Administrator Guide

Create a Volume
Create a volume to present a local unit of storage on a PS Series group.
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, select a PS Series group.
3. Click the Storage tab.
4. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select Volumes.
5. In the right pane, click Create Volume. The Create Volume dialog box opens.
6. In the Name eld, type a name for the volume.
7. In the Volume Folder pane, select the Volumes node or a parent folder for the volume.
8. In the Notes eld, type any notes to associate with this volume.
9. In the Size eld, type a size for the volume in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).
10. (Optional) Congure the remaining volume attributes as needed.
• To change the amount of space reserved for volume snapshots, type a percentage in the Snapshot Reserve eld.
• To copy ACL settings from an existing volume, click Copy ACL, select a volume from the dialog box, and click OK.
• To change the storage pool assignment, click Change, select a storage pool from the dialog box, and click OK.
• To change the sector size of the volume, select a size from the Sector Size area.
• To enable thin provisioning, select the Thin Provisioned Volume checkbox:
– In the Minimum Volume Reserve eld, type the minimum reserve percentage of the volume.
– In the In-Use Warning Limit eld, type the in-use space warning limit percentage of the volume.
– To generate an warning event message when the in-use warning limit is exceeded, select the Generate initiator error
when in-use warning limit is exceeded. checkbox.
– In the Maximum In-Use Space eld, type the maximum in-use space percentage of the volume.
– To set the volume oine when the maximum in-use space is exceeded, select the Set oine when maximum in-use
space is exceeded checkbox.
11. Click OK.
Modify a Volume
You can rename, move, or expand a volume after it has been created. You can also modify advanced volume attributes if needed.
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, select a PS Series group.
3. Click the Storage tab.
4. In the Storage tab navigation pane, expand the Volumes node and select a volume.
5. In the right pane, click Edit Settings. The Edit Volume dialog box opens.
6. In the Name eld, type a name for the volume.
7. In the Volume Folder pane, select the Volumes node or a parent folder for the volume.
8. In the Notes eld, type any notes to associate with this volume.
9. In the Size eld, type a size for the volume in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).
10. (Optional) Congure the remaining volume attributes as needed.
• To change the amount of space reserved for volume snapshots, type a percentage in the Snapshot Reserve eld.
• To change the warning threshold for snapshot space, type a percentage in the Snapshot Space Warning Percent
Threshold eld.
• In the Thin Provisioning Modes area:
– To enable thin provisioning, select the Thin Provisioned Volume checkbox:
– In the Minimum Volume Reserve eld, type the minimum reserve percentage of the volume.
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