In order to create volumes in the R1Soft’s CDP 3.0 Enterprise Edition, connect to the CDP 3.0 Server, log in and perform the steps mentioned below:
Step 1: Click on ‘volumes’ in the Dashboard menu
Step 2: Now, click on ‘Create New Volume’ in the Volumes menu
Step 3: After clinking on ‘Create New Volume’ a popup window will open
Step 4: Enter the following details:
Identification options:
Name: Enter name for the volume with which it can be identified while assigning volume to the disk safe
Description: Enter the appropriate description for the volume
Volume Path: You can either new or existing folder path for placing the assigned disk safes in the folder
Quotas:
Quote Type: In this option, select ‘On Disk Size’
Soft Quota : Enter a figure that is two times lower than the actual backup plan size. For instance if the purchased backup space is 20GB, then enter soft quota 18GB.
Groups: This option will enable you to assign a group(s) to the volume. Select the appropriate group from the drop-down menu and click on the the “Add” button.
Users: Here you can assign one or multiple users to the volume. Select a user from the drop-down menu and click on the “Add” button.
Step 5: Once you have completed the Volumes settings, click on the ‘create’ button for creating a new volume to the system.
Step 6: In case there is no folder, a notification window will be displayed. You will have to confirm your request by clicking on the ‘OK’ button.
Step 7: After clicking on the ‘OK’ button, you will be informed by a notification window, if the Volume is created successfully.
Step 8: Click on the ‘OK’ button on the notification window and you will be able to see the Volume in the ‘Volumes’ list.
That completes the process of creating a volume.