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3.5.2 Operation Volume Creation
Create volumes (areas in the drives of a RAID group) in the RAID group.
Create a 1TB Standard volume in the operation RAID group created in
"3.5.1 RAID Group Creation" (page 50) .
Figure 3.8 Operation Volume Creation
Operation RAID group (RG0)
Operation volume
RAID5 (4+1)
main
(Standard)
1TB
600GB
600GB
600GB
600GB
600GB
To perform a backup with , two types of backup volumes (generation data management area and
expansion area where copy data is saved) must be prepared in addition to one for operation. For details
about creation of backup volume, refer to
"3.5.3 Generation Management Volume (SDV) Creation" (page
55) and "3.5.4 Copy Data Destination Volume (SDPV) Creation" (page 56) .
Table 3.2 Operation Volume Creation
Usage Item Capacity Volume type
Operation volume (copy source) main 1TB Standard
Generation management volume sdv0 - 6 1TB (*1) Snap Data Volume
Copy data destination volume sdpv 500GB Snap Data Pool Volume
*1: Though the copy source capacity is specified during creation, the capacity allocated to sdv is approxi-
mately 0.1% of the copy source capacity.
When creation is finished, the volume is automatically formatted. After volume creation, Standard and
SDV become accessible from the host when host affinity setting is completed.
SDPV becomes available when formatting starts after creation.
The procedure to create an operation volume is as follows:
1
Click the [Volume] tab on the navigation of the ETERNUS Web GUI screen.
The [Volume] screen appears.
2
In [Action], click [Create].
The [Create Volume] screen appears.
3
Set the required items in the [Create Volume] screen and click the [Create] button.
Name: main
Capacity: 1TB
Chapter 3 General Settings
3.5 RAID Configuration Settings
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