Create TI Pairs window

Use this window of the Create TI Pairs wizard to select LDEVs that are P-VOLs. This window is the first window of the Create TI Pairs wizard.

This window contains the following items and tables:

Setting fields

The following table lists the items on the Create TI Pairs window of the Create TI Pairs wizard.

Item

Description

Use Primary Volumes of Thin Image Pairs

Specifies whether you want to use the Thin Image pair’s P-VOL.

Values:

  • Yes: The storage system shows only P-VOLs of the pair that is already created in the Available Primary Volumes table.

  • No: The storage system shows only LDEV of the pair that is not created yet in the Available Primary Volumes table.

Port ID

The LDEV's LUN path port identification number for which you want to filter the Available Primary Volumes table.

Host Group Name

The host group name of the LDEV's LUN path for which you want to filter the Available Primary Volumes table. This item is shown if you select a fibre channel port in Port ID.

Default: Any

iSCSI Target Alias

The iSCSI target alias for which you want to filter the Available Primary Volumes table. This item is shown if you select an iSCSI port in Port ID.

Select Pool button

Click to open the Select Pool window.

Snapshot Group

Specifies whether to create a new snapshot group or use an existing one.

Values:

  • Create New: Enter the values of the snapshot group you want to create in Number of Snapshot Data per Primary Volume, Prefix, and Initial Number, and then select Snapshot Group Configuration.

  • Use Existing: Select Snapshot Group Configuration, and then select the snapshot group to which you want to assign the pair from the Available Snapshot Groups table. If you select All, enter a value in Number of Snapshot Data per Primary Volume.

Number of Snapshot Data per Primary Volume

The number of snapshot data per primary volume.

Snapshot Group Configuration

The configuration of the snapshot data.

Values:

  • P-VOL Straddle: When you select Create New in Snapshot Group, creates a snapshot group that straddles multiple primary volumes. When you select Use Existing in Snapshot Group, adds snapshot data to an existing snapshot group that you select in the Available Snapshot Groups table as straddling multiple primary volumes.

  • Per P-VOL: Creates a snapshot group for each primary volume. You can select this if you select Create New in Snapshot Group.

  • All: When you select Create New in Snapshot Group, creates a new snapshot group and adds all snapshot data to it. When you select Use Existing in Snapshot Group, adds all snapshot data to an existing snapshot group.

Prefix

The fixed character prefix of the snapshot group.

Initial number

The initial number of the snapshot group.

Add button

Click to move the selected LDEVs to the Selected Primary Volumes table.

Available Snapshot Groups table

The following table lists the items in the Available Snapshot Groups table on the Create TI Pairs window.

This table is shown if you select Use Existing in Snapshot Group.

Item

Description

Snapshot Group

The snapshot group name.

Number of Pairs

The number of snapshot group pairs.

New Snapshot Group

Indicates whether the snapshot group is new or existing.

Values:

  • Yes: Newly created snapshot group.

  • No: Already defined snapshot group.

Available Primary Volumes table

The following table lists the items in the Available Primary Volumes table on the Create TI Pairs window.

Item

Description

LDEV ID

The LDEV’s identification number which can be specified as the P-VOL.

LDEV Name

The LDEV's name.

Port ID

The port name of the LDEV's LUN path.

Host Group Name / iSCSI Target Alias

The host group name and ID or iSCSI target alias and ID of the LDEV's LUN path.

iSCSI Target Name

The iSCSI target name.

LUN ID

The LUN identification number of the LDEV's LUN path.

Provisioning Type

The LDEV’s provisioning type.

Values:

  • Basic: Internal volume

  • DP: DP-VOL

  • External: External volume

Capacity

The capacity of the LDEV.

CLPR

The LDEV’s CLPR number.

Number of Snapshot Data

The number of snapshot data to which the LDEV belongs.

Primary Volumes

If you use the LDEV as an S-VOL for an existing pair, information about the P-VOL is shown.

Values:

  • LDEV ID: The LDEV’s identification number.

  • LDEV Name: The LDEV’s name.

  • Port ID: The port name of the LDEV's LUN path.

  • Host Group Name / iSCSI Target Alias: The host group name and ID or iSCSI target alias and ID of the LDEV's LUN path.

  • iSCSI Target Name: The P-VOL’s iSCSI target name.

  • LUN ID: The LDEV's LUN path identification number.

  • Capacity: The LDEV’s capacity.

  • CLPR: The LDEV’s CLPR number.

Pool Name (ID)

The pool name and identification number.

Mirror Unit

The mirror unit number.

If you have not allocated an LDEV to the S-VOL for an existing pair, a hyphen (-) is shown.

Selected Primary Volumes table

The following table lists the items in the Selected Primary Volumes table on the Create Pairs window.

Item

Description

LDEV ID

The selected P-VOL's LDEV identification number.

LDEV Name

The selected P-VOL's LDEV name.

Port ID

The port name of the LDEV's LUN path.

Host Group Name / iSCSI Target Alias

The host group name and ID or iSCSI target alias and ID of the LDEV's LUN path.

iSCSI Target Name

The iSCSI target name.

LUN ID

The LUN identification number of the LDEV's LUN path.

Capacity

The LDEV’s capacity.

Snapshot Group

The snapshot group name.

New Snapshot Group

Indicates whether the snapshot group is new or existing.

Values:

  • Yes: Newly created snapshot group.

  • No: Already defined snapshot group.

Number of Snapshot Data

The number of snapshot data.

Pool Name (ID)

The pool name and identification number.

Remove button

Remove the selected row from the Selected Primary Volumes table.