- Creating vDisks
- Prerequisites Before Deploying vDisks
- Configuring the vDisk Access Mode
- Configuring a vDisk for Microsoft Volume Licensing
- Managing Load Balancing Across Servers
- Support for Replicated vDisk Storage
- Exporting and Importing vDisks
- Releasing vDisk Locks
- Copying and Pasting vDisk Properties
- Adding Existing vDisks to a vDisk Pool or Store
- Backing Up a vDisk
- Viewing vDisk Usage
- Deleting Cache on a Difference Disk
- vDisk Properties
- Assigning vDisks and versions to target devices
- Updating vDisks
- Retiring or Deleting vDisks
Configuring the vDisk Access Mode
Jun 27, 2012
Use the Console to select from the following vDisk access modes:
- Private Image – Select this mode if a vDisk is only used by a single target device (read/write access is enabled).
- Standard Image – Select this mode if a vDisk is shared by multiple target devices (write-cache options enabled).
To configure the vDisk mode and any applicable write cache destination:
Note: Only those write cache destinations that are supported for Standard access mode appear enabled.
- On the Console, right-click on the vDisk for which you want to configure the vDisk access mode, then select vDisk Properties. The vDisk Properties dialog appears.
- Click on the General tab, then select the image mode (Standard or Private) that applies to this vDisk from the Access Mode drop-down list.
- If Standard image was selected, from the cache destination drop-down list, select the appropriate write cache destination. (Refer to the section that follows for write-cache destination descriptions.)
- Click OK to exit the vDisk Properties dialog.