3 configuring custom-sized provisioning, 4 configuring thin provisioning – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual
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Business Copy Z................................................................................................................29
Continuous Access Synchronous Z........................................................................................30
Continuous Access Journal Z...............................................................................................30
External Storage................................................................................................................31
Virtual LVI.........................................................................................................................32
Cache Partition..................................................................................................................33
Auto LUN..........................................................................................................................33
Volume Shredder...............................................................................................................33
3 Configuring custom-sized provisioning.........................................................34
Virtual LVI specifications for mainframe systems......................................................................34
CV capacity by emulation type for mainframe systems............................................................35
Calculating the size of a mainframe volume...........................................................................37
Calculating the size of a CV using Enhanced mode on SATA drives..........................................38
Management area capacity of a mainframe volume..........................................................39
Boundary values for RAID levels (Enhanced mode on SATA drives)......................................39
Boundary values for RAID levels (other than Enhanced mode on SATA drives).......................39
Capacity of a slot..........................................................................................................40
Calculated management area capacities (SATA-E drive).....................................................40
Creating an LDEV..............................................................................................................41
Finding an LDEV ID............................................................................................................44
Finding an LDEV SSID ........................................................................................................44
Editing an LDEV SSID ........................................................................................................44
Changing LDEV settings......................................................................................................44
Removing an LDEV to be registered......................................................................................45
Blocking an LDEV...................................................................................................................45
Restoring a blocked LDEV........................................................................................................46
Editing an LDEV name.............................................................................................................46
Deleting an LDEV (converting to free space)...............................................................................46
Formatting LDEVs....................................................................................................................47
About formatting LDEVs......................................................................................................47
Storage system operation when LDEVs are formatted..............................................................48
Quick Format function.........................................................................................................48
Registering external volumes................................................................................................50
Overwriting control blocks in specific external volumes............................................................51
Assigning a processor blade to a resource............................................................................51
Changing the processor blade assigned to an LDEV...............................................................52
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