# Adding Volume

## About this task

Perform the following procedure to create a new volume:

## Procedure

1. Navigate to Infrastructure > Storage > Volumes.
2. Click the Add button.
3. Select the storage server to create the volume in and click Next.   
   ![Storage Server](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00008375en_us/GUID-88533534-DD97-4462-88F4-443E815641B6-high.png)
4. Select the required volume type, unreplicated, CPP replicated, or APP replicated, and click Next.   
   ![Select Type](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00008375en_us/GUID-3E92F9CE-3785-4A3B-B5EF-BAADC8E40E1C-high.png)
5. On the Configure screen, specify the volume name, size, datastore in which the volume needs to be created, shared/unshared. You can optionally specify the server/instance to export the volume, depending on whether it is unshared/shared.
6. Click Complete to finish adding the volume.   
   ![Configure](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00008375en_us/GUID-8DC7D478-39B9-47ED-9F9A-4B6D87200464-high.png)
