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Virtual Disk Task: Reconfigure (Step 1 of 3)

Dell OpenManage™ Storage Management User's Guide

The Reconfigure task enables you to change the virtual disk configuration. Using this task, you can change the RAID level and increase the virtual disk size by adding array disks. On some controllers, you can also remove array disks.

Before continuing with the virtual disk reconfiguration, you should be familiar with the information in Starting and Target RAID Levels for Virtual Disk Reconfiguration and Choosing RAID Levels and Concatenation.

To Reconfigure a Virtual Disk: Step 1 of 3

1. Select the array disks that you want to include in the virtual disk. You can expand the virtual disk's capacity by adding additional array disks. On some controllers, you can also remove array disks.
   
   

The changes you make to the array disk selection are displayed in the Selected Array Disks table.

Note: For a controller that has more than one channel, it may be possible to configure a virtual disk that is channel-redundant. See Channel Redundancy and Thermal Shutdown for more information.

2. Click Continue to go to the next screen or Exit Wizard if you wish to cancel.
   
   

To locate this task in Storage Management:

1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
   
   
2. Expand a controller object.
   
   
3. Select the Virtual Disks object.
   
   
4. Select Reconfigure from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
   
   
5. Click Execute.
   
   

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