Users Guide
The Recongure 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.
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 les and remove the le systems on a virtual disk.
Some controllers require that you initialize a virtual disk before it can be used.
Canceling Background Initialization
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Cancel Background Initialization task enables you to cancel a background initialization on a virtual disk.
On PERC controllers, background initialization of redundant virtual disks begins automatically after the virtual disk is created. Because the
initialization is run in the background, other processes can continue while the initialization completes.
The background initialization of a redundant virtual disk prepares the virtual disk for parity information and improves write performance. It is
important that the background initialization is allowed to run to completion. You can, however, cancel the background initialization. When
you do so, the controller restarts the background initialization later.
Restoring Dead Segments
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Restore Dead Segments task recovers data from a RAID-5 virtual disk that has been corrupted. The Restore Dead Segments task
attempts to reconstruct data from the corrupt portion of a physical disk included in a RAID-5 virtual disk. The Restore Dead Segments
task uses the parity or redundant information to reconstruct the lost data. This task is not always able to recover lost data.
Deleting Data On the Virtual Disk
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Delete task destroys all data on the virtual disk.
Performing A Check Consistency
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The Check Consistency task veries the accuracy of the redundant (parity) information. This task only applies to redundant virtual disks.
When necessary, the Check Consistency task rebuilds the redundant data. If the virtual disk is in a Failed Redundancy state, running a
check consistency may be able to return the virtual disk to a Ready state.
Virtual Disks
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