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Viewing Spare Assignments and Status, Spare Management Guidelines, Remove All, Drives, Remove., Spares

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Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User's Guide - To remove all drives from the spare pool, click Remove All Drives. 4 Click Remove. The drives are removed from the Selected Drives list and now appear in the Available Drives list. 5 Click OK. Viewing Spare Assignments and Status You should regularly check your spare assignments and the status of each spare drive. You can check spare assignments by viewing the details for the following: I Controller-Shows spare pool drives. I Drive-Shows whether the drive is assigned to the spare pool. To check drives in the spare pool via the controller: 1 In the System Browser window, select the controller for which you want to check spares. 2 In the Details pane, click the Spares tab. The Spares tab shows which drives are assigned as spares to the spare pool. To check spares assigned to the spare pool by drive: 1 In the System Browser window, select a drive for which you want to check spares. 2 In the Details pane, click the Spare For tab. The Spare For tab shows whether the drive is assigned to a controller as part of the spare pool. Spare Management Guidelines How you manage your spares is a trade-off between the level of security your applications require and the cost of spare drives. Drives do not fail very often, but when they do, the result may be catastrophic for your business. You must determine your needs and manage your spares accordingly. 7-4

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7-4
Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User
’
s Guide
–
To remove all drives from the spare pool, click
Remove All
Drives
.
4
Click
Remove.
The drives are removed from the Selected Drives list and now
appear in the Available Drives list.
5
Click
OK
.
Viewing Spare Assignments and Status
You should regularly check your spare assignments and the status of
each spare drive. You can check spare assignments by viewing the
details for the following:
■
Controller
—
Shows spare pool drives.
■
Drive
—
Shows whether the drive is assigned to the spare pool.
To check drives in the spare pool via the controller:
1
In the System Browser window, select the controller for which
you want to check spares.
2
In the Details pane, click the
Spares
tab.
The Spares tab shows which drives are assigned as spares to
the spare pool.
To check spares assigned to the spare pool by drive:
1
In the System Browser window, select a drive for which you
want to check spares.
2
In the Details pane, click the
Spare For
tab.
The Spare For tab shows whether the drive is assigned to a
controller as part of the spare pool.
Spare Management Guidelines
How you manage your spares is a trade-off between the level of
security your applications require and the cost of spare drives.
Drives do not fail very often, but when they do, the result may be
catastrophic for your business. You must determine your needs and
manage your spares accordingly.