Hardware manual
Group Administration Storage pools
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2. Under Storage pool assignment, click Create new pool.
3. In the Create Storage Pool dialog box, enter a name and d
escription for the new pool and click OK. If a
description contains spaces, surround it with quotation marks.
4. In the Modify Member Settings dialog box, click
OK.
5. Confirm that you want to create the pool.
The member status shows as
moving until the move operation completes.
If necessary, you can cancel an in-progress member pool move operat
ion. The member immediately returns to the
original pool.
To cancel an in-progress member pool m
ove operation, click Members, then member_name, then Cancel
member move.
Displaying storage pools
To display the storage pools in a group, click Group and then Storage Pools. The Storage Pool Summary
window appears, containing the following panels:
• Group disk space panel – Shows available storage space
and space usage. Provides information about RAID
distribution. You can change the view by selecting an option.
Recommendation: De
ll recommends that free pool space does not fall below the following, whichever is
smaller:
– 5% of the total pool space
– 100 GB multiplied by the number of pool members
• Storage pools panel – Shows pool configuration details. Provides information about storage objects in the pool,
such a
s volumes.
See the online help for information about the data fields and options.
Displaying storage pool details
To display the details of an individual storage pool, click Group, then expand Storage Pools, and then select the
pool name.
The Status, Volumes, and Volume Templates ta
bs provide storage pool information and links to task activities.
Storage pool status tab
The Status tab provides general pool information, disk space information, and details of each PS Series group
member in the pool. It contains the following panels:
• General pool information panel – Provides information about members, volumes and snapshots.
• Pool disk space panel – Provides informa
tion
about available storage space, space usage, and RAID
distribution. Enables you to select a volume administrator account.