Naming Conventions of Volumes

The following naming conventions apply when creating and renaming volumes. Note that the same conventions apply when creating and renaming RAID groups and when renaming TPPs.

• When creating or renaming multiple volumes at the same time, the volume name is automatically applied to the volumes according to the specified "Name", selected "Start of Suffix", and selected "Digits of Suffix".

  [Example] When the specified volume name is "Volume" (six characters), "Start of Suffix" is "90", "Digits of Suffix" is "2", and the number of volumes is "11": the volume names "Volume90" to "Volume100" are applied to the volumes.

• If the automatically applied volume name exceeds the maximum length due to the "Start of Suffix" and "Digits of Suffix" settings, the excess characters are deleted from the specified "Name", and replaced with a "~". The maximum length of the name is as follows:

  • Volume name

    32 characters

  • RAID group name and TPP name

    16 characters

  [Example] When the specified volume name is "ETERNUS_DXAF_Standard-XX_VolumeX" (32 characters), "Start of Suffix" is "90", "Digits of Suffix" is "2", and the number of volumes is "11": the volume names "ETERNUS_DXAF_Standard-XX_Volu~90" to "ETERNUS_DXAF_Standard-XX_Vol~100" are applied to the volumes.

• When a volume name including the suffix number already exists, the suffix number is increased by one (+1). The suffix number is increased by one (+1) until no volume names overlap.