In this post I will show you the steps for creating a new Aggregate and Volume in NetApp System Manager.


Select the "Aggregate" node and click on "Create" :

Click on Next to follow the "Create Aggregate wizard" instruction :


Select a name for the new aggregate and select the RAID type :

* If you are planning for DR ( Disaster Recovery ) , you can select the option "Enable Synchronous Mirroring" .


View the aggregate details :


Click on "Select Disks" :

If you want , you can change the number of disks for this aggregate :


Click on Create when you are ready :


* You can view or change the RAID settings as well by click on "Change" :



Click on Finish to complete the wizard :



The new aggregate is now ready in the main window :


You can view the status of disks or volumes of this new aggregate as well :


Now that we have a new Aggregate , we can create a new Volume . I will show you all the steps for creating a new Volume here:

Select the Volume node and click on "Create" :

Select a name for the new volume and select the aggregate you want to use , change the size and snapshot reserve percent if you want.
Also you have the option to create this new volume as "Thin Provisioned" :


The new volume will be created and ready for use :


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Some of the commands for Aggregates :

To show the status of all available aggregates :

aggr status


To show the free space of each aggregate :

aggr show_space



And the full list of commands for Aggregates :


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Commands to work with Volumes :

vol status



vol size  



And here is the full list of commands to work with Volumes :



Links to the other Parts :

NetApp 8.2 Simulation : Part 1 Installation ( 7-mode ) , Licensing & System Manager

NetApp 8.2 Simulation : Part 3 Deploying a CIFS share ,set Share Security and Sessions
NetApp 8.2 Simulation : Part 5 Add an iSCSI LUN from NetApp to VMWare ESX host