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 Initialization dialog appears, as the following figure shows.

Figure 35 Group Initialization Dialog

2.

Either check the virtual drives on which to run the initialization, 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.