Deleting A Virtual Drive - Lenovo ThinkServer RD650 User Manual

12Gb/s MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide
March 2014
Automatic rebuilds always occur when the drive slot status changes, for example, when you insert a drive or remove a
drive, so that a Commissioned Hotspare can be used. However, a new drive in JBOD drive state (without a valid DDF
record), does not perform an automatic rebuild.
To start an automatic rebuild on the new JBOD drive, you have to change the drive state from JBOD to Unconfigured
Good. (Rebuilds start only on Unconfigured Good drives.) After you set the drive state to Unconfigured Good, the
drive state information always remains on the drive, and you can use the drive for configuration.
See Making a Drive Offline or Missing
9.9

Deleting a Virtual Drive

You can delete virtual drives to rearrange the storage space. To delete a virtual drive, follow these steps.
1. Back up all user data that is on the virtual drive you want to delete.
2. On the MegaRAID Storage Manager window, select the Logical tab, and click the icon of the virtual drive you
want to delete.
3. Select Go To > Virtual Drive > Delete Virtual Drive.
4. When the warning messages appear, click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the virtual drive.
for the procedure to change a drive to the Unconfigured Good drive state.
CAUTION Make sure to back up the data that is on the virtual drive before you
delete it. Make sure that the operating system is not installed on this
virtual drive.
NOTE You are asked twice if you want to delete a virtual disk to avoid
deleting the virtual disk by mistake.
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Chapter 9: Configuration
Deleting a Virtual Drive