Blocking LDEVs

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

Before formatting or shredding a registered LDEV, block the LDEV. Use this procedure to block internal and external volumes from any of these tabs.

1. Perform one of the following to display the tab.

For Command Suite:

• On the Resource tab, expand the Storage Systems tree. Right-click Volumes of the target storage system, then select System GUI. Displays the LDEVs tab.

For Storage Navigator:

• Expand the Storage Systems tree, and select Parity Groups > Internal or External > for each parity group. Display the LDEVs tab.

• Expand the Storage Systems tree and select Logical Devices. Display the LDEVs tab.

• Expand the Storage Systems tree and select Pools. Display the Virtual Volumes tab.

2. If Blocked does not appear in the Status column, use the following steps to block the LDEV.

If Blocked does appear in the column, skip the remaining steps.

3. Select the LDEV.

You can select multiple LDEVs that are listed together or separately.

4. Open the Block LDEVs window in one of two ways.

• Click More Actions > Block LDEVs.

• From the Actions menu, select Logical Device > Block LDEVs.

5. Note the settings in the Confirm window and enter a unique Task Name or accept the default. Then, click Apply.

If Go to tasks window for status is checked, the Tasks window opens.