Creating volumes and mirrored volumes

Complete the following steps to create a basic volume or mirrored volume:

Note: Before you can create a volume, you must create the underlying pools in the Pool configuration wizard.

  1. In the Size field, enter size of the volume.
  2. In the Label field, enter the volume name. The name must begin with an upper- or lower-case letter (a-z, A-Z).
  3. From the Drive letter drop-down list, choose the drive on which to mount the volume, or enter the full path to an empty directory, such as L:\mydir; the directory must already exist.
  4. From the File system type drop-down list, choose the file system for the volume.


    Note: This release of Adaptec Storage Manager supports NTFS only, the standard file system for Microsoft Windows operating systems. By default, Adaptec Storage Manager performs a quick format of the volume; that is, it removes files from the disk but does not scan for bad sectors.

  5. Click Advanced settings to specify the partition style, authentication method, and capacity display units:
  6. From the Partition style drop-down list, choose the partition style for the volume: Note: MBR is a suitable partition style for most systems. Choose GPT only for 64-bit Itanium servers.
  7. From the Authentication method drop-down list, choose the authentication method for users of this volume: None or CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol).
  8. From the Capacity display units drop-down list, choose the volume capacity unit of measure: megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).
  9. From the pools list (on the right), click the pool in which to create the volume. The pool can be in any enclosure attached to the management service.
  10. If your pools have free space available and you want to create additional volumes, click ; then, repeat steps 1-9. To remove a volume click the appropriate volume tab; then click .
  11. When you are ready to continue, click Next. If you are creating a volume with a remote mirror, the "Define remote mirror plex" window opens. If you are creating a basic volume, the "Configuration summary" window opens.

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