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. Click Advanced settings to specify the partition style, authentication method, capacity display units, and allocation unit size:

  5. Note: This release of Adaptec Storage Manager supports the NTFS file system type 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.
  6. 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.
  7. If your pools have free space available and you want to create additional volumes, click ; then, repeat steps 1-5. To remove a volume click the appropriate volume tab; then click .

  8. 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.

To configure volumes for a different iSCSI storage appliance, click Back; the "Select iSCSI storage host" window opens. To exit the Configuration wizard, click Cancel.


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