Administrator Guide

Steps
1. If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
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 opens.
5. In the Name field, type a name for the volume.
6. In the Size field, type a size for the volume in kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).
NOTE: A volume with a configured size greater than half the supported maximum volume size, as defined in the
Storage Center Release Notes, does not support view volumes.
7. In the Volume Folder pane, select the parent folder for the volume.
8. (Optional) Configure the remaining volume attributes as needed.
• To schedule snapshot creation and expiration for the volume, apply one or more Snapshot Profiles by clicking Change across from
Snapshot Profiles.
• 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 specific disk tiers and RAID levels for volume data, select the appropriate Storage Profile from the Storage Profile drop-
down menu. Using the Recommended Storage Profile allows the volume to take full advantage of data progression.
• If more than one Storage Type is defined on the Storage Center, select the Storage Type to provide storage from the Storage
Type drop-down menu.
• To set a Volume QoS Profile, either accept the default QoS Profile or click Change across from Volume QoS Profile. Then select
a Volume QoS profile from the resulting list, and click OK.
• To set a Group QoS Profile, click Change across from Group QoS Profile. Then select a Group QoS profile from the resulting list,
and click OK.
• To adjust the Read/Write Cache, enter the desired size of the cache.
• To configure Replications and Live Volumes if they are licensed, select Replications and Live Volumes.
9. Click OK.
Create a Volume Using the Multiple-step Wizard
The multiple-step wizard is the default method of creating volumes for SCv2000 series controllers.
Steps
1. If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
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 wizard opens.
5. In the Volume Identification page, specify the name, notes, and folder for the volume being created.
a) In the name field, type the desired name of the volume.
b) (Optional) In the notes field, type any notes associated with the volume.
c) In the volume folder pane, specify the desired location of the volume.
d) (Optional) To create a new folder, click Create Folder.
The Create Volume Folder dialog box opens.
6. Click Next.
The Specify Capacity page opens.
7. In the Specify Capacity page, specify the size of the volume and optionally set threshold definitions.
a) In the size field, type the desired size of the volume.
NOTE:
A volume with a configured size greater than half the supported maximum volume size, as defined in the
Storage Center Release Notes, does not support view volumes.
b) (Optional) To select threshold definitions, click Select Threshold Definition. This option is not available on SCv2000 series
controllers.
The Set Threshold Alert Definitions dialog box opens.
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