Users Guide

Figure 34. Storage array virtual disks view

• Create Disk Group

• Create Virtual Disks

• Create Snapshot

• Redistribute Virtual Disk

• Rename

• Disable Snapshot

• Recreate Snapshot

Additional options available from the Actions drop-down menu include:

• Disable Data Assurance

• Delete

• Delete Multiple Virtual Disks

Create Disk Group

The Create Disk Group command opens a wizard to help you in creating a new disk group. During this

process, you must select the available free physical disks, the physical disks that make up the new disk

group, and the RAID level.

The disk group wizard has five filtering options to help guide the creation of a new disk group. The first

filter allows filtering physical disks by capacity. This drop-down menu displays a list of all physical disk

capacities in the storage array. Select the size of the physical disk by which to filter. The second filter

option is to filter by physical disk speed (RPM). This drop-down menu displays a list of all physical disk

speeds detected in the storage array. Select the physical disk speed of the new disk group to apply filter.

The other three filter options allow for enforcement of tray loss protection (TLP), drawer loss protection

(DLP), and Data Assurance (DA). By selecting these options, the list of available physical disks is reduced

to allow for TLP, DLP, or DA during the disk group creation process. TLP and DLP allow for a complete