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How long is too long, 4 hours? &nbsp;They are 300Gb disks and the virtual disks are 1.8 - 2.3 Tb. The three new virtual disk are through initializing.
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How long is too long, 4 hours?  They are 300Gb disks and the virtual disks are 1.8 - 2.3 Tb. The three new virtual disk are through initializing.

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I can't remember how long it took me the last time, but I remember having to leave one overnight.
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I can't remember how long it took me the last time, but I remember having to leave one overnight.

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I can wait until tomorrow. Thanks
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Let me know if the process stops in the mean time, I'm on GMT so can answer any questions early
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Let me know if the process stops in the mean time, I'm on GMT so can answer any questions early

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I thought I had deleted all my disk groups before created three new ones. Now I see the new ones as well as two ‘old’ ones.<br />
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Under Modify &gt;&nbsp;Delete Virtual Disks the button Delete is grayed out. I’ve rebooted the server as well as the storage arrays. Because I’ve has multiple issues with disks I’ve put in quite a few new disks. I can’t imagine that these disks are doing anything if this group even exists at all.<br />
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What will allow me to blow everything out, ensuring I get these two ‘ghost’ disk groups so I can start over?<br />
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The two disk groups have a red 'strike out' line through them.<br />
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Server 2003<br />
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DELL MD3000
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I thought I had deleted all my disk groups before created three new ones. Now I see the new ones as well as two ‘old’ ones.

Under Modify > Delete Virtual Disks the button Delete is grayed out. I’ve rebooted the server as well as the storage arrays. Because I’ve has multiple issues with disks I’ve put in quite a few new disks. I can’t imagine that these disks are doing anything if this group even exists at all.

What will allow me to blow everything out, ensuring I get these two ‘ghost’ disk groups so I can start over?

The two disk groups have a red 'strike out' line through them.

Server 2003

DELL MD3000

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