Administrator Guide

Create a Volume and Map it to a Server
If a server requires additional storage and you do not want to use an existing volume, you can create and map a volume to the server in a
single operation.
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. Select the server to which to map a new volume in the Storage tab navigation pane.
4. In the right pane, click Create Volume.
The Create Volume dialog box opens.
5. Type a name for the volume in the Name field.
6. Select a unit of storage from the drop-down menu and enter the size for the volume in the Size field.
The available storage units are bytes, kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), and terabytes (TB).
7. Select the parent folder for the volume in the Volume Folder pane.
8. (Optional) Configure the remaining volume attributes as needed.
• To configure LUN settings, restrict mapping paths, configure multipathing, or present the volume as read-only, click Advanced
Mapping.
• To schedule snapshot creation and expiration for the volume, apply one or more Snapshot Profiles by clicking Change located to
the right of Snapshot Profiles. The default Snapshot Profile is Daily.
• To disable read cache on the volume, clear the Enabled checkbox located to the right of Read Cache.
• To disable write cache on the volume, clear the Enabled checkbox located to the right of Write Cache.
• To disable Data Compression, clear the Enabled checkbox located to the right of Compression.
• To enable Data Reduction, select Compression or Deduplication with Compression from the Data Reduction Profile drop-
down menu.
• If Chargeback is enabled, select the department to charge for storage costs associated with the volume by clicking Change
located to the right of Chargeback Department.
• To use specific disk tiers and RAID levels for volume data, select the appropriate Storage Profile from the Storage Profile drop-
down menu.
NOTE: 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 change the volume QoS profile for the volume, click Change located to the right of Volume QoS Profile.
• To change the group QoS profile for the volume, click Change located to the right of Group QoS Profile.
• To create the volume as a replication volume, select the Create as Replication checkbox.
• To create the volume as a Live Volume, select the Create as Live Volume checkbox.
• To allocate storage to the volume before the volume is mapped to the server, select the Preallocate Storage checkbox.
NOTE:
When a volume is preallocated, the Storage Center allocates all of the space on the volume t>o the server.
The Free Space of the volume is 0 MB and the Used/Active Space of the volume is the equal to the size of volume
on Storage Center. To keep the volume preallocated when it is formatted on the server, the SCSI UNMAP feature
must be disable on the server.
9. Click OK.
Related concepts
Modifying Volumes
Create Multiple Volumes Simultaneously and Map Them to a Server
If a server requires additional storage and you do not want to use existing volumes, you can create and map multiple volumes to the server
in a single operation.
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. Select the server to which to map new volumes in the Storage tab navigation pane.
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