Reinitialize Thin Virtual Disk - Dell PowerVault Manual

NOTE: If the warningThresholdPercent parameter or the repositoryFullPolicy parameter
is not specified, the previously set values are used. If you use the optional parameters, the re-create
snapshot processes each snapshot virtual disk separately. If the same userLabel (name) is specified
for more than one virtual disk, the command fails. If no optional parameters are specified, the re-
create Snapshot processes the specified snapshot virtual disks as a batch, provided a validation
check of all of the virtual disks runs successfully. If successful, the snapshots start the re-creation
process and all of the affected virtual disks (snapshot, source, and repository) are quiesced until the
process is complete.
NOTE: If no optional parameters are specified, the recreate snapshot command processes the
specified snapshot legacy virtual disks as a batch, provided a validation check of all of the virtual
disks runs successfully. If successful, the snapshots start the re-creation process and all of the
affected virtual disks (snapshot, source, and repository) are quiesced until the process is complete.
NOTE: The Microsoft Virtual Shadow Copy Service (VSS) provider allows the recreation of multiple
snapshots simultaneously.

Reinitialize Thin Virtual Disk

Description
This command re-initializes a thin virtual disk.
NOTE: Formatting a virtual disk starts a long-running operation that cannot be stopped.
Syntax
start virtualDisk [virtualDiskName] initialize
[existingRepositoryLabel = existingRepositoryName] |
[diskPoolUserLabel="diskPoolName"
[retainRepositoryMembers = [TRUE|FALSE]]
Parameters
Parameter
virtualDisk
existingRepositoryLabel
Description
The name of the virtual disk for which you are
starting the formatting. Enclose the virtual disk
name in square brackets ([ ]). If the virtual disk
name has special characters, you also must
enclose the virtual disk name in double quotation
marks (" ").
Causes the repository virtual disk to be replaced by
the candidate virtual disk specified.
• The value specified is an existing repository
virtual disk user label. The virtual disk specified
must be an unused repository virtual disk with
the name in the proper form.
• If the newly specified repository virtual disk is
on a different disk pool, the thin virtual disk will
change ownership to that pool.
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