Administrator Guide

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Managing Storage Proles
Managing Snapshot Proles
Managing QoS Proles
Volume Icons
The following table describes the volume icons that appear in the Storage tab navigation pane.
Icon Description
The volume is not mapped to any servers.
The volume is mapped to one or more servers.
The volume is the source for a replication to a remote Storage Center.
NOTE: This icon is also displayed for volumes that have been congured to Copy, Mirror, or Migrate in
the Storage Center Manager. These operations are not available in the Dell Storage Manager Client.
The volume is the destination for a replication from a remote Storage Center.
The volume is currently the primary or secondary volume in a Live Volume.
The volume is the source or destination of Live Migration.
The volume was created from a Secure Data Storage Type.
Creating Volumes
Create volumes to present servers a logical unit of storage on a Storage Center.
NOTE: For user interface reference information, click Help.
Create a Volume Using Single-Step Dialog
If you need a small number of volumes, you can create them one at a time.
Prerequisite
The options for Volume QoS Prole and Group QoS Prole appear on the dialog box only if Allow QoS Prole Selection has been
selected on the Storage Center Preferences.
Steps
1. Select a Storage Center from the Storage view. (Data Collector connected Storage Manager Client only)
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select Volumes.
4. In the right pane, click Create Volume. The Create Volume dialog box appears.
5. In the Name eld, type a name for the volume.
6. In the Size eld, type a size for the volume in kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).
7. In the Volume Folder pane, select the parent folder for the volume.
8. (Optional) Congure the remaining volume attributes as needed.
• To schedule snapshot creation and expiration for the volume, apply one or more Snapshot Proles by clicking Change across
from Snapshot Proles.
• To map the volume to a server, click Change across from Server.
• If Chargeback is enabled, select the department to charge for storage costs associated with the volume by clicking Change
across from Chargeback Department.
• If Data Reduction is enabled on the Storage Center, select Compression or Deduplication with Compression to enable
Data Reduction on the volume.
• To use specic disk tiers and RAID levels for volume data, select the appropriate Storage Prole from the Storage Prole
drop-down menu. Using the Recommended Storage Prole allows the volume to take full advantage of data progression.
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