Virtual Volumes Snap-in

Columns

!

Status of the virtual volume. Red X = offline; ! = requires attention; ? = unknown status.

Virtual Volume

Virtual volume name and icon denoting type, see Icons.

Logical Size

Size of the virtual volume in megabytes.

Type

Standard Mirror, Multipath Mirror (includes MPIO, 3rd party AP and CP), AP, or Linear

Primary Server

The server hosting the primary volume.

Status

Healthy; Failed Redundancy (primary or secondary error); Failed (linear down); Double Failure (primary and secondary down); Not Initialized. See Virtual Volume Status.

Diagnostic

Provides an initial diagnostic of a failure. For more detail, click on the virtual volume to display volume status.

Snapshot

If applicable, this column reflects whether a virtual volume is a MapStore, source, or destination of a snapshot.

Local Pool

Name of the NMV pool where the volumes original from, if applicable.

Shortcut Menu Options

Right-click Virtual Volumes component

New Virtual Volume – see   How to Create Linear Virtual Volumes

Right-click virtual volume

Delete- see Deleting Virtual Volumes

Set Mirror – Creating Virtual Volume Mirrors

Upgrade to Multipath – see Enable Multipathing on Standard Mirrors

Split Mirror- see Splitting a Mirror

Revert to Standard Mirror – see Revert to Standard Mirror

Map/Unmap to Local Server – maps or unmaps the selected virtual volume back to the local storage server. See Mapping Virtual Volumes to the Local Server.

Properties – see Virtual Volume Properties and Multiple Virtual Volume Properties