3-10 Advanced Disk and Volume Management Using Array Manager
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Array Disk Commands
This section describes the following commands for working with array disks.
•Format
•Rebuild
• Assign a global hot spare
• Unassign a global hot spare
• Online array disk
• Offline array disk
• Prepare to remov e
• Properties

Forma t

The Format command performs a low-level formatting of the array disk. To format the array
disk, perform the following steps:
1Right-click the disk that you want to format.
2Click Format.
The right pane shows the status of the format. The status displays Formatti ng until
the operation is finished.

Rebuild

The Rebuild command is enabled only when a disk is failed. You can rebuild only on failed
disks in redundant arrays (RAID 1 or RAID 5) by performing the following steps:
1Right-click the failed disk that you want to rebuild.
2Click Rebuild.
In the right pane, the status of the disk is Rebuilding and a progress bar shows the
percentage of completion.
NOTE: This process may take several hours.