Interoperability of DP-VOLs and pool-VOLs

DP-VOLs and pool-VOLs can be used in conjunction with other software products with certain limitations and restrictions. The following table lists the software products and indicates the operations that are permitted and not permitted for each product.

Software product (user guide)

Permitted

Not permitted

Thin Image (Thin Image User Guide)

Using a V-VOL as a Thin Image primary volume (P-VOL). 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, and active flash pools.

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

  • Using a Dynamic Provisioning, Dynamic Tiering, or active flash pool-VOL as a Thin Image P-VOL, S-VOL, 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 with data direct mapping enabled as a Thin Image pair's P-VOL, S-VOL, or pool-VOL.

  • Using an LDEV with accelerated compression enabled as a Thin Image pair's P-VOL or S-VOL.

  • Using a deduplication system data volume as a Thin Image pair's P-VOL or S-VOL.

Data Retention Utility (Provisioning Guide)

Performing operations on DP-VOLs.

  • Performing operations on DP pool-VOLs.

  • Performing operations on an external volume with data direct mapping enabled.

  • Performing operations on LDEVs with accelerated compression enabled.

  • Performing operations on a deduplication system data volume.

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

Using a DP-VOL as a global-active device primary volume (P-VOL) or secondary volume (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 a DP-VOL used by global-active device.

  • Using an external volume with data direct mapping enabled as a quorum disk.

  • Using a DP-VOL with data direct mapping enabled as a quorum disk.

  • Using a deduplication system data volume as a global-active device P-VOL or S-VOL.

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 with data direct mapping enabled.

  • Performing operations on LDEVs with accelerated compression enabled.

  • Performing operations on a deduplication system data volume.

ShadowImage (ShadowImage User Guide)

Using a DP-VOL as a ShadowImage primary volume (P-VOL) or secondary volume (S-VOL).

  • Using a pool-VOL as a ShadowImage P-VOL or S-VOL.

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

  • Using a deduplication system data volume as a ShadowImage P-VOL or S-VOL.

TrueCopy (TrueCopy User Guide)

Using a DP-VOL as a TrueCopy primary volume (P-VOL) or secondary volume (S-VOL).

  • Using a pool-VOL as a TrueCopy P-VOL or S-VOL.

  • Increasing the capacity of DP-VOL used as a P-VOL or S-VOL of a TrueCopy pair.

  • Using a deduplication system data volume as a TrueCopy P-VOL or S-VOL.

Universal Replicator (Universal Replicator User Guide)

Using a DP-VOL as a Universal Replicator primary volume (P-VOL), secondary volume (S-VOL), 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 P-VOL, S-VOL, or journal volume.

  • Increasing the capacity of a DP-VOL used as a P-VOL or S-VOL of a Universal Replicator pair.

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

  • Using an external volume with data direct mapping enabled as a journal volume.

  • Using a DP-VOL with data direct mapping enabled as a journal volume.

  • Using a DP-VOL with capacity saving enabled as a journal volume.

  • Using a deduplication system data volume as a Universal Replicator P-VOL or S-VOL.

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 which is 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 will not be changed. 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, and then perform the mapping between DP-VOL and the Universal Volume Manager again.

  • Setting the data direct mapping attribute on a DP-VOL with capacity saving enabled.

  • Setting the data direct mapping attribute on a deduplication system data volume.

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 (Virtual Storage Platform G200, G400, G600, G800 Performance Guide)

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 LDEV that has accelerated compression enabled.

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

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

  • Performing operations on a DP-VOL with capacity saving enabled.

  • Performing operations on a deduplication system data volume.