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When the image mode volume is created, a direct mapping is made between extents that
are on the MDisk and the extents that are on the volume. The logical block address (LBA)
x on the MDisk is the same as the LBA x on the volume, which ensures that the data on
the MDisk is preserved as it is brought into the clustered system (Figure 1-15).
Figure 1-15 Image mode volume
Some virtualization functions are not available for image mode volumes, so it is often useful
to migrate the volume into a new storage pool. After it is migrated, the MDisk becomes a
managed MDisk.
If you add an MDisk containing ...