Properties for unconfigured virtual disks on storage arrays

Properties for unconfigured virtual disks provide information on the name, status, and health of the disks.

See Viewing properties for unconfigured virtual disks on a storage array.

Table: Properties for unconfigured virtual disks on storage arrays

Item

Description

Name

Displays the name of the unconfigured virtual disk.

The default name is VIRTDISK x, where x is a number that increments each time that you create a virtual disk.

See Renaming a virtual disk or storage array.

Hardware name

Displays the name that you assign to a virtual disk if you use a vendor-specific tool to create the virtual disk.

Hardware status

Displays the hardware status.

Values for the hardware status are as follows:

  • OK

    The unconfigured virtual disk is online.

  • Offline

    The unconfigured virtual disk is offline.

  • Failed

    The unconfigured virtual disk has failed.

Hardware health

Displays the hardware health.

Values for the hardware health are as follows:

  • OK

    The unconfigured virtual disk is online.

  • Warning

    The unconfigured virtual disk may fail or produce errors, but it is currently operational.

  • Critical

    The unconfigured virtual disk has failed.

  • Unspecified

    The unconfigured virtual disk is in the process of configuration.

Disk classification

Displays the type of disk group that the unconfigured virtual disk is on.

Disk classifications are as follows:

  • Simple (RAID 0)

    A single physical disk, no striping, or parity. No redundancy.

  • Span

    A set of multiple physical disks that are concatenated together. No striping or parity. No redundancy.

  • Stripe

    A set of multiple physical disk extents with data striped across the physical disks. No redundancy.

  • Mirror (RAID 1)

    A pair or multiple pairs of physical disks with the same data written to each physical disk of the pair. Provides for data redundancy.

  • Stripe with parity (RAID 5 or RAID 6)

    Three or more physical disks with data striped across the physical disks, with one disk’s worth of space that is used for parity. Provides for data redundancy.

  • Unknown

Backup Exec creates only physical disk groups with a disk classification of Stripe with parity (RAID 5/RAID 6). If another disk classification appears, the disk group was created with a tool other than the Storage Provisioning Option

Properties for unconfigured virtual disks on storage arrays