Administration Guide › Configuring CA VM:Director for SFS › Describing SFS to CA VM:Director › Adding a File Pool and User Storage Groups to the CA VM:Director Configuration › Adding One User Storage Group at a Time

Adding One User Storage Group at a Time

To add one user storage group and its allocation limit at a time

1. Press Enter.

   Pressing Enter displays a screen where you can add user storage groups to the information CA VM:Director has about your SFS configuration.

2. Press PF2 (Add) to add a user storage group to the CA VM:Director configuration information for the current file pool.
3. On the next screen, enter the number of the new user storage group and an allocation limit.

   This allocation limit is the percentage by which this user storage group can be allocated, compared to its physical size. It must be a whole number from 100 (allocation is limited to the actual physical space) through 9999. For example, if you estimate that users will use no more than half the space they are allocated, you can allocate twice the space you actually have so that the space will be efficiently used (set this allocation limit as 200).

   This limit applies to all the SFS managers you allow to allocate space from this user storage group, regardless of which of these managers allocates the space; one SFS manager can allocate all the allocable space, even though you may have allowed five to allocate space from this user storage group.

   Note: For more information about allocation limits for user storage groups, see Allocation of Space in User Storage Groups in the chapter SFS Overview.

   After you enter the user storage group number and allocation limit and press Enter, CA VM:Director returns you to the screen that lists the known user storage groups for the current file pool.

4. To add more user storage groups for the current file pool, repeat from Step 4.
5. When you have added all the user storage groups you need to for this file pool, press PF3.

   Doing so returns you to the SFS Configuration Menu. From there, you can either perform other SFS configuration functions for CA VM:Director or return to CMS by pressing PF3 again.

6. To add more file pools, press PF3 until you return to the screen at which you enter the name of a file pool to add, described in Step 3. Repeat from Step 3 for each additional file pool you want to add.
7. When you have added all the file pools you need, press PF3.

   Doing so returns you to the SFS Configuration Menu. From there, you can perform other SFS configuration functions for CA VM:Director or return to CMS by pressing PF3 again.