Dell PowerVault NX3100 - Manual (Page 27)

Additional Information When Deleting A Volume
New features of disk management include:
• Simpler partition creation—When you right-click a Volume, you can choose whether to create a basic, spanned,
or striped partition directly from the menu.
• Disk conversion options—When you add more than four partitions to a basic disk, you are prompted to convert
the disk to dynamic or to the GUID Partition Table (GPT) partition style.
• Extend and shrink partitions—You can extend and shrink partitions directly from the Windows interface.
Enabling Or Disabling SIS On A Volume
SIS is a solution for managing duplicate files. It helps recover disk space by reducing the amount of redundant data
stored on a volume. It identifies identical files and stores only a single copy of the file in the SIS Common Store while
replacing duplicate files with link (pointers) to the file in the SIS Common Store.
SIS is enabled or disabled on individual volumes on your storage appliance. When you disable SIS on a volume that is
using SIS, the Groveler service is stopped. SIS can also be paused or disabled temporarily by pausing the Groveler
service or changing its priority by using the Sisadmin.exe utility.
Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is the minimum requirement to complete this procedure.
NOTE: SIS is not available on Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Workgroup Edition x64 With SP1.
Enabling SIS On A Volume
To enable SIS on a volume:
1. On the Volumes tab in Share and Storage Management, click the volume for which you want to enable SIS.
2. In the Actions pane, click Properties.
3. On the Advanced tab, select the Enable SIS on this volume check box and click OK.
Disabling SIS On A Volume
To disable SIS on a volume:
1. On the Volumes tab in Share and Storage Management, click the Volume for which you want to disable SIS.
2. In the Actions pane, click Properties.
3. On the Advanced tab, clear the Enable SIS on this volume check box, and click OK.
Enabling And Configuring Shadow Copies Of Shared Folders
If you enable Shadow Copies of Shared Folders on a volume using the default values, tasks are scheduled to create
shadow copies at 7:00 A.M. and noon. The default storage area is on the same volume, and its size is 10 percent of the
available space.
You can only enable Shadow Copies of Shared Folders on a per-volume basis; you cannot select specific shared folders
and files on a volume to be copied or not copied.
NOTE: Creating shadow copies is not a replacement for creating regular backups.
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