HP Storage Essentials SRM 6.0 User Guide for Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition SRM Software (July 2008)

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• If you have options still selected from a previous job, clear the options you do not want in your
next job. For example, assume you created a volume, and now you want to create a new volume
on the same host. Clear the Volume pane by clicking the button.
• If you want to clear all the steps, except for the Step 1 (storage systems) action, select another
option from the System Action combo-box.
• (HDS storage systems only) Before you can create a volume, you must delete some unmapped
LDEVs using the standard provisioning tool.
To delete LDEVs:
a. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager.
b. Click the Storage Systems tab, then the Provision button for the storage system.
c. Click Step 2 Volume.
d. Select the desired number of LDEVs for the LUSE volume, and then click Delete Selected
Volumes.
e. Take note of the array group from which you deleted the LDEVs. You need this information to
create the LUSE volume.
To access Path Provisioning:
1. Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager or click Tools > Storage Essentials >
Home, and then click Provisioning Manager in the left pane.
2. In the right pane, click Start Here on the Path Provisioning tab.
3. Select from the System Action combo-box: Volume Creation + LUN Security + Zone Operation
Step 1 - Select Storage System
1. Wait for the management server to load the storage systems into the Storage System panel.
2. Select the storage system on which you want to create the metavolume.
Keep in mind the following:
• The S column heading in the Storage Systems pane means that only a single selection is
allowed.
• (HDS only) Select the storage system from which you want to create the LUSE volume.
3. Click the Step 1 button below the pane.