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Transitioning a Disk Array
Transition is the process of replacing a revertible spare drive that is currently part
of a disk array with an unconfigured physical drive or a non-revertible spare. The
revertible spare drive returns to its original status. For more information, see
“Transition” on page 210.
In order to run the Transition function:
•
The spare drive must be Revertible.
•
You must specify an unconfigured physical drive of the same or larger
capacity to replace the revertible spare drive.
To run Transition:
1.
Click the Subsystem
icon in Tree View.
2.
From the dropdown menu on the Background Activities tab, select
Start
Transition
.
3.
Select an unconfigured physical drive from the list of available drives.
4.
From the Target Physical Drive dropdown menu, choose an unconfigured
physical drive.
5.
Click the
Submit
button.
After Transition is completed, refresh the screen. The revertible spare drive will
be listed under the Spare Drives icon and the disk array’s operational status will
show OK.
To set Transition priority, see “Making Background Activity Settings” on page 47.
Preparing a Disk Array for Transport
Transport is the action of moving the physical drives of a disk array:
•
To different slots in the same VTrak enclosure
•
From one VTrak enclosure to another
To prepare a disk array for transport:
1.
Click the Subsystem
icon in Tree View.
2.
Click the Disk Arrays
icon.
Important
Before you can use this feature:
•
There must be a dedicated spare disk drive assigned to this
disk array.
•
The disk array’s Operational Status must be OK.
Summary of Contents for VTRAK M610p
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