Use this procedure to search for volumes in a resource group, and optionally select volumes for an add or resize operation.
About this task
You can use the volume search dialog to search for volumes using various types of search criteria. You can search by volume name or datastore name, as well as by volume type, compression setting, and storage pool name.
You can launch the volume search dialog from various places with the
PowerFlex Manager user interface. You can launch the dialog from the following locations:
Storage section of the
Resource Group Details page
View All Settings page
Add Volumes wizard
Resize Volume wizard
When you perform a search,
PowerFlex Manager updates the results to show only those volumes that satisfy the search criteria. If the results would include more than 50 volumes, you must refine the search criteria to return only 50 volumes.
After performing a search in the
Add Volumes wizard, you can select one or more existing volumes to add to a resource group. In the
Resize Volume wizard, you can select the volume that you want to resize.
Prerequisites
Identify the naming patterns that are used for the volumes and datastores within the resource group, so you can easily enter a search pattern.
Steps
To access the
Volumes dialog from the
Storage section of the
Resource Group Details page:
On the menu bar, click
Lifecycle > Resource Groups.
Select a resource group.
On the
Resource Group Details
page, click
View Volumes in the Storage section.
You can also click
View Volumes in the Storage section of the
View All Settings page, which is also available from the
Resource Group Details page.
The
Volumes dialog is displayed.
To access the
Volumes dialog from the
Add Volumes wizard:
On the menu bar, click
Lifecycle > Resource Groups.
Select a resource group.
On the
Resource Groups page, click the
Add Resources button and choose
Add Volumes.
When
PowerFlex Manager displays the
Add Volume wizard, click
Add Existing volumes.
Click
Select Volumes.
The
Select Existing Volumes dialog is displayed.
To access the
Volumes dialog from the
Resize Volume wizard:
On the menu bar, click
Lifecycle > Resource Groups.
Select a resource group.
On the
Resource Groups page, click the volume component and choose
Volume Actions > Resize.
Click
Select Volume.
The
Select Volume dialog is displayed.
Provide the search criteria needed to filter the results to show 50 volumes or fewer:
Enter a volume or datastore name search string in the
Search Text box.
Optionally, select a
Size range.
Optionally,
Thick or
Thin for the
Type.
Optionally, select
Enabled or
Disabled for the
Compression setting.
Optionally, select a specific
Storage Pool.
Click
Search.
PowerFlex Manager updates the results to show only those volumes that satisfy the search criteria. If the search returns more than 50 volumes, you must refine the search criteria to return only 50 volumes.
If you are viewing volumes, click
Close when you are done looking at the search results.
If you are adding existing volumes, you can select one or more volumes to add:
Select each volume you want to add.
Click
>> to add the volumes.
To remove a selected volume, click the checkbox for the volume to remove and click
<<.
When you are ready to add the selected volumes, click
Add.
If you are selecting a volume for a resize operation, you can select the volume that you want to resize and click
Apply.
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