Users Guide

Based on a medium-sized environment that does not need standby virtual machines, you can use all of the storage to back up a
significant number of agents. However, if you need more resources for standby virtual machines and back up a smaller number
of agent machines, you can allocate more resources for larger VMs.
When you select the Appliance > Provisioning tab, the Rapid Recovery Appliance software locates the available storage space
for all supported controllers in the system and validates that the hardware meets the requirements.
To complete disk provisioning for all available storage:
1. Click Appliance > Provisioning.
The Provisioning screen displays the Repositories and Storage Volumes sections.
CAUTION: Before proceeding ensure Step 2 through Step 4 is followed in this procedure.
2. Provision available storage to create:
● Repository
● Disk volumes for standby VMs or any other purpose
3. To create a repository:
a. On the provisioning page, in the Repositories section, click Add New Repository
The Add New Repository dialog box appears.
b. Enter the information as described in the following table.
Table 56. Provisioning storage
Text Box Description
Repository Name Enter the display name of the repository.
By default, this text box consists of the word Repository and a number, which
corresponds to the number of repositories for this Core. For example, if this is the
second repository, the default name is Repository 2. Change the name as needed.
Repository names must contain between 1 and 40 alphanumeric characters, including
spaces. Do not use prohibited characters or prohibited phrases . For more information,
see the topics ‘prohibited characters’ or ‘prohibited phrases’ in the Dell Data
Protection | Rapid Recovery 6.0 User Guide.
Controller Select the appropriate storage controller depending on whether you are creating
repository on internal storage or on direct-attached storage enclosure.
Enclosure Select the appropriate storage enclosure.
RAID type Select the appropriate RAID level. You have the following options for RAID
configuration: 1, 5, or 6.
NOTE: Your system allows you to create repository only in the RAID levels in
which the storage is configured and as available out of factory. To create
repository in desired RAID configuration, you must configure your storage in the
desired RAID level. To configure storage in the desired RAID level, see Dell RAID
controller documentation at https://www.dell.com/support.
Estimated capacity Displays the estimated capacity available for creating a repository.
Controller available space Displays the available space on the controller.
Size Enter the size of the repository.
c. Click Create.
A new repository is created.
4. To create disk volumes for standby VM or any other purpose:
a. In the Storage Volume section, click Create Volume.
b. In the Create Volume dialog box, specify the following information for a new disk volume Volume name,
Controller, Enclosure, RAID type, and Size.
The Controller available space is displayed by default. You can select one of the following RAID configurations: 1, 5, or 6.
c. Click Create.
A new storage volume is created.
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