Configuring independent disk pools

 

After you have satisfied the planning requirements for implementing independent disk pools, you are ready to configure an independent disk pool. You need to use the iSeries™ Navigator disk management function to configure an independent disk pool.

• Converting UDFS disk pools
  If you have existing user-defined file system (UDFS) disk pools on your system, you can convert them to primary and secondary disk pools. This allows them to support library-based objects

• Creating a switchable independent disk pool
  Before you attempt to do switchable independent disk pools, ensure that you have satisfied the hardware, software, communications, and physical planning requirements.

• Creating a dedicated independent disk pool
  Creating a dedicated (or stand-alone) independent disk pool does not require as much planning and configuration as a switchable independent disk pool requires. However, you should still take the time to make sure that your future needs will not require you to be able to switch the independent disk pool.

• Creating a new disk pool group
  You can create a disk pool group and add disk units to the individual disk pools by using the Disk Pool wizard.

 

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Configuring disk pools

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iSeries Navigator requirements for disk management Independent disk pool examples