Users Guide
Hosts and Clusters
Mapping LUN
Create Multiple Datastores
Protocol Selection
Storage Manager Profile
Storage Center
Volume
Volume Settings
Editing Volume Settings
You can modify the settings for a datastore.
Prerequisites
The Compression option is enabled only if the Allow Compression option has been set on the Storage Center. Otherwise, the Compression
option is not enabled. For information about managing the Allow Compression option, see the
Dell Storage Manager Administrator’s Guide.
Steps
1. Select a datastore.
2. Select Actions > All Dell Storage Actions > Edit Volume Settings.
The Edit Volume Settings wizard opens.
3. Modify the Compression setting. Click Next.
The Ready to Complete page opens.
4. Click Finish.
Related reference
Edit Volume
Adding an RDM to a Virtual Machine
Use the Add Dell Storage wizard to add a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) to a virtual machine.
Add an RDM Using a New Dell Volume
An RDM can be created and mapped to a virtual machine using the vSphere Web Client Plugin.
Prerequisites
The active controller option is not available if the Storage Center user in Storage Manager only has volume manager privileges.
Steps
1. Select the virtual machine in inventory to which to add an RDM.
2. Select Actions > All Dell Storage Actions > Add Raw Device.
The Add Storage wizard starts with the Device Configuration page open.
3. Select Add New Raw Device Mapping to Virtual Machine and select a virtual device node.
4. Click Next.
The Storage Center page opens.
5. Select the Storage Center and/or active controller for volume creation, and click Next.
6. If necessary, select one or more hosts to which to map the new Dell volume, and click Next.
7. Select Create New Dell Volume, and click Next.
8. Select among the following steps that pertain to your environment. The steps that apply depend on the user-preferences settings of
the Storage Center user in Storage Manager.
a) Type the name and size for the new volume, select the volume folder, and click Next.
b) Select the pagepool to use for creating the volume.
c) Select the storage options for this volume.
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