Add a volume

You can add a volume that exists on a storage system under management of the appliance.

Prerequisites

  • Privileges: Infrastructure administrator or Storage administrator.

  • The storage system that contains the volume you want to add is managed by the appliance.

  • The storage pool that contains the volume you want to add is managed by the appliance.

  • The snapshot storage pool defined for the volume you want to add is managed by the appliance.

Procedure
  1. Do any one of the following:

    • From the main menu, select STORAGE > Volumes > + Add volume.

    • From the main menu, select STORAGE > Volumes, and select Actions > Add.

    NOTE:

    The Actions menu becomes visible after you create at least one volume.

  2. Enter the data requested on the screen.

    • Designate whether the volume is to be private (used by a single server) or shared (used by multiple servers).

    • Set the volume properties that are not automatically derived on import into HPE OneView.

    • You can also restrict the use of the volume template by selecting a previously defined scope.
      NOTE: If you have create permissions that are restricted by scope, you must assign resources to one or more restrictive scopes to manage a resource.
  3. Click Add to complete the action or click Add + to add another volume.
  4. Verify that the volume has been added in the master pane.

After you add a volume, you can attach it to a server profile.