Modifying volume properties Volumes Deleting volumes

Perform this task to modify the properties for previously created volumes.

Steps

Perform the following steps to modify volumes that have been created:

  1. From the IBM Director Task pane, click Multiple Device Manager.
  2. Click Manage Storage Units.
  3. Drag the Volumes icon to the Group Contents pane and drop it on the selected storage device. The Volumes panel opens.

    The volumes panel includes the following action buttons and the Volumes table:

    • Create. Click to create a new volume.
    • Assign host. Click to assign a host to a volume.
    • Unassign host. Click to unassign a host to a volume.
    • Properties. Click to view a volume.

    You can sort the columns of the Volumes table by clicking the right mouse button on the table header and selecting Sort->Edit Sort.

  4. On the Volumes panel, click Properties. The Volume Properties panel opens.
  5. On the Volume properties panel, you can view the following read-only fields for the associated volumes:
    • Storage type

      For the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS), the types are:

      • RAID 5
      • RAID 10

      For FAStT, the types are:

      • RAID 0
      • RAID 1
      • RAID 3
      • RAID 5
    • Available arrays that have the selected storage type on the associated ESS or FAStT
    • Volume quantity
    • Volume size (GB)
    • Defined SVC ports
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