Volumes window

You cannot view or manage volumes that are in storage virtual machines (SVMs) that are configured for disaster recovery (DR) by using Storage Manager. You must use the command-line interface (CLI) instead.

Command buttons​

Create

Provides the following options:

Create FlexVol

Opens the Create Volume dialog box , which enables you to add FlexVol volumes and Infinite Volumes.

Create FlexGroup

Opens the Create FlexGroup window , which enables you to create FlexGroup volumes.

Edit

Enables you to edit the properties of the selected volume.

Delete

Deletes the selected volume or volumes.

More Actions

Provides the following options:

Change status to

Changes the status of the selected volume to one of the following statuses:

• Online

• Offline

• Restrict

An Infinite Volume can go into a mixed state, which means that its constituents are not all in the same state. However, you cannot set the status of an Infinite Volume to a mixed state, which is a read-only state. A mixed state typically occurs when most of the constituents are online, but one constituent is offline. For example, if you take an aggregate offline that contains constituents, you also cause the constituents to go offline.

When you change the status of an Infinite Volume, the status of the constituents is changed one after the other. The Infinite Volume is in a mixed state until the operation is complete.

Resize

Enables you to change the size of the volume.

For FlexGroup volumes, you can use existing resources to resize the volumes or you can add new resources to expand the volumes.

Protect

Opens the Create Protection Relationship window for the volumes that are selected as source.

Manage Snapshots

Provides a list of Snapshot options, including the following:

• Create

  Displays the Create Snapshot dialog box, which you can use to create a Snapshot copy of the selected volume.

• Configuration Settings

  Configures the Snapshot settings.

• Restore

  Restores a Snapshot copy of the selected volume.

Clone

Provides a list of clone options, including the following:

• Create

  Creates a clone of the selected volume or a clone of a file from the selected volume.

• Split

  Splits the clone from the parent volume.

• View Hierarchy

  Displays information about the clone hierarchy.

The Clone option is not available for Infinite Volumes.

Storage Efficiency

Opens the Storage Efficiency dialog box, which you can use to manually start deduplication or to abort a running deduplication operation. This button is displayed only if deduplication is enabled on the storage system.

This option is not available for Infinite Volumes with storage classes.

Move

Opens the Move Volume dialog box, which you can use to move volumes from one aggregate or node to another aggregate or node within the same SVM .

Storage QoS

Opens the Quality of Service details dialog box, which you can use to assign one or more volumes to a new or existing policy group.

This option is not available for Infinite Volumes.

Provision Storage for VMware

Enables you to create a volume for the NFS datastore and to specify the ESX servers that can access the NFS datastore.

Mount

Enables you to mount an Infinite Volume on the namespace of the SVM with Infinite Volume.

Unmount

Enables you to unmount an Infinite Volume before you change the junction path or delete the Infinite Volume.

View Missing Protection Relationship

Displays read/write volumes that are online and that are not protected, and volumes that have protection relationships and that are not initialized.

Reset Filters

Enables you to reset the filters that were set to view missing protection relationships.

Refresh

Updates the information in the window.

Volume list​

Status

Displays the status of the volume.

Name

Displays the name of the volume.

Style

Displays the type of the volume such as FlexVol, FlexGroup, and so on.

SVM

Displays the storage virtual machine (SVM) that contains the volume.

Aggregates

Displays the name of the aggregates belonging to the volume.

Thin Provisioned

Displays whether space guarantee is set for the selected volume. Valid values for online volumes are Yes and No .

Root volume

Displays whether the volume is a root volume.

Available Space

Displays the available space in the volume.

Total Space

Displays the total space in the volume, which includes the space that is reserved for Snapshot copies.

% Used

Displays the amount of space (in percentage) that is used in the volume.

Logical Used %

Displays the amount of logical space (in percentage), including space reserves that is used in the volume irrespective of whether logical space reporting is enabled or not.

Note

This field is displayed only if you have enabled logical space reporting using the CLI.

Logical Space Reporting

Displays whether logical space reporting is enabled on the volume.

Note

This field is displayed only if you have enabled logical space reporting using the CLI.

Type

Displays the type of volume: rw for read/write, ls for load sharing, or dp for data protection.

Protection Relationship

Display whether the volume has a protection relationship initiated.

If the relationship is between an ONTAP system and a non-ONTAP system, the value is displayed as No by default.

Storage Efficiency

Displays whether deduplication is enabled or disabled for the selected volume.

Encrypted

Displays whether the volume is encrypted or not.

QoS Policy Group

Displays the name of the Storage QoS policy group to which the volume is assigned. By default, this column is hidden.

SnapLock Type

Displays the SnapLock type of the volume.

Clone

Displays whether the volume is a FlexClone volume.

Is Volume Moving

Displays whether a volume is being moved from one aggregate to another aggregate, or from one node to another node.

Tiering Policy

Displays the tiering policy of a FabricPool-enabled aggregate. The default tiering policy is snapshot-only .

Application

Displays the name of the application that is assigned to the volume.

Details area​

You can select a volume to view information about the selected volume. You can click Show More Details to view detailed information about the selected volume.

Overview tab

Displays general information about the selected volume, and displays a pictorial representation of the space allocation of the volume, the protection status of the volume, and the performance of the volume. The Overview tab also displays information about a volume that is being moved, such as the state and phase of the volume move, the destination node and aggregate to which the volume is being moved, the percentage of volume move that is complete, the estimated time to complete the volume move operation, and details of the volume move operation.

The refresh interval for the performance data is 15 seconds.

This tab contains the following command button:

Cutover

Opens the Cutover dialog box , which enables you to manually trigger the cutover.

The Cutover command button is displayed only if the volume move operation is in the replication or hard deferred state.

Snapshot Copies tab

Displays the Snapshot copies of the selected volume. This tab contains the following command buttons:

Create

Opens the Create Snapshot Copy dialog box , which enables you to create a Snapshot copy of the selected volume.

Configuration Settings

Configures the Snapshot settings.

Delete

Deletes the selected Snapshot copy.

More Actions > Rename

Opens the Rename Snapshot Copy dialog box , which enables you to rename a selected Snapshot copy.

More Actions > Restore

Restores a Snapshot copy.

Extend Expiry Date

Extends the expiry date of a Snapshot copy.

Refresh

Updates the information in the window.

Data Protection tab

Displays data protection information about the selected volume.

If the source volume (read/write volume) is selected, the tab displays all of the mirror relationships, vault relationships, and mirror and vault relationships that are related to the destination volume (DP volume). If the destination volume is selected, the tab displays the relationship with the source volume.

If some or all of the cluster peer relationships of the local cluster are in an unhealthy state, the Data Protection tab might take some time to display the protection relationships relating to a healthy cluster peer relationship. Relationships relating to unhealthy cluster peer relationships are not displayed.

Storage Efficiency tab

Displays information in the following panes:

• Bar graph

  Displays (in graphical format) the volume space that is used by data and Snapshot copies. You can view details about the space used before and after applying settings for storage efficiency savings.

• Details

  Displays information about deduplication properties, including whether deduplication is enabled on the volume, the deduplication mode, the deduplication status, type, and whether inline or background compression is enabled on the volume.

• Last run details

  Provides details about the last-run deduplication operation on the volume. Space savings resulting from compression and deduplication operations that are applied on the data on the volume are also displayed.

Performance tab

Displays information about the average performance metrics, read performance metrics, and write performance metrics of the selected volume, including throughput, IOPS, and latency.

Changing the client time zone or the cluster time zone impacts the performance metrics graphs. You must refresh your browser to view the updated graphs.