HP XP7 Provisioning for Open Systems User Guide (H6F56-96009)

Creating V-VOLs
The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.
You can create a THP V-VOL from any of the following tabs:
• The LDEVs tab, which appears when Logical Devices is selected.
• The Pools tab, which appears when Pools is selected.
• The Virtual Volumes tab, which appears when a pool in Pools is selected.
1. You can create LDEVs from the following tab windows:
• The LDEVs tab, which appears when Logical Devices is selected.
• The Pools tab, which appears when Pools is selected.
• The Virtual Volumes tab, which appears when a pool in Pools is selected.
2. Click Create LDEVs.
The Create LDEVs window appears.
3. From the Provisioning Type list, confirm Thin Provisioning is selected.
If not, select Thin Provisioning from the list.
4. In the System Type option, select a system type.
To create open system volumes, select Open.
5. From the Emulation Type list, confirm OPEN-V is selected.
6. From the Smart Pool field, select Enable when you create the V-VOL for Smart Tiers, and select
Disable when you do not create one.
If no pool is set to Enable in Smart Tiers, Disable is fixed.
NOTE: You cannot specify the TSE Attribute option when selecting Open in the System Type
option.
7. Select the pool according to the following steps.
1. From the Drive Type/RPM list in Pool Selection, select the data drive type and RPM.
2. From the RAID level list, select the RAID level.
3. Click Select Pool.
The Select Pool window appears.
Working with THP V-VOLs 133