Creating a Dynamic Volume
You can create the following dynamic volumes:
To create a dynamic volume
- Right-click a dynamic disk group in the tree view the right pane, and select New Volume from the context menu. The Create Volume wizard appears.
You can also select the command from the Actions menu or click the New Volume tool on the toolbar (the third tool from the left side of the toolbar).
- Click Next to continue.
- The screen for selecting attributes comes up next. If necessary, select the dynamic Group name for the volume from the pull-down list.
- Type in the Volume Name. This is a Volume Manager-specific name that is used in some Volume Manager commands. It is different from the volume label for the file system.
- Specify the volume size, or select Maxsize.
The Maxsize button works differently, depending on whether you have a disk selected.
- If you do not have a disk selected when you start the Create Volume wizard, no figure displays in the volume size box. If you then click on a volume type and also click the Maxsize button, a size appears in the volume size box that represents the maximum volume for that layout for all disks in the dynamic group.
- If you do have a disk selected when you start the Create Volume wizard, a size is shown in the volume size box that represents the maximum concatenated (simple or spanned) volume size on the selected disk. If you then click the Maxsize button, a new number appears in the volume size box that represents the maximum size for a spanned volume that spans all the disks in the dynamic group. You can also click on another volume layout and then click the Maxsize button to get the maximum size for that layout that involves unallocated space on all disks in the dynamic group.
If you choose Striped or RAID-5, Number of Columns and Stripe Unit Size need to have an entry. Defaults are provided.
- Select the volume type:
- Make your selections in the Select disks for use for volume screen.
The default setting is for Volume Manager to assign the disks for you. To manually select the disks, click the “Manually select disks to create volume” radio button. The disks that you select should be in the right pane when you click Next.
- Check your selections in the final screen. When you are satisfied with your choices, click Finish.
By clicking the Previous button, you can go back and make changes before you click Finish.
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