Recovering blocked pools

 Recover blocked pools for disaster recovery purpose only.

 The pool recovery time depends on pool or V-VOL usage and system workload. Calculate roughly 20 minutes of recovery time for every 100 TB of pool or V-VOL usage.

1. Navigate to the Pools window.

In Hitachi Command Suite:

1. On the Resources tab, click Storage Systems, and then expand the storage system tree.

2. Expand the target storage system, right-click DP Pools, and then select System GUI.

In Device Manager - Storage Navigator:

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

2. Click Pools.

2. In the Pools tab in the Pools window, select the check box for the pool that you want to recover from the list and then click More Actions > Restore Pools.

3. In the Confirm window, complete the following.

• Confirm the settings.

• Enter a name for your task in Task Name.

• (Optional) Select Go to tasks window for status if you want the Tasks window to open after you click Apply.

4. Click Apply.

The pool is recovered, and if the Go to tasks window for status check box was selected, the Tasks window appears.

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