Create a storage pool

Console

1. Go to the NetApp Volumespage in the Google Cloud console.

   Go to NetApp Volumes

2. Click Storage pools.

3. Click Create.

4. Under Storage pool details, complete the following actions:

   1. Enter a name for the pool in the Namefield. The name must be unique for each project.

   2. Optional: Enter a description for the pool in the Descriptionfield.

5. Select a location for the pool.

6. Select a service level:

   • Flex

     For the Flex service level, you can choose between zonal or regional availability. For zonal availability, you need to specify the zone to use. For regional availability, you need to specify a primary zone and a replica zone.

   • Standard

   • Premium

   • Extreme

7. Optional: for Flex zonal pools, you can customize performance in some regions. The creation of non-custom performance Flex zonal pools aren't available in these regions. However, you can still create Flex zonal pools with default performance using Google Cloud CLI or the API. Under Performance, complete the following steps to create a custom-performance zonal pool:

   1. Enter the throughput for the storage pool in the Throughputfield.

   2. Enter the IOPS for the storage pool in the IOPSfield.

8. Enter the capacity for the storage pool in the Capacityfield.

9. Under Set up connections, select the VPCyou want to use. If you haven't peered your VPC, click Set up connectionand complete the following steps:

   1. Enable the Service networking API.

   2. Click Use an automatically allocated IP rangeor to choose a CIDR manually , click Select one or more existing IP ranges or create a new one.

   3. Review your selections.

   4. Click Create connection.

      After peering is complete, a notification appears that indicates VPC peering is successful.

10. Under Active Directory policy, complete the following steps:

    1. Select the Assign an Active Directory policy to the storage poolcheckbox to provision a storage pool for volumes that use LDAP, Kerberos, or any SMB protocol variations .

    2. Select a policy from the Active Directory policylist.

11. If you plan to use NFS protocol combinations, select the Enable LDAPcheckbox. When you select this option, you can only create LDAP-enabled NFS volumes in the pool. You need to configure Active Directory LDAP to provide UNIX user information . If you want to create NFSv3 or NFSv4 volumes that use regular AUTH_SYS authentication, don't select the Enable LDAPcheckbox.

12. Under Encryption, complete the following steps:

    1. Select Google-managed encryption keyor Customer-managed encryption key (CMEK).

    2. If you select Customer-managed encryption key (CMEK), select a CMEK policy.

13. To enable auto-tiering, select the Allow auto-tieringcheckbox. Your selection is permanent. This feature is generally available (GA) for Premium and Extreme storage pools, and for custom-performance Flex zonal pools.

    • For Premium and Extreme pools: you can enable auto-tiering on a volume-by-volume basis, if it's already enabled at the storage pool level.

    • For custom-performance Flex zonal pools: when you create a new volume inside a storage pool, auto-tiering is automatically enabled; unless you disable it during the volume creation. The following settings are required:

      • Specify the size of the hot tier in the Hot tier thresholdfield. Note that the hot tier threshold can't be decreased. For more information, see Performance and hot tier sizing .

14. Optional: under Auto-increase, select the Enable auto-increasecheckbox for the pools when the hot tier reaches its capacity. For more information, see Performance and hot tier sizing .

15. Optional: click Add labelto enter relevant labels for reporting and querying purposes from the Labelssection.

16. Click Create.

gcloud

Create a storage pool:

  
gcloud  
netapp  
storage-pools  
create  
 POOL_NAME 
  
 \ 
  
--project = 
 PROJECT_ID 
  
 \ 
  
--location = 
 LOCATION 
  
 \ 
  
--capacity = 
 CAPACITY 
  
 \ 
  
--service-level = 
 SERVICE_LEVEL 
  
 \ 
  
--network = 
 name 
 = 
 NETWORK_NAME 
,psa-range = 
 PSA_RANGE 

Replace the following information:

• POOL_NAME : the name of the pool you want to create. Your pool name must be unique per location.

• PROJECT_ID : the name of the project you want to create the storage pool in.

• LOCATION : the location of the pool you want to create.

• CAPACITY : the capacity of the pool in GiB.

• SERVICE_LEVEL : the service level for your storage pool: Flex, Standard, Premium, or Extreme.

• NETWORK : the VPC for your pool.

• NAME : the name of the VPC.

• PSA_RANGE : the name of the allocated range of the Private Services Access connection.

  For more information about additional optional flags, see Google Cloud SDK documentation on storage pool creation .