DP-VOL requirements

Provisioning Guide for Mainframe Systems for VSP One Block 85

Version
10.5.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-26VSP1B034-02
ft:lastEdition
2026-05-04
Items Requirements
Volume type DP-VOL (V-VOL)

The LDEV number is handled in the same way as for normal volumes.

Emulation type

3390-A

Maximum number of DP-VOLs

Up to 63,232 per pool. Any number of available DP-VOLs can be associated with a pool.

Up to 63,232 volumes per system.

If external volumes and V-VOLs are used, the total number of external volumes and V-VOLs must be 63,232 or fewer.

Volume capacity

For 3390-A, volume capacity from 1 cyl to 1,182,006 cyl per volume.

Total maximum volume capacity of 11.1 PB per storage system.

LDEV format

When you format a DP-VOL, the storage system releases the allocated page area in the DP-VOL. The quick format operation cannot be performed. If the LDEV format is applied to V-VOLs that are enabled for full allocation, the used capacity of the pool is not changed before the LDEV format is applied.