Changing A Virtual Drive Configuration; Accessing The Modify Drive Group Wizard - Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 Software User's Manual

8.7

Changing a Virtual Drive Configuration

8.7.1

Accessing the Modify Drive Group Wizard

4. Change the virtual drive properties as needed in the right panel.
For information about these properties, see
Virtual Drive Settings".
5. Click Go to accept the changes.
You can use the Modify Drive Group Wizard in MSM to change the
configuration of a virtual drive by adding drives to the virtual drive,
removing drives from it, or changing its RAID level.
Caution: Be sure to back up the data on the virtual drive before you
change its configuration.
Note: You cannot change the configuration of a RAID 10, or
RAID 50, or RAID 60 virtual drive. You cannot change a
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 configuration if two or
more virtual drives are defined on a single drive group.
(The Logical view tab shows which drive groups and drives
are used by each virtual drive.)
Note: The Modify Drive Group Wizard was previously known as
the Reconstruction Wizard.
Perform the following steps to access the Modify Drive Group Wizard
options:
1. Click the Logical view tab in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage
Manager window.
2. Select a drive goup in the left panel of the window.
3. Select Operations->Modify Drive Group from the menu bar, or
right-click the virtual drive icon to access the Modify Drive Group
Wizard.
A warning to back up your data appears, as shown in
Changing a Virtual Drive Configuration
Section 8.1.1, "Selecting
Figure 8.31.
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