User's Manual

Creating Volumes

• To add an additional volume to be created, click Add Volume. Adding a volume to

the volume list does not cause the volume to be created. Volumes are only created

when you click Create Volumes Now.

• Continue to click the Add Volume button to add and map multiple volumes.

• To remove the volume currently selected in the volume list, click Remove Selected

Volume.

• To modify the volume currently selected in the volume list, click Modify Selected

Volume. If you are creating multiple volumes, modify the first volume in the list and

make sure the Copy the selected volume when adding a volume box is checked.

• To create volumes, click Create Volumes Now . If the Map Volumes to this server

using default settings upon creation checkbox is selected, the volumes will be

automatically mapped to the selected server after they are created

Creating Multiple Volumes

Create volume options are configured through the Configure Volume Defaults window. If

some Create Volume options do not appear, defaults were configured to disallow these

choices. For more information about User Volume Defaults, refer to Configuring User

Volume Defaults on page 272.

Note If you intend to add multiple volumes with similar attributes, you should modify the

first volume in the list, then copy the attributes from this volume when adding

additional volumes.

 To create multiple volumes

1 In the Storage Tree, select Storage or Volumes, from the shortcut menu, select

Create Volumes. The Create Volumes window appears.

Figure 53. Create Multiple Volume Window