Viewing VDisk copy details

Use the View VDisk Copy Details panel in the SAN Volume Controller Console to display information about the copies that are associated with a selected virtual disks (VDisk).

Introduction

A column displays in the table for each copy that is associated with the selected VDisk. The column is labeled with the copy identifier and contains the information that defines that copy.

Attributes

The following attributes are displayed in the table for each copy that is associated with the selected VDisk:

Status
Displays the current status of the VDisk copy. The following values are possible:
Offline
Indicates that the VDisk is unavailable. One or more of the managed disks (MDisks) that make up the VDisk are degraded or offline and consequently the VDisk is unavailable.
Online
Indicates that the VDisk is available. All the MDisks that make up the VDisk are available.
Synchronized
Displays the synchronization state of the VDisk copy. The following values are possible:
Yes
Indicates that the VDisk copy is synchronized.
No
Indicates that the VDisk copy is not synchronized.
Primary
Indicates that the VDisk copy is the primary copy of the VDisk.
MDisk Group ID
Displays the system-assigned identifier for the managed disk (MDisk) group that is associated with the VDisk copy.
MDisk Group Name
Displays the name of the MDisk group that is associated with the VDisk copy.
Type
Displays the type of VDisk copy. The following values are possible:
Striped
Indicates that the VDisk copy was created from multiple MDisks that are in the MDisk group. Extents are allocated on the MDisks in the specified order.
Sequential
Indicates that the VDisk copy was created from one MDisk that is in the MDisk group. Extents are sequentially allocated on the MDisk.
Image
Indicates that the VDisk copy was created from one MDisk that is in the MDisk group. This type provides a direct block-for-block translation from the MDisk to the VDisk copy. This type is intended for MDisks that already contain data that was not written through the SAN Volume Controller.
MDisk ID
Displays the system-assigned identifier of the MDisk that provides the extents for the VDisk copy.
MDisk Name
Displays the name of the MDisk that provides the extents for the VDisk copy.
Fast Write State
Indicates if the VDisk copy has data in the cache. The following fast write states are possible:
Empty
Indicates that the VDisk copy does not have outstanding data in the cache.
Not Empty
The VDisk copy has unwritten data in the cache.
Corrupt
The VDisk copy can contain data in the cache, but the space-efficient metadata can be corrupted.
Used Capacity
Displays the amount of space that has been used by the VDisk copy
Real Capacity
Displays the real capacity of a VDisk copy.
Free Capacity
Displays the amount of space that is available to the VDisk copy.
Overallocation
Displays the ratio of virtual capacity to real capacity, as a percentage.
Autoexpand
Displays if the VDisk copy will automatically expand its real capacity by allocating new extents from their MDisk group. The following values are possible:
  • Yes
  • No
Warning
Displays the warning level threshold. When the used capacity first exceeds this value, a warning message is sent. This value is displayed as a percentage of the capacity.
Grain size
Displays the grain size in kilobytes (KB) for the VDisk copy.

Actions

The following action is available:

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