Workflow for setting up external volumes
You must complete all planning and preparation tasks before setting up Universal Volume Manager.
Before you begin setting up Universal Volume Manager, consult the planning workflow in the Universal Volume Manager User Guide to make sure you have completed all planning tasks.
For VSP G1000 and G1500, and VSP F1500
Set up ports on the local and external storage systems. See the following:
[Optional] Edit mapping settings before starting the mapping operation. For details, see External volume policy settings and functions.
You can also make changes during the mapping operation or accept the default settings.
Map each external volume to an internal volume. The following settings are required:
Set the emulation type of the external volume to OPEN-V.
Set the number of LDEVs per external volume to 1.
For details, see Mapping an external volume .
After an external volume is successfully mapped, perform the one of the following depending on the emulation type of the volume:
For mainframe emulations, format the volume or perform the Write to Control Blocks operation using Virtual LVI. See the Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Provisioning Guide for Mainframe Systems.
For OPEN-system emulation, use LUN Manager to define LU paths to hosts. For details, see the Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Provisioning Guide for Open Systems.
For VSP Gx00 models
Set up ports. For details, see Setting up ports (VSP Gx00 models).
[Optional] Edit mapping settings before starting the mapping operation. For details, ee External volume policy settings and functions.
You can also make changes during the mapping operation or accept the default settings.
Map each external volume to an internal volume.
For details, see Mapping an external volume .
After an external volume is successfully mapped, use LUN Manager to define LU paths to hosts. For details, see the Virtual Storage Platform G200, G400, G600, G800 Provisioning Guide.
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