Dell Computer Drive manual Recopying the Virtual Disk

Recopying the Virtual Disk

After first preparing the host server(s) as specified in the preceding procedure, complete the following steps to create a new virtual disk copy for an existing copy pair:

1Click the Modify tab, and then click Manage virtual disk copies. You can only select one copy operation at a time to be recopied.

2Select the copy operation in the list displayed by the Manage Virtual Disk Copies page, and then click Recopy at the right of the list.

3The Recopy dialog box appears. Set the copy priority.

4Type yes, and click OK.

5If you approve of the parameters, type yes in the text box and click Finish to confirm the copy settings and start the virtual disk copy.

The Copy Started page appears, verifying that the virtual disk copy has started. This dialog also enables you to exit the Create virtual disk copies feature or create another new virtual disk copy.

6Choose one of the following options, based on whether you want to create another virtual disk copy or modify the one you just created:

•Yes — Create a new virtual disk copy.

•No — Exit the Create virtual disk copies dialog.

•Manage Virtual Disk Copies — Recopy, stop the copy process, set permissions or priority, or remove virtual disk copies.

You can view the progress of a virtual disk copy in the Manage virtual disk copies page. For each copy operation in progress, the list displays a sliding scale in the Status field showing the percentage of the operation that is complete.

Once the virtual disk copy is complete, perform the following actions:

1In Linux, if you created the target virtual disk with unconfigured capacity, run the hot_add utility.

2If you created the target virtual disk with unconfigured capacity, you must map the virtual disk to a host in order to use it. See "Host-to-Virtual Disk Mapping" on page 60 for more information.

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