Using Virtual Replicator With Other Windows Tools - Compaq 230039-001 - StorageWorks NAS Executor E7000 Model 904 Server Release Note

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Using Virtual Replicator with Other Windows
Tools
This section includes best practices and restrictions for using
Virtual Replicator with other Windows tools, such as Disk
Management and Cluster Administrator.
Keep the following guidelines in mind:
•= When there are two ways to do a task--using Virtual
Replicator or using another tool--always use Virtual
Replicator. For example: use Virtual Replicator to delete a
pool in a cluster, not Cluster Administrator.
•= Use Virtual Replicator to map drive letters to virtual disks
and snapshots, not to Disk Management (in Windows 2000).
•= Do not use Windows Explorer to monitor free space in a
pool; Windows Explorer does not recognize pools.
•= Do not use Virtual Replicator in conjunction with the
Windows Disk Management/Logical Disk Manager. Doing
so can result in unpredictable behavior.
•= Close Logical Disk Manager whenyou are using Virtual
Replicator management tools.
•= Do not perform Disk Management tasks on disks that are
part of Virtual Replicator pools.
•= Do not perform online volume growth of basic or virtual
disks concurrently with other major disk management
operations, such as defragmenting and disk checking.
•= As an extra precaution, before performing any tasks with
Disk Management, use Device Manager to scan for hardware
changes to update disk information.
See the Compaq SANworks Virtual Replicator System
Administrator's Guide for additional information on using VR.
This guide can be found on the documentation CD.
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