FlashArray Management GUI

Microsoft Platform Guide

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Note:

The steps outlined here can be used for new Volumes as well as restored snapshots, which are simply new volumes after restore.

Create FlashArray Volume(s)

The FlashArray Management interface is very simple to use. Follow the steps below to create one or multiple volumes. Repeat the same actions to create a volume named ReFS (optional).

Create a single volume

1. Create a new volume named NTFS.

Create single volume

2. View the created NTFS volume.

View Volumes

Create multiple volumes

1. On the Create Volume page, click the Create Multiple button to create multiple volumes. In this case, you will create a template for the volume names using the hash (#) symbol where the numeric part of the volume name should appear. When Purity creates the volume names, the hash symbol is replaced with the volume number, beginning with the start number specified.

Create multiple volumes

2. View the NTFS volumes created.

View multiple volumes

Connect FlashArray Volume(s) to Host (or Host Group)

1. Connect the NTFS volume to slc6-lg-n3-b36-23-hyper-v.

Selecting the NTFS volume to connect to slc6-lg-n3-b36-23-hyper-v.

Viewing the NTFS volume that is now connected to slc6-lg-n3-b36-23-hyper-v.