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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 hot spares.

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Deleting Data On the Virtual Disk

Virtual Disks

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

30-60 seconds.

When deleting a virtual disk, the following considerations apply:

• There are particular considerations for deleting a virtual disk from a cluster-enabled controller.

• 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 Delete In Storage Management

1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller objects.

2. Expand a Controller object.

3. Select the Virtual Disks object.

4. Select Delete from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.

5. Click Execute.

Renaming A Virtual Disk

Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.

Renaming a virtual disk enables you to change the name of the virtual disk. The numbering format for the virtual disk

remains unchanged.

Depending on the controller you have, there are different considerations regarding the controller BIOS:

The virtual disk name can contain only alphanumeric characters as well as spaces, dashes and underscores. The

maximum length of the name depends on the controller. In most cases, the maximum length is 15 characters. The name

cannot start with a space, end with a space, or be left blank.