Administrator Guide

○ Deleted – The schedule has been deleted.
● Task Type – Shows the type of schedule:
○ TakeSnapshot – The schedule creates a snapshot of a source volume.
○ ResetSnapshot – The schedule deletes the data in the snapshot and resets it to the current data in the volume from
which the snapshot was created. The snapshot's name and other volume characteristics are not changed.
○ VolumeCopy – The schedule copies a source volume to a new volume. It creates the destination volume you specify,
which must be in a disk group owned by the same controller as the source volume. The source volume can be a base
volume, standard volume, or a snapshot.
○ Replicate – The schedule replicates a virtual replication set to a remote system.
To see more information about a schedule, hover the cursor over the schedule in the table. The Schedule Information panel
opens and displays detailed information about the schedule.
Table 21. Schedule Information panel
Panel Information displayed
Schedule
Information
Name, schedule specification, schedule status, next time, task name, task type, task status, task state,
error message. Additional schedule information per task type:
● Replication set - source volume, source volume serial
● Reset snapshot - snapshot name, snapshot serial
● Take snapshot - source volume, source volume serial, prefix, count, last created
Creating a virtual volume
You can add volumes to a virtual pool. You can create an individual virtual volume, multiple virtual volumes with different
settings, or multiple virtual volumes with the same settings. In the latter case, the volumes will have the same base name with
a numeric suffix (starting at 0000) to make each name unique and they will be placed in the same pool. You can also select a
volume tier affinity setting to specify a tier for the volume data.
The Create Virtual Volumes panel contains a graphical representation of storage capacity for pools A and B. Each graph provides
the number of existing volumes, free space, allocated and unallocated space, and committed and overcommitted space for pool
A or B. The graph for the specified pool of the prospective new virtual volume also shows the impact of storage space and the
prospective new volume on the pool.
The volumes table in the Volumes topic lists all volumes, volume groups, and snapshots. To see more information about a virtual
volume, hover the cursor over the volume in the table. Viewing volumes contains more details about the Volume Information
panel that appears.
Create virtual volumes
Perform the following steps to create virtual volumes:
1. Perform one of the following:
● In the Pools topic, select a virtual pool in the pools table and select Action > Create Volumes.
● In the Volumes topic, select Action > Create Virtual Volumes.
The Create Virtual Volumes panel opens and shows the current capacity usage of each pool.
NOTE: If a virtual pool does not exist, the option to create virtual volumes will be unavailable.
2. Optional: Change the volume name. The default is Voln, where n starts at 0001 and increments by one for each volume that
has a default name. A volume name is case-sensitive and can have a maximum of 32 bytes. It cannot already exist in the
system or include the following: " , < \
If the name is used by another volume, the name is automatically changed to be unique. For example, MyVolume would
change to MyVolume0001, or Volume2 would change to Volume3.
3. Optional: Change the volume size, including unit of measurement. You can use any of the following units: MiB, GiB, TiB,
MB, GB, TB. The default size is 100 GB. See the System configuration limits topic in the PowerVault Manager help for the
maximum volume size that the system supports.
Volume sizes are aligned to 4.2 MB (4 MiB) boundaries. When a volume is created or expanded, if the resulting size is less
than 4.2 MB it will be increased to 4.2 MB. A value greater than 4.2 MB will be decreased to the nearest 4.2 MB boundary.
Working in the Volumes topic
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