Configuring for dynamic target volume allocation for IBM DS8000 storage systems

Complete the following procedure to configure IBM® Storage Support for Microsoft VSS and VDS to dynamically create target volumes for backup use for IBM DS8000® storage systems.

About this task

There are two options which need to be set in order to configure IBM Storage Support for Microsoft for Microsoft VSS and VDS to dynamically create target volumes for IBM DS8000 storage systems. These options are:

  • The name of the storage pool from which you would like IBM Storage Support for Microsoft VSS and VDS to dynamically create target volumes.
  • The allocate option, used to specify the creation of either standard volumes or space-efficient volumes.

Procedure

  1. Issue the ibmvcfg.exe set storagePool command to set the name of the storage pool.

    Example: ibmvcfg.exe set storagePool "Extent Pool 10"

  2. Issue the ibmvcfg.exe set allocateOption command to set the allocate option.

    Example: ibmvcfg.exe set allocateOption se