Where are FlexVols created and what do they use from the aggregate?

• A. On an aggregate
• B. On a LIF
• C. On a Snapshot
• D. On a IPspace

Answer: (A)

FlexVols are created on an aggregate, which is the storage pool made up of the disks in ONTAP. A FlexVol uses space from that aggregate—the capacity of the volume is drawn from the aggregate’s available disk space. LIFs are just network interfaces for data access, Snapshots are point-in-time copies of a volume, and IPspaces are segments of IP addressing; none of these define where a FlexVol is created or where its storage comes from. So, the correct idea is that FlexVols live on an aggregate and consume space from that aggregate.