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10 (Optional) Congure the remaining volume attributes as needed.
• To allocate storage to the volume before the volume is mapped to the server, select the Preallocate Storage checkbox.
NOTE: When a volume is preallocated, the Storage Center allocates all of the space on the volume to the server. The Free
Space of the volume is 0 MB and the Used/Active Space of the volume is the equal to the size of volume on Storage
Center. To keep the volume preallocated when it is formatted on the server, the SCSI UNMAP feature must be disable on
the server.
• To schedule snapshot creation and expiration for the volume, apply one or more Snapshot Proles by clicking Change located to
the right of Snapshot Proles. The default Snapshot Prole is Daily.
• To congure LUN settings, restrict mapping paths, congure multipathing, or present the volume as read-only, click Advanced
Mapping.
• To prevent snapshots from being created by a Snapshot Prole, select the Pause Snapshot Creation checkbox.
• To temporarily stop snapshot expiration, select the Pause Snapshot Expiration checkbox.
• To allow space management snapshots to be combined into the next scheduled or manual snapshot, select the Allow Snapshots
to coalesce into active Snapshot checkbox.
• To use specic disk tiers and RAID levels for volume data, select the appropriate Storage Prole from the Storage Prole drop-
down menu.
NOTE: Using the Recommended Storage Prole allows the volume to take full advantage of data progression.
• If more than one Storage Type is dened on the Storage Center, select the Storage Type to provide storage from the Storage
Type drop-down menu.
• To change the volume QoS prole for the volume, select a prole from the Volume QoS Prole drop-down menu.
• To change the group QoS prole for the volume, select a prole from the Group QoS Prole drop-down menu.
• To enable Data Reduction, select the Compression checkbox and select either Compression or Deduplication with Compression
from the Data Reduction Prole drop-down menu.
11 Click OK.
Related link
Modifying Volumes
Creating and Managing Server Folders
Use server folders to group and organize servers dened on the Storage Center.
NOTE
: For user interface reference information, click Help.
Create a Server Folder
Create a server folder to group servers together.
1 If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane.
2 From the STORAGE menu, select Servers.
The Servers view is displayed.
3 Click (New), then select New Server Folder.
The New Server Folder dialog box opens.
4 Type a name for the folder in the Name eld.
5 (Optional) Type information about the server folder in the Notes eld.
6 Select a parent folder for the new folder from the Parent drop-down menu.
7 Click OK.
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