5-2 Performing Universal Volume Manager Operations
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM Universal Volume Manager User’s Guide
Overview of Setting Operations The following figure illustrates the flow chart of the setting operations, which
make external volumes usable from a host, by using Universal Volume
Manager.
Set the port of the external storage system.
(Setting on the external storage system site)
Set the port of the local storage system.
(Port Operation window)
Map the external volume.
(Volume Operation window)
Define LU paths to a hos
t
using LUN Manager.
Prepare a volume in the external storage system.
(Setting on the external storage system site)
Which type of the
emulation type is set for the
mapped volume,
for the Open system, or
the Mainframe system?
Perform one of the following operation
using Virtual LVI/LUN (VLL).
- Format the volume
- Perform the Write to Control Blocks operation
For Mainframe
For Open
Figure 5-1 Operations of Making External Volumes Usable from a Host
The outlined procedure of the making the external volumes usable from a host is
as follows.
1. Prepare a volume in the external storage system.
2. Set the port and system parameters for the external storage system.
For the procedure, refer to the documents for your external storage system.
3. Start Storage Navigator and set the attribute of the port connecting the
external storage system to External in the Port Operation window of
Universal Volume Manager.
4. Map the external volume to the internal volume.
You can map external volumes automatically or manually in the Volume
Operation window.