Configuring custom-sized provisioning

Configuring custom-sized provisioning involves creating and configuring spare drives, parity groups, or customized volumes (CV). A CV is a fixed-sized volume that is divided into arbitrary sizes.

• Spare drive and copy back mode

• Setting copy-back mode

• Parity group and volume

• Virtual LUN functions

• Virtual LUN requirements

• Virtual LUN specifications

• Virtual LUN size calculations

• Creating LDEV functions

• Blocking LDEVs

• Blocking LDEVs in a parity group

• Restoring blocked LDEVs

• Restoring blocked LDEVs in a parity group

• Editing an LDEV name

• Deleting an LDEV (converting to free space)

• Formatting LDEVs

• Assigning an MP unit

• Changing the ALUA mode setting of an LDEV