10.5 HP StoreVirtual Storage User Guide (AX696-96269, March 2013)

Figure 84 Setting characteristics for SmartClone volumes
1. Set characteristics for multiples here
2. Edit individual clones here
For details about the characteristics of SmartClone volumes, see “Defining SmartClone volume
characteristics” (page 186).
1. Log in to the management group in which you want to create a SmartClone volume.
2. Select the volume or snapshot from which to create a SmartClone volume.
• From the main menu you can select Tasks→Volume→New SmartClone or
Tasks→Snapshot→New SmartClone.
Select the desired volume or snapshot from the list that opens.
• In the navigation window, select the cluster and volume or snapshot from which to create
a SmartClone volume.
3. Right-click on the volume or snapshot, and select New SmartClone Volumes.
4. If you are creating a SmartClone volume from a volume, click New Snapshot to first create a
snapshot of the volume.
For more information, see “Creating snapshots” (page 168).
If you are creating a SmartClone volume from a snapshot, you do not create another snapshot.
5. Next you select the following characteristics:
• Base name for the SmartClone volumes
• Type of provisioning
• Server you want connected to the volumes, and
• Appropriate permission.
6. In the Quantity field, select the number of SmartClone volumes you want to create.
7. Click Update Table to populate the table with the number of SmartClone volumes you selected.
194 SmartClone volumes