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Creating FlexGroup volumes

A FlexGroup volume can contain many volumes that can be administered as a group instead of individually. You can use Storage Manager to create a FlexGroup volume by selecting specific aggregates or by selecting system-recommended aggregates.

About this task

  • You can create only read/write (rw) FlexGroup volumes.

  • Starting with Storage Manager 9.6, you can create FlexGroup volumes in a MetroCluster configuration.

  1. Click Storage > Volumes.
  2. Click the + sign to add a volume.
  3. Select More options.
  4. Select Distribute volume data across cluster (FlexGroup).
  5. Assign a name, the size, and the required permissions to the FlexGroup.
  6. Choose the required protection policies and select Save.