
Table 10 Pool-VOL Requirements
Item
Requirement
Volume type
Logical volume
(LDEV)
Note:
Separating normal volumes and pool-VOLs into different parity groups is
recommended f
or best performance.
You cannot spe
cify the following volumes as XP Thin Provisioning Pool-VOLs:
• Volumes used b
y Business Copy, Auto LUN, Continuous Access, Continuous
Access Asynch
ronous, or Continuous Access Journal
• LUSE volumes
• Volumes defin
ed by Cache Residency Manager
• Volumes alr
eady registered in pools for XP Snapshot or XP Thin Provisioning
• Volumes use
d as an XP Snapshot P-VOL or S-VOL
• Data Retent
ion Utility volumes with a Protect, Read Only, or S-VOL Disable
attribute
• Volumes cr
eated by External Storage
• Volumes w
hose LDEV attribute is not NORMAL
• External
volumes
Emulation type
OPEN-V
RAID level
All RAID levels
Pool-VOLs whose RAID levels are different can be registered in the same pool.
However, in view of performance, HP recommends that you specify the same
RAID level for pool-VOLs registered in the same pool.
Drive type
All dri
ve types
Pool-V
OLs whose drivetypes aredifferent canberegisteredinthe same pool.
However, in view of performance, HP recommends that you specify the same
drive type for pool-VOLs registered in the same pool.
Volume capacity
8GBto2TB
Note:
Dividing a parity group into 16 volumes is recommended for best
performance.
LDEV format
When you change volumes that are used as normal volumes to pool-VOLs,
perform LDEV formatting before you register the volumes to a pool. Once you
register volumes in a pool, you cannot perform LDEV formatting on the pool-VOLs.
Dele
ting pool-VOLs
You cannot delete pool-VOLs registered in pools. You need to delete pools
themselves, and then delete the pool-VOLs.
Path definition
Not available.
Avolume witha path definition cannot be specified as a pool-VOL.
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