Blocking a volume
Before you begin
You must have the Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role to perform this task.
Procedure
Display the volume to be blocked:
In Command Suite:
On the Resources tab, click Storage Systems, and then expand All Storage Systems and the target storage system.
Right-click one of the following, depending on the location of the volume, Volumes, DP Pools, or Parity Groups, and then select System GUI.
If you selected DP Pools in step (b), select the pool that contains the virtual volume you want to block, and then click the Virtual Volumes tab.
In Device Manager - Storage Navigator:
Choose one of the following steps, depending on the location of the volume:
To display the LDEVs tab, in the Storage Systems tree, select Parity Groups, Internal, or External, and then select the parity group that contains the volume you want to block.
To display the LDEVs tab, in the Storage Systems tree, select Logical Devices.
To display the Virtual Volumes tab, in the Storage Systems tree, select Pools, and then select the pool that contains the virtual volume you want to block.
Confirm the current status of the volume you want to block by viewing the Status column of the table.
If the volume is already blocked, Blocked appears in the status column.
If the volume is not blocked, a status other than Blocked appears in the status column.
Select the volume you want to block, click More Actions, and then select Block LDEVs. The Block LDEVs window opens.
Note the settings in the Block LDEVs window, enter a unique task name or accept the default name, and then click Apply.
If Go to tasks window for status is selected, the Tasks window will open.
Related topics
Review information related to the following in the Provisioning Guide for your storage system:
Blocking LDEVs
Selecting logical devices
Selecting internal or external parity groups