Users Guide

Creating Virtual Disks.....................................................................................................................................................135
Reconguring Or Migrating Virtual Disks.................................................................................................................... 136
Starting And Target RAID Levels For Virtual Disk Reconguration And Capacity Expansion............................... 136
Maintaining The Integrity Of Redundant Virtual Disks...............................................................................................137
Rebuilding Redundant Information............................................................................................................................... 137
Managing Virtual Disk Bad Block Management..........................................................................................................137
Recommendations For Clearing Bad Blocks............................................................................................................... 139
Virtual Disk Properties And Tasks.................................................................................................................................139
Virtual Disk Properties..............................................................................................................................................139
Virtual Disk Tasks.......................................................................................................................................................141
Virtual Disk — Available Tasks.......................................................................................................................................141
Reconguring A Virtual Disk....................................................................................................................................142
Format, Initialize, Slow, And Fast Initialize............................................................................................................. 142
Canceling Background Initialization........................................................................................................................ 142
Restoring Dead Segments.......................................................................................................................................143
Deleting Data On the Virtual Disk........................................................................................................................... 143
Performing A Check Consistency...........................................................................................................................143
Canceling A Check Consistency............................................................................................................................. 143
Pausing A Check Consistency................................................................................................................................ 143
Resuming A Check Consistency.............................................................................................................................144
Blinking And Unblinking A Virtual Disk....................................................................................................................144
Renaming A Virtual Disk...........................................................................................................................................144
Canceling A Rebuild..................................................................................................................................................144
Changing The Virtual Disk Policy............................................................................................................................ 144
Replacing A Member Disk....................................................................................................................................... 145
Clearing Virtual Disk Bad Blocks.............................................................................................................................145
Encrypting A Virtual Disk.........................................................................................................................................145
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard..............................................................................................................................145
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard Step 2................................................................................................................. 146
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard.......................................................................................................................... 147
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard Step 2..............................................................................................................149
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard Step 3..............................................................................................................150
Span Edit.......................................................................................................................................................................... 151
Virtual Disk Task - Recongure Step 1 of 3..................................................................................................................151
To Recongure A Virtual Disk - Step 1 of 3........................................................................................................... 152
Virtual Disk Task - Recongure Step 2 of 3................................................................................................................ 153
To Recongure A Virtual Disk Expand Virtual Disk Capacity - Step 2 of 3....................................................... 154
Virtual Disk Task - Recongure Step 3 of 3................................................................................................................ 154
Slow And Fast Initialize.................................................................................................................................................. 154
Considerations For Slow Initialize...........................................................................................................................155
Formatting Or Initializing A Disk................................................................................................................................... 155
To Locate Virtual Disks Task In Storage Management.........................................................................................155
Deleting A Virtual Disk................................................................................................................................................... 155
To Delete A Virtual Disk........................................................................................................................................... 156
To Locate Delete In Storage Management............................................................................................................156
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