Dynamic Tiering workflow

The following illustration shows the workflow for setting up Dynamic Tiering on the storage system.

As shown in the illustration, Device Manager - Storage Navigator and RAID Manager have different workflows. This document describes how to set up Dynamic Tiering using Device Manager - Storage Navigator. For details about how to set up Dynamic Tiering using RAID Manager, see the RAID Manager Command Reference and RAID Manager User Guide. Use Device Manager - Storage Navigator to create pools and DP-VOLs.

*Notes:

  1. When you create a pool using RAID Manager, you cannot enable the multi-tier pool option or register multiple media as pool-VOLs. Before making tiers, enable the multi-tier pool option.
  2. Enabling the multi-tier pool option from RAID Manager automatically sets Tier Management to Manual. You must use Device Manager - Storage Navigator to change Tier Management to Auto.

CautionWhen you delete a pool, its pool-VOLs (LDEVs) are blocked, and you must format the blocked LDEVs before using them.
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