HP StorageWorks XP Remote Web Console Software - Manual (Page 236)

NOTE:
You cannot format virtual volumes.
1. On the upper right of the XP Remote Web Console main pane, select a CU group from the
drop-down list.
2. From the Customized Volume pane, click LDEV Status.
3. Confirm that the current status of the desired volume (external mainframe volume) is Normal in
the Status column of the Parity Group - LDEV table.
4. Right-click the selected volume, and select Blockade.
5. Confirm that the status of the volume in the Status column of the LDEV Information table changed
to Blocked, and all of the volume's information appears in blue bold italics.
6. Click Apply. In the confirmation pane, click OK. The new setting is implemented into the array
and a notification pane appears notifying you that the implementation is complete. Click OK.
7. Confirm that the volume is Blocked in the Status column of the LDEV Information table on the
Customized Volume pane.
8. To specify the blocked volumes you want to format, do one of the following:
• Right-click the volume with Blocked status in the LDEV Information table, and select Format.
• To format all blocked internal and external LUs, right-click LDEV at the top of the tree, and
select Format All. In the Format All pane, select All Type from the Parity Group Type list.
Confirm that the list displays internal and external LUs to be formatted, and click OK.
• To format all blocked internal LUs, right-click LDEV at the top of the tree, and select Format
All. In the Format All pane, select Internal PG from the Parity Group Type list. Confirm that
the list displays internal LUs to be formatted, and click OK.
• To format all blocked external LUs, right-click LDEV at the top of the tree, and select Format
All. In the Format All pane, select External PG from the Parity Group Type list. Confirm that
the list displays external LUs to be formatted, and click OK.
9. Confirm that the status of the specified volumes in the Status column of the LDEV Information table
on the Customized Volume pane changed to Format, and all of the volume's information appears
in bold blue italics.
10. Click Apply. In the confirmation pane, click OK. The words Format in progress appear next to
the Progress Bar on the Customized Volume pane with the percentage of completion.
11. When the percentage shown on the Progress Bar reaches 100%, a notification pane appears
notifying you that the formatting is complete. Click OK.
12. Confirm that the status of the volumes in the Status column of the LDEV Information table on the
Customized Volume pane is Normal.
Making external mainframe volumes usable
To use external LUs with the array, you must usually use External Storage XP to perform external LU
mapping, and then use Volume Manager's Format or Format All command to format the volumes (see
Formatting LDEVs ). However, when you format external mainframe volumes in this way, the formatting
operation might take a long time.
Use the following procedure to make external mainframe volumes usable more quickly.
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