User's Manual

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2. Depending on the task you are initiating, click the following button when ready:
¡ Format
¡ Initialize
¡ Slow Initialize
¡ Fast Initialize
To exit without formatting or initializing the virtual disk, click Go Back To Virtual Disk Page.
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To locate this task in Storage Management:
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1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
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2. Expand a controller object.
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3. Select the Virtual Disks object.
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4. Depending on the task you want to initiate, select one of the following from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
¡ Format
¡ Initialize
¡ Slow Initialize
¡ Fast Initialize
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5. Click Execute.
Virtual Disk Task: Delete
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Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
Deleting a virtual disk destroys all information including file systems and volumes residing on the virtual disk.
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To delete a virtual disk:
To identify which physical disks are included in the virtual disk, click Blink. The LED lights on the physical disks blink for 30 to 60 seconds.
When deleting a virtual disk, the following considerations apply:
l There are particular considerations for deleting a virtual disk from a cluster-enabled controller. Review the Creating and Deleting Virtual Disks on
Cluster-enabled Controllers before attempting to delete the virtual disk.
l It is recommended that you reboot the system after deleting the virtual disk. Rebooting the system ensures that the operating system recognizes the
disk configuration correctly.
l If you delete a virtual disk and immediately create a new virtual disk with all the same characteristics as the one that was deleted, the controller
recognizes the data as if the first virtual disk were never deleted. In this situation, if you don't want the old data after recreating a new virtual disk,
reinitialize the virtual disk.
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To locate this task in Storage Management:
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1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
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2. Expand a controller object.
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3. Select the Virtual Disks object.
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4. Select Delete from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
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5. Click Execute.
NOTE: When deleting virtual disks, all assigned global hot spares may be automatically unassigned when the last virtual disk associated with the
controller is deleted.