Chapter 3. Block pools

Procedure

1. Click Storage Data Foundation.
2. In the Storage systems tab, select the storage system and then click the BlockPools tab.
3. Click Create Block Pool.

4. Enter Pool name.

   Note

   Using 2-way replication data protection policy is not supported for the default pool. However, you can use 2-way replication if you are creating an additional pool.

5. Select Data protection policy as either 2-way Replication or 3-way Replication.

6. Optional: Select Enable compression checkbox if you need to compress the data.

   Enabling compression can impact application performance and might prove ineffective when data to be written is already compressed or encrypted. Data written before enabling compression is not compressed.

7. Click Create.

Procedure

1. Click Storage Data Foundation.
2. In the Storage systems tab, select the storage system and then click BlockPools.
3. Click the Action Menu (⋮) at the end the pool you want to update.
4. Click Edit Block Pool.

5. Modify the form details as follows:

   Note

   Using 2-way replication data protection policy is not supported for the default pool. However, you can use 2-way replication if you are creating an additional pool.

   1. Change the Data protection policy to either 2-way Replication or 3-way Replication.

   2. Enable or disable the compression option.

      Enabling compression can impact application performance and might prove ineffective when data to be written is already compressed or encrypted. Data written before enabling compression is not compressed.

6. Click Save.

Procedure

1. . Click Storage Data Foundation.
2. In the Storage systems tab, select the storage system and then click the BlockPools tab.
3. Click the Action Menu (⋮) at the end the pool you want to delete.
4. Click Delete Block Pool.
5. Click Delete to confirm the removal of the Pool.