Sun Storage 6920 System
 

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Content will be limited to a basic usage using the CLI or BUI interfaces
for modifying 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

Volume layout planning and considerations should be reviewed by
answering the following questions before modifying your volume:

1. Will you be renaming your pool?
2. Will you be changing the pool description?
3. Will you be adding capacity or adding a vdisk to a pool?

After answering these questions please review the contents of the Best Practices for the Sun StorEdge 6920 System, Version 3.0.1, and identify that you are prepared with at least:

• The new name of the volume
• The new description of the volume
• Whether you are adding capacity or a vdisk to the pool

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

B. Adding Capacity or Vdisk to the array

Adding Capacity or a Vdisk is equivalent to creating a new vdisk or modifying
a vdisk.

Reference document <Document: 1004348.1> Validating Sun StorEdge[TM] 6920 Virtual Disk Creation

Reference document <Document: 1008494.1> Validating Sun StorEdge[TM] 6920 Virtual Disk Modification

If you are not adding a vdisk or capacity to a pool, continue to Step C.

C. Basic Usage of Browser or SSCS Interfaces for Changing the Name and Description of a Pool.

SSCS

modify [-d <string>] [-n <new name>] pool <pool>

This CLI will change:

• The volume name
• The volume description

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
2. Click on the Pool tab or menu tree
3. Click on the Pool Name that you wish to modify
4. Change the Name and click the Save button, otherwise go to the next step
5. Change the Description and click the Save button

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

D. Modification 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 E.

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

Action:
Change the volume name. Volume Names must be less than 16 characters

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

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

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 E.

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

E. 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 following sscs output:

sscs list sdomain
sscs list pool
sscs list pool <pool name>

Once this information is collected, please contact Sun Support

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

G. Perform health check of array

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

H. 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 E

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