Disabling deduplication on a pool

Use the following procedure to disable the deduplication function on a pool.

Before you begin

• The Storage Administrator (Provisioning) role is required to perform this task.

• DP-VOLs with Deduplication and Compression enabled must not be assigned to the target pool.

• For the target pool, the value of Deduplication or Saving Effect > Deduplication (%) must be 0%.

Procedure

1. Open the Pools window.

In Command Suite:

1. On the Resources tab, click Storage Systems, and then expand All Storage Systems and the target storage system.

2. Right-click DP Pools, and then select System GUI.

In Device Manager - Storage Navigator:

1. Click Storage Systems, and then expand the Storage Systems tree.

2. Click Pools.

2. In the Pools table, select the pool for which you want to change the deduplication setting.

3. Click More Actions, and select Edit Pools.

4. In the Edit Pools window, click the Deduplication check box.

5. Select Disable.

6. Click Finish.

The Confirm window appears.

7. In the Task Name text box, type a unique name for the task or accept the default.

You can enter up to 32 ASCII characters and symbols, with the exception of: \ / : , ; * ? " < > |. The value "date-window name" is entered by default.

8. Click Apply.

If the Go to tasks window for status check box is selected, the Tasks window appears.