Dell PowerVault DL2000 - Manual (Page 59)

Deleting Offline Virtual Disks
After the appliance has been completely recovered, the Backup Exec device tree view may contain one or more offline
virtual disks that no longer exist on the appliance. To remove an offline virtual disk, right-click the device and select
Delete.
Creating A New DSF Automatically
The Backup Exec Storage Provisioning Option automatically attempts to create a new DSF virtual disk during recovery if
the Disk Configuration Policy is set to Automatic with Confirmation. For this operation to complete, the failed physical
disks of the old DSF must be replaced with new unconfigured physical disks.
NOTE: Perform the following steps only when indicated in the topic “DSF Recovery Map”. Otherwise, click No
when prompted to configure the replacement disks as the new DSF virtual disk.
To create a new DSF automatically, follow the steps below:
1. Navigate to the DL Backup to Disk Appliance Console Settings tab, and review the Disk Configuration State.
2. If the Disk Configuration State is Standard, follow the steps below:
a) Set the Disk Configuration Policy to Automatic With Confirmation.
Backup Exec detects the unconfigured replacement hard disks and prompts the user to configure the available
disks.
b) If the Device Intervention message does not appear automatically, right-click the appliance name in the device
tree view and select Refresh.
c) Select Yes to automatically configure the physical disks.
The deduplication storage folder is created automatically.
d) Restart the Backup Exec services. See Restarting Backup Exec Services.
3. If the Disk Configuration State is Advanced, see Creating A New DSF Manually.
Creating A New DSF Manually
To create a new DSF manually, follow the steps below:
1. Create a new DSF virtual disk manually using Server Administrator.
See the topic "Configuring Storage Manually".
2. From the Windows desktop, click Start → Administrative Tools → Server Manager and select Disk Management in
Storage.
3. Initialize the new virtual disk as GPT format.
4. Create a simple volume on the new virtual disk using Disk Management.
The New Simple Volume wizard displays the Assign Drive Letter or Path screen.
5. Select an unused drive letter such as K:\\.
NOTE: Select the same drive letter for the new DSF virtual disk that was assigned to the old DSF. If the required
drive letter is assigned to another disk, you can free up the drive letter by assigning a different drive letter to that
disk.
NOTE: Do not associate a mount point with the DSF virtual disk.
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