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Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare, Actions, Create dedicated hot, spare drive

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Chapter 9: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares ● 92 Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more specific logical drives. To assign a dedicated hot spare: 1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller on which you want a dedicated hot spare. 2 In the Physical Devices View, click the disk drive you want to designate as a hot spare. (See Hot Spare Limitations on page 90 for help selecting a disk drive.) 3 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Create dedicated hotspare drive for, then click the name of the logical drive. (In the example below, the logical drive name is "Clients".) A plus sign appears beside the selected disk drive, indicating that it's designated as a dedicated hot spare. (A yellow plus sign indicates an error. See What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean? on page 93 for help solving the problem.) Hot spare 4 To use the same dedicated hot spare to protect another logical drive, repeat Step 2 and Step 3.

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Chapter 9: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares
92
Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare
A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more specific logical drives.
To assign a dedicated hot spare:
1
In the Enterprise View, click the controller on which you want a
dedicated hot spare.
2
In the Physical Devices View, click the disk drive you want to
designate as a hot spare. (See
Hot Spare Limitations
on page 90
for
help selecting a disk drive.)
3
In the menu bar, select
Actions
, then click
Create dedicated hot-
spare drive for
, then click the name of the logical drive. (In the
example below, the logical drive name is “Clients”.)
A plus sign appears beside the selected disk drive, indicating that it’s
designated as a dedicated hot spare. (A yellow plus sign indicates an
error. See
What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean?
on page 93
for help
solving the problem.)
4
To use the same dedicated hot spare to protect another logical drive,
repeat
Step 2
and
Step 3
.
Hot spare