HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Manager User Guide (5697-0454, May 2010)

1. Right-click the group to which you want to add a task.
2. Select Manage > Add Task. The Add Task wizard opens to the Enter Task parameters screen.
3. In the Task name field, enter a name for the task.
4. In the Destination name field, enter a name for the destination virtual disk of the task.
5. In the Required destination PiTs field, enter the number of mirror PiTs that should be maintained
on the task’s destination virtual disk at any time.
6. In the Destination PiTs Alert field, enter the number of PiTs above the number specified in the
Required destination PiTs field to allow before triggering an alert. If the number of PiTs on the
task’s destination virtual disk exceeds the sum of the Required destination PiTs and the Destination
Pits alert values, an alert event is sent, if VSM Service alerts are enabled.
7. In the Comment field, enter any desired text.
8. Click Next. The Select destination domain screen appears, displaying the local domain and any
domains exposed to the local domain.
9. Select the destination domain for the task.
10. Click Add. The domain you selected appears in the lower right area of the screen. If you want
to deselect the domain, select the domain in the lower right area, and click Remove.
11. Click Next. The Select Storage Pool screen appears, displaying the list of available storage pools.
If the destination domain is a remote domain, the screen displays the storage pools on the remote
domain.
12. If you would like to select a storage pool from a folder, navigate to the folder in the tree on the
left of the screen. The Select Storage Pool screen displays the list of storage pools in the selected
folder.
13. Select a storage pool from which you want to allocate capacity to the destination virtual disk.
14. Click Add. The storage pool you selected appears in the lower right area of the screen. If you
want to deselect the storage pool, select the storage pool in the lower right area, and click
Remove.
15. Click Next. The Select folder screen appears.
16. If you want to add the task to a folder, enter the folder name in the Folder field or click Browse
to browse to the folder. The folder must already be created. For information about creating
folders, see “Creating folders” on page 317.
17. Click Next. A confirmation screen appears.
18. Click Finish. The task is added to the group.
Modifying async mirror tasks
You can modify the Required destination PiTs parameter and the Destination PiTs Alert parameter for
an existing async mirror task.
To modify an async mirror task:
1. Select an async mirror group.
2. Click the Async Mirror Task tab.
3. Right-click the task.
4. Select Manage > Set parameters. The Set parameters wizard opens to the Enter Task parameters
screen.
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