User's Manual

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– Slow Initialize
– Fast Initialize
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Click Execute.
Virtual Disk Task: Delete
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.
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. When deleting the last virtual disk of a disk group, all assigned dedicated
hot spares automatically become global hotspares.
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:
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
To locate this task in Storage Management:
1 Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
2 Expand a controller object.