Adding efficiency policies

You can use Storage Manager to add efficiency policies for running the deduplication operation on a volume on a specified schedule or when the change in volume data reaches a specified threshold value.

1. Click Storage > SVMs.
2. Select the SVM, and then click SVM Settings.
3. In the Policies pane, click Efficiency Policies.
4. Click Add , and then specify the policy name.
5. Specify how the storage efficiency policy should be run:
   • Select Schedule , and specify the schedule name and the schedule details.

     You can specify the maximum run-time duration of the efficiency policy, if required.

   • Select ChangeLog Threshold , and specify the threshold value (in percent) for the change in volume data.
6. Optional: Select the Set QoS policy to background check box to reduce performance impact on client operations.
7. Click Add.