Thin Image (Thin Image User Guide)

Using a V-VOL as a Thin Image primary volume. The maximum total number of pools per storage system is 128. Thin Image pool limits are reduced by the number of Dynamic Provisioning pools, Dynamic Tiering pools, and active flash pools.

• Using a DP-VOL as a Thin Image secondary volume or pool-VOL.

• Using a Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash pool-VOL as a Thin Image primary volume, secondary volume, or pool-VOL.

• Increasing the capacity of a DP-VOL using Thin Image.

• Reclaiming zero pages of a V-VOL used by Thin Image.

• Using an external volume of the data direct mapping attribute as a Thin Image pair's primary volume, secondary volume, or pool-VOL.

• Using an LDEV which has accelerated compression enabled as a Thin Image pair's primary volume or secondary volume.

Data Retention Utility (Provisioning Guide)

Performing operations on DP-VOLs.

Performing operations on DP pool-VOLs.

Performing operations on an external volume of the data direct mapping attribute.

Performing operations on an LDEV which has accelerated compression enabled.

Global-active device ( Global-Active Device User Guide)

Using a DP-VOL as a global-active device P-VOL or S-VOL.

• Using a DP-VOL as a quorum disk.

• Using a pool-VOL as a global-active device P-VOL or S-VOL.

• Increasing the capacity of DP-VOL used by global-active device.

• Using an external volume of the data direct mapping attribute as a quorum disk.

• Using a DP-VOL of the data direct mapping attribute as a quorum disk.

LUN Manager (Provisioning Guide)

LUN Security (Provisioning Guide)

Performing operations on DP-VOLs.

Performing operations on DP pool-VOLs.

Performing operations on an external volume of the data direct mapping attribute.

Performing operations on an LDEV which has accelerated compression enabled.

ShadowImage (ShadowImage User Guide)

Using a DP-VOL as a ShadowImage primary volume or secondary volume.

• Using a pool-VOL as a ShadowImage primary volume or secondary volume.

• Increasing the capacity of a DP-VOL used by ShadowImage.

• Reclaiming zero pages of a DP-VOL is determined by the pair status. For more information, see ShadowImage pair status for reclaiming zero pages .

TrueCopy (TrueCopy User Guide)

Using a DP-VOL as a TrueCopy primary volume or secondary volume.

• Using a pool-VOL as a TrueCopy primary volume or secondary volume.

• Increasing the capacity of a DP-VOL used as a primary or secondary volume of a TrueCopy pair.

Universal Replicator (Universal Replicator User Guide)

Using a DP-VOL as a Universal Replicator primary volume, secondary volume, or journal volume. However, the journal volume must be a DP-VOL that has OPEN-V emulation type.

• Using a DP pool-VOL as a Universal Replicator journal volume, secondary volume, or primary volume.

• Increasing the capacity of a DP-VOL as a primary or secondary volume of a Universal Replicator pair.

• Reclaiming zero pages of a DP-VOL used by a journal volume.

• Using an external volume of the data direct mapping attribute as a journal volume.

• Using a DP-VOL of the data direct mapping attribute as a journal volume.

Universal Volume Manager (Universal Volume Manager User Guide)

Enabling volumes created by Universal Volume Manager to be used as pool-VOLs.

Increasing the capacity of a DP-VOL mapped to the Universal Volume Manager. If you try to increase the capacity of a DP-VOL with the conventional LDEV operation, the capacity of the DP-VOL does not change. In this case, remove the mapping between DP-VOL and Universal Volume Manager, increase a capacity of the external volume used as a pool-VOL, then map between DP-VOL and the Universal Volume Manager again.

Virtual LUN (Provisioning Guide)

Registering Virtual LUN volumes in Dynamic Provisioning pools.

Performing Virtual LUN operations on volumes that are already registered in a DP pool.

Virtual Partition Manager (Performance Guide for Virtual Storage Platform Gx00 and Fx00 Models)

Performing operations on DP-VOLs and pool-VOLs.

Not applicable

Volume Shredder (Volume Shredder User Guide)

Use on DP-VOLs.

• Using on pool-VOLs.

• Performing operations on an accelerated compression-enabled LDEV.

• Increasing the capacity of DP-VOL used by Volume Shredder.

• Reclaiming zero pages of V-VOL used by Volume Shredder.