Creating a virtual disk–Select MDisk group

Introduction

The Select Attributes for VDisks panel in the Create Virtual Disk wizard is dynamic and only displays the options that are available when you have selected different attributes.

Fields

Sequential VDisk

When you have selected to create a sequential VDisk, you can update the following fields for sequential VDisks:

Managed Disk Group

Select the MDisk group for the VDisk.

Use a single managed disk

Select this option to create a VDisk from a single MDisk.

Choose 1 managed disks

Select the MDisks to use for the VDisk.

VDisk Capacity

Displays the total capacity of the VDisk that is presented to hosts.

Real size to initially allocate

Select the size to allocate to the space-efficient VDisk. You can either select a percentage for the size or specify the size allocation in megabytes (MB).

Note: This field is only available if you have selected to create a space-efficient VDisk.

Striped VDisks

You can update the following fields for striped VDisks:

Managed Disk Group

Select the MDisk group for the striped VDisk.

VDisk Capacity

Displays the capacity for the VDisks. The following units are possible:

• B
• KB
• MB
• GB
• TB
• PB

Real size to initially allocate

Select the size to allocate to the space-efficient VDisk. You can either select a percentage for the size or specify the size allocation in megabytes (MB). Absolute values are converted and displayed as a percentage.

Note: This field is only available if you have selected to create a space-efficient VDisk.

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 VDisk.