Creating volume groups and assigning source volumes
Create a volume group and add source volumes.
Using the management GUI
To create a volume group, complete these steps:
- In the management GUI, select .
- Click Create Volume Group.
- On the Create Volume Group page, enter the volume group name. If you do not specify a volume group name, the system automatically assigns the name.
- To assign volumes, select the following options:
- Choose existing volumes
- Select this option if you want to add existing volumes to a volume group by completing these steps:
- Select Choose existing volumes and click Next.
- From the list, select the volumes that you want to add to the volume group.
- Click Create Volume Group.
Using the command-line interface (CLI)
To create and configure a new volume group and assign volumes to that group, complete these steps:
- To create the new volume group, enter the following command:
where volumegroup_name specifies a volume group name. The external defines that the policy is scheduled by an external scheduling application. This command creates the volume group and assigns the policy to the volume group.mkvolumegroup -name volumegroup_name -external
- After creating the volume group, either create new volumes or change existing volumes and assign
them to volume group that you created in Step 1.If you are assigning a new volume to the volume group, enter the following command:
where <pool_name_or_id> is the name or identifier of the parent pool that contains the Safeguarded backup location; <volumegroup_name_or_id> is the name or identifier of the volume group; and <disk_size> indicates the capacity that is provisioned for the volume from the parent pool.mkvolume -pool <pool_name_or_id> -volumegroup <volumegroup_name_or_id> -size <disk_size>
If you are assigning existing volumes to the volume group, enter the following command:
where <volumegroup_name_or_id> is the name or identifier of the volume group and <name_or_id> of the volume.chvdisk -volumegroup <volumegroup_name_or_id> <name_or_id>