Creating VDisks for use as FlashCopy targets–Name the VDisk

Use the Name the VDisk panel in the Creating VDisks for Use as FlashCopy® Targets wizard to specify a name for your target virtual disk (VDisk) or VDisks.

Introduction

Only VDisks with unique names are created. If you have previously created target VDisks and those names are duplicated here, they are not created. You can check whether specified name for the VDisk exists on the cluster by selecting Check Name Availability. This action displays names which are currently defined on the cluster and as a result are not created as a target VDisk. This results in fewer VDisks created than you specified. However, if you want to create the specified target VDisks regardless of name duplication, select the Force Create option.

Fields

The following fields can be updated:
Force Create
Select this option to create the specified number of target VDisk even though VDisks currently exist on the cluster with the same name.
Source VDisk Name
Displays the name of the selected source VDisk.
Target VDisk Name (Letters only)
Enter the name of a target VDisk. Only non-numeric characters are allowed for the target VDisk name. The target name is added to the source VDisk name. If you are creating multiple target VDisks, the target VDisk names are incremented to create the full name of the target VDisks. For example, if the source VDisk is called vdisk0 and you want to create three target VDisks with a target name of bkp, the resulting full names for each target VDisk are vdisk0bkp1, vdisk0bkp2, and vdisk0bkp3. You can also leave this field blank and allow the system to assign names. Full names for the target VDisks cannot exceed 15 characters.
Check Name Availability
Click this button to display if the selected target VDisk names are currently defined on the cluster. Only VDisks with unique names are created. If you have previously created target VDisks and those names are duplicated, they are not created.

Actions

The following actions are available:

Back
Click this button to return to the previous wizard panel.
Next
Click this button after you have completed this panel.
Cancel
Click this button to exit this wizard without creating the target VDisk.
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