Product specifications

Managing Storage Groups
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To create a new Storage Group:
1. From the Management Console home page, click Storage Groups in the System section.
The Storage Groups page opens.
2. Click New.
The Create Storage Group dialog box opens.
3. In the Name text box, type a name for the Storage Group.
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For information on valid and invalid characters, see “Entering Text” on page 26.
4. In the Storage Managers panel, select the Storage Managers you want to assign to the new Storage Group.
5. Click Add.
The Storage Managers are allocated to the Storage Group. You can click Remove to remove Storage Managers
from the Storage Group.
6. (Option) Before you create your Storage Group, you can click Revert to undo any modifications made to the
Storage Group information.
7. Click Apply to create a new Storage Group containing all the selected Storage Managers.
If there is already a Storage Group with the same name, an error message is displayed.
The new Storage Group appears in the Storage Groups list, and the Create Storage Group dialog box refreshes
to show the Storage Managers still available for additional Storage Groups.
8. (Option) Repeat steps 3 through 8 to create new Storage Groups.
9. Click Close to close the Create Storage Group dialog box and to return to the Storage Groups page.
Removing ISIS Storage Managers from Storage Groups
You can remove Storage Managers from your Storage Group, as long as the following conditions continue to apply
after the operation:
• The Storage Group contains at least the minimum number of Storage Managers remain. For more information,
see
“Creating New Storage Groups” on page 65.
• If the ISIS | 7500 Storage Group includes RAID-6 Workspaces in the Storage Group, you must have at least 8
Storage Managers in the Storage Group.
• The Storage Group contains enough Storage Managers to support the space allocated to your Workspaces.
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This is the total amount of storage allocated to the Workspaces, not the actual amount of data stored on the
Workspaces.
Storage Managers removed from the Storage Group are returned to the system’s pool of spare Storage Managers.
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When Storage Managers are removed, a redistribution is initiated. If you start the Storage Manager removal
during high client usage, it might reduce performance on your clients. This can include dropped frames,
underruns, and failed captures. Remove Storage Managers during periods of light client activity.
You can suspend and resume a redistribution as needed.
To remove Storage Managers from a Storage Group:
1. From the Management Console home page, click Storage Groups in the System section.
The Storage Groups page opens.