IBM Storwize Pool Tasks

This chapter contains the following sections:

Create IBM Storwize Pool

Summary
Create IBM Storwize Pool
Description
This task creates a new storage pool. A pool or storage pool is a collection of MDisks that jointly contain all of the data for a specified set of volumes. All MDisks in a pool are split into extents of the same size. Volumes are created from the extents that are available in the pool. You can add MDisks to a storage pool at any time either to increase the number of extents that are available for new volume copies or to expand existing volume copies. You can specify a warning capacity for a storage pool. A warning event is generated when the amount of space that is used in the storage pool exceeds the warning capacity. This is especially useful in conjunction with thin-provisioned volumes that have been configured to automatically consume space from the storage pool.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Account Name Choose an IBM Storwize account account​Name Y
Pool Name Enter a name for the storage pool gen_​text_​input Y
Extent Size Choose the extent size IBMStorwize​Extent​Size​List Y
Maximum Addressible Size Maximum addressible size
Warning Threshold(0 to 100)% Enter a warning threshold value between 0 to 100 gen_​text_​input Y
MDisks Choose one or more unassigned MDisks ibm​Storwize​Mdisk​Identity
Outputs
Output Description Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​POOL_​IDENTITY Output of pool identity ibm​Storwize​Pool​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​ACCOUNT_​NAME Output of infra account name account​Name
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​DATACENTER Output of datacenter name on which selected operation was performed datacenter​Name
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​TARGET_​POOL_​NAME Output of target pool name gen_​text_​input

Delete IBM Storwize Pool

Summary
Delete Pool
Description
This task deletes the specified storage pool. Forcing the deletion will delete all the volumes, host mappings and mdisks associated with the specified pool. After you delete the pool, all the associated volumes and their host mappings are removed. If the pool is deleted, all the array mode MDisks in the pool are removed and all the member drives return to candidate status.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Storage Pool Choose an IBM Storwize storage pool to delete ibm​Storwize​Pool​Identity Y
Delete all volumes, Host mappings and MDisks associated with the pool Check to force delete of all volumes, host mappings, and MDisks associated with the pool IBMStorwize​Boolean​List
Outputs
Output Description Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​POOL_​IDENTITY Output of pool identity ibm​Storwize​Pool​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​TARGET_​POOL_​NAME Output of target pool name gen_​text_​input

Expand IBM Storwize Pool

Summary
Expand Pool
Description
This task epxands the capacity of the storage pool by adding the unmanaged midsks to the pool
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Storage Pool Choose an IBM Storwize storage pool to be expanded ibm​Storwize​Pool​Identity Y
MDisk Choose an unassigned MDisk ibm​Storwize​Mdisk​Identity Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​POOL_​IDENTITY Output of pool identity ibm​Storwize​Pool​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​TARGET_​POOL_​NAME Output of target pool name gen_​text_​input

Rename IBM Storwize Pool

Summary
Rename Pool
Description
This task assigns a new name to the specified pool.
Inputs
Input Description Mappable To Type Mandatory
Storage Pool Choose an IBM Storwize storage pool to rename ibm​Storwize​Pool​Identity Y
Storage Pool Name Enter a name for the storage pool gen_​text_​input Y
Outputs
Output Description Type
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​POOL_​IDENTITY Output of pool identity ibm​Storwize​Pool​Identity
IBM_​STORWIZE_​OUTPUT_​TARGET_​POOL_​NAME Output of target pool name gen_​text_​input