Users Guide

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
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The Delete task destroys all data on the virtual disk.
Performing A Check Consistency
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The Check Consistency task veries 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.
Cancelling A Check Consistency
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The Cancel Check Consistency task stops a check consistency operation while it is in progress.
Pausing A Check Consistency
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The Pause Check Consistency task pauses a check consistency while it is in progress.
NOTE
: The Pause Check Consistency task updates the virtual disk State property to Resynching Paused immediately. The
Progress property may continue to increment for up to three seconds. This time delay occurs because the polling task may take
up to three seconds to query the task information and update the display.
Resuming A Check Consistency
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The Resume Check Consistency task resumes a check consistency after it has been paused.
Blinking And Unblinking A Virtual Disk
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The Blink and Unblink tasks blink or unblink the lights on the physical disks included in the virtual disk.
NOTE
: The blink operation is available only for removable disks.
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