Creating Aggregate Storage Applications, Databases, and Outlines

You must create an aggregate storage application to contain an aggregate storage database. An aggregate storage application can contain only one database. You can create an aggregate storage application, database, and outline in the following ways:

For information on loading dimensions and members into an aggregate storage outline, see Building Dimensions in Aggregate Storage Databases and Loading Data into Aggregate Storage Databases.

Aggregate storage application and database information differs from block storage information, and specific naming restrictions apply to aggregate storage applications and databases. See Table 191.

  To convert a block storage outline to an aggregate storage outline, use a tool:

Tool

Topic

Location

Administration Services

Converting Block Storage Outlines to Aggregate Storage

Aggregate Storage Outline Conversion Wizard

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create outline

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Note:

Do not use the file system to copy a block storage outline into an aggregate storage application. Use the Aggregate Storage Outline Conversion Wizard in Administration Services to convert the outline.

  To create an aggregate storage application or database, use a tool:

Tool

Topic

Location

Administration Services

Creating Applications

Creating Databases

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create application

create database

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When creating aggregate storage applications, databases, and outlines, consider the differences between aggregate storage and block storage and issues specific to aggregate storage. See the following sections, and also see Aggregate Storage Time-Based Analysis.