Initializing a Virtual Drive

When you create a new virtual drive with the Configuration Wizard, you can select the Fast Initialization or Full Initialization option to initialize the disk immediately. However, you can select No Initialization if you want to initialize the virtual drive later.

To initialize a virtual drive after completing the configuration process, perform these steps:

1.	Select the Logical tab in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window, and click the icon of the virtual drive that you want to initialize.

2.	Select Go To > Virtual Drive > Start Initialization.

The Initialize dialog appears.

3.	Select the virtual drives to initialize.

ATTENTION  Initialization erases all data on the virtual drive. Make sure to back up any data you want to keep before you initialize a virtual drive. Make sure the operating system is not installed on the virtual drive you are initializing.

4.	Select the Fast Initialization check box if you want to use this option.

If you leave the box unselected, the MegaRAID Storage Manager software runs a Full Initialization on the virtual drive.

5.	Click Start to begin the initialization.

You can monitor the progress of the initialization. See Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes for more information.