Administrator Guide
Create Multiple Volumes Simultaneously and Map Them to a Server
If a server requires additional storage and you do not want to use existing volumes, you can create and map multiple volumes to the server
in a single operation.
1 If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2 Click the Storage tab.
3 Select the server to which to map new volumes in the Storage tab navigation pane.
4 In the right pane, click Create Multiple Volumes. The Create Multiple Volumes dialog box opens.
5 In the Volume Count eld, type the number of volumes to create.
6 Type a name for the volume in the Name eld.
7 Select a unit of storage from the drop-down menu and enter the size for the volume in the Size eld. The available storage units are
bytes, kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), and terabytes (TB).
8 In the Volume Folder pane, select the parent folder for the volume.
9 (Optional) Congure the remaining volume attributes as needed.
• To congure LUN settings, restrict mapping paths, congure multipathing, or present the volume as read-only, click Advanced
Mapping.
• To schedule snapshot creation and expiration for the volume, apply one or more Snapshot Proles by clicking Change located to
the right of Snapshot Proles. The default Snapshot Prole is Daily.
• To disable read cache on the volume, clear the Enabled checkbox located to the right of Read Cache.
• To disable write cache on the volume, clear the Enabled checkbox located to the right of Write Cache.
• To disable Data Compression, clear the Enabled checkbox located to the right of Compression.
• To enable Data Reduction, select Compression or Deduplication with Compression from the Data Reduction Prole drop-down
menu.
• If Chargeback is enabled, select the department to charge for storage costs associated with the volume by clicking Change
located to the right of Chargeback Department.
• To use specic disk tiers and RAID levels for volume data, select the appropriate Storage Prole from the Storage Prole drop-
down menu.
NOTE
: Using the Recommended Storage Prole allows the volume to take full advantage of data progression.
• If more than one Storage Type is dened on the Storage Center, select the Storage Type to provide storage from the Storage
Type drop-down menu.
• To change the volume QoS prole for the volume, click Change located to the right of Volume QoS Prole.
• To change the group QoS prole for the volume, click Change located to the right of Group QoS Prole.
• To create the volume as a replication volume, select the Create as Replication checkbox.
• To create the volume as a Live Volume, select the Create as Live Volume checkbox.
10 Click OK.
The Create Multiple Volumes dialog box appears and displays the newly created volume.
11 Use the Create Multiple Volumes dialog box to create additional volumes.
• To add a volume based on a previous volume, select the volume from the list and click Clone Selected Volume.
• To manually dene another volume, click Add Volumes.
• To modify a previous volume, select it from the list and click Edit Volume.
• To remove a previous volume, select it from the list and click Remove Volume.
12 Click OK. The volumes are created and mapped to servers.
Related link
Modifying Volumes
Storage Center Server Administration
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