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Content will be limited to a basic usage using the CLI or BUI interfaces
for creating pools, and provide help with some usage failure scenarios
for this activity. Consider reviewing some of the following documents if you
are looking to perform actions beyond the scope of this document:

• Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 6920 System, Version 3.0.1
• Sun StorEdge 6920 System CLI Quick Reference Guide, Release 3.0
•  <Document: 1009915.1> Troubleshooting Sun StorEdge[TM] 6920 Configuration Problems
• Sun StorEdge 6920 System Administration Guide For the Browser Interface Management Software, Release 3.0 for help with other object creation activities.

A. Start By Planning

Pool layout planning and considerations should be reviewed by
answering the following questions:

1. Do you have more than a single Storage Domain? If so which one will be used?
2. Will you be creating a new Storage Domain for the pool?
3. Will you be adding storage to the pool?
4. Will you be creating a new profile for the new pool?
5. Will you be creating the pool from External Storage?

After answering these questions please review the contents of the 6920 Best Practices, and identify that you are prepared with at least:

• The storage domain that the pool will reside
• Whether you will add storage to the pool

If all the information above is provided, continue to Step B.

B. Basic Usage Using Browser or SSCS interfaces

We consider basic pool creation as creating a storage pool with NO CAPACITY. By following the instructions below, you will have created a pool without any VDisks, and will have to add capacity to it later.

SSCS

Pool Creation usage for sscs, can be reviewed in the SSCS Quick Reference Guide. The sscs usage for basic pool creation is as follows.

create -p|--profile <string> [-S|--sdomain <string>] [-d|--description <string>] pool <string>

An example:

./sscs create -p raid5-profile pool cli-pool

This will create a pool named cli-pool using the parameters from the raid5-profile profile, which resides in the Storage Domain DEFAULT.

NOTE1: The Storage Domain is assumed to be DEFAULT when it is not specified by the -S switch in the usage.

BUI

1. Click on the Configuration Services or Common Array Manager Link.
2. Click on the Pools Tab or Menu Tree.
3. Click on the New Button. This will open a pop-up window. You will need to have pop-ups enabled to complete this task. If a new window does NOT appear or if an error message appears on the main page, go to Step C.
4. Select the Storage Domain to be used for this pool in the Select Storage Domain screen.
5. Complete the Name field for the pool name in the Specify Name and Description screen.
6. Click the Next Button. This leaves description field blank.
7. Select a Storage profile from the radio button, and click Next, in the Select Storage Profile.
8. Depending on the profile that is used you may be asked if you would like to add storage in the Add Storage screen, select no.
9. Click the Next button.
10. Leave the Allocate Space for drop down at No Snapshots on the Allocate Snapshot Reserve Space screen, and click Next.
11. The Summary screen will show the pool name, description, storage profile, storage domain, no storage added for configuration type, and 0 for capacity.
12. Click the Finish button.

At this point the Pop-Up window will disappear, and the main browser screen will refresh, and a success or failure message will be displayed in the Storage Pool Summary page, and the pool will be listed in this page, sorted alphanumerically.

• If you received a failure notification, continue to Step C.
• If you received a success notification, you have validated that pool creation is complete.

C. Creation Failure.

Please review the following list for a failure message and corresponding action. Please follow the action that describes your symptom.

BUI

Message:
An error occurred. Please contact your system administrator

Action:
Please go to Step D.

Message:
The pool name contains invalid characters

Action:
Change the pool name per pop-up directions.

SSCS

Message:
Name contains illegal characters

Action:
Change the pool Name. Valid Characters are A-Z, a-z, 0-9, -, or _. No Spaces

Message:
Name too long Change the pool name.

Action:
Pool Names must be less than 16 characters.

Message:
<profile_name>: The resource was not found.

Action:
Make sure the profile exists and the name is correct(sscs list profile).

Message:
<domain>: The resource was not found.

Action:
Check the spelling of the domain name, and make sure it exists(sscs list sdomain).

Message:
Error: The operation failed.

Action:
Please go to Step D.

If a message is not listed, or an action above did not work, go to Step D.

D. Data Collection

Please collect the following information:

• Answers to Questions in Step A.
• 6920 Solution Extract. Reference document <Document: 1003756.1> How to collect an extractor from a Sun StorEdge[TM] 6920 (2.x and 3.x)
• The message given by SSCS or BUI(screen capture if possible).
• The command used, if by SSCS.
• The input and selections for the new volume wizard in the BUI.
• The following sscs output:

sscs list sdomain
sscs list profile
sscs list pool
sscs list vdisk

NOTE 2: Screen captures of the summary page for each object could be used, as well, for BUI related creations.

Once this information is collected, please contact Sun Support

E. Validate that services are running properly on the SP

Reference document <Document: 1007129.1> Validating Services on a Sun StorEdge 6920 Service Processor

F. Perform health check of array

Reference document <Document: 1005447.1> Sun StorEdge[TM] 6920 Health Checklist

G. Escalate

Provide the following:

• Description of what is not being displayed properly


• Results of Step E.


• Results of Step F.


• Location of everything in Step D
  

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