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7 Using SAN Disk Manager 218
Creating an iSCSI virtual disk
You can create a virtual disk using SAN Disk Manager only if you
licensed the advanced options of this product (as described in “Adding
or changing a license” on page 225).
When you create a virtual disk, it is automatically assigned to the client
with read/write exclusive privileges.
To create an iSCSI virtual disk:
1 Make sure that the storage system where you plan to create the
virtual disk appears in SAN Disk Manager.
To do this, expand SAN Disk Manager in the navigation tree, click
Storage Servers, and observe the right pane. If the storage system
doesn’t appear there, add it (as described in “Adding a storage
system” on page 213).
2 Open SAN Disk Manager (as described in “Starting SAN Disk
Manager” on page 212).
3 In the navigation tree, expand SAN Disk Manager, right-click Disks,
and click New Disk.
4 In the Servers list, select the storage system where you want to
create the new virtual disk.
5 In the Disk size text box, type the number of MBs that you want to
allocate for the new virtual disk.
6 Select the communication protocol to use iSCSI.
7 Click OK.
8 If you plan to use the virtual disk locally, initialize and partition
the disk using Disk Management (open Computer Management
and select Disk Management from the console tree).
Notes:
•
If the protocol that you want to use is not currently enabled, click
Enable to ensure that you can use it. (The Enable button appears
only if the protocol has not already been enabled.)
•
If you changed your iSCSI protocol settings after the server was
added to the Servers list, click Update to update these properties
on the storage system. (The Update button appears only after
the protocol has been enabled.)