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4. Select a task from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
5. Click Execute.
NOTE: Different controllers support different features. The tasks displayed on the Available Tasks drop-down box
can vary depending on which controller is selected in the tree view. If no tasks can be performed because of
controller or system configuration limitations, then the Available Tasks drop-down box displays No Task Available.
Virtual Disk — Available Tasks
The following is a list of possible tasks in the virtual disk Available Tasks drop-down box.
• Reconfiguring A Virtual Disk
• Format, Initialize, Slow, And Fast Initialize
• Canceling Background Initialization
• Restoring Dead Segments
• Deleting Data On the Virtual Disk
• Assigning And Unassigning Dedicated Hot Spare
• Performing A Check Consistency
• Canceling A Check Consistency
• Pausing A Check Consistency
• Resuming A Check Consistency
• Blinking And Unblinking A Virtual Disk
• Renaming A Virtual Disk
• Split Mirror
• Unmirror
• Canceling A Rebuild
• Changing The Virtual Disk Policy
• Replacing A Member Disk
• Clearing Virtual Disk Bad Blocks
• Encrypting A Virtual Disk
Reconfiguring A Virtual Disk
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Reconfigure task enables you to change the virtual disks properties. For example, you can use this task to add physical disks or
change the RAID level.
Related tasks
Virtual Disk Task: Reconfigure (Step 1 of 3)
Virtual Disk Task: Reconfigure (Step 2 of 3)
Virtual Disk Task: Reconfigure (Step 3 of 3)
Format, Initialize, Slow, And Fast Initialize
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Format, Initialize, Slow Initialize, or Fast Initialize task enables you to erase the files and remove the file systems on a virtual disk.
Some controllers require that you initialize a virtual disk before it can be used.
Related concepts
Slow And Fast Initialize
Considerations For Slow Initialize
Canceling Background Initialization
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
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