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ETERNUS SF Express V15.0 Operation Guide

4.4.2 Access volume settings

In Express, the Management Server sends a command to ETERNUS Disk storage system to perform an Advanced Copy function. When using the Copy command via SAN method, a logical volume that can be accessed from the Management Server is needed in ETERNUS Disk storage system. In this manual, this logical volume is called "access volume".

One logical volume of ETERNUS Disk storage system must be assigned to Management Server as the access volume.

Point

When registering ETERNUS Disk storage system to be used the Copy command via LAN method, no access volume is needed.

For Windows

Perform the following procedure to set an access volume on the Management Server:

  1. Allocate the logical volume from ETERNUS Disk storage system that is to be used as the access volume.
    The allocated volume is recognized as a disk.

  2. Initialize the disk as MBR disk format (DOS format) or GPT disk format.

  3. Create a partition and assign the drive letter.


For Linux

Perform the following procedure to set an access volume on the Management Server:

  1. Allocate the logical volume from ETERNUS Disk storage system that is to be used as the access volume.
    The allocated volume is recognized as a disk.

  2. Initialize the disk as MBR disk format (DOS format) or GPT disk format.