Tasks for configuring InfoScale Storage


Tasks for configuring InfoScale Storage
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You use InfoScale Storage to create SFW dynamic cluster disk groups and volumes for a cluster environment.

The following table lists the tasks for configuring disk groups and volumes.

Table: Tasks for configuring disk groups and volumes

Action

Description

Plan the disk groups and volumes to create

See Planning for SFW cluster disk groups and volumes.

If you are creating a campus cluster or a disaster recovery configuration, review additional information.

See Considerations when creating disk groups and volumes for a campus cluster.

See Considerations when creating volumes for a DR configuration using Volume Replicator replication.

Configure disk groups

Use the VEA console to create disk groups.

See Creating dynamic cluster disk groups.

Note:

Setting up a Microsoft failover cluster creates physical disk resources for all the basic disks on the shared bus. To use these disks when you create your SFW cluster disk groups, you must first remove the physical disk resources from the cluster. Otherwise, a reservation conflict occurs.

For campus clusters, add disks to sites

To implement site-based allocation for volumes on campus clusters, you add the disks in the disk group to campus cluster sites.

See Adding disks to campus cluster sites.

Configure volumes

Use the VEA console to create volumes.

See Creating dynamic volumes for high availability clusters.

See Creating dynamic volumes for campus clusters.

Understand how to deport and import disk groups and volumes to cluster nodes

When installing the application, you may need to deport and import disk groups and volumes to the different cluster nodes.