDEVs window
- LDEV Properties window
- Components window
- DKC: MP Blades tab
- Edit MP Blades wizard
- Assign MP Blade wizard
- View Management Resource Usage window
- E Thin Provisioning Z and Smart Tiers Z GUI reference
- Pools window
- Pools: Volume tabs
- Create Pools wizard
- Expand Pool wizard
- Edit Pools wizard
- Delete Pools wizard
- Expand V-VOLs wizard
- Restore Pools window
- Shrink Pool window
- Stop Shrinking Pools window
- Complete SIMs window
- Select Pool VOLs window
- Reclaim Zero Pages window
- Stop Reclaiming Zero Pages window
- Pool Property window
- View Tier Properties window
- Monitor Pools window
- Stop Monitoring Pools window
- Start Tier Relocation window
- Stop Tier Relocation window
- View Pool Management Status window
- Edit External LDEV Tier Rank wizard
- Edit Tiering Policies wizard
- Change Tiering Policy Window
- Change Pool Configuration Pattern Window
- Glossary
- Index