HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96056, November 2006)

Provisioning Manager366
NOTE: When you create a pool on an Engenio storage system, a placeholder volume is created
inside the new volume group. The name of the placeholder volume starts with “Required - do not
delete.” The placeholder volume is required because the storage pool cannot not exist without it. The
management server does not display the placeholder volume, but other monitoring products may
display this volume.
Accessing Information About Storage Pools
If you use another product to make provisioning changes, you must perform Discovery Data
CollectionGet Details for the management server to be made aware of these changes.
To access information about storage pools:
1. Click Options > Storage Essentials > Discovery > Run Discovery Data Collection in HP
Systems Insight Manager.
2. In the right pane, click the Storage Systems tab.
3. In the right pane, click the Provision button corresponding to the storage system in which you
want to access information about storage pools.
4. Click Step 1 Storage Pool.
This page lists information about the storage pools under the following columns:
• Pool Name - Click the name of the storage pool to view its properties.
• Size - Displays the amount of space assigned to the storage pool.
• Available - Displays the amount of space available in the storage pool.
• Used - Displays the amount of space used in the storage pool.
• Volumes - Click the name of the volume to view its properties. If the storage system has a
large number of volumes, not all the volumes are displayed. To display all the volumes, select
the Show All option.
• Capabilities - Click the RAID level or name to view its properties.
• *Mainframe -Displays whether the storage pools have volumes that are on a mainframe.
• **Delete - Click the button corresponding to the storage pool you want to delete. See the
topic, ”Deleting a Storage Pool (Engenio and CLARiiON Only)” on page 367 for more
information.
*This option is available to only HDS storage systems.
**These options are available to only Engenio, CLARiiON, Sun 6130, and Sun 35xx storage
systems.
5. To create a storage pool, click the New Storage Pool button in the upper-right corner of the
page. See the topic, ”Creating a Storage Pool (Engenio, CLARiiON, Sun 6130 and Sun 35xx)”
on page 365 for more information.
6. If the table contains more than 10 entries, navigation buttons are displayed. To navigate through
the table, click one of the following:
• - Goes to the first page.