Create an ONTAP Volume

Goal

This workflow will provision an ONTAP volume in the selected cluster and Storage Virtual Machine (SVM), with the specified volume name and size.

User input parameters

1)       Cluster* [Mandatory]: The ONTAP storage system that hosts the SVM where the new volume will be created.

The drop-down list identifies both the name of the cluster and its primary IP address.

2)       Storage Virtual Machine* [Mandatory]: The SVM where the volume will be created.

The drop-down list identifies all of the data SVMs in the selected cluster.

3)       Extended Volume Style: The type of volume (FlexVol or FlexGroup) you want to create.

Note:

·         For FlexVol, if the volume is ‘thick’ (that is, space guarantee is other than ‘none’), then the FabricPool will be discarded from the selection list in the ‘List Of Aggregate’ field.

·         For FlexGroup, ONTAP 9.2 does not support creation of FlexGroup on the FabricPool.

4)       Volume Name* [Mandatory]: The name to use for the volume.

·         A volume will be provisioned by the same name and mounted in the SVM’s namespace as /<volume_name>.

·         A volume guaranteed volume of the specified size will be provisioned in an aggregate with the most available capacity and an over commitment percentage under 300%. If the selected SVM has aggregates assigned to it, then that assignment will be taken care of during the aggregate selection.

5)       Volume Size GB* [Mandatory]: The usable size of the volume you like to create in gigabyte (GB). The total volume size is automatically calculated within the workflow to accommodate for the Snapshot space.

 

FlexGroup Details

You can only use the FlexGroup Details section when you select the extended volume style as FlexGroup.

 

 

Result

This workflow will result in creating an ONTAP volume depending on the inputs provided.

 

Error Handling

An error message is displayed if no aggregate within the selected cluster is available to create a volume.