Create raid virtual disk on a disk pool, Description, Syntax – Dell PowerVault MD3420 User Manual

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Parameter

Description

should be the default values. The default values are
based on the typical I/O usage pattern of the
application that is using the virtual disk. Valid values
are fileSystem, dataBase, or multiMedia.

dssPreAllocate

The setting to make sure that reserve capacity is
allocated for future segment size increases. The
default value is TRUE.

securityType

The setting to specify the security level when
creating the disk groups and all associated virtual
disks.

• none—The disk group and virtual disks are not

secure.

• capable—The disk group and virtual disks are

capable of having security set, but security has

not been enabled.

• enabled—The disk group and virtual disks have

security enabled.

For information about securityType, see
Security Type.

Create RAID Virtual Disk On A Disk Pool

Description

This command creates a new RAID virtual disk on an existing disk pool.

Syntax

create virtualDisk

diskPool="diskPoolName"

userLabel="virtual diskName"

capacity=virtualDiskCapacity[KB|MB|GB|TB|Bytes]|

[thinProvisioned=(TRUE | FALSE)] |

[owner=(0|1) ] |

[mapping=(none|default) ] |

[dataAssurance=(none|enabled) ] |

[( existingRepositoryLabel=existingRepositoryName |

newRepositoryCapacity=newRepositoryCapacityValue [KB | MB | GB | TB | Bytes]) |

[repositoryMaxCapacity=repositoryMaxCapacityValue[KB|MB|GB|TB|Bytes] ] |

[warningThresholdPercent=warningThresholdPercentValue ] |

[repositoryExpansionPolicy=(automatic|manual) ] |

[cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE)] |

[segmentSize=segmentSizeValue] |

[usageHint=(fileSystem | dataBase | multiMedia)]

Parameters

Parameter

Description

capacity

The size of the virtual disk that you are creating.

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