Dell Assign Dedicated Hot Spare on Network Cards Using omreport Storage Commands

Complete Syntax

omconfig storage vdisk action=unmirror controller=id vdisk=id

where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID as reported by the omreport command. To obtain these values, enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller=ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks attached to the controller.

Example Syntax

For example, to unmirror virtual disk 4 on controller 1, enter:

omconfig storage vdisk action=unmirror controller=1 vdisk=4

omconfig Assign Dedicated Hot Spare

Use the following omconfig command syntax to assign one or more physical disks to a virtual disk as a dedicated hot spare.

NOTE: The PERC 2/SC, 2/DC, and CERC SATA 1.5/2s controllers do not support dedicated hot spares.

Complete Syntax

omconfig storage vdisk action=assigndedicatedhotspare controller=id vdisk=id pdisk=<PDISKID> assign=yes

where id is the controller ID and virtual disk ID. The <PDISK> variable specifies the physical disk.

To obtain the values for the controller, virtual disk, and physical disk, enter omreport storage controller to display the controller IDs and then enter omreport storage vdisk controller=ID and omreport storage pdisk controller=ID to display the IDs for the virtual disks and physical disks attached to the controller.

Example Syntax

In this example, you are assigning physical disk 3 on connector 0 of controller 1 as a dedicated hot spare to virtual disk 4. On a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller, the physical disk resides in enclosure 2.

Example for SCSI, SATA, and ATA Controllers:

To assign the dedicated hot spare described in this example, enter:

omconfig storage vdisk action=assigndedicatedhotspare controller=1 vdisk=4 pdisk=0:3 assign=yes

Example for SAS Controllers:

To assign the dedicated hot spare described in this example, enter:

omconfig storage vdisk action=assigndedicatedhotspare controller=1 vdisk=4 pdisk=0:2:3 assign=yes

Using the Storage Management Service

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