Editing the SSID for virtual volumes

Before registering a V-VOL, you may need to edit the control unit’s (CU) SSID, which you use to create new LDEVs. Use the Change SSIDs window to edit a V-VOL’s SSID.

Before you begin

You must have the Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role.

For more information about registering V-VOLs, see Creating V-VOLs for Thin Image S-VOLs.

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, click Create LDEVs.

  3. In the Create LDEVs window of the Create LDEVs wizard, in the Selected LDEVs table, click Edit SSIDs.

    In the Edit SSIDs window, in the SSIDs table, existing SSIDs and those to be generated are shown in the list.

  4. In the Edit SSIDs window, select the row of the SSID you want to edit, and then click Change SSIDs.

  5. In the Change SSIDs window, for Initial SSID, enter the new SSID and click OK.

  6. In the Edit SSIDs window, click OK.

  7. Click Finish, and then confirm the settings.

  8. Accept the default task name or enter a unique name.

    You can enter up to 32 letters, numbers, and symbols, except the following:

    \ / : , ; * ? " < > |

  9. If you want to monitor the task after submitting it, select Go to tasks window for status.

  10. Click Apply to submit the task.

Related Tasks
  • 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.

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