HP 3PAR Citrix Implementation Guide

6 Allocating Storage for Access by the Citrix Host
Creating Storage on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage
This section describes the general steps and commands that are required to create the virtual
volumes (VVs) that can then be exported for discovery by the Citrix host. For additional information,
see the HP 3PAR Command Line Interface Administrator’s Manual. For complete details on creating
virtual volumes, see the appropriate HP 3PAR documentation. These documents are available on
the HP Support Center website:
HP Support Center
Creating Virtual Volumes
VVs are the only data layer visible to hosts. After devising a plan for allocating space for hosts on
the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage, create the VVs.
After devising a plan for allocating space for the Citrix host, you need to create the required VVs
on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage. You can create volumes that are provisioned from one or more
common provisioning groups (CPGs). Volumes can be fully provisioned from a CPG or can be
thinly provisioned. You can optionally specify a CPG for snapshot space for fully provisioned
volumes.
Using the HP 3PAR Management Console:
1. From the Menu bar, select:
Actions→Provisioning→VV→Create Virtual Volume
2. Use the Create Virtual Volume wizard to create a base volume.
3. Select one of the following options from the Provisioning list:
• Fully Provisioned from PDs
• Fully Provisioned from CPG
• Thinly Provisioned
Using the HP 3PAR OS CLI:
To create a fully provisioned or thinly-provisioned virtual volume, issue the following HP 3PAR OS
CLI command:
createvv [options] <usr_CPG> <VV_name> [.<index>] <size>[g|G|t|T]
Here is an example:
# createvv -cnt 5 TESTLUNs 5G
NOTE: To create thinly-provisioned virtual volumes, an HP 3PAR Thin Provisioning license is
required.
Consult the HP 3PAR Management Console User’s Guide and the HP 3PAR Command Line Interface
Reference for complete details on creating volumes for the HP 3PAR OS version that is being used
on the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage. Note that the commands and options available for creating a
virtual volume might vary for earlier versions of the HP 3PAR OS.
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