Create an integrated server disk drive

Creating an integrated server disk drive (network server storage space) is the first step toward adding disk space to an integrated Windows server. The time that you need to create a disk drive is proportional to the size of the drive. After creating the disk drive, you must link (See Link a disk drive to an integrated server) it to the network server description of your integrated server and format it. See Format integrated server disk drives.

To create an integrated server disk drive, follow these steps:

1. In iSeries™ Navigator, select Integrated Server Administration.
2. Right-click the All Virtual Disks folder and select New Disk or click the appropriate icon on the iSeries Navigator toolbar.
3. Specify a disk drive name and description.
4. If you want to copy data from another disk, select Initialize disk with data from another disk. Then select the source disk to copy data from.
5. Specify the disk capacity.
6. Select a disk pool (auxiliary storage pool) to contain the disk.
7. Select the planned file system for the disk.
   Note:
   When you format the disk from Windows, you can choose a different file system if needed.
8. If you are creating a Windows cluster quorum resource disk, specify the cluster attributes.
9. If you want to immediately link the disk to a server after it is created, check Link disk to server and fill in the linking attributes.
10. Click OK.

If you want to use the CL command, see CRTNWSSTG.

1. To link the new disk drive as a separate operation, see Link a disk drive to an integrated server.
2. Created disks must be partitioned and formatted using Disk Management by Windows or by using the DISKPART command line utility.
3. Creating or starting a server with a disk drive in an independent disk pool (ASP) requires that the disk pool device be available.