You can use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to create a virtual
disk on your managed system. Virtual disks are also known as logical
volumes.
About this task
To modify virtual storage, be sure you meet the following
requirements:
- The HMC must
be at version 7.7.4, or later.
- The Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) must be at version
2.2.1.0, or later.
- Ensure that there is a resource monitoring and control connection
between the HMC and
the VIOS to manage
storage.
Procedure
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In the navigation pane, click the Resources icon
.
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Click All Systems. The All Systems page is
displayed.
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In the PowerVM area, click Virtual Storage. The
Virtual Storage page opens with the VIOS partitions listed in a table, in the Virtual Storage
Management tab.
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Select a VIOS and click .
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In the Virtual Storage Management page, click the Virtual Disks tab and
click Create Virtual Disk.
- Enter a virtual disk name, select a storage pool or a shared storage pool, and enter the size
for the new virtual disk. If you select a shared
storage pool, also specify whether you want to use thick or thin storage.
By default, the storage type is thin storage. You can optionally
assign the disk to a logical partition.
- Click OK
The
HMC creates the new virtual
disk with your specifications, and the Virtual Disks page is displayed.
Tip: If possible, do not create virtual
disks within the rootvg storage pool. Create one
or more additional storage pools and create the virtual disks using
the additional storage pools.
- Repeat this procedure for each virtual disk that you want
to create.
- To view or change the properties of virtual disks that
you created, see Changing a virtual disk for a VIOS logical partition by using the HMC.
What to do next
These steps are equivalent to using the mkbdsp command
in the command-line interface.
If there is not enough disk space
for the virtual disk, increase the size of the storage pool. For instructions,
see Changing a storage pool for a VIOS logical partition by using the HMC