Creating volumes
Perform this task to create volumes
using the Create volume panel. Volumes may also be created to add as managed
disks (MDisks) to an MDisk group.
If you have installed the Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager, some
panels display an additional Create Volume button. Each
of these panels features a list of volumes (LUNs and managed disks). After
the LUN is created, the LUN list is updated.
Steps
Perform the following steps to specify properties for a
new volume:
- From the IBM Director Task pane, click Multiple Device Manager (MDM). The
MDM menu opens.
- From the MDM list of tasks, click Manage Storage Units. The menu for Managed Storage Units opens.
- Drag an icon (Volumes, or Managed Disks) 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 or modify 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.
- To create a volume click Create. The Create
Volumes panel opens.
- Select a device from the Select device drop-down list.
- Select a storage type from the Storage type drop-down list:
- For ESS, the choices are:
The default is RAID 5.
For FAStT, the choices are:
- RAID 0
- RAID 1
- RAID 3
- RAID 5
- For an IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (ESS) select an array in the Available arrays dropdown list.
The dropdown
list displays available arrays on the selected ESS.
- Use the Volume quantity spinner to select the number of volumes to create.
The minimum is 1 (default).
- Use the Volume size spinner to select the size of each volume in gigabytes
(GB).
The minimum is 1 GB (default).
- Select a port in the Defined host ports list box.
- Click Apply to continue creating volumes.
- Click OK to create the volume with the specified
properties and close the panel.
 | Notes:
- If Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager is installed the Specify zone information
panel opens when you click OK
- With Tivoli Storage Area Network Manager, some panels display an additional Create Volume button. Each of these panels features a list
of volumes (LUNs and managed disks). After the volume is created, the list
is updated.
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