Users Guide

Encrypting A Virtual Disk..............................................................................................................................................118
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard..................................................................................................................................118
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard Step 2..................................................................................................................... 119
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard.............................................................................................................................. 119
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard Step 2..................................................................................................................121
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard Step 3.................................................................................................................122
Span Edit.............................................................................................................................................................................123
To Reconfigure A Virtual Disk - Step 1 of 3.................................................................................................................... 123
To locate Reconfigure In Storage Management............................................................................................................123
Virtual Disk Task - Reconfigure Step 2 of 3................................................................................................................... 124
To Reconfigure A Virtual Disk Expand Virtual Disk Capacity - Step 2 of 3................................................................ 125
Virtual Disk Task - Reconfigure Step 3 of 3................................................................................................................... 125
Slow And Fast Initialize......................................................................................................................................................125
Considerations For Slow Initialize...............................................................................................................................125
Formatting Or Initializing A Disk....................................................................................................................................... 125
To Locate Virtual Disks Task In Storage Management........................................................................................... 126
Deleting A Virtual Disk....................................................................................................................................................... 126
To Delete A Virtual Disk...............................................................................................................................................126
To Locate Delete In Storage Management...............................................................................................................126
Renaming A Virtual Disk.................................................................................................................................................... 127
To Rename A Virtual Disk............................................................................................................................................127
To Locate Rename In Storage Management............................................................................................................127
Changing The Policy Of A Virtual Disk.............................................................................................................................127
Changing The Read, Write, Or Disk Cache Policy Of A Virtual Disk......................................................................127
To Locate Change Policy In Storage Management ................................................................................................ 127
Split Mirror.......................................................................................................................................................................... 127
Splitting A Mirror.......................................................................................................................................................... 128
To Locate Split Mirror In Storage Management ..................................................................................................... 128
Unmirror.............................................................................................................................................................................. 128
To Unmirror...................................................................................................................................................................128
To Locate Unmirror In Storage Management.......................................................................................................... 128
Assigning And Unassigning Dedicated Hot Spare..........................................................................................................128
Assigning A Dedicated Hot Spare.............................................................................................................................. 129
Unassigning A Dedicated Hot Spare..........................................................................................................................129
To Locate Assign Or Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare In Storage Management...................................................129
Virtual Disk Task - Replace Member Disk Step 1 of 2................................................................................................... 129
Replacing A Member Disk Step 1 of 2....................................................................................................................... 129
To Locate Replace Member Disk In Storage Management....................................................................................130
Virtual Disk Task - Replace Member Disk Step 2 of 2.................................................................................................. 130
16 Moving Physical And Virtual Disks From One System To Another..................................................131
Required Conditions........................................................................................................................................................... 131
SAS Controllers............................................................................................................................................................. 131
SAS Controller ..............................................................................................................................................................131
Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System............................................................................................................131
17 Protecting Your Virtual Disk With A Hot Spare............................................................................132
Understanding Hot Spares................................................................................................................................................132
Setting Hot Spare Protection Policy............................................................................................................................... 132
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