Dell EMC Metro node 7.0.1 Online Help

The Virtual Volumes view shows all the virtual volumes in the selected cluster. Use this view to quickly see the status of a virtual volume, or the supporting device for a virtual volume. By default, virtual volumes are sorted by name in ascending alphabetical order. The arrow in the default sort column indicates the direction of the sort; ascending ( ) or descending ( ). You can sort columns of data, select one or more objects in the list, and show or hide on the screen.

This screen also shows the following information about virtual volumes. To see additional properties, click the virtual volume name link to open the properties dialog box.

Virtual volume views and filters

To reduce the number of columns displayed on the page, you can select a specific view and filter the information in that view.

Additional tasks

You can also perform the following tasks from the Virtual Volumes view:

• View Virtual Volume properties — The screen displays the properties of the virtual volumes in a separate panel at the right side of the screen.
• View Supporting Device properties—Select the virtual volume, and then click the Supporting Device tab under the Virtual Volumes Properties panel.
• View Consistency Groups properties- Select the virtual volume, and then click the Consistency Group tab under the Virtual Volumes Properties panel.
• View a volume map —Select virtual volume, and then click the VIEW MAP under the VIRTUAL VOLUMES tab in the Virtual Volume Properties panel.
• Provision from pools —Select Virtual Volumes, and then select CREATE > Provision from Pools.
• Provision from storage volumes — Select Virtual Volumes, and then select CREATE > Provision from Storage Volumes .
• Rename virtual volumes — Select the virtual volume, and then click Rename under the VIRTUAL VOLUME tab in the Virtual Volume Properties panel. Click to save the changes.
• Search for virtual volumes — Type the virtual volume name in the Search box and press Enter.
• Refresh screen data — Click the Refresh icon .
• Create Virtual Volumes — Click Provision from Pools, Provision from Storage Volumes, or Create from Devices.
• Add a local or remote mirror — Select a virtual volume, and then select the MODIFY>Add Local Mirror or Add Remote Mirror.
• Expand volumes — Select an expandable virtual volume, and then select MODIFY>Expand to launch the Expand Volume wizard and add chunks of free storage volumes to the virtual volume.
• Enable or disable remote access — Select a virtual volume, and then select MODIFY> Enable Remote Access or MODIFY>Disable Remote access .This menu option allows you to enable remote access to this volume from another cluster in the metro node configuration. (metro node Metro only)
• Export— To export the Virtual Volumes to Storage view, click MODIFY>EXPORT.
• Delete volumes — Select an unexported volume, and then select DELETE>Delete.
• Tear down virtual volumes — Select an unexported virtual volume, and then select DELETE>Tear Down to delete all the associated devices and extents.

Opening the Virtual Volumes view

From the GUI main menu, do one of the following:

In metro node local

1. Click Provision Storage.
2. In the View by drop-down, click Virtual Volumes.

In metro node Metro

1. Click Provision Storage.
2. In the Provision on drop-down, select the cluster of the storage volume.
3. In the View by drop-down, select Virtual Volumes.