HP P9000 Provisioning for Mainframe Systems User Guide (AV400-96369, October 2011)

Using Thin Provisioning Z with other P9500 products
Interoperability of THP V-VOLs and pool-VOLs
THP V-VOLs and pool-VOLs can be used in conjunction with other P9500 products. The following
table lists the operations that are permitted and not permitted.
Not permittedPermittedProduct name (Guide name)
Performing operations on THP
pool-VOLs or THP V-VOLs.
Not applicableCache Residency (HP P9000
Performance for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide)
Using a THP V-VOL as a Business
Copy Z S-VOL or T-VOL.
Business Copy Z (HP P9000 Business
Copy for Mainframe Systems User
Guide)
• Using a pool-VOL of as a Business
Copy Z S-VOL or T-VOL.
• Increasing the capacity of a THP
V-VOL used by Business Copy Z.
Using a THP V-VOL as a Continuous
Access Synchronous Z M-VOL or
R-VOL.
Continuous Access Synchronous Z (HP
P9000 Continuous Access
Synchronous for Mainframe Systems
User Guide)
• Using a pool-VOL as a Continuous
Access Synchronous Z M-VOL or
R-VOL.
• Increasing the capacity of THP
V-VOL used by Continuous Access
Synchronous Z.
Using a THP V-VOL as a Continuous
Access Journal Z P-VOL or S-VOL.
Continuous Access Journal Z (HP
P9000 Continuous Access Journal for
Mainframe Systems User Guide)
• Using a THP V-VOL as a journal
volume of Continuous Access Journal
Z.
• Using a THP pool-VOL as a
Continuous Access Journal Z journal
volume, S-VOL, or P-VOL.
• Increasing the capacity of a THP
V-VOL used by Continuous Access
Journal.
Increasing the capacity of a THP V-VOL
mapped to another storage system. If
Enabling volumes created by External
Storage to be used as pool-VOLs.
External Storage (HP P9000 External
Storage for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide) you try to increase the capacity of the
external volume, the capacity of the
volume will be the same capacity as the
former capacity. To increase the
capacity, release the mapping to the
THP V-VOL from the mapping device.
Performing Virtual LVI operations on
volumes that are already registered in
a THP pool.
Registering Virtual LVI volumes in Thin
Provisioning Z pools.
Virtual LVI (HP P9000 Provisioning for
Mainframe Systems User Guide)
Not applicablePerforming operations on THP V-VOLs
and pool-VOLs.
Cache Partition (HP P9000
Performance for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide)
Use on THP V-VOLs.Volume Shredder (HP P9000 Volume
Shredder for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide)
• Using on THP pool-VOLs.
• Increasing the capacity of THP
V-VOL used by Volume Shredder.
• Discarding zero data, and running
Volume Shredder to the same THP
V-VOL (This operation will be
prohibited by the microcode).
Defining aliases to THP pool-VolsDefining aliases to THP V-VOLsParallel Access Volumes (HP P9000
for Parallel Access Volumes User
Guide)
50 Configuring thin provisioning