GUI – Managing storage spaces and services

After defining physical storage resources on Spectrum Control you must add virtual storage elements: spaces and services.

Spectrum Control administers storage at the virtual level, using spaces and services. This simplifies storage provisioning, and allows users to allocate their own storage resources to suit requirements of a specific VM.

Storage spaces are added and managed, using the Manage Spaces option in the Settings menu. You can also add a new space via the drop-down menu of the Default Space tab on the Spaces/Services pane.

Storage services are added and configured via the Spaces/Services pane of the Spectrum Control GUI.

This image shows the Spaces/Services pane. — Figure 1. Spaces/Services pane

GUI – Adding a storage space
Once physical storage elements are defined in the IBM® Spectrum Control Base Edition, you can continue by adding the first virtual entity – a storage space.
GUI – Removing a storage space
If a storage space is no longer needed, you can remove it from Spectrum Control.
GUI – Adding a storage service
After a storage space is defined, you can start adding storage services to the space.
GUI – Removing a storage service
If a storage service is no longer needed, you can remove it.
GUI – Defining and attaching storage resources
After the storage arrays and services are added, you can start defining resources on the arrays.
GUI – Resizing storage resources
If needed, you can change a size of any resource (pool) defined on an array.
GUI – Detaching storage resources from services
When required, you can detach a storage resource (pool) from a service to which it is attached.

Parent topic: Managing Spectrum Control from the graphical user interface (GUI)