Creating SVMs with FlexVol volumes on Data ONTAP 8.1.x

You can create Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs) with FlexVol volumes to serve data to the clients.

Before you begin

•	The cluster must have at least one non-root aggregate.

•	You must have synchronized the time across the cluster by configuring and enabling NTP to prevent CIFS creation and authentication failures.

•	SVMs with Infinite Volume must not exist in the cluster.

•	Protocols that you want to configure or allow on the SVM must be licensed.

About this task

You cannot use System Manager to create SVMs with Infinite Volume on storage systems running Data ONTAP 8.1.x.

You can create SVMs and perform the following tasks by using the Create Storage Virtual Machine wizard:

•	Delegate SVM management to SVM administrators.

•	Set up network interfaces for the SVM.

You can allow management access to a data LIF if you delegate SVM management to SVM administrators.

•	Configure services.

•	Configure protocols.

Data ONTAP creates certain UNIX groups and users, which are local to the SVM. The default local groups are daemon with GID (Group ID) 1, pcuser with GID 65534, and nobody with GID 65534. The default local users are root with UID (User ID) 0, pcuser with UID 65534, and nobody with UID 65534.

Note: You cannot use these default names while creating local users and groups.

Steps

1.	From the home page, double-click the appropriate storage system.

2.	Expand the Storage Virtual Machines hierarchy in the left navigation pane.

3.	In the navigation pane, select the cluster.

4.	Click Create.

5.	Select the SVM type as Storage Virtual Machine with FlexVol volume and click Next.

This option is available only if the cluster does not contain any SVM.

6.	Type or select information as prompted by the wizard.

7.	Confirm the details and click Finish to complete the wizard.

8.	Click Close after the SVM setup is complete.

Result

The SVM is created with a root volume with UNIX style security and UNIX 700 "read write execute" permissions for the Owner. The root volume name is automatically generated as SVM name_root.

The SVM that you created is started automatically. If you delegated the administration to an SVM administrator, the vsadmin user account is created and is in an unlocked state. The vsadmin role is assigned to the default vsadmin user account.

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