HP XP7 Storage - Manual (Page 126)

Virtual volume (Thin Provisioning for Mainframe) operations
Creating virtual volumes (Thin Provisioning for Mainframe)
To create LDEVs of virtual volumes (Thin Provisioning for Mainframe) and make the LDEVs available
to the host, perform the following Provisioning operations.
Executed command Description Operation overview Step
raidcom modify ldev -ldev_id
-ssid Configures the SSID unless it is configured.
Set (register) the SSID by specifying SSID settings
(arbitrarily) 1
undefined LDEV numbers in the area in
which SSIDs are not defined.
raidcom add ldev -parity_grp_id
-ldev_id {-capacity Creates LDEVs by specifying parity groups.
Specifies only 3390-V for the emulation
type. Creating LDEVs 2
| -offset_capacity | -cylinder
} -emulation 3390-V -location
][-mp_blade_id ]
raidcom initialize ldev -ldev_id
-operation Formats created LDEVs. Formatting LDEVs 3
raidcom modify ldev -ldev_id
-ldev_name Creates LDEV nicknames. This operation is
optional. Creating LDEV
nicknames
(arbitrarily) 4
raidcom modify ldev -ldev_id
-mp_blade_id Configures MP blades of created LDEVs. Configuring MP
blades of LDEVs 5
raidcom get ldev -ldev_id … [-cnt
] [-key ] Displays an information of created LDEV,
and confirms an execution result of the
command. Displaying a LDEV
information 6
raidcom add thp_pool {{-pool_id ID#> [-pool_name ] | Creates the pool for the Thin Provisioning
for mainframe. Creating the pool (for
the Thin Provisioning
for mainframe) 7
-pool_name [-pool_id ID#>]} | -pool_id -pool_name
} {-ldev_id …[-cnt
] | -grp_opt
-device_grp_name
[]}[ -user_threshold
[] ]
raidcom add ldev -pool { |
| snap} -ldev_id Specifies the pool and creates LDEV
(V-VOL). Creating LDEV
(V-VOL) 8
{-capacity | -offset_capacity
| -cylinder } [-emulation
][-location ]
[-mp_blade_id ]
raidcom modify ldev -ldev_id
-ldev_name Creates LDEV (V-VOL) nicknames. This
operation is optional. Creating LDEV
(V-VOL) nicknames
(arbitrarily) 9
raidcom modify ldev -ldev_id
-mp_blade_id Configures MP blades of created LDEVs
(V-VOL). Configuring MP
blades of LDEVs
(V-VOL) 10
raidcom get ldev -ldev_id [-cnt
] [-key ] Displays an information of created LDEV
(V-VOL), and confirms an execution result
of the command. Displaying a LDEV
(V-VOL) information 11
Script examples
The following shows the script examples of virtual volume (Thin Provisioning for mainframe)
operation.
126 Provisioning operations with RAID Manager