Index  |  Top  -  Up Data ONTAP 8.2

storage aggregate create

Create an aggregate

Availability: This command is available to cluster administrators at the admin privilege level.

Description

The storage aggregate create command creates an aggregate. An aggregate consists of disks. You must specify the number of disks or provide a list of disks to be added to the new aggregate. If you specify the number of disks without providing a list of disks, the system selects the disks.

When creating an aggregate, you can optionally specify the aggregate's home node, the RAID type for RAID groups on the aggregate, and the maximum number of disks that can be included in a RAID group.

When creating an Infinite Volume, the following types of aggregates are not supported: 32-bit and striped.

Parameters

-aggregate <aggregate name> - Aggregate

This parameter specifies the name of the aggregate that is to be created.

{  [-chksumstyle <checksum style>] - Checksum Style

This parameter specifies the checksum style for the aggregate. The values are block for Block Checksum and advanced_zoned for Advanced Zoned Checksum (AZCS).

   -diskcount <integer> - Number Of Disks

This parameter specifies the number of disks that are to be included in the aggregate, including the parity disks. The disks in this newly created aggregate come from the pool of spare disks. The smallest disks in this pool are added to the aggregate first, unless you specify the -disksize parameter.

   [-diskrpm | -R <integer>] - Disk RPM

This parameter specifies the RPM of the disks on which the aggregate is to be created. Possible values include 5400, 7200, 10000, and 15000.

   [-disksize <integer>] - Disk Size(GB)

This parameter specifies the size, in GB, of the disks on which the aggregate is to be created. Disks that are within 20% (plus or minus) of the specified size will be selected.

   [-disktype | -T {ATA | BSAS | FCAL | FSAS | LUN | MSATA | SAS | SATA | SSD}] - Disk Type

This parameter specifies the type of disk on which the aggregate is to be created.

   [-nodes {<nodename>|local}, ...] - Nodes

This parameter specifies the home node for the aggregate. If this parameter is not specified, the node on which the command is run is set as the home node. If storage failover is configured and the home node fails, its failover partner becomes the home node.

|  -disklist | -d <disk path name>, ... - Disks

This parameter specifies a list of disks to be added to the new aggregate. If you specify the -disklist parameter, you cannot further qualify the list of disks to be added by count, checksum style, type, size, or RPM.

   [-allow-same-carrier [true]]  } - Allow Same RAID Group Within Carrier

This parameter can be used to allow two disks housed in the same carrier to be in the same RAID group when you add disks to an aggregate.

Having disks in the same carrier in the same RAID group is not desirable because a carrier failure can cause a simultaneous outage for two disks in the same RAID group. You create an aggregate with this characteristic, but when an alternate disk becomes available, Data ONTAP automatically initiates a series of disk copy operations to put the disks into different RAID groups. For this reason, you should use this parameter only when necessary. When possible, allow Data ONTAP to choose the disks from which to create the aggregate.

This parameter affects only the aggregate creation operation. It is not a persistent attribute of the aggregate.

[-allow-mixed-rpm | -f [true]] - Allow Disks With Different RPM Values

This parameter specifies whether the aggregate can contain disks that have different RPM values. For example, SAS disks can rotate at 10,000 or 15,000 RPM. If this parameter is set to true and a list of disks are provided by using the -disklist parameter, the aggregate will be created even if the SAS disks you specify have different RPM values. This parameter works similarly for ATA disks, which can rotate at 5,400 or 7,200 RPM.

[-block-type | -B {32-bit|64-bit}] - Block Type (privilege: advanced)

This parameter specifies the indirect block format that the aggregate can have. The values are 32-bit and 64-bit. If you specify 64-bit, then you can create aggregates that can be larger than 16TB. The default value is 64-bit.

[-maxraidsize | -s <integer>] - Max RAID Size

This parameter specifies the maximum number of disks that can be included in a RAID group.

[-raidtype | -t {raid_dp|raid4}] - RAID Type

This parameter specifies the type for RAID groups on the aggregate. The values are raid4 for RAID 4 and raid_dp for RAID Double Parity. The default setting is raid_dp . This parameter is not needed for array LUNs because they are always created with the RAID0 raidtype.

[-simulate [true]] - Simulate Aggregate creation

This option simulates the aggregate creation and prints the list of disks that would be used for the aggregate.

[-skip-32bit-warning [true]] - Skip Warning When Creating 32-bit Format Aggregate (privilege: advanced)

This parameter suppresses the confirmation when creating a 32-bit format aggregate.

[-volume-style <flex>] - Volume Style

This parameter specifies the volume style of the aggregate. The only supported volume style is flex. This parameter is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of Data ONTAP.

[-force-small-aggregate [true]] - Force the Creation of a Small Aggregate (privilege: advanced)

This parameter can be used to force the creation of a 2-disk RAID4 aggregate, or a 3-disk or 4-disk RAID-DP aggregate.

Examples

The following example creates an aggregate named aggr0 on a home node named node0. The aggregate contains 20 disks and uses RAID-DP. The aggregate contains regular FlexVol volumes:

cluster1::> storage aggregate create -aggregate aggr0 -nodes node0
-diskcount 20 -raidtype raid_dp -volume-style flex

The following example creates an aggregate named aggr0 on a home node named node0. The aggregate contains the disks specified and uses RAID-DP

cluster1::> storage aggregate create -aggregate aggr0 -nodes node0
-disklist 0a.15,0a.16,0a.17,0a.18,0a.19 -raidtype raid_dp

The following example creates an aggregate named aggr0 on a home node named node0. The aggregate contains 20 disks of size 10GB and of type SAS:

cluster1::> storage aggregate create -aggregate aggr0 -nodes node0
-diskcount 20 -disksize 10 -disktype SAS
Index  |  Top  -  Up Data ONTAP 8.2

Copyright © 1994-2015 NetApp, Inc. Legal Information

©2016 NetApp Contact Us How to Buy Feedback Careers Legal Privacy Policy Subscriptions (RSS)|