Administrator Guide

• 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.
– 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.
• In the Volume iSCSI Settings area:
– Type a value in the Public Alias eld to specify a public alias for the volume.
– Select the Allow simultaneous connections from initiators with dierent IQNs checkbox if your environment supports
multiple initiators accessing a volume.
11 Click OK.
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