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Disk Management: Add screenshots and explanation 

This adds screenshots from the web interface for the
sections related to disk management and adds explanation
of how to carry out tasks using the web interface.

Signed-off-by: Dylan Whyte <d.whyte@proxmox.com>
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@ -148,11 +148,18 @@ when setting up the backup server.
Disk Management
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-disks.png
:width: 230
:align: right
:alt: List of disks
Proxmox Backup Server comes with a set of disk utilities, which are
accessed using the ``disk`` subcommand. This subcommand allows you to initialize
disks, create various filesystems, and get information about the disks.
To view the disks connected to the system, use the ``list`` subcommand of
To view the disks connected to the system, navigate to **Administration ->
Disks** in the web interface or use the ``list`` subcommand of
``disk``:
.. code-block:: console
@ -174,11 +181,19 @@ To initialize a disk with a new GPT, use the ``initialize`` subcommand:
# proxmox-backup-manager disk initialize sdX
You can create an ``ext4`` or ``xfs`` filesystem on a disk, using ``fs
create``. The following command creates an ``ext4`` filesystem and passes the
``--add-datastore`` parameter, in order to automatically create a datastore on
the disk (in this case ``sdd``). This will create a datastore at the location
``/mnt/datastore/store1``:
.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-disks-dir-create.png
:width: 230
:align: right
:alt: Create a directory
You can create an ``ext4`` or ``xfs`` filesystem on a disk using ``fs
create``, or by navigating to **Administration -> Disks -> Directory** in the
web interface and creating one from there. The following command creates an
``ext4`` filesystem and passes the ``--add-datastore`` parameter, in order to
automatically create a datastore on the disk (in this case ``sdd``). This will
create a datastore at the location ``/mnt/datastore/store1``:
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.. code-block:: console
@ -189,9 +204,17 @@ the disk (in this case ``sdd``). This will create a datastore at the location
Percentage done: 99
TASK OK
You can also create a ``zpool`` with various raid levels. The command below
creates a mirrored ``zpool`` using two disks (``sdb`` & ``sdc``) and mounts it
on the root directory (default):
.. image:: images/screenshots/pbs-gui-disks-zfs-create.png
:width: 230
:align: right
:alt: Create a directory
You can also create a ``zpool`` with various raid levels from **Administration
-> Disks -> Zpool** in the web interface, or by using ``zpool create``. The command
below creates a mirrored ``zpool`` using two disks (``sdb`` & ``sdc``) and
mounts it on the root directory (default):
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.. code-block:: console