Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Modify a Volume

You can rename, move, or expand a volume after it has been created. You can also modify advanced volume attributes if needed.

1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, select a PS Series group.
3. Click the Storage tab.
4. In the Storage tab navigation pane, expand the Volumes node and select a volume.
5. In the right pane, click Edit Settings. The Edit Volume dialog box opens.
6. In the Name field, type a name for the volume.
7. In the Volume Folder pane, select the Volumes node or a parent folder for the volume.
8. In the Notes field, type any notes to associate with this volume.
9. In the Size field, type a size for the volume in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).
10. (Optional) Configure the remaining volume attributes as needed.
    • To change the amount of space reserved for volume snapshots, type a percentage in the Snapshot Reserve field.
    • To change the warning threshold for snapshot space, type a percentage in the Snapshot Space Warning Percent Threshold field.
    • In the Thin Provisioning Modes area:
      • To enable thin provisioning, select the Thin Provisioned Volume checkbox:
      • In the Minimum Volume Reserve field, type the minimum reserve percentage of the volume.
      • In the In-Use Warning Limit field, type the in-use space warning limit percentage of the volume.
      • To generate an warning event message when the in-use warning limit is exceeded, select the Generate initiator error when in-use warning limit is exceeded. checkbox.
      • In the Maximum In-Use Space field, type the maximum in-use space percentage of the volume.
      • To set the volume offline when the maximum in-use space is exceeded, select the Set offline when maximum in-use space is exceeded checkbox.
    • In the Volume iSCSI Settings area:
      • Type a value in the Public Alias field to specify a public alias for the volume.
      • Select the Allow simultaneous connections from initiators with different IQNs checkbox if your environment supports multiple initiators accessing a volume.
11. Click OK.