Dell POWERVAULT MD3600I - Manual (Page 107)

– Select Use recommended capacity settings and click Next.
– Select Choose your own settings and then select Customize capacity settings (advanced). Click Next and
go to step 11.
11. Use the Preferred capacity box to indicate the initial physical capacity of the virtual disk and the Units list to
indicate the specific capacity units to use (MB, GB, or TB).
NOTE: The physical capacity is the amount of physical disk space that is currently reserved for write requests.
The physical capacity must be at least 4 GB in size, and cannot be larger than 256 GB.
Based on the value that you entered in the previous step, the Disk pool physical capacity candidates table is
populated with matching repository virtual disks. New repository candidates returned either matches the capacity
you specify, or be rounded up to the closest 4 GB increment to make sure all the repository capacity is usable.
12. Select a repository from the table.
Existing repositories are placed at the top of the list.
NOTE: The benefit of reusing an existing repository is that you can avoid the initialization process that occurs
when you create a new one.
13. If you want to change the repository expansion policy or warning threshold, click View advanced repository
settings.
– Repository expansion policy – Select either Automatic or Manual. When the consumed capacity gets close
to the physical capacity, you can expand the physical capacity. The MD storage management software can
automatically expand the physical capacity or you can do it manually. If you select Automatic, you also can
set a maximum expansion capacity. The maximum expansion capacity allows you to limit the virtual disk’s
automatic growth below the virtual capacity. The value for the maximum expansion capacity must be a
multiple of 4 GB.
– Warning threshold – In the Send alert when repository capacity reaches field, enter a percentage. The MD
Storage Manager sends an alert notification when the physical capacity reaches the full percentage.
14. Click Finish.
The Virtual Disk Successfully Created window is displayed.
15. Click OK.
If you want to create another virtual disk, click Yes on the Do you want to create another virtual disk? window.
Perform any operating system modifications necessary on the application host so that the applications can use the
virtual disk. For more information, see the MD Storage Manager Software Installation Guide for your operating
system.
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