Creating an SVM

You must create an SVM to serve data to clients.

Before you begin

You must be a cluster administrator to perform this task.
You must know which security style the SVM root volume will have.
If you plan to implement a Hyper-V or SQL Server over SMB solution on this SVM, you should use NTFS security style for the root volume. Volumes that contain Hyper-V files or SQL database files must be set to NTFS security at the time they are created. By setting the root volume security style to NTFS, you ensure that you do not inadvertently create UNIX or mixed security-style data volumes.

Determine which aggregates are candidates for containing the SVM root volume. storage aggregate show -has-mroot false

Example

storage aggregate show -has-mroot false

Aggregate     Size Available Used% State   #Vols  Nodes  RAID Status
--------- -------- --------- ----- ------- ------ ------ ------------
aggr1      239.0GB   229.8GB    4% online       4 node1  raid_dp,
                                                            normal
aggr2      239.0GB   235.9GB    1% online       2 node2  raid_dp,
                                                            normal
aggr3      478.1GB   465.2GB    3% online       1 node2  raid_dp,
                                                            normal

You must choose an aggregate that has at least 1 GB of free space to contain the root volume. If you intend to configure NAS auditing on the SVM, you must have a minimum of 3 GB of extra free space on the root aggregate, with the extra space being used to create the auditing staging volume when auditing is enabled.

Note

If NAS auditing is already enabled on an existing SVM, the aggregate's staging volume is created immediately after aggregate creation is successfully completed.

Record the name of the aggregate on which you want to create the SVM root volume.
If you plan on specifying a language when you create the SVM and do not know the value to use, identify and record the value of the language you want to specify: vserver create -language ?
If you plan on specifying a Snapshot policy when you create the SVM and do not know the name of the policy, list the available policies and identify and record the name of the Snapshot policy you want to use: volume snapshot policy show -vserver vserver_name
If you plan on specifying a quota policy when you create the SVM and do not know the name of the policy, list the available policies and identify and record the name of the quota policy you want to use: volume quota policy show -vserver vserver_name
Create an SVM: vserver create -vserver vserver_name -aggregate aggregate_name ‑rootvolume root_volume_name -rootvolume-security-style {unix|ntfs|mixed} [-ipspace IPspace_name] [-language language] [-snapshot-policy snapshot_policy_name] [-quota-policy quota_policy_name] [-comment comment]
Example
vserver create -vserver vs1 -aggregate aggr3 -rootvolume vs1_root ‑rootvolume-security-style ntfs -ipspace ipspace1 -language en_US.UTF-8
[Job 72] Job succeeded: Vserver creation completed

Verify that the SVM configuration is correct.

Example

vserver show -vserver vs1

                                   Vserver: vs1
                              Vserver Type: data
                           Vserver Subtype: default
                              Vserver UUID: 11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111
                               Root Volume: vs1_root
                                 Aggregate: aggr3
                                NIS Domain: -
                Root Volume Security Style: ntfs
                               LDAP Client: -
              Default Volume Language Code: en_US.UTF-8
                           Snapshot Policy: default
                                   Comment:
                              Quota Policy: default
               List of Aggregates Assigned: -
Limit on Maximum Number of Volumes allowed: unlimited
                       Vserver Admin State: running
                 Vserver Operational State: running
  Vserver Operational State Stopped Reason: -
                         Allowed Protocols: nfs, cifs, ndmp
                      Disallowed Protocols: fcp, iscsi
                          QoS Policy Group: -
                               Config Lock: false
                              IPspace Name: ipspace1
                      Is Vserver Protected: false

In this example, the command creates the SVM named vs1 in IPspace ipspace1. The root volume is named vs1_root and is created on aggr3 with NTFS security style.

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