You can add capacity to the virtual disk used on the transaction server as described below.
You can add capacity to the virtual disk as follows:
Add capacity automatically to the virtual disk, or
Add capacity while checking the physical disk from which to slice capacity, or
Select (manually) the physical disk from which to slice capacity.
Note
If the number of SCSI command queues of the virtual target exceeds the number of SCSI command queues of a single CA, a confirmation dialog box appears with the message "ssgui4414: The number of virtual targets of SCSI command cues exceeds the limitation value of CA. Is processing continued?". If you click the <OK> button, disk read or write performance may deteriorate.
The physical disk on which you want to slice capacity can be selected automatically to expand virtual disk capacity is as described below.
Start up the "Add Capacity" dialog box as follows:
Select from the Composition Data tree area the virtual disk to which you want to add capacity and click the <Add Capacity> button, or
Select the virtual disk and then [Operations] - [Virtual Disk] - [Add Capacity], or
Right-click on a virtual disk under the virtual enclosure and select [Add Capacity].
The "Add Capacity" dialog box then appears.
Enter the status information for the physical disk on which you want to slice capacity.
Enter the capacity (numeric value) you want to add to the virtual disk.
Select the unit from the [MB] (default)/[GB] pull-down menu.
Select the RAID level of the physical disk on which you want to slice capacity from the pull-down menu.
The pull-down menu lists [No specification](default)/ [1+0], [1], [5], [6] and [0] but the RAID levels that cannot be selected for the physical disks are not displayed.
When there are multiple physical disks on which you want to slice capacity, use the physical disks in the same storage or select from the pull-down menu.
Only the storage devices registered in the virtual storage pool are displayed in [Storage name].
The pull-down menu lists [No specification] (default)/[Storage name] but the storage names that cannot be selected for the physical disks are not displayed.
Select the encryption attribute of a physical disk that configures the virtual disk from the pull-down menu.
The pull-down menu lists [Encryption] and [Non-encryption] but an encryption attribute that cannot be selected for the physical disk is not displayed.
Use the pull-down menu to select the "disk type" for the physical disks that make up the virtual disk.
The pull-down menu includes "Online" and "Nearline" disk types, but only the options that can be selected for that particular physical disk are displayed.
Select the <Automatic creation> button.
The "Add Capacity" confirmation dialog then appears. Click the <OK> button.
The "Add Capacity" dialog displays the result of adding capacity to the virtual disk. Select the <Close> button.
Confirm on the display and the creation screen that capacity has been added to the virtual disk.
Capacity is now successfully added to the virtual disk.
The user can add capacity to the virtual disk while checking information of the physical disk selected automatically based on the information entered.
Start up the "Add Capacity" dialog box is as follows:
Select from the Composition Data tree area the virtual disk to which you want to add capacity and click the <Add Capacity> button, or
Select the virtual disk and then [Operations] - [Virtual Disk] - [Add Capacity], or
Right-click on a virtual disk under the virtual enclosure and select [Add Capacity].
The "Add Capacity" dialog box then appears.
Enter the following status information necessary for the physical disk on which you want to slice capacity.
Enter the capacity (numeric value) you want to add to the virtual disk.
Select the unit from the [MB] (default)/[GB] pull-down menu.
Select the RAID level of the physical disk on which you want to slice from the pull-down menu.
The pull-down menu lists [No specification](default)/ [1+0], [1], [5], [6] and [0] but the RAID levels that cannot be selected for the physical disks are not displayed.
When there are multiple physical disks on which you want to slice capacity, use the physical disks in the same storage or select from the pull-down menu.
Only the storage devices registered in the virtual storage pool are displayed in [Storage name].
The pull-down menu lists [No specification] (default)/[Storage name] but the storage names that cannot be selected for the physical disks are not displayed.
Select the encryption attribute of a physical disk that configures the virtual disk from the pull-down menu.
The pull-down menu lists [Encryption] and [Non-encryption] but an encryption attribute that cannot be selected for the physical disk is not displayed.
Use the pull-down menu to select the "disk type" for the physical disks that make up the virtual disk.
The pull-down menu includes "Online" and "Nearline" disk types, but only the options that can be selected for that particular physical disk are displayed.
Click the <Candidate Selection> button.
The "Add Capacity" dialog box shows the automatically selected physical disk with its checkbox checked.
Click the <OK> button.
Remove the check mark from the automatically selected physical disk.
Select and check the physical disk on which you want to slice capacity.
Click the <Assigned Capacity> button.
The "Assigned Capacity" dialog box then appears.
Enter the changed quota capacity.
Enter the capacity you want to assign from the physical disk selected to the virtual disk in [MB].
1. Click the <OK> button in the "Assigned Capacity" dialog box.
2. Click the <OK> button in the "Add Capacity" dialog box.
1. Click the <Assigned Capacity> button for the physical disk whose quota capacity you want to change.
2. The "Assigned Capacity" dialog box then appears.
3. Enter the changed quota capacity.
Enter the capacity you want to assign from the physical disk selected to the virtual disk in [MB].
1. Click the <OK> button in the "Assigned Capacity" dialog box.
2. Click the <OK> button in the "Add Capacity" dialog box.
The "Add Capacity" confirmation dialog box then appears. Click the <OK> button.
The "Add Capacity" message dialog displays the result of adding capacity to the virtual disk. Select the <Close> button.
Confirm on the display and the creation screen that capacity has been added to the virtual disk.
Capacity is now successfully added to the virtual disk.
The user can select all physical disks on which to slice capacity for adding capacity to the virtual disk.
Note
You cannot add capacity while the virtual disk is in migration or replication.
Moreover, you cannot add capacity to any virtual disk displayed under a virtual storage pool in the Composition Data tree area.
Start up the "Add Capacity" dialog box is as follows:
Select from the Composition Data tree area the virtual disk to which you want to add capacity and click the <Add Capacity> button, or
Select the virtual disk and then [Operations] - [Virtual Disk] - [Add Capacity], or
Right-click on a virtual disk under the virtual enclosure and select [Add Capacity].
The "Add Capacity" dialog box then appears.
Select and check the physical disk on which you want to slice capacity.
Click the <Assigned Capacity> button for the physical disk selected.
The "Assigned Capacity" dialog box then appears.
Enter the capacity you want to add to the virtual disk.
Enter the capacity you want to assign from the physical disk selected to the virtual disk in [MB]. Note that checking the physical disk sets non-assigned capacity as the quota capacity. Removing the physical disk sets the quota capacity to 0.
Click the <OK> button in the "Assigned Capacity" dialog box.
Click the <OK> button in the "Add Capacity" dialog box.
The "Add Capacity" confirmation dialog box then appears. Click the <OK> button.
The "Add Capacity" dialog displays the result of adding capacity to the virtual disk. Select the <Close> button.
Confirm on the display and the creation screen that capacity has been added to the virtual disk.
Capacity is now successfully added to the virtual disk.
