Virtual Disk Properties.............................................................................................................................................. 127
Virtual Disk Tasks.......................................................................................................................................................129
Virtual Disk — Available Tasks..................................................................................................................................... 129
Reconfiguring A Virtual Disk....................................................................................................................................129
Format, Initialize, Slow, And Fast Initialize.......................................................................................................... 130
Canceling Background Initialization.......................................................................................................................130
Restoring Dead Segments....................................................................................................................................... 130
Deleting Data On the Virtual Disk.......................................................................................................................... 130
Performing A Check Consistency.......................................................................................................................... 130
Cancelling A Check Consistency............................................................................................................................130
Pausing A Check Consistency................................................................................................................................ 130
Resuming A Check Consistency..............................................................................................................................131
Blinking And Unblinking A Virtual Disk................................................................................................................... 131
Renaming A Virtual Disk............................................................................................................................................ 131
Canceling A Rebuild....................................................................................................................................................131
Changing The Virtual Disk Policy............................................................................................................................ 131
Replacing A Member Disk......................................................................................................................................... 131
Clearing Virtual Disk Bad Blocks............................................................................................................................. 131
Encrypting A Virtual Disk......................................................................................................................................... 132
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard.............................................................................................................................132
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard Step 2............................................................................................................... 133
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard.........................................................................................................................133
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard Step 2........................................................................................................... 135
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard Step 3........................................................................................................... 136
Span Edit............................................................................................................................................................................137
Virtual Disk Task - Reconfigure Step 1 of 3...............................................................................................................137
To Reconfigure A Virtual Disk - Step 1 of 3.........................................................................................................138
Virtual Disk Task - Reconfigure Step 2 of 3..............................................................................................................138
To Reconfigure A Virtual Disk Expand Virtual Disk Capacity - Step 2 of 3....................................................... 139
Virtual Disk Task - Reconfigure Step 3 of 3..............................................................................................................139
Slow And Fast Initialize.................................................................................................................................................. 140
Considerations For Slow Initialize.......................................................................................................................... 140
Formatting Or Initializing A Disk...................................................................................................................................140
To Locate Virtual Disks Task In Storage Management.....................................................................................140
Deleting A Virtual Disk..................................................................................................................................................... 141
To Delete A Virtual Disk............................................................................................................................................ 141
To Locate Delete In Storage Management.......................................................................................................... 141
Renaming A Virtual Disk..................................................................................................................................................141
To Rename A Virtual Disk......................................................................................................................................... 141
To Locate Rename In Storage Management.......................................................................................................142
Changing The Policy Of A Virtual Disk....................................................................................................................... 142
Changing The Read, Write, Or Disk Cache Policy Of A Virtual Disk..............................................................142
To Locate Change Policy In Storage Management .......................................................................................... 142
Split Mirror........................................................................................................................................................................ 142
Splitting A Mirror........................................................................................................................................................142
To Locate Split Mirror In Storage Management ............................................................................................... 142
Unmirror............................................................................................................................................................................. 143
To Unmirror................................................................................................................................................................. 143
To Locate Unmirror In Storage Management..................................................................................................... 143
Assigning And Unassigning Dedicated Hot Spare....................................................................................................143
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