Pools inventory

Access the Pools window to add, update, and delete pools.

From the dashboard, click Storage Systems and then click a storage system tile to view parity groups, pools, volumes, and ports.

Click Pools to view the inventory of pools.

You can filter the volumes as follows:

• Free Space: Filter the pools by the amount of free space they have.
• Total: Filter by pool size.
• Pool Type: Filter by the pool type: Thin, Tiered, or Snap.
• Pool Tier: Filter by the pool tier: Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze, or External.
• Active Flash Enabled: Filter by whether Active Flash is enabled.
• DDM Enabled: If Yes, the pool can be used to migrate volumes greater than 4TiB.
• Encryption: Filter by whether encryption is used. Select YES, NO, PARTIAL, or UNKNOWN.
• FMD Compression: Filter by whether a pool is using a parity group that is enabled for accelerated compression. Select YES, NO, PARTIAL, or UNKNOWN.
• Deduplication Enabled: Select YES or NO.

The following actions are available in this window:

VSP One Block 20:

• Select a pool with parity groups, then click Actions > Manage storage pool in VSP One Block Administrator to update it with VSP One Block Administrator.
• Click Action > Create storage pool with external volume capacity to add a pool with external volume groups in the Create Pool window.

  For more information, see Creating a pool with external volume groups for VSP One Block.

• Select a pool with external volume groups, then click Action > Edit storage pool with external volume capacity to update it in the Update Storage Pool window.
• Select one or more pools with external volume groups, then click Action > Delete storage pool with external volume capacity to delete the pools. Deleted pools are removed from the storage system.
• Click the plus sign (+) to add a pool with parity groups using VSP One Block Administrator.

  For more information, see the VSP One Block Administrator documentation

• Click the Export CSV () icon to download the pool details.

All other VSP storage systems:

• Click the Open the Pools page in Storage Navigator icon () to open the Pools window in a separate browser window.
• Select one or more pools, then click Delete to delete the pools. Deleted pools are removed from the storage system.
• Select a pool, then click the pencil icon to update it in the Update Storage Pool window.
• Select a Tiered Pool, then click Actions > Update Tiering Settings to update it in the Update Tiering Settings window.
• Click the plus sign (+) to add a pool in the Create Pool window.

  For more information, see Creating a pool, basic method or Creating a pool, advanced method.

• Click the Export CSV () icon to download the pool details.