key on your keyboard and selecting free LDEVS. When you select free extents, they must of the same type. For example, on Symmetrix, you cannot select a mirrored volume and a BCV (business continuous volume) to create a meta volume. For more information, see

When you first discover a storage system, no free extents are displayed. This is because the management server puts all unmapped volumes into the “unmapped” category for the list of volumes by default. To move a volume to the free extent node, delete the unmapped volume. When the volume is deleted, it is moved to the free extents node. The free extents category is used internally by the management server. See ”Deleting a Storage Volume” on page 550 for more information.

IMPORTANT: Make sure the free extents you select are not being used. Data on the free extents becomes unusable when a meta volume is created.

Keep in mind the following:

•To narrow the type of volumes displayed in the Volumes pane by using the Customize

Volume Options dialog box (), located above the Volumes pane. See ”Host Customize Dialog Box” on page 632 for more information.

NOTE: The Customize Volume Options dialog box is not available for the HP EVA.

•If the LUN has already been selected and Step 4 is clicked, skip this step or click the button.

2.Click Step 3.

3.If you are asked to specify a LUN number, provide a LUN for each volume displayed. See ”Providing a LUN Number” on page 625 for information about numbering LUNs.

Step 4 - Select a Host Security Group

1.Select a host security group. See ”Creating a Host Security Group” on page 627 for information on how to create a host security group. See ”General Provisioning Issues” on page 563 for information on how your storage system handles host security groups.

2.Click Step 4.

Step 5 - Select a Zone

NOTE: If the zone has already been selected and Step 5 is clicked, skip this step or click the button to clear the selection.

If a zone has not been selected or created yet, most likely the option Automatically Configure

Zoning is not selected in the Customize Zone Options dialog box (). The management server assumes you want to select a pre-existing zone or create one manually.

•To reuse a zone - Select a zone in the Zone pane and then click Step 5, and expand a fabric node to view its zones.

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