Common Storage Tasks
This section
provides information on commonly performed storage tasks:
- Create and configure virtual disks (RAID configuration). For more information, see:
- Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard — This topic provides information on using the Express Wizard to create a virtual disk. Using the Express Wizard is the quickest method for creating a virtual disk. The Express Wizard is appropriate for novice users.
- Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard — This topic provides information on using the Advanced Wizard to create a virtual disk. The Advanced Wizard requires a good knowledge of RAID levels and hardware and is appropriate for advanced users.
- Virtual Disks — This topic provides detailed information regarding the virtual disk management. This information includes controller-specific considerations that affect virtual disk creation and management.
- Assign a hot spare to the virtual disk — When a virtual disk uses
a RAID level, you can assign a hot spare (backup physical disk) to
rebuild data if a physical disk in the virtual disk fails.
- Protecting Your Virtual Disk With A Hot Spare — This topic provides information on hot spares and controller-specific information.
- Perform a Check Consistency — The Maintaining The Integrity Of Redundant Virtual Disks task verifies the accuracy of the redundant data on a virtual disk.
- Reconfigure a Virtual Disk — To expand the capacity of a virtual disk you can add physical disks to the virtual disk. You can also change the RAID levels. For more information, see Virtual Disk Task: Reconfigure (Step 1 of 3).