Changing the tiering policy level on a DP-VOL

Use this procedure to change the tiering policy level on a DP-VOL.

 This operation cannot be performed on the following types of DP-VOLs:

• Deduplication system data volume

• DP-VOL with Compression or Deduplication and Compression enabled

Before you begin

The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.

Procedure

1. Open the Logical Devices window.

In Command Suite:

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

2. Right-click Volumes, and then select System GUI.

In Device Manager - Storage Navigator:

1. Click Storage Systems, and then expand the Storage Systems tree.

2. Click Logical Devices.

2. In the LDEVs pane of the Logical Devices window, select the LDEV ID of the LDEV with the tiering policy you want to change.

3. Click Edit LDEVs.

4. In the Edit LDEVs window, click Tiering Policy, and then select a tiering policy.

5. Click Finish.

The Confirm window appears.

6. In the Task Name text box, type a unique name for the task or accept the default.

You can enter up to 32 ASCII characters and symbols, with the exception of: \ / : , ; * ? " < > |. The value "date-window name" is entered by default.

7. Click Apply.

If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.