Users Guide

Encrypting A Virtual Disk..............................................................................................................................................117
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard.................................................................................................................................. 117
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard Step 2..................................................................................................................... 118
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard.............................................................................................................................. 118
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard Step 2.................................................................................................................120
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard Step 3..................................................................................................................121
Span Edit.............................................................................................................................................................................122
To Reconfigure A Virtual Disk - Step 1 of 3.................................................................................................................... 122
To locate Reconfigure In Storage Management............................................................................................................122
Virtual Disk Task - Reconfigure Step 2 of 3................................................................................................................... 123
To Reconfigure A Virtual Disk Expand Virtual Disk Capacity - Step 2 of 3................................................................ 124
Virtual Disk Task - Reconfigure Step 3 of 3................................................................................................................... 124
Slow And Fast Initialize......................................................................................................................................................124
Considerations For Slow Initialize...............................................................................................................................124
Formatting Or Initializing A Disk....................................................................................................................................... 124
To Locate Virtual Disks Task In Storage Management........................................................................................... 125
Deleting A Virtual Disk....................................................................................................................................................... 125
To Delete A Virtual Disk...............................................................................................................................................125
To Locate Delete In Storage Management...............................................................................................................125
Renaming A Virtual Disk.................................................................................................................................................... 126
To Rename A Virtual Disk............................................................................................................................................126
To Locate Rename In Storage Management............................................................................................................126
Changing The Policy Of A Virtual Disk............................................................................................................................ 126
Changing The Read, Write, Or Disk Cache Policy Of A Virtual Disk......................................................................126
To Locate Change Policy In Storage Management ................................................................................................126
Split Mirror.......................................................................................................................................................................... 126
Splitting A Mirror.......................................................................................................................................................... 127
To Locate Split Mirror In Storage Management ..................................................................................................... 127
Unmirror.............................................................................................................................................................................. 127
To Unmirror...................................................................................................................................................................127
To Locate Unmirror In Storage Management...........................................................................................................127
Assigning And Unassigning Dedicated Hot Spare..........................................................................................................127
Assigning A Dedicated Hot Spare.............................................................................................................................. 128
Unassigning A Dedicated Hot Spare..........................................................................................................................128
To Locate Assign Or Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare In Storage Management...................................................128
Virtual Disk Task - Replace Member Disk Step 1 of 2................................................................................................... 128
Replacing A Member Disk Step 1 of 2....................................................................................................................... 128
To Locate Replace Member Disk In Storage Management....................................................................................129
Virtual Disk Task - Replace Member Disk Step 2 of 2.................................................................................................. 129
16 Moving Physical And Virtual Disks From One System To Another................................................. 130
Required Conditions...........................................................................................................................................................130
SAS Controllers............................................................................................................................................................ 130
SAS Controller .............................................................................................................................................................130
Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System........................................................................................................... 130
17 Protecting Your Virtual Disk With A Hot Spare............................................................................ 131
Understanding Hot Spares................................................................................................................................................ 131
Setting Hot Spare Protection Policy................................................................................................................................ 131
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