Fujitsu ETERNUS DX500 S3/DX600 S3, Design Manual

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Maximum VVOL Capacity
The following shows the maximum capacity that can be used for VVOLs from the maximum Thin Provisioning
Pool capacity that is set in the ETERNUS DX.
Table 45 Maximum VVOL Capacity
Item ETERNUS DX500 S4/DX500 S3 ETERNUS DX600 S4/DX600 S3
Maximum TPP capacity (reference) 3,072TB 8,192TB
Maximum VVOL capacity 384TB 1,024TB
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VVOL Management Information
Additional information called VVOL management information (metadata) is necessary for VVOLs. VVOL manage-
ment information is usually synchronized with the master information in the ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser and
saved to a dedicated FTV within the ETERNUS DX container. The dedicated FTV is automatically created in the
storage container when creating a VVOL.
Table 46 VVOL Management Information Specifications
Item Explanation
Volume name (fixed) $VVOL_META
Volume type FTV
Usage System
Usage details VVOL management information
Capacity 1,040MB
Volume number (of each ETER-
NUS DX) 1
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When using VVOLs, LUN#224 to LUN#255 (or LUN numbers that are recognized on the server side) cannot
be used as Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) volumes because they are used for management.
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Use ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser to change the VVOL settings. Do not change any of the settings from ETER-
NUS Web GUI or ETERNUS CLI, except to enable the VVOL function.
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If a VVOL management information dedicated FTV fails because of errors such as a RAID group failure, the
VVOL management information dedicated FTV must be recovered by recovering the RAID group, deleting
and recreating the VVOL management information dedicated FTV using ETERNUS CLI, and by performing a
backup (or synchronizing the VVOL management information) using ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser.
• If the VVOL management information dedicated FTV is formatted, performing a backup (or synchronizing
the VVOL management information), and recovery of the VVOL management information dedicated FTV us-
ing ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser is required.
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If the FTRP has already been created and the maximum Thin Provisioning Pool capacity and the chunk size
are changed, before setting VVOL using ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser, execute the "set vvol-mode" command
of ETERNUS CLI to enable the VVOL function. For details on the chunk size, refer to
"Thin Provisioning" (page
42) .
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When registering multiple FTRPs in a storage container, do not mix FTRPs with different chunk sizes in the
same storage container.
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To use VMware vSphere Replication, the controller firmware version of the ETERNUS DX must be V10L80 or
later.
3. SAN Functions
Server Linkage Functions
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