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Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces Deployment Guide

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Creating a clustered shared volume

  1. In the left pane of the Failover Cluster Manager , expand the cluster name, and then go to the Storage folder.
  2. Click Pools. The cluster pools are displayed.
  3. Right-click a storage pool, and then click New Virtual Disk.
  4. The New Virtual Disk Wizard window opens. Click Next.
  5. Select the storage pool in which to create the Storage Space, and then click Next.
  6. Specify the name of the Storage Space (Virtual Disk), and then click Next.

    If the storage pool contains SSDs, the option to create storage tiers in the Storage Space is available. Select the Create storage tiers on this virtual disk check box to create storage tiers.

  7. Specify the resiliency setting, and then click Next.
    • NOTE: Storage tiers are only supported on simple or mirror spaces.
  8. Specify the size of the Storage Space or storage tiers of the Storage Space, if applicable, and then click Next.
  9. Confirm the setting of the Storage Space, and then click Create.
  10. After you create the Storage Space, ensure the Create a volume when this wizard closes check box is selected, and then click Close.
    Figure 1. Creating a Virtual Disk This image shows creating a Virtual Disk
    • NOTE: If the Create a volume when this wizard closes check box is not selected, you must use Server Manager to create the volume on the Storage Space.
  11. In the New Volume Wizard window, click Next.
  12. On the Select the server and disk page, select the failover cluster and the Storage Space (Virtual Disk) to create the volume, and then click Next.
    Figure 2. Creating a volume on Cluster Shared Storage This image shows creating a volume on Cluster Shared Storage
  13. Type the size of the volume, and then click Next.
  14. Assign a drive letter to the Storage Space (optional).
  15. Click Next.
  16. Specify NTFS as the file system, and then specify the volume label.
    • NOTE: NTFS is required for using this solution.
  17. Confirm the settings of the volume, and then click Create.
  18. In the left pane of the Failover Cluster Manager , in the Storage folder, click Disks.
  19. Right-click the cluster virtual disk with the newly created volume, and then select Add to Clustered Share Volumes .

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