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VTrak E-Class Product Manual
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To initialize a logical drive:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Logical Drive Management and press
Enter.
2. Highlight the logical drive you want and press Enter.
3. Highlight Background Activities and press Enter.
4. Highlight Start Initialization and press Enter.
The initialization parameters appear.
• Initialization pattern – The default 00000000 is best for most
applications
• Quick Initialization – Yes means only the first and last sections of the
logical drives are initialized. No means the entire logical drive is
initialized.
To change a parameter, highlight it and press the backspace key to erase the
current value, then type the new value.
5. Highlight Start and press Enter.
If necessary, you can pause and resume or stop and restart the Initialization.
You cannot access the logical drive until Initialization has finished.
For initialization rate, see “Making Background Activity Settings” on page 208.
Running Redundancy Check
Redundancy Check is a maintenance procedure for logical drives in fault-tolerant
disk arrays that ensures all the data matches exactly.
To run Redundancy Check:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Logical Drive Management and press
Enter.
2. Highlight the logical drive you want and press Enter.
3. Highlight Background Activities and press Enter.
4. Highlight Start Redundancy Check and press Enter.
The redundancy check parameters appear.
• Auto Fix – Corrects inconsistencies automatically
• Pause On Error – Pauses the Redundancy Check when an error is
found
To change a parameter, highlight it and press the backspace toggle between
Yes and No.
5. Highlight Start and press Enter.
If necessary, you can pause and resume or stop and restart the Redundancy
Check. You can use the logical drive while Redundancy Check is running.