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.
- In the Size field, enter size of the volume.
- In the Label field, enter the volume name. The name must begin with an upper- or lower-case letter (a-z, A-Z).
- 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.
- 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.
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Click Advanced settings to specify the partition style, authentication method, and capacity display units:
- From the Partition style drop-down list, choose the partition style for the volume:
- MBR (Master Boot Record)
- GPT (GUID Partition Table)
Note:
MBR is a suitable partition style for most systems. Choose GPT only for 64-bit Itanium servers.
- From the Authentication method drop-down list, choose the authentication method for users of this volume: None or CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol).
- From the Capacity display units drop-down list, choose the
volume capacity unit of measure: megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB).
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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.
- 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
.
- 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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