The next step is to add any pre-existing volumes to the pod. Once a pod has been enabled for replication, pre-existing volumes cannot be moved into the pod, only new volumes can be created in the pod.
To add a volume to a pod, go to the Storage screen in the FlashArray Web Interface, click on Volumes and then click on the name of a volume to be added to the pod. To find the volume quickly, it can be found by searching for its name.
When the volume screen loads, click on the vertical ellipsis in the upper right-hand corner and choose Move.
To choose the pod, click on the Container box and choose the pod name.
Note that as of Purity 6.6.7, the following limitations exist with respect to moving a volume into or out of a pod:
- Volumes can be moved directly between stretched pods so long as both pods are online and syncing to the same arrays.
- A volume in a volume group can be added into a pod but it will be removed from the vgroup in the process.
- A volume cannot be moved out of an already stretched pod unless its destination is another stretched pod syncing to the same arrays. Otherwise, the pod must first be unstretched, then the volume can be moved out.
- A volume outside of a stretched pod cannot be moved into an already stretched pod. The destination podmust first be unstretched and then the volume can be moved into it. At this point the pod can then be restretched.
Some of these restrictions may relax in future Purity versions.
Choose the valid target pod and click Move.
This will move the volume into the pod and rename the volume to have prefix consisting of the pod name and two colons. The volume name will then be in the format of <podname>::<volumename>.
The pod will list the volume under its Volumes panel.