
Contents
AboutthisGuide .......................... 7
IntendedAudience...................................... 7
RelatedDocumentation.................................... 7
DocumentConventions.................................... 8
ConventionsforStorageCapacityValues ............................ 8
WindowIllustrations..................................... 8
HPTechnicalSupport..................................... 8
SubscriptionService ..................................... 9
HPWebsites ........................................ 9
Documentation Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1 Overview of HP StorageWorks XP Thin Provisioning Software . . . . . . 11
XPThinProvisioningFeatures ................................. 11
AdvantagesofXPThinProvisioning.............................. 12
2AboutXPThinProvisioningOperations................ 15
XPThinProvisioningComponents .............................. 15
PoolandVirtualVolumes................................ 15
XPThinProvisioningSoftware .............................. 16
Support Configuration ................................. 16
XPThinProvisioningFunctions................................ 16
CreatingtheV-VOLManagementArea.......................... 17
CreatingPools .................................... 17
CreatingV-VOLs.................................... 17
AssociatingV-VOLswithaPool ............................. 17
MonitoringtheAvailablePoolCapacity.......................... 17
Increasing the Pool Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
DeletingV-VOLs.................................... 18
DeletingPools..................................... 18
InteroperabilitywithOtherProductsandFunctions ....................... 18
BusinessCopy..................................... 19
Disk/CachePartition.................................. 20
XPSnapshot ..................................... 20
MonitoringandTuningResources .............................. 21
MonitoringUsageRates ................................ 21
PerformanceManagement ............................... 22
Thresholds ...................................... 23
SIMs......................................... 24
PoolStatus ...................................... 25
3PreparingforXPThinProvisioningOperations............ 27
RequirementsandRestrictions ................................ 27
VolumeandPoolRequirements.............................. 27
XPThinProvisioningRequirements ............................ 30
LicenseRequirements.................................. 30
SharedMemoryRequirements.............................. 31
OperatingSystemandFileSystemCapacity........................ 31
NotesonReducingthePoolCapacity........................... 32
NotesonSwitchingOffthePowerSupply......................... 32
XP24000 Thin Provisioning Software User's Guide
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