Changing Virtual Disk Media Scan Settings

Use the Change Media Scan Settings option to set the  settings for a single  or for multiple virtual disks on a . Perform the following steps:

1

Select a virtual disk or virtual disks in the Logical View, and select either the Virtual Disk >> Change >> Media Scan Settings.

Important:

  • If more than one virtual disk is selected, the media scan settings default to no settings selected. The current media scan settings are only shown if a single virtual disk is selected.
  • Changing the media scan settings using this option modifies the priority for all of the virtual disks you selected.

2

Select Enable background media scan check box, and select one of the consistency check options, as shown in the following table:

With consistency check

Use this option to perform a media scan with consistency check enabled.

A consistency check scans the blocks in a  or  virtual disk and checks the redundancy information for each block.

or

A consistency check compares data blocks on  mirrored physical disks.

Note:  virtual disks have no data redundancy.

Without consistency check

Use this option to perform a media scan with consistency check disabled.

Important: Use the Storage Array >> Change >> Media Scan Settings to view or change the frequency over which a scan is run. You must set the media scan duration using this option, or the media scan will not run on the desired virtual disks.

3
 Click OK.

4

Click Yes.

5

Click OK to exit the dialog.

Related Topics

Learn About the Background Media Scan Process

Checking Data Redundancy on a Disk Group

Changing the Storage Array Media Scan Settings

Viewing Virtual Disk Properties