Dynamic disk group properties

If you select a dynamic disk group and then select Properties from the context menu, the Properties for that dynamic disk group displays.

The screen below is an example of the Dynamic Disk Group Properties screen. The status category is either Imported or Deported. "Current Version" refers to the disk group version that supports advanced disk group features.

The categories of a disk group's properties are described in the table below:

Table: Dynamic Disk Group Properties Categories

Category

Description

Name

The disk group name is shown at the top of the window and in the title bar.

Status

Fields are Imported and Deported.

Type

Fields are Dynamic (Primary) and Dynamic (Secondary).

Disks

Number of disks in the disk group.

Volumes

Number of volumes in the disk group.

Version

The disk group version. See the description of disk group versions below this table.

Recovery needed

Fields are True and False. Indicates whether the disk group has volumes that are degraded.

Shared

Fields are Yes and No. Indicates whether the disk group has private dynamic disk group protection.

See Partitioned shared storage with private dynamic disk group protection.

Enabled

Fields are Yes and No. Indicates whether the disk group is functioning or not.

Size

Size of the disk group.

Free space

Free space remaining in the disk group.

Comment

User-defined comment.

Note:

Microsoft Disk Management Disk Groups do not support disk group comments.

The following are the disk group versions:

Version number

Version Used in:

20

Microsoft Windows Disk Management, Volume Manager for Windows NT, Volume Manager 2.5 and 2.7 for Windows 2000

30

Volume Manager 3.0 and 3.1 for Windows 2000

40

Storage Foundation 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2

43

Storage Foundation 4.3

50

Storage Foundation 5.0 and 5.1

60

Storage Foundation 6.0, 6.0.1, and 6.0.2

171

Storage Foundation 6.1 and later