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Creating a Vserver with Infinite Volume
You can create a Vserver with Infinite Volume to partition your data into manageable objects and set up client access to data.
Before you begin 
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The Infinite Volume feature must have been enabled.
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You must have a dedicated, empty cluster that does not contain any Vserver with FlexVol volumes.
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NFS protocol should be licensed on the cluster.
About this task 
Note: The Infinite Volume feature may not be enabled. Contact your NetApp sales representative to enable this feature.
The Vserver with Infinite Volume requires an entire cluster. The cluster cannot support two Vservers with Infinite Volumes, or a Vserver with Infinite Volume and a Vserver with a FlexVol volume. If you are creating a Vserver with Infinite Volume in a destination cluster for a SnapMirror relationship, you must create a set of aggregates to match the set of aggregates in the source cluster. You must have the same number of aggregates on the source and destination cluster. Each aggregate on the destination cluster must be the same size or bigger than its corresponding aggregate on the source cluster.
You can create a Vserver and perform the following tasks by using the Create Vserver wizard:
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Create or modify aggregates for Infinite Volume constituents.
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Set up a network interface for the Vserver.
A Vserver must have at least one data LIF to serve data.
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Create an Infinite Volume.
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Configure services.
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Configure protocols.
If you use the Create Vserver wizard to create the constituent aggregates, the aggregates are created according to the following best practices:
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The aggregates are no larger than 100 TB.
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The largest aggregate is used for the namespace constituent and is thick provisioned.
The remaining three aggregates are thin provisioned.
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The smallest aggregate is used for the Vserver root volume.
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The aggregates are provisioned as RAID-DP to ensure data resiliency and protection.
Steps 
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From the Home tab, double-click the appropriate storage system.
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Expand the Vservers hierarchy in the left navigation pane.
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In the navigation pane, select the cluster.
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Click Create.
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Select the Vserver type as Vserver with Infinite Volume and click Next.
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Type or select information as prompted by the wizard.
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Confirm the details and click Finish to complete the wizard.
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Click Close after Vserver setup is complete.
Result 
The Vserver with Infinite Volume is created with four constituent aggregates. The largest constituent is used for the namespace constituent and has the least free space. The namespace constituent is thick provisioned, and the data constituents are thin provisioned. The Infinite volume is created with UNIX style security and UNIX 700 "read write execute" permissions for the Owner. The Vserver root volume is not part of the Infinite Volume.
The Vserver you created starts automatically. If you delegated the administration to a Vserver administrator, the vsadmin user account is created and is in an unlocked state. The vsadmin role is assigned to the default vsadmin user account.
Parent Topic: Creating Vservers
Related concepts 
Aggregate requirements for an Infinite Volume
Related reference 
Creating an Infinite Volume

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