Reference Guide

About configuring virtual disks during initial startup
After you finish with the Dell™ PowerVault™ DL Backup to Disk Appliance
Configuration Wizard, and you start Backup Exec for the first time, virtual disk
creation takes place. Backup Exec does the following:
■ Detects the configuration state of all storage enclosures that are attached to
the DL Appliance.
■ Determines the virtual disk configuration policy that you selected in the Dell™
PowerVault™ DL Backup to Disk Appliance Configuration Wizard.
When Backup Exec detects a standard configuration and the configuration policy
is set to Automatic without confirmation, it immediately submits a job to create
the virtual disks. Confirmation alerts are not issued although informational alerts
continue to be generated in the future when storage array changes are detected.
When Backup Exec detects a standard configuration and the selected disk
configuration policy is set to Automatic with confirmation, both configuration
alerts and informational alerts appear. The configuration alert prompts you to
confirm the creation of the virtual disks for each disk group. After you respond
to the alerts, the virtual disk creation process continues.
For example, when Backup Exec detects a standard configuration with
unconfigured SATA physical disks in all enclosure slots, Backup Exec issues an
informational alert. The alert informs you that the storage array is ready for
configuration. It also informs you of the actual slots of the disk groups to be
configured. Finally, it informs you that unconfigured physical disks in Slot 0 of
any enclosure are configured as hot spares.
The following table describes alert responses.
Table 2-1
Alert response descriptions
DescriptionResponse
When you click Yes, Backup Exec submits one or more virtual
disk configuration utility jobs to create the virtual disks. These
utility jobs are called Configure Storage Array jobs. The virtual
disks are created based on the parameters of a standard
configuration.
Yes
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About configuring virtual disks during initial startup