Dell Compellent Series 40 - Manual (Page 98)

90 Storage Center 5.5 System Manager User Guide
Volumes
Deleting Multiple Volumes
1 In the system tree, select a volume folder. The list of volumes appears in the main
frame.
2 In the main window, select volumes by holding down the Shift key or Ctrl key and
clicking on volumes.
3 From the shortcut menu at the top of the window, choose Delete. System Manager
warns you if a volume is mapped to a server.
4 System Manager asks you to confirm. Click Yes. The volumes are deleted.
Restoring a Deleted Volume
When a volume is deleted, it is moved to the Recycle Bin. You can restore a deleted volume
from the Recycle Bin.
Once the Recycle Bin is emptied, any items in the Recycle bin are gone and cannot be
restored.
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To restore a volume from the recycle bin
1 In the system tree, expand Storage > Volumes to view volume components including
the Recycle Bin.
2 Expand the Recycle Bin. The Recycle Bin lists restorable volumes.
3 Select the volume to be restored.
4 From the shortcut menu, choose Restore Volume. The volume is restored. Previous
mappings are not restored.
Expanding a Volume
Virtual capacity may be greater than the physical capacity.
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To expand the virtual capacity of a volume
1 In the system tree, select a volume.
2 From the shortcut menu, select Expand Volume. The Expand Volume window appears.
3 Choose a number in blocks, Gigabytes, Terabytes, or Petabytes.
4 Click Continue. System Manager warns you that because of overhead, the actual final
size will be slightly larger than the size indicated.
5 Click Expand Volume Now.