This section describes the provisioning of the APEX Block Storage volumes for SQL Server on Ubuntu:
- Log in to PowerFlex Manager (PowerFlex GUI) using your MDM credentials and navigate to the Volume tab.
- Click ADD.
- On the Add Volume page, enter the number of Volumes (if two or more number of volumes are to be created, add a volume prefix and starting number) and the Volume Name.
- Select Thick or Thin provisioning and then specify the Volume Size.
- Select Storage Pool from the list of pools as shown in the following figure:
Figure 4. PowerFlex Manager volume creation
- Click ADD VOLUME. Then click Create as shown in the following figure:
Figure 5. Volume creation
- Change the number of volumes to create or repeat the steps to create volumes of different sizes as required for the deployment.