Monitoring pool information

You can monitor pool information, such as used pool capacity, in the Summary section of the Pools window and in the Primary Volumes tab of the selected pool window.

Procedure

1. In the Explorer pane, click Storage Systems, expand the storage system tree, and then click Pools.

2. In the Pools window, in the Pools tab, select the pool name for the pool you want to monitor.

3. In the selected pool window, in the Primary Volumes tab, view the following information about the selected pool:

   • LDEV IDShows the combination of the LDKC, CU, and LDEV. Clicking the ID opens the LDEV Properties window. Use this window to search for P-VOL information.
   • LDEV NameShows the LDEV name.
   • StatusFor more information about this item, see the Provisioning Guide for your storage system.
   • Used Pool CapacityShows the used pool capacity.
   • Pool Usage(%)Shows the pool usage rate.
   • Number of PathsShows the number of alternate paths.
   • CLPRShows the identifier and name of the CLPR in ID:CLPR format.
   • Pool Management TaskShows the pool management task being performed on the pool.
   • Virtual Storage MachineShows information about the virtual storage machine.

4. (Optional) To export the information in the table, click Export.

Related Tasks

• Editing the data pool warning threshold

  You can prevent the pool from reaching full capacity by monitoring the pool usage rate.

Parent Topic

• Managing pools

  Use Thin Image to manage pools, such as monitoring information about a selected pool (for example, the LDEV ID and Used Pool Capacity), viewing used pool capacity by pool or by the Thin Image pair's root volume, viewing the progress of rebalancing the pool usage rates among parity groups, increasing pool volume by adding pool-VOLs to a pool, decreasing the pool volume, and monitoring the pool usage rate.