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Dell PowerStore Configuring Volumes

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Add existing volumes to a volume group

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The volume that you are adding to the volume group must be on the same appliance as other members.

If a volume group does not have a protection policy and is not write-order-consistent, you can add a volume that has a protection policy to that volume group.

However, be aware of some restrictions that apply when adding existing volumes to volume groups:

  • If the volume group has a protection policy, the volume that you are adding cannot have a protection policy already in place.
  • If the volume group has a protection policy and is write-order-consistent, you cannot add a volume that has a protection policy to that volume group .
  • If you add a volume to volume group that has existing snapshots, you cannot use those volume group snapshots for refresh or restore operations.
    • If you must restore or refresh the volume group from a snapshot that was taken before the new volume was added, you must remove the new volume.
    • Restore and refresh operations require that the volume group membership match the membership that existed when the snapshot was taken.

Steps

  1. Under Storage, select Volume Groups.
  2. Click the check box next to the volume group to which you want to add volumes.
  3. Select More Actions > Add Existing Volumes.
    NOTE:You can also open the Add Existing Volumes slide-out panel via the Members tab of the volume group.
  4. From the Add Existing Volumes slide-out panel, select the volumes to add to the group.
  5. Click Apply.
    NOTE:When you add volumes to a volume group or change the size of the volume group during an asynchronous replication session, the changes do not immediately appear on the destination. You can either perform a manual synchronization or wait until the synchronization occurs based on the RPO.

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