HP XP7 User Manual

Pool Capacity ConsumedMetadata WritingFile SystemOS
*See “Formatting LDEVs in a Windows environment” (page 136)
Using Thin Provisioning or Smart Tiers with other HP XP7 Storage products
Interoperability of THP V-VOLs and pool-VOLs
THP V-VOLs and pool-VOLs can be used in conjunction with other HP XP7 Storage products. The
following table lists the operations that are permitted and not permitted.
Not permittedPermittedProduct name (Guide name)
Performing operations on THP
pool-VOLs or THP V-VOLs.
Not applicableCache Residency (HP XP7
Performance for Open and Mainframe
Systems User Guide)
Using a V-VOL as a Fast Snap primary
volume. The maximum total number of
Fast Snap (HP XP7 Fast Snap User
Guide)
• Using a THP V-VOL as a Fast Snap
secondary volume or pool-VOL.
pools per storage system is 128. Fast
• Using a Thin Provisioning or Smart
Tiers pool-VOL as a Fast Snap
Snap pool limits are reduced by the
number of Thin Provisioning pools and
Smart Tiers Z pools.
primary volume, secondary volume
or pool-VOL.
• Increasing the capacity of a THP
V-VOL using Fast Snap.
• Reclaiming zero pages of a V-VOL
used by Fast Snap.
Performing operations on THP
pool-VOLs.
Performing operations on THP V-VOLs.Data Retention (HP XP7 Provisioning
for Open Systems User Guide)
Using a THP V-VOL as a High
Availability P-VOL or S-VOL.
High Availability (HP XP7 High
Availability User Guide)
• Using a THP V-VOL as a quorum
disk.
• Using a pool-VOL as a High
Availability P-VOL or S-VOL.
• Increasing the capacity of THP
V-VOL used by High Availability.
Performing operations on THP
pool-VOLs.
Performing operations on THP V-VOLs.LUN Manager (HP XP7 Provisioning
for Open Systems User Guide)
LUN Security (HP XP7 Provisioning for
Open Systems User Guide)
68 Configuring thin provisioning

HP XP7 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	XP7
Category	Storage
Language	English