Administrator Guide

7. Click OK.
Clone a Volume
Clone a volume to create a copy of the volume.
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 a volume to clone.
5. In the right pane, click Clone. The Clone Volume dialog box opens.
6. In the Name eld, type a name for the clone.
7. Click OK.
Modify Volume Access Settings
The read-write permission for a volume can be set to read-only or read-write. In addition, access to the volume from multiple
initiators with dierent IQNs can be enabled or disabled.
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 a volume.
5. In the Summary tab, click Set Access Type. The Set Access Type dialog box opens.
6. Select the read-write permission for the volume.
• Set Read-Write — You can add to, edit, and delete the contents of the volume.
• Set Read-Only — You cannot add to, edit, or delete the contents of the volume.
NOTE: Set a volume oine before changing the permission of the volume to read-only.
7. If your environment supports multiple initiators with dierent IQNs accessing a volume, select the Allow simultaneous
connections from initiators with dierent IQNs checkbox. This option is disabled by default.
8. Click OK.
Set a Volume Online or Oine
When you create a volume, the PS Series group sets the volume online by default. An iSCSI initiator on a computer can discover or
connect to an online volume.
About this task
To make a volume inaccessible to iSCSI initiators, set the volume oine. When a volume is set oine, the PS Series group closes all
current iSCSI connections to the volume.
Steps
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 a volume.
5. If the volume is oine, click Set Online to set the volume online.
If the volume is online, click Set Oine to set the volume oine.
6. Click OK.
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