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● Add or remove virtual volumes—Select the storage view name to display its components in the panel on the right. In the
panel, click Virtual Volumes, and then click Add or Remove.
Opening the Storage Views screen
From the GUI main menu, do one of the following:
1. In a metro node Local:
a. Select Provision Storage.
b. In the View by drop-down, select Storage Views.
2. In a metro node Metro:
a. Select Provision Storage.
b. In the Provision on drop-down, select the cluster of the storage view.
c. In the View by drop-down, select Storage Views.
The Create Storage View wizard
Use the Create Storage View wizard to create a storage view.
Best Practices
● Create a separate storage view for each host that needs access to the same storage, and then add the volumes to each
view.
● For redundancy, at least two initiators from a host must be added to the storage view.
Storage view status
To create a storage view, you must give the storage view a name and add at least one metro node port. You can return to the
wizard at any time to add the other components. Until all components are added, the storage view is inactive. It will display in
the Storage Views screen, but hosts cannot access the storage in the view because it is incomplete.
Selecting storage view components
When selecting initiators in the Create Storage View wizard, if a selected initiator has ports associated with it, those ports are
automatically selected for you. You also have the option of manually selecting ports. When selecting virtual volumes, you can
view the consistency group to which the volume belongs and sort the virtual volumes by consistency group.
Manually setting LUN numbers
By default, the system automatically assigns a LUN number to each selected virtual volume (0 - 16383). When creating a
storage view, you can manually assign a LUN number if desired, or automatically assign LUN numbers by specifying a range of
numbers.
Creating a storage view
About this task
To export storage, you must first create a storage view, and then add metro node front-end ports and virtual volumes to the
view. Virtual volumes are not visible to hosts until they are in a storage view with associated ports and initiators. Use the Create
Storage View wizard to create a storage view, and add initiators, ports and virtual volumes to the view. When you create a
storage view with all required components, it automatically becomes active. When a storage view is active, hosts can see the
storage and begin I/O to the virtual volumes in the storage view. The Create Storage View wizard provides more information on
best practices and other information to consider when creating a storage view.
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Exporting storage