Configuring a directory-container storage pool for data storage

You can configure directory-container storage pools to use inline data deduplication to store deduplicated data.

To store data in a directory-container storage pool, complete the following steps:

1. Create a directory-container storage pool by completing the following steps:
   1. On the Operations Center menu bar, click Storage > Storage Pools.
   2. On the Storage Pools page, click + Storage Pool.
   3. Complete the steps in the Add Storage Pool wizard. Select Directory for the type of container-based storage.
2. After the wizard creates the storage pool, update your management classes and policy sets to use the new pool. To update a management class to use the new pool, complete the following steps:
   1. On the Operations Center menu bar, click Services.
   2. On the Policies page, select a policy domain and click Details.
   3. On the Details page, click the Policy Sets tab.
   4. Click the Configure toggle. The policy sets are editable.
   5. Optional: To edit a policy set that is not active, click the forward and back arrows to locate the policy set.
   6. Update one or more management classes to use the new pool by editing the Backup Destination field of the table.
   7. Click Save.
3. Activate the changed policy set by completing the following steps:
   1. Click Activate. Because changing the active policy set might result in data loss, a summary of the differences between the active policy set and the new policy set is displayed.
   2. Look at the differences between corresponding management classes in the two policy sets, and consider the consequences on client files. Client files that are bound to management classes in the currently active policy set are, after activation, bound to the management classes with the same names in the new policy set.
   3. Identify management classes in the currently active policy set that do not have counterparts in the new policy set, and consider the consequences on client files. Client files that are bound to these management classes are, after activation, managed by the default management class in the new policy set.
   4. If the changes implemented by the policy set are acceptable, select the I understand that these updates can cause data loss check box and click Activate.
4. Click the Configure toggle. The policy sets are no longer editable.