Creating storage pools

You can use the Integrated Virtualization Manager to create a logical volume-based or file-based storage pool on your managed system.

To create a logical volume-based storage pool, you must assign at least one physical volume to the storage pool. When you assign physical volumes to a storage pool, the managed system erases the information about the physical volumes, divides the physical volumes into physical partitions, and adds the capacity of the physical partitions to the storage pool. Do not add a physical volume to the storage pool if the physical volume contains data that you want to preserve.

To create file-based storage pools, the Integrated Virtualization Manager must be at version 1.5 or later. To update the Integrated Virtualization Manager, see Viewing and updating the code level of the Integrated Virtualization Manager management partition.

To create a storage pool, complete the following steps in the Integrated Virtualization Manager:

In the navigation area, select View/Modify Virtual Storage under Virtual Storage Management. The View/Modify Partitions page is displayed.
Select the Storage Pools tab.
From the Tasks menu, click *Create Storage Pool. The Create Storage Pool page is displayed.
Enter a name for the storage pool and select the storage pool type.
Enter or select the information required to create the logical volume-based or file-based storage pool and click OK to return to the View/Modify Partitions page.
Note: The new storage pool appears in the table. If you select one or more physical volumes that might belong to a different volume group, the Integrated Virtualization Manager displays a warning message to indicate that adding them to the new storage pool can result in data loss. To create the new storage pool with the selected physical volumes, select the force option, and then click OK to create the new storage pool.

Last updated: Thu, May 07, 2020