Managing a partition – HP StorageWorks 2000fc G2 Modular Smart Array User Manual
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Create New Partition wizard: completing new partition
9.
Complete the Create New Partition wizard by choosing one of the following options:
• To create the partition with these settings and close the wizard, click Finish.
• To return to a previous wizard window and modify the new partition's settings, click Back.
• To stop partition creation, click Cancel.
NOTE:
• Partition creation and formatting may be a long process, depending on the partition size and
format option.
• You can create up to four (4) partitions on a basic disk.
Managing a partition
Use the Change Drive Letter and Paths dialog box to manage a partition, including:
•
Add a partition drive letter or path to a partition
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Change a drive letter or path for a partition
•
Format a partition
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View the properties of a disk
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View the properties of the partition
To manage an existing partition:
1.
On the Advanced Operations menu, click Create & Manage Partition.
If there is more than one Windows 2003/2008 Server with assigned LUNs, the Server Selection for
Partition Management window opens; continue with
. If there is only one server with assigned
LUNs, Simple SAN Connection Manager automatically selects that server; skip to
.
2.
If the Server Selection for Partition Management window opens, select the server on which you want to
manage a partition, and then click OK.
Simple SAN Connection Manager searches the selected server for new and existing disks. These disks
are LUNs that have been created on the storage subsystems and unmasked (assigned) to the server.