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VTrak M310p, M210p Product Manual

4.In the File Download Security Warning box, click the Save button.

5.In the Save As dialog box, navigate to the directory where you want to save the event file.

6.Enter a name for the event file (“eventlog” is the default file name).

7.Click the Save button.

Background Activities

The Subsystem–Background Activities tab provides information about functions that runs in the background on your subsystem:

•Disk Array Rebuilding. See “Disk Array Rebuild” on page 101

•Disk Array Synchronization. See “Logical Drive Synchronization” on page 109

•Logical Drive Initialization. See “Logical Drive Initialization” on page 108

•Disk Array Migration. See “Disk Array Migration” on page 100

•Disk Array Transition. See “Transition” on page 103

•Logical Drive Redundancy Check. See “Logical Drive Redundancy Check” on page 109

•Predictive Data Migration (PDM). See “Logical Drive PDM” on page 110

•Error and Reassigned Block Thresholds (to trigger PDM. See Change Background Settings, below)

•Media Patrol. See “Physical Drive Media Patrol” on page 91

Start Background Function

To start a background function:

1.Click on the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click the Background Activities tab in Management View.

3.From the dropdown menu on the Background Activities tab, choose the function you want to start.

Change Background Settings

To change the current settings:

1.Click on the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click the Background Activities tab in Management View.

3.From the dropdown menu on the Background Activities tab, choose Settings.

4.Click on the dropdown menu for the function you want to set and select a rate: Low, Medium or High.

•Low allocates fewer system resources to the function and more to data read/write operations.

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