Create Disk Group - Disk Group Specifications

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
Use this wizard panel to specify the attributes for the disk group.
Table: Disk group specifications panel options for a UNIX or Linux host lists the attributes that you need to specify for creating disk groups on UNIX or Linux hosts.
Table: Disk group specifications panel options for a Windows host lists the attributes that you need to specify for creating disk groups on Windows hosts.
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Table: Disk group specifications panel options for a UNIX or Linux host

Field Description
Disk Group Name Enter a name for the disk group that you want to create.
Note: If you use special characters while creating the disk group in Command Line Interface (CLI), the navigation for such disk groups fails in the Management Server console. Also some of the views might not function as expected when used in the console.
Enable cross-platform data sharing Select this check box if you want to enable the sharing of the data of this disk group across other platforms.
Shared (Applicable for clustered host) Select this check box if you want to use this disk group as a shared disk group.
If the wizard is launched from the context of a cluster, this option is required and the check box is selected automatically.
Enable Flexible Storage Sharing Select this check box to enable the Flexible Storage Sharing feature for a shared disk group in a CVM cluster.
See Implementing Flexible Storage Sharing with Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager .
Coordinator (Coordinator disk group is used by VCS) Select this check box to create a coordinator disk group. A coordinator disk group is exclusively used for VCS I/O fencing.
Enable Encryption Select this check box to enable disk group encryption.
This option is available only if the Key Management Server (KMS) client is configured on the host.
Note: 1. Volumes created under encrypted disk groups are encrypted by default. 2. Encryption is supported on Linux hosts only. 3. Once you enable disk group encryption, it cannot be disabled.
For more information about encryption and KMS, see the Storage Foundation Cluster File System High Availability 7.1 Administrator's Guide - Linux .
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Table: Disk group specifications panel options for a Windows host

Field Description
Disk Group Name Enter a name for the disk group that you want to create.
- The name of the disk group can start with a letter or a number.
- It must not contain dots or spaces.
- You cannot give the name "BasicGroup" to a disk group that you want to create because this name is reserved by Storage Foundation.
- The maximum character limit is 18.
Note: If you use special characters while creating the disk group in Command Line Interface (CLI), the navigation for such disk groups fails in the Management Server console. Also some of the views might not function as expected when used in the console.
Create Cluster Group Select this check box to create a cluster disk group that Storage Foundation can control.
If you select this option, the name of the disk group must be unique across the cluster.
Windows disk management compatible group Select this check box to create a Windows disk management compatible disk group.
For Windows Server 2003, this option creates a disk group that is
compatible with the disk groups created with Windows Disk Management and with earlier versions of Storage Foundation for Windows products.
Add private group protection Select this check box if you want to add protection for the disk group that you create. The private group protection protects the disk group that is located on a shared storage from being accessed by other hosts that are connected to the shared storage pool.
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