HP 3PAR Solaris Implementation Guide

8 Allocating Storage for Access by the Solaris Host
This chapter describes the basic procedures that are required to create and export virtual volumes
so they can be utilized by the Solaris host and provides specific details for various connection
configurations. For complete details on creating and managing storage on the HP 3PAR StoreServ
Storage, consult the appropriate HP 3PAR documentation.
Creating Storage on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
This section describes the general procedures that are required to create the virtual volumes that
can then be exported for discovery by the Solaris host. For complete details on creating virtual
volumes, see the appropriate HP 3PAR documentation.
NOTE: As of HP 3PAR OS 2.3.x, Solaris 10 and 11 support the largest virtual volume that can
be created, 16 TB. Solaris 9 supports up to 2 TB volumes, while Solaris 8 supports up to 1 TB. In
any case, Veritas may not support the maximum size virtual volume possible. Consult Veritas support
at the following website:
Veritas
Creating Virtual Volumes for HP 3PAR OS 3.1.x
After devising a plan for allocating space for the Solaris host, you need to create the required
virtual volumes on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage.
You can create volumes that are provisioned from one or more common provisioning groups
(CPGs). Volumes can be fully provisioned from a CPG or can be thinly provisioned. You can
optionally specify a CPG for snapshot space for fully-provisioned volumes.
Using the HP 3PAR Management Console:
1. From the menu bar, select:
Actions→Provisioning→Virtual Volume→Create Virtual Volume
2. Use the Create Virtual Volume wizard to create a base volume.
3. Select one of the following options from the Allocation list:
• Fully Provisioned
• Thinly Provisioned
Using the HP 3PAR OS CLI:
To create a fully-provisioned or thinly-provisioned virtual volume, issue the following HP 3PAR OS
CLI command:
# createvv [options] <usr_CPG> <VV_name> [.<index>] <size>[g|G|t|T]
Here is an example that creates 5 thinly-provisioned volumes called TESTVV from testcpg of size
5G:
# createvv -tpvv -cnt 5 testcpg TESTVV 5G
NOTE: To create thinly-provisioned virtual volumes, an HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning license is
required.
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