Note:  You ability to use a GUI to create HyperSwap volumes simplifies creation and configuration. 

To start the process of creating a volume, navigate to the Volumes  menu, and click the Volumes  option of the IBM Spectrum Virtualize graphical user interface as shown in Figure 7-8 on page 279. 

## 7.2.1 Creating basic volumes 

A basic volume  has only one physical copy, uses storage that is allocated from a single pool on one site, and uses the readwrite cache mode. Basic volumes are supported in any system topology and are common to all configurations. Basic volumes can be of any type of virtualization: striped, sequential, or image. They can also use any type of capacity savings: thin-provisioning, compressed, or none. For added capacity savings, deduplication can be configured with thin-provisioned and compressed volumes in data reduction pools. 

To create a basic volume, click Basic  as shown in Figure 7-10 on page 280. This action opens Basic volume menu where you can define the following parameters: 

GLYPH<SM590000> Pool : The Pool in which the volume is created (drop-down) 

GLYPH<SM590000> Quantity : Number of volumes to be created (numeric up/down) 

GLYPH<SM590000> Capacity : Size of the volume in specified units (drop-down) 

GLYPH<SM590000> Capacity Savings  (drop-down): 

– None 

– Thin-provisioned 

– Compressed 

GLYPH<SM590000> Name : Name of the volume (cannot start with a numeric) 

GLYPH<SM590000> I/O group 

