•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. (Available to only HDS storage systems).
•Delete - Click the Delete (
) button for the storage pool you want to delete. For more information, see ”Deleting a Storage Pool (LSI and CLARiiON Only)” on page 544. (Available to only LSI, CLARiiON, Sun 6130, and Sun 35xx storage systems).
5.To create a storage pool, click the New Storage Pool button in the
6.If the table contains more than 10 entries, the following buttons for navigating through the table are enabled:
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- Move to the first page.
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- Move back one page.
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- Move forward one page.
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- Move to the last page.
Deleting a Storage Pool (LSI and CLARiiON Only)
IMPORTANT: When you delete a storage pool on an LSI storage system, all the volumes in the volume group are deleted, including the placeholder volume.
To delete a storage pool:
1.Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager in HP Systems Insight Manager.
2.In the right pane, click the Storage Systems tab.
3.Click the Provision button for the storage system in which you want to delete a storage pool.
4.Click Step 1 Storage Pool.
5.Click the Delete (
) button for the storage pool you want to delete. A message warns you about the other volumes that will be deleted.
6.Click OK. The storage pool and its volumes are deleted.
Managing Volumes
This section contains the following topics:
544 Provisioning Manager