Hello kakashi09,

Virtual drive initialization commands:

perccli /cx/vx start init

This command starts the initialization of a virtual drive. The default initialization type is fast initialization. If the full option is specified, full initialization of the virtual drive starts.

https://dell.to/41JAhA6

Using CLI commands from Windows command prompts

Ensure that you copy the perccli.exe and perccli64.exe files to C:\Windows\System32.

https://dell.to/3m8l1MF

Thank you for the quick reply @Dell -Charles R !

So one option would be to use start init - then do a perccli add vd. 

Will perccli add vd - do initialization of drives by default? Is there some setting on this that I can just send as a flag? 

Hello kakashi09,

You need a VD first before you can initialize it.

You can try add vd and check result. 

I don't see that it specifies initialization

Maybe perccli /cx/vx start init after you create the VD.

I will say that I do not work with perccli. Most work I do is in the GUIs, but this page may give you more options:

Getting a complete list of CLI commands

To view a full list of available CLI commands, use one of the following CLI commands:

perccli64.exe —help > [filename]

perccli64.exe —? > [filename]

https://dell.to/3IBsA6k

You can use the menu on the left side to see each section for support on each step available.

its an automated process, if it stucks then there are options for manual too