Updating volumes

Ops Center Administrator User Guide
Version
11.0.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-99ADM001-22

You can expand and rename a single volume and enable or disable capacity saving (deduplication and compression), command device setting, and ALUA mode.

You can also rename volumes and enable or disable capacity saving (deduplication and compression) and command device at the same time if you select multiple volumes.

Expanding protected volumes is supported for the following storage systems:

  • VSP One B20
  • VSP E series
  • VSP 5000 series
  • VSP G/F350, G/F370, G/F700, G/F900
  • VSP G1x00, F1500
Note: From the Ops Center Protector block device advanced system settings, you can set the storage system prerequisite advanced system settings. This does not apply to VSP G1x00, F1500 storage systems.
Note: For VSP One B20, you cannot disable capacity saving.
Tip: You can change the DRS settings type of the existing volume using the Migrate volumes job.

To expand a protected volume, see the relevant hardware manual to confirm that all prerequisite conditions are met.

  1. To update a volume, navigate to the volume details by using one of the following options:
    • From the dashboard, click the Storage Systems (Storage systems) icon, and then click a storage system tile to view the resources. Click Volumes, and then click the volume tile for the volume that you want to update.
    • From the dashboard, click the Servers (Servers) icon, and then click a server tile to view the volumes. Click a volume tile for the volume that you want to expand.
  2. In the Volume Detail window, click Edit to open the Update Volume window.
    Note: To reset a volume to the default settings, click Reset.
  3. You can rename the volume and change the size by clicking the up and down arrows next to the volume size.
  4. Under Change Compression Type, select Compression or Deduplication and Compression to change the type. To disable compression, select No.
    Note: You can set capacity saving for volumes based on tiered pools for the following storage systems:
    • VSP 5000 series
    • VSP G1x00 and VSP F1500 with microcode version 80-05-4x or later.
  5. You can update command device settings by selecting Change Value under Change Command Device Settings. To keep current settings, select Keep Current Value.
    Note:
    • You can enable or disable command devices.
    • When changing the command device setting, you must specify the command device security, user authentication, and device group setting.
    • If selected command devices have different settings or command devices belongs to a storage system without an SVP, then command device security, user authentication, and device group setting are displayed as empty values. When updating at least one of these attributes, set all three attributes.
    • If you have protected, T10 Pl, or ALUA volumes, then you cannot enable them as command devices. The ALUA setting and command device settings cannot be updated at the same time.
  6. Click Submit.
    Note:
    • When you expand HA pair volumes, only those registered with Ops Center Protector can be expanded from Ops Center Administrator. When expanding, note the following:
      • If Ops Center Protector 7.2.5 or later is registered in Ops Center Administrator, you do not need to complete a pair operation (split pair/resync pair) in advance to expand the HA pair volume.
      • If Ops Center Protector 7.9 or earlier is registered in Ops Center Administrator, the HA pair will be suspended during the expansion. During the expansion, all pairs in the same replication group will split temporarily.
      • If Ops Center Protector 7.10 or later is registered in Ops Center Administrator, the HA pair may be able to be expanded without suspension for specific storage system models. See the storage system documentation to verify the support requirements. If the target storage system does not meet the support requirements, the behavior during HA pair expansion will be the same as in versions earlier than 7.10.
    • To use the new version of Ops Center Protector after an upgrade installation, wait four hours or restart the Ops Center Administrator service so that the Ops Center Protector version information is correctly updated.

      To restart the service, see "Restart the service" in Managing the Ops Center Administrator service.

    • For HA paired volumes, regardless of whether you change the volume size, this operation expands the capacity if the paired volume capacity is smaller than the target volume capacity. The HA paired volumes will have the same capacity.
A job is started to update the volume.