Users Guide

148 Storage Management Service
Format and Initialize; Slow and Fast Initialize:
Use the Format or
Initialize; Slow and Fast Initialize task to erase files and remove the file
systems on a virtual disk.
Cancel Background Initialization:
On some controllers, background
initialization of redundant virtual disks begins automatically after the
virtual disk is created. Use this task if you need to cancel the background
initialization.
Restore Dead Segments:
Use the Restore Dead Segments task to recover
data from a RAID-5 virtual disk that has been corrupted.
Delete.
Use this task to destroy all data on the virtual disk.
Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare:
See "Assign and Unassign
Global Hot Spare."
Check Consistency, Cancel Check Consistency, Pause Check
Consistency, and Resume Check Consistency:
See "Maintain Integrity of
Redundant Virtual Disks."
Blink and Unblink:
The Blink and Unblink tasks blink or unblink the
lights on the physical disks included in the virtual disk.
Rename:
Use this task to rename a virtual disk.
Change Policy:
Use this task to change a virtual disk's read, write, or cache
policy.
Split Mirror:
Use this task to separate mirrored data originally configured
as a RAID 1, RAID 1-concatenated, or RAID 10 virtual disk.
Unmirror:
Use this task to separate mirrored data and restore one half of
the mirror to free space.
Additional Storage Management Features and Documentation
For complete documentation on the Storage Management Service, see the
Storage Management online help and the Dell OpenManage Server
Administrator Storage Management User's Guide. For information on how to
launch the online help, see "Displaying Online Help."