•Volumes - Click the name of the volume to view its properties. If the storage system has a large number of volumes, you are shown a Load Volumes button instead of the name of a volume. Click the Load Volumes to view the volumes for a storage pool. To view the volumes for all storage pools, click the Load All Volumes button.
•Capabilities - Click the RAID level or name to view its properties.
•*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 322 for more information.
NOTE: To create a storage pool, click the New Storage Pool button in the
*This option is available to only HDS storage systems.
**These options are available to only Engenio, CLARiiON, Sun 6130, and Sun 35xx storage systems.
Deleting a Storage Pool (Engenio and CLARiiON Only)
IMPORTANT: When you delete a storage pool on an Engenio storage system, all the volumes for 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.In the right pane, click the Provision button corresponding to the storage system in which you want to delete a storage pool.
4.Click Step 1 Storage Pool.
5.Click the button corresponding to the storage pool you want to delete.
When you delete a storage pool, you are warned about the other volumes that will be deleted.
6.Click OK.
7.The storage pool and its volumes are deleted.
Managing Volumes
This section describes the following:
•”Accessing Information About Volumes” on page 323
•”Creating a Storage Volume” on page 324
•”Deleting a Storage Volume” on page 327
•”Changing the Cache Block Size for a Storage System” on page 328
322 Provisioning Manager