Storage Pool Management

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Last updated: Nov 15, 2023 by Dima Urban (Unlicensed)
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Storage pools store the golden images and duplicates. This section describes how to manage primary and secondary storage pools.

  1. On the navigation bar, click Pool Management.

Primary Pool Management

To expand a primary storage pool:

  1. Select a primary storage pool.

2. Click Expand Primary Storage Pool.

a. Select a disk

or

b. Select disk path.

3. Click Expand.

To reduce a primary storage pool:

  1. Select a primary storage pool.

2. Click Reduce Primary Storage Pool.

3. Select a disk.

4. Click Reduce.

To see information about a primary storage pool:

  1. Select a primary storage pool.

2. Click Pool info.

3. To return to the main Pool Management work area, click Close.

To remove a primary storage pool:

  1. Select a primary storage pool.

2. Click Remove pool.

3. Click Remove to confirm the deletion or Cancel to exit without deleting the primary pool.

Secondary Pool Management

To create a secondary storage pool:

After the primary storage pool is created, the following window appears:

  1. Click Yes to have a secondary storage pool contain duplicates.

  2. Select:

    1. One or more disks, (in this example /dev/nvme2n1)

or

b. a disk path.

3. Click Create.

After the secondary storage pool is created, the following message appears: Pool ‘secondary_pool’ was created successfully.

The Storage Pool Management window appears displaying the primary and secondary pools that have been added to the system.

To expand a secondary storage pool:

  1. Select a secondary storage pool.

  1. Click Expand Secondary Storage Pool.

    1. Select a disk.

or

b. Select disk path.

3. Click Expand.

To reduce a secondary storage pool:

  1. Select a secondary storage pool.

  1. Click Reduce Secondary Storage Pool.

  2. Select a disk.

3. Click Reduce.

To see information about a secondary storage pool:

  1. Select a secondary storage pool.

2. Click Pool info.

3. To return to the main Pool Management work area, click Close.

To remove a secondary storage pool:

  1. Select a secondary storage pool.

2. Click Remove Pool.

3. Click Remove to confirm the deletion or Cancel to exit without deleting the secondary pool.