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HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software User Manual

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Figure 11 Pool Window

Description

Item

Shows the XP Thin Provisioning and XP Snapshot pools. The Pool tree contains one or more of
following icons:

Pool tree

: A folder is used to indicate the storage system, the group of XP Thin Provisioning pools,

or the group of XP Snapshot pools

Pool: X: A pool in normal status (X indicates the pool ID)

Pool: X: A pool whose usage level exceeds the threshold (X indicates the pool ID)

pool: X: A blocked pool or a pool where a pool-VOL is blocked or being formatted (X

indicates the pool ID)

: A normal pool in the process of being deleted

: A blocked pool or a pool where a pool-VOL is blocked or being formatted, which is in

the process of being deleted

: A pool with a usage level that exceeds a threshold, in the process of being deleted

The Pool Management Capacity information, in the upper right corner of the window above
the pool-VOL table, indicates the capacity for both XP Snapshot and XP Thin Provisioning pools.

CAUTION:

When you add or delete pool-VOLs, the total capacity and used capacity values

change after you click Apply.

Pool Mng. Capacity
(Pool Management
Capacity)

Used indicates the capacity, in GB, of the pools that are in use.

Total indicates the total capacity, in GB, of the pools that are in use plus those that can be
created. The capacity of the pools that can be created is derived from the available shared
memory capacity. Available pool capacity decreases when a V-VOL is added, and increases
when a V-VOL is deleted.

CAUTION:

Do not exceed the total capacity for pool management blocks in use.

The pool-VOL table contains one or both of the following icons:

Pool-VOL table

: Pool-VOLs having the V-VOL management area

: Pool-VOLs not having the V-VOL management area

The pool-VOL table, in the upper right corner of the Pool window, displays the following
information about the selected pool-VOLs:

LDKC:CU:LDEV: Unique address, consisting of the logical DKC (LDKC) number, CU number,
and LDEV number.

Capacity: LDEV capacity.

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Using the XP Thin Provisioning GUI