Modifying managed disk groups

Use the Modifying Managed Disk Groups panel in the SAN Volume Controller Console to change the name or reset the capacity warning level of a selected managed disk (MDisk) group.

Attributes

The following attributes are displayed in the table:
MDisk Group Name
Displays the current name of the MDisk group.
MDisk Group ID
Displays the system-assigned ID for the MDisk group.
Capacity
Displays the size of the MDisk group. The size equals the total capacity of all the MDisks that are assigned to this group. If the capacity is less than one gigabyte, the capacity is displayed in MB; otherwise, it is displayed in GB.
Note: The capacity is rounded to two decimal places.
Used Capacity
Displays the amount of capacity that is used by the selected MDisk group.

Fields

You can update the following fields:

MDisk Group Name
Enter a new name for the MDisk group.
Warn when used capacity reaches:
Specify a threshold to send a warning error log for the MDisk when the capacity that is used first exceeds the specified level. You can either specify a percentage of MDisk capacity or enter a specific amount of capacity to be allocated. If you enter a specific amount, you must also select the units for the space. The following units can be selected:
  • B
  • KB
  • MB
  • GB
  • TB
  • PB

Actions

The following actions are available:

OK
Click this button to change the MDisk group.
Cancel
Click this button to exit the panel without changing the MDisk group.
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