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Optional; required for linear volumes. The name or serial number of the linear disk group in which to

create the volume. A name that includes a space must be enclosed in double quotes.

volume-group volume-group

Optional. The name of a volume group to which to add the volume. A name that includes a space must

be enclosed in double quotes. If the group does not exist, it will be created.

name

A name for the new volume. The name must be unique system-wide. Input rules:

● The value is case sensitive.

● The value can have a maximum of 32 bytes.

● The value can include spaces and printable UTF-8 characters except: " , . < \

● A value that includes a space must be enclosed in double quotes.

Examples Create the 20-GB volume V1 in disk group VD1, and map it to ports A1 and B1 using LUN 5.

# create volume vdisk VD1 size 20GB ports a1,b1 lun 5 V1

Create a 100-GB standard volume named MyVolume in pool A, map it to use LUN 5 with read-write

access through port 1 in each controller, add it to volume group MyGroup, and tune tier-migration for

performance.

# create volume MyVolume pool A size 100GB access rw lun 5 ports 1

volume-group MyGroup tier-affinity performance

Create a 20-GB standard volume named Secrets in storage pool A, and map it to use LUN 333 with

read-only access through all ports.

# create volume Secrets pool A size 20GB lun 333 access read-only

Create volume Vol1 with snapshot retention priority high.

# create volume snapshot-retention-priority high Vol1