Creating an extended storage pool

You use the Create Pool wizard on the Storage page to create and configure an extended storage pool. Each time you use the Storage page to access the Create Pool wizard, you are prompted to select the type of extended storage pool that you want to create. The System Management Console then dynamically builds the pages in the Create Pool wizard to present only the fields you need to use to configure HCP to access and use the specified type of extended storage pool.

To create an extended storage pool:

1.On the left side of the Storage page, click on the Pools tab.

2.On the Pools panel, click on the Create Pool button.

The Get Started wizard opens.

3.In the Get Started wizard, click on the arrow to display a list of supported extended storage pools, and select the type of pool that you want to create.

The Get Started wizard exits and the System Management Console opens the appropriate Create Pool wizard for the type of extended storage pool that you selected.

4.Use the fields on each page of the Create Pool wizard to specify the extended storage component access points that you want to include in the pool to specify the extended storage pool configuration settings that you want to use for the new pool you’re creating:

oTo create an Amazon S3 storage pool, use the fields to specify the configuration information that’s described in Amazon S3 storage pools.

oTo create a Google Cloud storage pool, use the fields to specify the configuration information that’s described in Google Cloud storage pools.

oTo create a Microsoft Azure storage pool, use the fields to specify the configuration information that’s described in Microsoft Azure storage pools.

oTo create an S3-compatible storage pool, use the fields to specify the configuration information that’s described in “S3-compatible storage pools” on page 135.

oTo create a Verizon Cloud storage component, use the fields to specify the configuration information that’s described in Verizon Cloud storage pools.

oTo create an NFS storage pool, use the fields to specify the configuration information that’s described in NFS storage pools.

You use the Next button at the bottom of each page to save the information you entered on that page and display the next page in the Create Pool wizard.

The last page in each wizard is the Review page, which displays all of the extended storage pool configuration information that you’ve entered in the wizard.

5.On the Review page in the Create Pool wizard, take one of these actions:

oIf the extended storage pool configuration information that you entered is correct, click on the Finish button at the bottom of the page.

oIf the extended storage pool configuration information is not correct, use the Previous and Next buttons at the bottom of each page to navigate through the pages in the wizard and change any settings that are not correct.

When you’re finished making changes to the storage pool configuration settings, navigate to the Review page and click on the Finish button.

When you click on the Finish button at the bottom of the Review page, the wizard exits. The System Management Console displays the Pools panel on the Storage page. This panel displays a list of all of the primary storage pools and extended storage pools that exist on the HCP system and provides information about the current status of each existing pool, including the new one you just created.

Each extended storage pool provides HCP with the information it needs to access and use the storage that’s represented by that pool. However, HCP can actually use the storage that’s represented by a given pool only if it’s included in at least one storage tier that’s defined for a namespace by its service plan.

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