HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform Manager user guide (AG781-96017, March 2009)

DescriptionDisplay field
The status of the back-end LU or stripe set.
Possible values for the status of the back-end LU:
• Present—VSM recognizes the back-end LU on the SAN.
• Absent— VSM does not recognize the back-end LU on the SAN.
• Failed— VSM recognizes the back-end LU on the SAN, but cannot access the
back-end LU.
Possible values for the status of the stripe set:
• Normal—All back-end LUs in the stripe set are present and accessible.
• Partial—At least one of the back-end LUs in the stripe set is either absent or
inaccessible.
• Absent—All back-end LUs in the stripe set are either absent or inaccessible.
Status
The capacity of the back-end LU or stripe set.Capacity
A free text display field. To modify the text that appears here, right-click the back-
end LU and select Manage > Edit Comment.
Comment
Storage pool information—Virtual Disk tab
The Virtual Disk tab displays information about all virtual disks that are allocated from the selected
storage pool. For information about allocating a virtual disk to a host, see
“Managing virtual disk permissions” on page 115.
Table 36 Storage pool Virtual Disk tab fields
DescriptionProperty
The row number.No
The name of the virtual disk. The icon that appears next to the virtual disk indicates
one of the following:
•
—The virtual disk was created by a user.
•
—The virtual disk was created by VSM. The virtual disk may be a temporary
virtual disk used by a snapshot PiT, or an auxiliary virtual disk used by a syn-
chronous local mirror group.
•
—The virtual disk status is Partial.
Name
The status of the virtual disk. Possible values:
• Normal—The initialization phase was completed and all the back-end LU(s)
onto which the virtual disk is mapped is/are present (accessible).
• Partial—The back-end LU(s) onto which the virtual disk is mapped is/are
missing.
NOTE:
Even if the VSM status of the virtual disk is partial, there is a possibility
that the virtual disk is still accessible to hosts. You can check from the
host side if the virtual disk is accessible.
Status
Working with storage pools88