Allowed operation for each capacity saving status

The following table indicates the available DP-VOL (LDEV) operations available for each capacity saving status.

DP-VOL (LDEV) operation Can the operation be performed for each listed capacity saving status?
Disabled Enabling Enabled Rehydrating Deleting Volume Failed Deleting Volume (nn %)
Enabling compression or deduplication and compression

Yes

(The status changes from Enabling to Enabled after performing the operation)

Yes No No No No No
Disabling compression or deduplication and compression Yes

Yes

(The status is changed from Rehydrating to Disabled after performing the operation)

Yes

(The status is changed from Rehydrating to Disabled after performing the operation)

Yes No No No
Changing from compression only to deduplication and compression No No Yes No No No No
Adding LUN path Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No
Expanding DP-VOL capacity Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Blocking DP-VOL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Restoring DP-VOL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Formatting DP-VOLs whose capacity saving setting is Compression Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes1 (The status is changed to Enabled after performing the operation) Yes1 (The status is changed to Enabled after performing the operation)
Formatting DP-VOLs whose capacity saving setting is Deduplication and Compression Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No2 No2
Deleting formatted DP-VOL Yes

Yes

(The status is changed from Deleting Volume to Disabled after performing the operation)

Yes

(The status is changed from Deleting Volume to Disabled after performing the operation)

No Yes No Yes
Deleting unformatted DP-VOL Yes

Yes

(The status is changed to Deleting Volume (nn %) after performing the operation)

Yes

(The status is changed to Deleting Volume (nn %) after performing the operation)

Yes

(The status is changed to Deleting Volume (nn %) after performing the operation)

Yes

(The status is changed to Deleting Volume (nn %) after performing the operation)

No Yes
Host I/Os Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes (Read only) Yes

Notes:

1 If the setting of the capacity saving is Disable, the status changes to Compression after the operation.

2 If you want to format the volume, perform the Initialize Duplicated Data.