Managing a partition – HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array User Manual

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110 Managing servers

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Create New Partition wizard: completing new partition

9.

Complete the Create New Partition wizard by choosing one of the following options:
• To create the partition with these settings and close the wizard, click Finish.
• To return to a previous wizard window and modify the new partition's settings, click Back.
• To stop partition creation, click Cancel.

NOTE:

• Partition creation and formatting may be a long process, depending on the partition size and

format option.

• You can create up to four (4) partitions on a basic disk.

Managing a partition

Use the Change Drive Letter and Paths dialog box to manage a partition, including:

Add a partition drive letter or path to a partition

Change a drive letter or path for a partition

Format a partition

View the properties of a disk

View the properties of the partition

To manage an existing partition:

1.

On the Advanced Operations menu, click Create & Manage Partition.
If there is more than one Windows 2003/2008 Server with assigned LUNs, the Server Selection for

Partition Management window opens; continue with

step 2

. If there is only one server with assigned

LUNs, Simple SAN Connection Manager automatically selects that server; skip to

step 3

.

2.

If the Server Selection for Partition Management window opens, select the server on which you want to

manage a partition, and then click OK.
Simple SAN Connection Manager searches the selected server for new and existing disks. These disks

are LUNs that have been created on the storage subsystems and unmasked (assigned) to the server.

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