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Partitioning an Existing Logical Drive or Logical Volume/Creating a Partition

NOTE: Logical volumes are unsuited to some modern configurations such as Sun Cluster environments, and do not work in those configurations. Use logical drives instead.

NOTE: Before you can create a partition, you need to delete all assigned LUNs.

  1. Select the appropriate array.
  2. View the logical drives or logical volumes on which you want to create partitions.
  3. If any of these logical drives or logical volumes have host LUN assignments, proceed to Step 4; if they do not, proceed to Step 8.
  4. Select Configuration > Custom Configuration.
  5. Select Change Host LUN Assignments.
  6. Select the Host LUN(s) that are attached to the logical drives or logical volumes you want to partition, and click Unmap Host LUN.
  7. Click OK, and then click Close.
  8. Select Configuration > Custom Configure.

  9. Select Manage Existing LDs/LVs and Partitions from the Custom Configuration Options window.
  10. Select the Partitions tab.
  11. Select a logical drive or logical volume you want to partition.
  12. Specify the Partition Size in Mbyte, and click Create.
  13. To create multiple partitions of the same size, click Add Partition as many times as partitions you want to create. You can also type the partition size in the Part Size field and multiply (*) it by the number of partitions you want to create, for example 100*128. Any remaining MB is added to the last partition.

    As you add partitions, the remaining capacity displayed in Available Size (MB) decreases by the amount of he partition size.

  14. To change the size of a partition you have already created, select the logical drive or logical volume, and click Modify Size.
  15. Specify the new size (in Mbyte) in the Partition Size field, and click OK.
  16. Click OK in the Confirm Configuration Operation to complete the operation, and click Close.

About the Logical Drive/Logical Volume Number

For important information regarding the logical drive number displayed in the LD field in the Manage Existing LDs/LVs and Partitions window, see About the Logical Drive/Logical Volume Number.

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