Disk Manager Property Book

There are three ways to open the Disk Manager Property Book.

• Select one or more disks in the main browser and choose Properties from the Object menu.

• Select one or more disks in the main browser and click on the Property Book icon in the tool bar.

• Double-click on a disk in the main browser.

  Figure 11-5 shows the important features of the Disk Manager Property Book.

Figure 11-5 Disk Manager Property Book

Here are some brief descriptions of the areas within Disk Manager's main window:

• Disk Name - Specifies the object or group of objects that you can manage in the property book. In Figure 11-5, the object is a disk whose name is c0t6d0.

• The ... Button - Indicates that there is at least one other disk of the same type as the disk being edited on the system. Clicking on the ... button displays the Choose Disks to Edit window. This allows you to select more than one disk (of the same type) for simultaneous edit operations.

• Disk Type - Specifies the type of the object. In Figure 11-5, the object is a disk that has a disk type of DEFAULT.

• Property Browser - Functions much the same way as the Storage Manager Load Context Property Browser. It lists all the chapters or subchapters (if any) for the selected disk(s).

  Double-clicking on a chapter expands the chapter in the Property Viewer and displays the subchapters (if any) or the object properties.

• Chapters - Contains a common set of properties for the object that you can view or modify.

• The + and - Buttons - The buttons that appear below the Property Browser perform an expand all (+) or collapse all (-) function on the chapters in the Property Viewer. This is a quick way of viewing all chapter properties or only the chapter names.

  The buttons that appear next to chapter names in property books also perform an expand all or collapse all function, but only on the selected chapter.

• Property Viewer - Enables you to expand and collapse the contents of chapters. You can expand a chapter down to its object properties, enabling you to view or modify the property for the object.

• Chapter Properties - Specifies the properties that you can view or modify for the object. There can be one or more properties in a chapter. In Figure 11-5, the Label chapter has a Volume Label field that provides a way to assign a name to a disk.

  For more reference information on the chapters that are available from the Disk Manager Property Book, see online help.