Register Operating System wizard: System Disks page

Use this page to specify disks that hold data that are closely related to the operating system.

Introduction

The System Disks page provides a table of all disks available to the operating system instance.

Fields

Essential
Select the disks that hold the operating system, installed applications, or other data directly associated with the operating system.

If you create an operating system template from this operating system instance, the data from the essential disks are transferred to the template and to all operating system instances that are based on the template.

Name
Name that the z/VM Center task uses for the disk. You cannot edit this field.
Description
Description of the disk. If no description has been provided for the disk, this field is blank. You cannot edit this field.
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