Specifying settings Volume performance advisor tasks Selecting a workload profile

Perform this task to identify for the Volume performance advisor the amount of space, volume sizes, and number of volumes that you want for a selected IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) device.

Prerequisites

Before performing this task, you must complete the following steps:

  1. Invoke the Volume performance advisor wizard by dragging the Volume Performance Advisor task icon from the Task pane of the IBM Director and dropping it on an ESS in the Group Contents pane of the IBM Director.
  2. You must also have validated your access to the ESS by entering a valid user name and password.
Steps

Perform the following steps to identify your volume requirements:

  1. Type the space you require, in gigabytes, in the Total space required (GB) field in the Settings page. For example, 3.5 GB. The smallest allowed value is 0.1 GB.
  2. Click Specify a volume size range, and then select the range using the Minimum size (GB) spinner and the Maximum size (GB) spinner.
  3. Select one or more hosts from the Host Attachment table. This table displays all hosts that are known to the selected ESS.
  4. Click Next. The Choose workload profile page opens.
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