You can add or remove the cache devices to or from a cache group anytime after the first-time configuration using the Manage option on the MSM GUI. You can add cache devices into or remove cache devices from a cache group. To be able to add the cache devices, the total cache capacity must not exceed the maximum supported cache size, and the system must be able to allocate the memory resources required to manage an additional cache device.
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Select Manage Cache Devices.
Figure 29. Manage Cache Devices
2.
Select the required cache device from the Cache devices box into the Cache Group box to add or select the required cache device from the Cache Group box to remove as shown in the preceding figure.
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Click Add > or < Remove.
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Click Save to confirm.
The following warning message appears if you remove all of the cache devices from the cache group, and click Finish, indicating that removing all of the cache devices deletes the cache group. This warning message indicates that the cache group would be deleted and any cached VDs would no longer be cached.
If all the cache devices are removed from the cache group, the following message appears.
Figure 30. Confirm Delete Cache Group
After you click Add on the dialog, the system detects a master boot record indicating that there is a file system or other known data on the selected cache devices indicating that you have chosen to add to the cache group.
Figure 31. Data Detected
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Click No to continue to add the cached logical drives.
DB15-000917-01 - July 2012 |
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