Plasmon ii 97707987 Rev A manual Defining Hot Spares

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Defining Hot Spares

Hot spare disks can be defined to provide fault tolerance in RAIDs. A disk which has been marked as a hot spare will automatically take the place of a failed disks in any RAID.

To mark a disk as a hot spare:

1From the menu bar, select Storage - RAIDs.

2Click . The Storage - RAIDs - Hot Spares page will open:

3Tick the box(es) of disk(s) which you wish to mark as hot spare.

4Click to set the hot spare(s).

5Click to save the changes and return to the Storage - RAIDs page.

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Contents Page Preliminaries Table of Contents Introduction Shutdown menu Rev a Chapter Snaz network attached file servers Rev a Front panel features Rear panel features Rev a Snaz Manager Snaz Manager Server Configuration Wizard Home page featuresMenu bar Menu/Icon DescriptionOn-line help Tool TipsSystem status IconMeaningRAIDs that are Faulty System menu Time & DateSynchronising the time and date with an NTP server Services MS Networking Rev a FTP Rev a UPS Click on the Configuration tab. This allows you to configure Backup Software Update HttpNotification Email Smtp NotificationLevelMeaning Snmp Notification LevelMeaning Shares on the Snaz How a Share is createdRev a Configuration Network menuRev a Click . The Network Users Add page is displayed UsersAdding a User Deleting a User Editing a User’s details Editing a Group’s details GroupsAdding a Group Click . The Network Groups Add page is displayedDeleting a Group Shares Adding a ShareRev a Rev a Storage menu RAIDs Adding a RAIDRev a Removing a RAID Click to save the changes and return to the Storage RAIDs Defining Hot SparesClick . The Storage RAIDs Hot Spares page will open Merging RAIDs Pools Click . The Storage RAIDs Merge page will openClick . The Storage -Volumes Volume Add page opens VolumesAdding a volume Removing a Volume Changing a User’s Volume Quota Rev a Finding data Setting or modifying an ACLBrowse Rev a Rev a Data protection menu Estimating snapshot volume requirements SnapshotsScheduling a snapshot Click on . The Data Protection Snapshot Add page opensRev a To modify an existing schedule To rollback previous version of a file using a snapshot Schedule Name Replication SourcesAdding a replication source Rev a Schedule tab will open From this page, enter Recovering a replication source Replication Targets Adding a replication targetConfiguration Backup Restoring the configuration backupRev a Definitions Data BackupBackup Devices LicensingConfiguration NetVault LinksDiagnostics menu Storage DevicesDisk status icons Icon MeaningIcon Meaning Tape drive status icons Icons MeaningMiscellaneous icons System Info Diagnostics System Information page allows you to viewSystem Information Log FilesRev a Shutdown menu Rev a