Administrator Guide

7. Select how to format the volume from the Format Type drop-down menu:
• GPT: Formats the volume using the GUID Partition Table disk partitioning scheme.
• MBR: Formats the volume using the master boot record disk partitioning scheme.
8. Specify how to mount the volume in the Drive or Mount Point area:
• Use Next Available Drive Letter: The volume is mounted on the server using the next unused drive letter.
• Assign to Drive Letter: The volume is mounted on the server using the drive letter selected from the drop-down menu. To
update the list of drive letters that are available on the server, click Refresh.
• Mount to Empty NTFS Folder: The volume is mounted to an empty folder on the server. The path to the folder must be
entered in the text eld. To verify the path entered is valid, click Verify mount point is available.
9. Select the Storage Center on which to create the volume.
• To manually choose a Storage Center, select it from the Storage Center drop‑down menu.
• To automatically choose a Storage Center based on capacity and performance, click Recommend a Storage Center. The
recommended Storage Center appears in the Storage Center drop-down menu.
10. If you want to specify a custom LUN, restrict mapping paths, congure multipathing, or make the volume read-only, click
Advanced Mapping.
11. To congure settings for the Storage Center volume that will be created, click Volume Settings. In the Volume Settings dialog
box that appears, modify the options as needed, then click OK.
• To specify the name of the volume, type a name in the Name eld.
• To specify the folder in which the volume will be created, select a folder from the Volume Folder area.
• To add notes to the volume, type notes in the Notes eld.
• To schedule snapshot creation and expiration for the volume, apply one or more Snapshot Proles by clicking Change across
from Snapshot Proles.
• If Chargeback is enabled, select the department to charge for storage costs associated with the volume by clicking Change
across from Chargeback Department.
• To enable caching for reads on the volume, select the Enabled check box across from Read Cache.
• To enable caching for writes on the volume, select the Enabled check box across from Write Cache.
• To enable compression on eligible data in the volume, select the Enable check box across from Compression.
• To use specic 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.
• If more than one Storage Type is dened on the Storage Center, select the Storage Type to provide storage from the
Storage Type drop-down menu.
12. Click OK.
Create an RDM and Map it to a VMware Virtual Machine
You can create a volume, map it to a VMware virtual machine, and create a raw device mapping to the virtual machine in one
operation.
Prerequisite
In order for the Create RDM Volume option to appear in Storage Manager, the virtual machine must be powered on. If Storage
Manager determines that the VM is not powered on, the Create RDM Volume menu option is not displayed.
Steps
1. Click the Servers view.
2. Click the plus sign (+) next to the vSphere host, on which the virtual machine is located, to display the Virtual Machines node.
3. Click the plus sign (+) next to the Virtual Machines node to display the virtual machine.
4. Select the virtual machine on which to create the datastore.
5. Click Create RDM Volume.
6. Enter a name for the datastore in the Volume Name eld.
7. Select the unit of storage from the drop-down menu and enter the size of the datastore in the Total Space eld.
8. Select the Storage Center on which to create the volume.
• To manually choose a Storage Center, select it from the Storage Center drop‑down menu.
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