Users Guide

Virtual Disk Tasks...................................................................................................................................................... 128
Virtual Disk — Available Tasks........................................................................................................................................ 129
Reconguring A Virtual Disk......................................................................................................................................129
Format, Initialize, Slow, And Fast Initialize................................................................................................................. 129
Canceling Background Initialization........................................................................................................................... 129
Restoring Dead Segments........................................................................................................................................ 130
Deleting Data On the Virtual Disk..............................................................................................................................130
Performing A Check Consistency............................................................................................................................. 130
Canceling A Check Consistency................................................................................................................................130
Pausing A Check Consistency...................................................................................................................................130
Resuming A Check Consistency................................................................................................................................130
Blinking And Unblinking A Virtual Disk........................................................................................................................ 131
Renaming A Virtual Disk.............................................................................................................................................131
Canceling A Rebuild................................................................................................................................................... 131
Changing The Virtual Disk Policy................................................................................................................................131
Replacing A Member Disk..........................................................................................................................................131
Clearing Virtual Disk Bad Blocks.................................................................................................................................131
Encrypting A Virtual Disk...........................................................................................................................................132
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard................................................................................................................................. 132
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 2)................................................................................................................... 133
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard..............................................................................................................................133
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 2)................................................................................................................135
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 3)................................................................................................................136
Span Edit........................................................................................................................................................................ 138
Virtual Disk Task: Recongure (Step 1 of 3).....................................................................................................................138
To Recongure A Virtual Disk: Step 1 of 3................................................................................................................. 138
Virtual Disk Task: Recongure (Step 2 of 3)....................................................................................................................139
To Recongure A Virtual Disk Expand Virtual Disk Capacity: Step 2 of 3...................................................................140
Virtual Disk Task: Recongure (Step 3 of 3)....................................................................................................................140
Slow And Fast Initialize.................................................................................................................................................... 141
Considerations For Slow Initialize...............................................................................................................................141
Formatting Or Initializing A Disk....................................................................................................................................... 141
To Locate Virtual Disks Task In Storage Management............................................................................................... 142
Deleting A Virtual Disk.....................................................................................................................................................142
To Delete A Virtual Disk.............................................................................................................................................142
To Locate Delete In Storage Management................................................................................................................ 142
Renaming A Virtual Disk..................................................................................................................................................142
To Rename A Virtual Disk.......................................................................................................................................... 143
To Locate Rename In Storage Management..............................................................................................................143
Changing The Policy Of A Virtual Disk.............................................................................................................................143
Changing The Read, Write, Or Disk Cache Policy Of A Virtual Disk...........................................................................143
To Locate Change Policy In Storage Management ................................................................................................... 143
Split Mirror......................................................................................................................................................................144
Splitting A Mirror.......................................................................................................................................................144
To Locate Split Mirror In Storage Management ........................................................................................................144
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