Dell Storage Manager 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Create a Volume

Create a volume to present a local unit of storage on a PS Series group.

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, select Volumes.
5. In the right pane, click Create Volume. The Create 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 copy ACL settings from an existing volume, click Copy ACL, select a volume from the dialog box, and click OK.
    • To change the storage pool assignment, click Change, select a storage pool from the dialog box, and click OK.
    • To change the sector size of the volume, select a size from the Sector Size 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.
11. Click OK.