Importing a disk group and mounting a volume

Use the VEA Console to import a disk group and mount a volume.

To import a disk group

  1. From the VEA Console, right-click a disk name in a disk group or the group name in the Groups tab or tree view.
  2. From the menu, click Import Dynamic Disk Group.

To mount a volume

  1. If the disk group is not imported, import it.
  2. To verify if a disk group is imported, from the VEA Console, click the Disks tab and check if the status is imported.
  3. Right-click the volume, click File System, and click Change Drive Letter and Path.
  4. Select one of the following options in the Drive Letter and Paths dialog box depending on whether you want to assign a drive letter to the volume or mount it as a folder.
    • To assign a drive letter, select Assign a Drive Letter, and select a drive letter.

    • To mount the volume as a folder, select Mount as an empty NTFS folder, and click Browse to locate an empty folder on the shared disk.

  5. Click OK.