6.6 Thin Provisioning management

This product can manage storage capacity virtualization operations that use the Thin Provisioning function of the ETERNUS disk storage system. The functions below are provided.

Threshold monitoring: This function monitors the threshold values for the Thin Provisioning Pool capacity used. It can also change the threshold values.

Capacity management: This function displays graphs showing the Thin Provisioning Pool capacity and changes in the capacity used.

This product provides the following two methods for starting Thin Provisioning at a disk storage system:

Device registration of a disk storage systems where the Thin Provisioning function has been enabled
Enabling the Thin Provisioning function at a disk storage system that is already registered as device, and then selecting [View] - [Refresh] from the menu bar

For storage systems where Thin Provisioning management has been started, a "T" mark is displayed with the device icon as shown below.

Figure 6.5 Example of "T" mark display on the Main view

Figure 6.6 Example of "T" mark display on the side view

The "T" mark indicates the Thin Provisioning Pool Threshold monitoring status.

"T" mark color	Explanation of status
Green	Normal For all Thin Provisioning Pool, the capacity used is less than the "Caution threshold value".
Yellow	Caution There is a Thin Provisioning Pool where the capacity used is less than the "Warning threshold value" but greater than or equal to the "Caution threshold value".
Red	Warning There is a Thin Provisioning Pool where the capacity used is greater than or equal to the "Warning threshold value".

"T" mark color

Explanation of status

Green

Normal

For all Thin Provisioning Pool, the capacity used is less than the "Caution threshold value".

Yellow

Caution

There is a Thin Provisioning Pool where the capacity used is less than the "Warning threshold value" but greater than or equal to the "Caution threshold value".

Red

Warning

There is a Thin Provisioning Pool where the capacity used is greater than or equal to the "Warning threshold value".

See

For detail on the monitoring status of Thin Provisioning Pool threshold values, refer to "6.6.1 Threshold monitoring".

Thin Provisioning Pool monitor window

This window is used for monitoring Thin Provisioning Pool threshold values and managing capacity. To display this window, select [File] - [Thin Provisioning Pool monitor window] from any of the views in the Resource management window.

See

For the contents displayed in the Thin Provisioning Pool monitor window, refer to "B.11 Thin Provisioning Pool monitor window operations".