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Provisioning option – Dell PowerVault DL2000 User Manual

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Alert response descriptions (continued)

Description

Response

When you click No, Backup Exec stops virtual disk
configuration. If you select No, the alert does not automatically
appear again unless you do the following:

Scan the storage array.

Change the hardware configuration. For example, remove
the physical disk for a short time and then re-insert it into
the slot.

No

When you click Close, the alert remains active. You can review
the alert in the Active Alerts view of the Alerts pane.

Close

If you selected manual configuration policy but you did not manually create virtual
disks, only the storage array name appears in Storage Arrays.

About using the Backup Exec Command Line Applet
with the Storage Provisioning Option

The Backup Exec Command Line Applet lets you access the features of the Storage
Provisioning Option from command line.

When you use the Command Line Applet, you can do the following:

View physical disk information.

View storage array or virtual disk information.

Configure unconfigured virtual disks.

Rename a storage array or virtual disk.

Rediscover storage arrays.

The Command Line Applet uses a set of functional switches that you type in a
command prompt to perform Storage Provisioning Option functions and utilities.
To use the Command Line Applet on the computer, type the appropriate command
line switch and any additional parameters that are required. For example, to see
information about a physical disk in a storage array, type the following at the
command prompt:

bemcmd -o531 -pi:

The following table describes the command line switches that can be used with
the Storage Provisioning Option.

Installing and configuring Backup Exec by using the Storage Provisioning Option
About using the Backup Exec Command Line Applet with the Storage Provisioning Option

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