Create Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Wizard: Select Secondary Virtual Disk

Use this dialog to select the to be used as the in the mirrored pair.

The virtual disks displayed in this dialog are sorted by capacity, starting with the virtual disk nearest to the capacity. Virtual Disks with identical capacity are sorted alphabetically. Selected primary and secondary virtual disks can have different levels, , and parameters.

Use the following procedure to select a secondary virtual disk.

Important:

Secondary virtual disks are read-only. mapped to a virtual disk no longer have write access to the virtual disk after it is selected as the secondary virtual disk in a . Defined mappings remain, allowing any mapped host to write to the virtual disk if it is promoted to the primary role during a , or if the mirror relationship is removed.
are not allowed on a secondary virtual disk. If a virtual disk has any type of reservation when selected as a secondary virtual disk, the primary virtual disk detects a reservation conflict at its first write request to the secondary virtual disk and clears the reservation automatically. Subsequent requests to place a reservation on the secondary virtual disk are rejected.
A virtual disk can participate in only one mirror relationship.
On a 5884 or 4884 storage array, up to 64 virtual disks may participate in mirror relationships. On a 2882 storage array, up to 32 virtual disks may participate in mirror relationships.
If the virtual disk you want to use is not in the list, verify that its capacity is greater than or equal to the capacity of the primary virtual disk.
If no compatible virtual disks exist on the storage array, an error message is displayed. Clicking OK on the error dialog returns you to the Create Remote Virtual Disk Mirror - Select Remote Storage Array dialog.

Select the secondary virtual disk to be included in the mirrored pair. You can select only one.

Important: The following virtual disks are not valid secondary virtual disk candidates and do not appear in the list:

Virtual Disks that are already participating in a mirror relationship
Virtual Disks that are with associated snapshots
Standard virtual disks with a
Standard virtual disks with actual capacities that are smaller than the primary virtual disk. (Note: If a secondary virtual disk is chosen with an actual capacity larger than the primary virtual disk, the is restricted to the size of the primary virtual disk.)

Click Next.

Create Remote Virtual Disk Mirror Wizard: Select Secondary Virtual Disk

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