
HSG80 Array Controller V8.7 Command Line Interface Reference Guide
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CREATE_PARTITION
Divides a non-transportable disk drive or storageset into several separately
addressable storage units. The command marks a specified percentage of a disk drive
or storageset to be used as a separately addressable unit—a partition. Any
non-transportable disk or storageset can be divided into a maximum of eight
partitions, then each partition can be separately presented to the host.
Initialize all disks and storagesets before creating or destroying partitions.
CAUTION: Issuing an INITIALIZE command on either disks or storagesets destroys
any existing partitions without warning.
The following is applicable only for those HSG80 variants that support Host Based
Logging capability.
IMPORTANT: Due to heavy controller resource requirements for both Partitions and Host
Based Logging capability, the two aspects are deemed mutually exclusive. This aviods
exhausting the existing level of resources available to either.
The following restrictions apply to this command:
•
If no units are enabled for Host Based Logging, the CREATE PARTITION
command is allowed.
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If one or more units are enabled for Host Based Logging capability, the CREATE
PARTITION command is disallowed.
Syntax
CREATE_PARTITION container-name SIZE=percent
Parameters
container-name
Identifies the disk or storageset to partition. This is the same name given to the
disk or storageset when it was created with the ADD command (for example,
ADD DISKS, ADD STRIPESETS, and so forth). Any disk, stripeset, mirrorset,
striped mirrorset, or RAIDset can be partitioned. A transportable disk cannot be
partitioned. You must initialize the container before creating the first partition.
CREATE_PARTITION