Creating a storage pool Storage pool task Modifying a storage pool

Perform this task to create pools of volumes that you have set aside for a particular purpose, such as target volumes for copy operations.

Steps

Perform the following steps to create a storage pool:

  1. From the IBM Director Task pane, click Multiple Device Manager.
  2. Click Manage replication.
  3. Double-click Pools. The Pools panel opens.
  4. Click Create. The Create Pool Wizard opens.
  5. Click Next. The Select Volumes Page opens.
  6. Select a device from the selection tree on the left side of the panel. The selection tree expands, displaying a folder icon and device ID for each device that is available to Replication Manager.The logical subsystems (LSSs) or I/O groups that are associated with the selected device are displayed.
  7. Select an LSS or a node pair.

    Although you can only make a single selection at a time, you can select an LSS or a node pair (depending on the device type) multiple times. As you select each LSS or I/O group, the Available volumes table updates the list of volumes that are available for the selected device.

  8. In the Select Volumes Page, select volumes from storage devices of the same type to put in the new pool:
    1. Select volumes in the Available volumes table. (Click Select all to select all the volumes.)
    2. Click Add. The volumes are added to the Selected volumes table.
  9. Click Next. The Save Pool Page opens.
  10. Enter a name and a description to save the new pool.

    The name is required and must be 1 - 250 characters. The description is optional and cannot exceed 250 characters.

  11. Click Finish.
Result

The new pool is added to the Pools table.

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