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ETERNUS DX400/DX8000 series ETERNUSmgr User Guide Settings/Maintenance
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The following settings are available.
• Create Thin Provisioning Volumes
• Create Non-Thin Provisioning Volumes
Procedures for each operation are described below.
• When the model of ETERNUS DX400/DX8000 series is unidentifiable,
volumes cannot be created. Click the [OK] button to return to the [Menu]
screen.
• When there is a concatenated volume (MVV Concatenated volume or
Open Concatenated volume) in the ETERNUS DX400/DX8000 series,
creation of the maximum number of volumes is not allowed.
• When "GS License" is not registered in the device, Mainframe Volume,
MVV Volume, and MVV Concatenated Volume cannot be created.
• When "Advanced Copy License" is not registered in the device, Snap
Data Volume cannot be created.
• When encryption mode is disabled, an encryption volume cannot be
created.
• Snap Data Pool Volumes (SDPV) cannot be created with the [Create
Logical Volume] function. Create an SDPV using the [Set Snap Data
Pool] function.
• When the "Thin Provisioning License" is not registered in the ETERNUS
DX400/DX8000 series, Thin Provisioning Volume cannot be created.
• When there is a Thin Provisioning Volume in the ETERNUS DX400/
DX8000 series, creation of the maximum number of volumes is not
allowed.
• When Resource Domains are registered in the ETERNUS DX400/
DX8000 series, the RAID Groups or Thin Provisioning Pools in which
volumes can be created differ depending on the current user account.
- When logged on using a Total Administrator account, volumes can
be created in all the RAID Groups, or in all the Thin Provisioning
Pools, that are assigned to Resource Domains.
- When logged on using a Resource Domain Administrator account,
volumes can be created only in the RAID Groups, or only in the Thin
Provisioning Pools, that are assigned to the relevant Resource
Domain and the Shared Resource.
After creating Thin Provisioning Volume in the ETERNUS DX400/DX8000
series, use the [Set Thin Provisioning Volume Parameters] menu to set the
threshold to monitor the free capacity of Thin Provisioning Pool. The
default threshold value (10(%)) is specified when a Thin Provisioning
Volume is created.