Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Administrator's Guide

Creating volumes

You can add volumes to virtual pools and linear disk groups. Click Create Volumes (Provisioning > Volumes) to open the Create Volumes wizard to add volumes to a pool (virtual) or a volume to a disk group (linear).

Depending on the storage type:

• The top portion of the panel displays a color coded graph for each pool on the system or volume usage by disk group.
• The graph indicates:
  • Amount of space on the system that is allocated to volumes
  • Total volumes committed (reserved for the system but not written to) (virtual)
  • Space occupied by added volumes
  • Space required for the new volume you are creating
  • Unused available space (linear)
  • Space that is overcommitted if the Pool Overcommit setting is enabled (virtual)

Follow the on-screen directions to create one or more new volumes to add them to the table. Fields with a red asterisk are required. Choose Continue when you finish creating volumes. The wizard prompts you to attach the volume to a host or host group, or allows you to create the volumes and attach hosts or host groups later. Choose the former option to attach the volumes to new or existing hosts or host groups. Choose the latter option to create volumes that are not attached to hosts or host groups. New volumes are listed in the Volumes table.

You can create an individual volume or multiple volumes. For more information, see:

• Volumes and volume groups
• Initiators, hosts, and host groups