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Adding a drive to a storage pool

This section describes how to add a non-pooled drive to a storage pool on the Disk Manager page.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Disk Manager page. Refer to Logging in to the Disk Manager page.
  2. In the disk list on the left, click the name of the drive to be added to a storage pool.
    The drive details are displayed in the lower left panel.
  3. In the lower left panel, click Add to Pool.
    The Add Drive to Pool wizard is displayed.
  4. Select a target pool.
    1. Select a target pool from the Select a pool drop-down list, and then click Add.
    2. Click Next if a message is displayed to indicate that the drive has been successfully added to the storage pool.
  5. On the More operation tab, click Rebalancing switch icon to start rebalancing the pool immediately if needed. Then, click Next.
  6. On the Summary tab, view the operation result. If desired operations are completed, click Finish.
The drive is successfully added to the storage pool.