A special in the created as a resource for the of the in a . The stores mirroring information on this virtual disk, including information about that are not yet written to the . The RAID controller module can use this information to recover when the storage array is powered on and off or when there is a RAID controller module reset.
When you activate the on the storage array, you create two Mirror Repository Virtual Disks, one for each RAID controller module in the storage array. The Mirror Repository Virtual Disk for a RAID controller module stores information about every Remote Virtual Disk Mirror that contains a primary virtual disk owned by this RAID controller module. An individual Mirror Repository Virtual Disk is not needed for each Remote Virtual Disk Mirror.
When you create the Mirror Repository Virtual Disks, you specify placement of the virtual disks. You can either use existing or you can create a for the virtual disks from and specify the level.
To delete the Mirror Repository Virtual Disks, select Storage Array >> Remote Virtual Disk Mirroring >> Deactivate. Deactivating the Remote Virtual Disk Mirroring feature automatically removes the Mirror Repository Virtual Disks for the storage array.
Example
In the following graphic, the Mirror Repository Virtual Disks for RAID Controller Module A and RAID Controller Module B are shown in Disk Group 1.