Hardware manual
Group Administration Storage pools
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To cancel an in-progress member pool move operation, click Members, then member_name, then Cancel
member move.
Moving a volume to a pool
When you create a volume, you assign the volume to a pool. The group stores volume data on the pool members.
You can also move a volume from its current pool to a different pool, with no effect on users or applications.
While a volume is moving, the group allocates vo
lume space in the current pool and in the new pool.
Restriction: Thin clon
es inherit the pool setting of the template volume. You cannot move a thin
clone separately from its template column.
Requirement: The pool to w
hich you want to move a volume must have free space equal to the volume reserve
and any snapshot reserve and local replication reserve for the volume.
1. Click
Volumes, then expand Volumes, then select the volume name, then click Modify volume settings,
and then click the
General tab.
2. In the Modify volume settings dialog box, select the destination pool for the volume. T
he group updates the
Pool Space table to show the new amounts of free and used space in each pool. If a pool does not have enough
space to accommodate the pool change, the table cell showing free pool space displays a negative value.
3. Click
OK.
The volume status is shown as
moving until the pool move operation completes.
If necessary, you can cancel an in-progress volume pool move operation. V
olume data moves to the original storage
pool.
To cancel an in-progress volume pool
move operation, click Volumes, then volume_name, then Cancel
volume moving
.
Merging storage pools
You can merge any storage pool except the default pool into another pool, called the destination pool. Merging a
pool into a destination pool moves the pool members and volumes data into the destination pool. The group then
deletes the empty pool.
1. Click
Group, then expand Storage pools, then select the pool name, and then click Merge storage
pool.
2. In the Merge Storage Pools dialog box, select the destination pool and click OK.
Modifying a storage pool name or description
You can change the name or description of a storage pool, including the default pool.
Requirement: A storage p
ool name can be up to 63 characters. Valid characters include letters, numbers, and
hyphens. The first character must be a letter or number. A pool description can be up to 127
alphanumeric characters.