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MegaRAID Storage Manager Online Help System |
Initializing a Virtual Drive
When you create a new virtual drive with the Configuration Wizard, you can choose to have the disk initialized immediately. You do this by selecting the Quick Init or Full Init option. However, you can also select No Init if you want to initialize the virtual drive later.
To initialize a virtual drive after the configuration process, follow these steps:
- Select the Logical tab in the left panel, and click the icon of the virtual drive that you want to initialize.
- Select Group Operations >> Initialize. The Group Initialize dialog box appears.
- Select the virtual drive(s) to initialize. Select Fast Initialization if you want to use this option.
Fast Initialization quickly formats the virtual drive by writing zeros to the first few sectors of the drives in the virtual drive. Regular initialization takes longer, depending on the number and size of the drives in the virtual drive.- Click Start to start the initialization.
You can monitor the progress of the initialization, if you want. See Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes for more information.
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