1. On the start menu type Create and format hard disk partitions and click to open.
2. If the data disks are displayed as Unallocated jump to step 4. If they are displayed with labels Data and Data2, right click on the disk with label Data and select the option Delete volume...
3. Click Yes to proceed. Repeat step 2-3 for the disk with label Data2.
4. Right click on one of the Unallocated disks that will be used to create the RAID 1 and select the options New mirror volume...
5. A New Mirrored Volume wizard will pop up and click Next to proceed.
6. Select the second disk for the RAID 1 from the Available disk pool and click Add.
7. With both disks for the RAID 1 on the Selected disk pool click Next.
8. Select the letter that will be assigned to the RAID volume and click Next.
9. Configure the volume with File system: NTFS, Allocation unit size: Default, Volume label: Data, check the option Perform a quick format and uncheck Enable file and folder compression. Click Next.
10. Review volume configuration and click Next.
11. A popup windows will appear for confirmation. Click Yes to proceed.
12. After finishing the process both data disks will have the same letter and label assigned and will be part of a RAID 1 volume.
1. Open Start menu and type Services to open the Services manager window.
2. Search the service list for the service named Server.
3. Double-click the service Server to open the configuration window.
4. Change the Startup type from Disabled to Manual and click Apply.
5. Click Start to start the service and click Ok to close the Window.
6. Close the Services window.
1. Open Server Management and select iSCSI tab.
2. Click on the text To create an iSCSI virtual disk, start the New iSCSI Virtual Disk Wizard.
3. Select the option Type a custom path and enter the letter assigned to the new RAID 1, defined on step 6 of Create RAID 1 volume section (Example: E:).
4. Type the Name of the LUN (normally used the format vhd_"drive letter""sequential number", example: vhd_E1 but naming scheme is optional).
5. Change the unit size to GB and configure the size of the LUN to 2000GB (if less than 2000GB are available configure the size of the LUN to the available minus 50MB).
6. Uncheck the box to Clear the virtual disk on allocation and click Next.
7. Select TG0 from the list of Existing iSCSI targets
8. Review the information and if correct click Create.
9. When the process finishes click Close. Repeat steps 4 through 8 while there is space available to create the LUNs).
10. In the end all the LUNs should be listed on the iSCSI Virtual Disks list.
1. Open Start menu and type Services to open the Services manager window.
2. Search the service list for the service named Server.
3. Double-click the service Server to open the configuration window and click Stop to stop the service.
4. Change the Startup type from Manual to Disabled and click Apply.
5. Click Ok to apply changes.
6. Close the Services window.
1. In BVMS, right click on the Pool where the LUNs will be added, select Add iSCSI device and fill it with the required information. Click Ok to proceed.
2. In the added iSCSI device select the LUNs tab to see the unformatted LUNs of the iSCSI device.
3. Check the Format boxes of all the unformatted LUNs and click Format LUN.
4. A dialog box will popup for confirmation. Click Ok to proceed.
5. After finishing the format all the LUNs shall be displayed as formatted.
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