Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Create a Volume Using Single-Step Dialog

If you need a small number of volumes, you can create them one at a time.

1. If the Dell Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2. Click the Storage tab.
3. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select Volumes.
4. In the right pane, click Create Volume. The Create Volume dialog box opens.
5. In the Name field, type a name for the volume.
6. In the Size field, type a size for the volume in kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).
   NOTE:A volume with a configured size greater than half the supported maximum volume size, as defined in the Storage Center Release Notes, does not support view volumes.
7. In the Volume Folder pane, select the parent folder for the volume.
8. (Optional) Configure the remaining volume attributes as needed.
   • To schedule snapshot creation and expiration for the volume, apply one or more Snapshot Profiles by clicking Change across from Snapshot Profiles.
   • To map the volume to a server, click Change across from Server.
   • If Chargeback is enabled, select the department to charge for storage costs associated with the volume by clicking Change across from Chargeback Department.
   • If Data Reduction is enabled on the Storage Center, select Compression or Deduplication with Compression to enable Data Reduction on the volume.
   • To use specific disk tiers and RAID levels for volume data, select the appropriate Storage Profile from the Storage Profile drop-down menu. Using the Recommended Storage Profile allows the volume to take full advantage of data progression.
   • If more than one Storage Type is defined on the Storage Center, select the Storage Type to provide storage from the Storage Type drop-down menu.

   • To set a Volume QoS Profile, either accept the default QoS Profile or click Change across from Volume QoS Profile. Then select a Volume QoS profile from the resulting list, and click OK.

   • To set a Group QoS Profile, click Change across from Group QoS Profile. Then select a Group QoS profile from the resulting list, and click OK.

   • To adjust the Read/Write Cache, enter the desired size of the cache.

   • To configure Replications and Live Volumes if they are licensed, select Replications and Live Volumes.

9. Click OK.