Creating a New Volume

This topic provides instructions for creating new volumes or journals.

1. In the Administration application, expand the Servers menu and click Volume Manager. Anzo displays the Volume Manager screen, which lists any existing user-defined volumes (system volumes can be displayed by selecting the system data filter). For example:

   

2. Click the Add Volume button and select Add Volume. Anzo displays the Create New Volume dialog box.

   

3. In the Title field, type a name for the new volume, and type an optional description in the Description field.
4. Click the Path field to open the File Location dialog box. For example:

   

5. On the left side of the screen, select the file store where you want to create this volume. On the right side of the screen, select the directory where you want Anzo to save the volume. If needed, you can click Create New Folder to create a new directory. Then click OK to close the File Location dialog box.
6. On the Create New Volume screen, complete the remaining fields:
   • Instance URI: Anzo automatically assigns an instance URI to this volume. If you want to specify a custom URI, type the URI in this field.
   • Reset Enabled: Controls whether volume resets are enabled. When reset is enabled, you can use an Anzo Admin CLI call to reset the entire contents of the volume without having to delete and recreate it. To enable resets for this volume, select the Reset Enabled checkbox.
7. Click Save to create the new volume in the location that you specified.