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Creating an Infinite Volume
You can create an Infinite Volume if you have not already created one while creating the Vserver with Infinite Volume.
Before you begin 
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Aggregates must be created according to the aggregate requirements for Infinite Volumes.
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A Vserver that can contain an Infinite Volume must be created.
You cannot use an existing Vserver that already contains an Infinite Volume.
About this task 
Note: The Infinite Volume feature may not be enabled. Contact your NetApp sales representative to enable this feature.
Steps 
1.
From the Home tab, double-click the appropriate storage system.
2.
Expand the Vservers hierarchy in the left navigation pane.
3.
In the navigation pane, select the Vserver and click Storage > Infinite Volume.
4.
Click Create.
5.
If you want to change the default name, specify a new name.
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Specify a junction path to mount the volume.
7.
Select Data Protection if you are creating a SnapMirror destination volume.
You are provided read-only access to this volume.
8.
Specify the size of the volume and the percentage of the total volume size that you want to reserve for Snapshot copies.
The default space reserved for Snapshot copies is five percent.
9.
If you want to enable deduplication, compression, or both on the volume, make the necessary changes in the Storage Efficiency tab.
System Manager uses the default deduplication schedule. If the specified volume size exceeds the limit required for running deduplication, the volume is created and deduplication is not enabled.
10.
Click Create.
11.
Verify that the volume you created is displayed in the Infinite Volume window.
The volume is created with UNIX style security and UNIX 700 "read write execute" permissions for the Owner.
Related concepts 
Aggregate requirements for an Infinite Volume
Related tasks 
Creating a Vserver with Infinite Volume

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