Expanding An Existing Repository; Adding A Storage Location To An Existing Repository - Dell DL4000 User Manual

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Repository Name
Description
Maximum
Concurrent
Operations
Enable
Deduplication
Enable
Compression
5. Click Save.

Expanding an existing repository

If you add another MD1200 DAS to your appliance, you can use the available storage to expand an
existing repository.
To expand an existing repository:
1. After you install the MD1200 DAS, open the Core Console and select the Appliance tab, click Tasks.
2. On the Tasks screen, next to the new storage, click Provision.
3. On the Provisioning Storage screen, select Expand the existing repository, select the repository that
you want to expand.
4. Click Provision.
The Tasks screen displays the Status Description next to the storage device as Provisioned.

Adding a storage location to an existing repository

Adding a storage location lets you define where you want to store the repository or volume.
To add a storage location to an existing repository:
1. Click > next to the Status column of the repository for which you want to add a storage location.
2. Click Add Storage Location.
The Add Storage Location dialog box appears.
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Description
Represents the display name of the repository. By default, this text box consists
of the word Repository and an index number, which corresponds to the
number of the repository.
NOTE: You cannot edit the repository name.
Optionally, enter a descriptive note about the repository.
Define the number of concurrent requests that you want the repository to
support.
To turn off deduplication, clear this check box. To enable deduplication, select
this check box.
NOTE: Changing this setting only applies to backups taken after the
setting has been made. Existing data, or data replicated from another core
or imported from an archive, retains the deduplication values in place at
the time the data was captured from the protected machine.
To turn off compression, clear this check box. To enable compression, select
this check box.
NOTE: This setting applies only to backups taken after the setting has
been changed. Existing data, or data replicated from another core or
imported from an archive, retains the compression values in place at the
time the data was captured from the protected machine.