Promise Technology EX8650 manual Transitioning a Disk Array, Preparing a Disk Array for Transport

SuperTrak EX Series User Manual

Transitioning a Disk Array

Transition is the process of replacing a revertible spare drive that is currently part of a disk array with an unconfigured physical drive or a non-revertible spare. The revertible spare drive returns to its original status. For more information, see “Transition” on page 249.

In order to run the Transition function:

•The spare drive must be Revertible.

•You must specify an unconfigured physical drive of the same or larger capacity to replace the revertible spare drive.

To run Transition:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.From the dropdown menu on the Background Activities tab, choose Start Transition.

3.Choose an unconfigured physical drive from the list of available drives.

After Transition is completed, refresh the screen. The revertible spare drive will

be listed under the Spare Drives icon and the disk array’s operational status will show OK.

To set Transition priority, see “Making Background Activity Settings” on page 133.

Preparing a Disk Array for Transport

Important

Before you can use this feature:

•There must be a dedicated spare disk drive assigned to this disk array.

•The disk array’s Operational Status must be OK.

To prepare a disk array for transport:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click the Disk Arrays icon.

3.Click the Disk Array icon.

4.Click the Transport tab in Management View.

5.Click the Submit button.

6.In the confirmation box, type the word confirm in the field provided.

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