Promise Technology 15110 user manual Delete Logical Drive, Background Activity

Chapter 4: Management with WebPAM PRO

Delete Logical Drive

Caution

When you delete a logical drive, all the data it contains is also deleted. Back up all important data before deleting a logical drive.

The Disk Array–Delete LD tab enables you to delete a logical drive under this disk array.

To delete a logical drive:

1.Click on the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click on the VTrak icon.

3.Click on the Disk Arrays icon.

4.Click on the Disk Array icon.

5.Click on the Delete LD tab.

6.Check the box to the left of the logical drive you want to delete.

7.Click the Submit button.

8.Click OK in the confirmation box.

The selected logical disappears from the Logical Drive List on the Information tab.

Background Activity

The Disk Array–Backgound Activity tab reports the background activies currently running. Normally, you will not be aware that these processes are running because the subsystem continues to function. To access background activity:

1.Click on the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click on the VTrak icon.

3.Click on the Disk Arrays icon.

4.Click on the Disk Array icon.

5.Click on the Background Activity tab.

The Background activities include:

•Migration – To migrate a disk array is to change its RAID level. In some cases, it is necessary to increase the number of physical drives in the array in order to achieve the target RAID level. The action of adding disk drives to

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