IBM XIV User Manual

Chapter 8. Storage Pool Management
The following sections describe the XIV Command Line Interface (XCLI) for
Storage Pool management.
See also:
v Volume Management
v Volume Snapshot Management
v Consistency Group Management
The sections are listed as follows:
v cg_move(Moves a Consistency Group, all its volumes and all their snapshots
and Snapshot Sets from one Storage Pool or Grouped Pool to another.)
v pool_change_config(Changes the lock behavior of the storage Pool. See a
detailed description in .)
v pool_config_snapshots(Changes the Storage Pool snapshot settings.)
v pool_create(Creates a Storage Pool.)
v pool_delete(Deletes a Storage Pool.)
v pool_list(Lists all Storage Pools or the specified one.)
v pool_rename(Renames a specified Storage Pool.)
v pool_resize(Resizes a Storage Pool.)
v vol_move(Moves a volume and all its snapshot from one Storage Pool to
another.)
Moving Consistency Groups between Storage Pools or or Grouped
Pools
Moves a Consistency Group, all its volumes and all their snapshots and Snapshot
Sets from one Storage Pool or Grouped Pool to another.
cg_move cg=cgName <pool=PoolName | gp=gpName>
Parameters:
Name Type Description Mandatory
cg Object name Name of the
Consistency Group to
move.
Y
pool Object name Name of the Storage
Pool to which to move.
N
gp Object name Name of the Grouped
Pool to which to move.
N
This command moves a Consistency Group from one Storage Pool or Grouped
Pool to another.
Requirements for successful command completion:
v Sufficient space on the target Pools
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IBM XIV Specifications

General

Power Supply	Redundant power supplies
Drive Type	SATA
Redundancy	Fully redundant components
Connectivity	Fibre Channel, iSCSI
Form Factor	Rack-mounted
Cache	Distributed cache across modules
Data Protection	Snapshots, remote mirroring
Performance	High throughput and low latency
Scalability	Modular, scale-out architecture
Cooling	Redundant cooling
Architecture	Grid-based, distributed architecture