HP XP RAID Manager Software - Manual (Page 26)

a. In the Drive Type/RPM list, select your system’s hard disk drive type and rpm.
b. In the RAID Level list, select the system’s RAID level.
If you selected External Storage for Drive Type/RPM, “-” appears in RAID Level, which
indicates that the RAID level cannot be selected.
c. Click Select Pool VOLs.
d. In the Select Pool Volumes window>Available Pool Volumes table, select the pool-VOLs
you want in the table and click Add.
To select all pool-VOLs in the list, click Select All Pages.
To filter the rows, click ON in the Filter field.
To specify the number of rows to be displayed, click Options and make the selection.
e. Click OK.
Display Available Pool Volumes table, select the pool-VOLs you want in Selected Pool
Volumes.
5. In the Pool Name text box, enter a pool name. You can enter a total of 32 characters for the
Prefix and Initial Number.
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In the Prefix text box, enter alphanumeric characters (case-sensitive).
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In the Initial Number text box, enter a number of up to nine digits.
6. Click Options.
The following items are displayed.
7. In the Initial Pool ID text box, enter the number of the initial pool ID from 0 to 127.
The smallest available number displays as the default. If no available pool ID exists, then no
number appears. When the registered pool ID is entered, the smallest available pool ID
automatically registered among the subsequent pool ID that was entered.
8. In the Warning Threshold text box, enter a threshold from 20 % to 95%. The default is 80%.
9. Review your settings, then click Add, which places the new pool in the Selected Pools table.
The Add button is disabled if required fields (indicated with “*”) are not defined. If incorrect
values were selected, an error displays.
10. Click Finish.
11. In the Confirm window >Click Apply.
Creating V-VOLs
The V-VOL is the paired volume of the P-VOL. You must create a V-VOL before you can create the
pair.
Prerequisite Information
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The data pool must be set up prior to creating the V-VOL.
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The V-VOL must be the same size as the P-VOL.
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A maximum of 64 V-VOLs are allowed per P-VOL.
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For HP-UX: a volume already recognized by the HP-UX host server must not be used as a
V-VOL; otherwise an error occurs and the host server is terminated. Recognize the volume
from the host after the pair is created.
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See “System requirements” (page 10) for V-VOL requirements.
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See “Planning V-VOLs, data pools” (page 12) for a discussion on the number of V-VOLs to
create, how long to hold a Snapshot, and other planning considerations.
26 Installation and configuration