Blocking a volume

Volume Shredder User Guide

Version

9.6.0

Audience

anonymous

Part Number

MK-98RD9018-04

You must have the Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role to perform this task.
Review information related to the following in the Provisioning Guide for your storage system:
- Blocking LDEVs
- Selecting logical devices
- Selecting internal or external parity groups

Perform one of the following, depending on the location of the volume:
- To display the LDEVs tab, in the Storage Systems tree, select Parity Groups, Internal, or External, and then select the parity group that contains the volume you want to block.
- To display the LDEVs tab, in the Storage Systems tree, select Logical Devices.
- To display the Virtual Volumes tab, in the Storage Systems tree, select Pools, and then select the pool that contains the virtual volume you want to block.
Confirm the current status of the volume you want to block by viewing the Status column of the table.
- If the volume is already blocked, Blocked appears in the status column.
- If the volume is not blocked, a status other than Blocked appears in the status column.
Select the volume you want to block, click More Actions, and then select Block LDEVs. The Block LDEVs window opens.
Note the settings in the Block LDEVs window, enter a unique task name or accept the default name, and then click Apply.
If Go to tasks window for status is selected, the Tasks window will open.