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

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groups that have not undergone but can undergo Quick Format, use the following
formula:
72 - X - Y
Where:
X indicates the number of parity groups on which Quick Format is being performed.
Y indicates the number of parity groups where all volumes are blocked during the Quick
Format.
The Quick Format operation resumes when power is turned back on.Storage system is powered off
and back on
Restrictions
• Quick Format cannot be executed on external volumes, virtual volumes, the journal
volumes of Continuous Access Journal.
• The volume migration feature or the QuickRestore feature cannot be applied to
volumes undergoing Quick Format. When you use RAID Manager to execute the
volume migration operation or the QuickRestore operation on volumes undergoing
Quick Format, EX_CMDRJE will be reported to RAID Manager. In this case, check
the volume status.
• The prestaging feature of Cache Residency cannot be applied to volumes undergoing
Quick Format.
Formatting a specific LDEV
The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.
This procedure performs Normal formatting on the volume.
1. Select and block the LDEV to be formatted.
See “Blocking LDEVs” (page 52) for blocking an internal volume. See the HP XP7 External
Storage for Open and Mainframe Systems User Guide for blocking an external volume.
2. Click Format LDEVs.
When you select one of the following tabs, click More Actions and select Format LDEVs.
• LDEVs tab, which appears when Logical Devices is selected from the Storage System tree.
• Virtual Volumes tab, which appears when a pool from Pools in the Storage System tree
is selected.
3. In the Format LDEVs window, select the format type from the Format Type list, and then click
Finish.
4. In the Confirm window, click Apply.
If Go to tasks window for status is checked, the Tasks window opens.
Formatting all LDEVs in a parity group
The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.
You can use this procedure to perform Normal formatting on the volume.
When formatting all LDEVs in a parity group, you will need to:
• Specify a parity group.
• Format the LDEV.
Before formatting all LDEVs in a parity group, make sure that all LDEVs under this parity group
have been blocked.
See “Blocking LDEVs” (page 52) for blocking an internal volume. See the HP XP7 External Storage
for Open and Mainframe Systems User Guide for blocking an external volume.
1. To format all LDEVs in the parity group, select the parity group.
58 Configuring custom-sized provisioning