Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations : Running a Group Initialization

Running a Group Initialization

Initialization prepares the storage medium for use. You can run an initialization on multiple drives at one time. Follow these steps to run a group consistency check.

1.

Click Manage>>Initialize.

The Group Consistency Check appears, as shown in Figure 31.

Figure 31 Group Initialization Dialog Box

2.

Check the virtual drives to run the initialization on or click Select All to select all of the virtual drives.

3.

Click Start.

You can monitor the progress of the group initialization. See Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes for more information.