Setting disk usage

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
The Management Server console lets you set disk usage to exclude a disk from certain operations by marking it as a spare, excluding it from Hot Relocation, or marking it as a reserved disk, or as a disk reserved for ISP use only on the UNIX host. On the Windows host, you set disk usage to exclude a disk from certain operations by marking it as preferred, secondary, no hot use, and reserved or any one of the three.
To perform this task, your user group must be assigned the Admin role on the host or the Server perspective. The permission on the host may be explicitly assigned or inherited from a parent Organization.
To set disk usage
  1. In the Management Server console, go to the Server perspective and expand Manage in the left pane.
  2. Expand the Organization or Uncategorized Hosts to locate and select the host.
  3. Expand the host, select Disk Groups, and click on** Disks**.
  4. Right-click on the selected disk and select Set Disk Usage.
  5. In the Set Disk Usage - UNIX host wizard panel, select the option to set the disk usage on a UNIX or Linux host. Click OK.
See Set Disk Usage panel options.
In the Set Disk Usage - Windows host wizard panel, select the option to set the disk usage on a Windows host. Click OK.
See Set Disk Usage - Windows host panel options.
  1. In the Result panel, verify that the selected disk has been evacuated successfully. Click OK.
See About managing disks.