Dell PowerVault MD3260i User Manual

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Parameter

Description

repository virtual disk. Enclose the name of the repository
disk group in double quotation marks (" ").

userLabel

The name that you want to give to the snapshots (legacy)
virtual disk. If you do not want to provide a name, the CLI
creates a name using the base virtual disk user label that
you provide.

enclosureLossProtect

The setting to enforce enclosure loss protection when you
create the snapshot (legacy) repository virtual disk. To
enforce enclosure loss protection, set this parameter to
TRUE. The default setting is FALSE.

physicalMediaType

The type of physical disk media that you want to use for
the disk group. Valid physical disk media consists of:

HDD—Use this option when you have hard

physical disks in the expansion enclosure.

SSD—Use this option when you have solid state

physical disks in the expansion enclosure.

unknown—Use if you are not sure what types of

physical disk media are in the expansion

enclosure.

allMedia—Use this option when you want to

use all types of physical disk media that are in the

expansion enclosure.

Use this parameter when you use the
repositoryPhysicalDiskCount parameter.
You must use this parameter when you have more than

one type of physical disk media in your storage array.

physicalDiskType

The type of physical disk that you want to use in the virtual
disk. You cannot mix physical disk types.
You must use this parameter when you have more than

one type of physical disk in your storage array.
The valid physical disk type is SAS. You must specify a
physical disk type. Use this parameter when you use the
repositoryPhysicalDiskCount parameter.

freeCapacityArea

The index number of the free space in an existing disk
group that you want to use to create the snapshot (legacy)
repository virtual disk. Free capacity is defined as the free
capacity between existing virtual disks in a disk group. For
example, a disk group might have the following areas:
virtual disk 1, free capacity, virtual disk 2, free capacity,
virtual disk 3, free capacity. To use the free capacity
following virtual disk 2, you specify:
freeCapacityArea=2

Use the show diskGroup command to determine if
free capacity area exists.

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