Creating volumes and attaching them to a server

Virtual Storage Platform One Block Administrator User Guide
Version
A3-02-2x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-23VSP1B001-00

VSP One Block Administrator enables you to create volumes and attach them to servers in a single workflow or one at a time. By enabling the capacity saving (deduplication and compression) when creating volumes, you can reduce the amount of data stored, depending on the data type.

  • Ensure that a pool is available.
  • Obtain the following:
    • Server name
    • Pool name
    • Whether the capacity saving setting is specified
    • Capacity
    • Number of volumes
    • Volume name
  • Make sure that the user performing the procedure has been assigned the Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role.
Note:

If a host group (or iSCSI target) that was assigned to a virtual storage machine was added to the server by using another management tool, you cannot attach volumes to the server.

  1. From the navigation tree, select Storage > Servers.
  2. Select the check box for the server to be configured, and then click Create and Attach Volumes in the action bar.

    You can select multiple servers and attach volumes to those servers at the same time.

  3. Create volumes by specifying the required information, and then click Submit to attach those volumes to the server.

    • We recommend that you specify Apply to snapshot for DATA REDUCTION SHARE for operation.

    For the name of a volume, specify a name that is a combination of Volume Name and a number beginning with Suffix Start Number (optional).

    For example, if you specify "volume" for Volume Name, "7" for Suffix Start Number, and "2" for Number of Digits, the volume name will be "volume07".