Disconnecting an external volume, Restoring an external volume, Deleting external volume mapping – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual
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Characters
Values
Description
Parameter
Column
For more information on SSIDs, see the HP P9000
Provisioning for Open Systems User Guide or the HP
P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide.
Disconnecting an external volume
Use the ExternalStorage_DisconnectVolume_def_.spd template to disconnect an external
volume. To disconnect a volume, from the command prompt, execute the following command:
DisconnectVolume
Number of characters
Range of values
Description
Parameter
Column
5 decimal digits or
less
Grp: 1 to
16384
External volume group number and its
sequential number. The format should
ExG
A
VPG:4 decimal digits
or less
VPG: 1 to 4096
be EGrp-VPG (for example,
E16384-4096)
Restoring an external volume
Use the ExternalStorage_CheckPath-RestoreVolume_def_.spd spreadsheet template
to resume an individual external volume operation. To restore a volume, use the following operation
tag:
CheckPath-RestoreVolume
Number of characters
Range of values
Description
Parameter
Column
Grp: 5 decimal digits
or less
Grp: 1 to 16384
VPG: 1 to 4096
External volume group number and
its sequential number. The format
should be EGrp-VPG (for example,
E16384-4096).
ExG
A
VPG:4 decimal digits
or less
Deleting external volume mapping
Use the ExternalStorage_DeleteVolume_def_.spd spreadsheet template to delete external
volume mapping.
For more information, see the prerequisite information deleting external volume mapping in the
HP P9000 External Storage for Open and Mainframe Systems User Guide.
To delete a volume mapping, from a command prompt, execute the following command:
DeleteVolume
Number of
characters
Range of values
Description
Parameter
Column
Grp: 5 decimal
digits or less
Grp: 1 to
16384
External volume group number and its
sequential number. The format should
ExG
A
VPG:4 decimal
digits or less
VPG: 1 to 4096
be EGrp-VPG (for example,
E16384-4096).
Moving external volumes to another path group
Use the ExternalStorage_UnitePathGroup_def_.spd spreadsheet template to move all
external volumes from one path group to another path group. The original path group is
automatically deleted.
To move an external volume to another path group, use the following operation tag:
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External Storage operations