Deploying

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About this task

You can deploy the software.

Procedure

Create a storage pool:
1. Click the link Create Storage Pool in the Summary section of the Dashboard, or the top Configure page.
  
  Storage pools can have different capacity devices. A model group, consisting of devices that can be included in the same storage pool, must be selected. If devices across multiple sites are available, the required site must be selected.
  If a storage pool will have devices spanning multiple sites, balance the devices across the sites. Not balancing the devices can introduce read or write availability issues in the case of a single site outage.
Type a name for this storage pool in the Name field.
Select an IDA width for this storage pool from the Width drop-down box.
Select Region from the Region drop down box.
Configure Vault Index Version at an individual storage pool and override the global system setting for Default Vault Index Version using either the New Create Storage Pool page or the Edit: StoragePoolName page. You can chose one of three options.
1. System Default: If selected, Vault Index Format would be inherited from the System Level Setting. For more details see Configuring System Vault Name Index Format.
2. Version 4: Required for all data management features. This provides significantly improved listing performance with a reduce small object write performance.
3. Version 2: Must not be used for data management features. This provides a better small object write performance over version 4, but significantly lowers S3 listing performance. .
  
  Note: For more information on Use Cases and Workflow see Selecting Vault Name Index Format
When multiple devices with different engines are available, select the Zone Storage radio button to enable the zone slice storage for this particular storage pool.

Note: Zone storage can only be enabled when all IBM Cloud Object Storage Slicestor® nodes have been upgraded to 3.14.2
Devices may be selected either automatically (Suggest Devices) per the above rules, or manually.

Note: If you reimaged a Slicestor appliance for use in a storage pool, the device might not be available for use immediately after approval. The Slicestor appliance can be used when the device starts publishing a valid "Storage Engine" and "Total Size" to the Manager.
Once the devices are identified, click Save to create the Storage Pool.
CAUTION: If there is not an even distribution of Slicestor® Nodes across the available sites where the loss of one site would make Vaults either unusable or read-only, the Manager Web Interface displays a confirmation dialog box that asks the operator if they accept the settings with the risks they present:
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The selected devices are not balanced evenly across sites. This could lead to
read and write availability issues in the case of a site outage. Do you still
wish to continue?
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You can click Cancel or OK to change or keep the settings.

From the Configure Storage Pool page, click Change to rename this storage pool or Monitor > to shortcut to the monitor function for this storage pool. A different storage pool may be selected from the navigation page.