<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US" xml:lang="en-us"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="dc.language" scheme="rfc1766" content="en-us" /> <!-- All rights reserved. Licensed Materials Property of IBM --> <!-- US Government Users Restricted Rights --> <!-- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by --> <!-- GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. --> <meta name="dc.date" scheme="iso8601" content="2005-09-13" /> <meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2006" /> <meta name="security" content="public" /> <meta name="Robots" content="index,follow"/> <meta http-equiv="PICS-Label" content='(PICS-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true r (cz 1 lz 1 nz 1 oz 1 vz 1) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0) "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" l gen true r (SS~~000 1))' /> <title>Format integrated server disk drives</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ibmidwb.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="ic.css" /> </head> <body> <a id="Top_Of_Page" name="Top_Of_Page"></a><!-- Java sync-link --> <script language = "Javascript" src = "../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script> <a name="rzahqfstpi"></a> <h4 id="rzahqfstpi">Format integrated server disk drives</h4> <p>In order to use integrated Windows server disk drives (network server storage spaces), you must format them. Before you can format them, you must first create (see <a href="rzahqcstpi.htm#rzahqcstpi">Create an integrated server disk drive</a>) and link (see <a href="rzahqlstpi.htm#rzahqlstpi">Link a disk drive to an integrated server</a>) the disk drives, then start the Windows server from i5/OS™ (see <a href="rzahqstartnstop.htm#rzahqstartnstop">Start and stop an integrated server</a>).</p> <a name="wq302"></a> <div class="notetitle" id="wq302">Note:</div><img src="delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /> <div class="notebody">Servers can dynamically link disk drives while the server is varied on using the dynamic storage link parameter of the Add Server Storage Link (ADDNWSSTGL) command.</div><img src="deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /> <p>To format disk drives, follow these steps.</p> <ol type="1"> <li>On the integrated Windows server console, from the <span class="bold">Start</span> menu, select <span class="bold">Programs</span>, then <span class="bold">Administrative Tools</span>, then <span class="bold">Computer Management</span>.</li> <li>Double-click <span class="bold">Storage.</span></li> <li>Double-click <span class="bold">Disk Management.</span></li> <li><img src="delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />To create a new partition, right-click the unallocated space on the basic disk where you want to create the partition, and then click <span class="bold">New Partition</span>.<img src="deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></li> <li><img src="delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />Follow the prompts to format the new drive. <ol type="a"> <li>Specify the storage space name for the volume label.</li> <li>Select the file system you specified when you created the disk drive.</li> <li>Select the quick format for a storage space that has just been created. It has already been low level formatted by i5/OS when it was allocated.</li></ol><img src="deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></li></ol> <a id="Bot_Of_Page" name="Bot_Of_Page"></a> </body> </html>