The formatted percentage for the pool capacity might decrease under the following conditions:
- A new page is being assigned.
- LDEV format is being performed on the pool-VOL.
- Correction copy is being run.
The free space in the pool is not formatted under the following conditions. The free space in the pool might not increase:
- A different pool that is not the selected pool is being formatted.
- The pool usage level reaches the warning threshold or the depletion threshold.
- The selected pool is blocked.
- The I/O load to the storage system is high.
- The cache memory is blocked.
- A pool-VOL in the selected pool is blocked.
- A pool-VOL that is external volume in the selected pool is blocked.
- Correction access runs to a pool-VOL in the selected pool.