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Reserving Spare Drives

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4.2.2 Reserving Spare Drives A spare is a drive that is present in the system but normally unused until you need additional capacity or another drive fails. At that time, the drive is substituted for the failed drive. Prior to initially using your system, you must reserve spare drives. After a drive has been allocated to a volume, it can no longer be reserved as spare. To reserve spare drives: 1. In the Physical Storage View, select a drive in the Main Display. A drive can be reserved as a spare so long as no volumes have been created on the drive. If you select a drive that has volumes, the Reserve Drive as Spare option in step 2 will not be available. 2. Perform one of the following steps: - On the Storage menu, click Reserve Drive as Spare. - Click Reserve Drive as Spare in the Drive Actions panel. - Press the right mouse button and click Reserve Drive as Spare on the shortcut menu. A check mark appears next to Reserve Drive as Spare on the Storage menu, in the Drive Actions panel, and on the shortcut menu to show that the selected drive is designated as a spare. 3. To remove the selected drive as a spare, perform any of the steps in step 2 to remove the check mark. 64 Chapter 4 Managing Physical Storage

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Chapter 4
Managing Physical Storage
4.2.2 Reserving Spare Drives
A spare is a drive that is present in the system but normally unused until you need
additional capacity or another drive fails. At that time, the drive is substituted for the
failed drive.
Prior to initially using your system, you must reserve spare drives. After a
drive has been allocated to a volume, it can no longer be reserved as spare.
To reserve spare drives:
1.
In the Physical Storage View, select a drive in the Main Display.
A drive can be reserved as a spare so long as no volumes have been created
on the drive. If you select a drive that has volumes, the
Reserve Drive as
Spare
option in step 2 will not be available.
2.
Perform one of the following steps:
–
On the
Storage
menu, click
Reserve Drive as Spare
.
–
Click
Reserve Drive as Spare
in the
Drive Actions
panel.
–
Press the right mouse button and click
Reserve Drive as Spare
on the shortcut
menu.
A check mark appears next to
Reserve Drive as Spare
on the
Storage
menu, in the
Drive Actions
panel, and on the shortcut menu to show that the selected drive is
designated as a spare.
3.
To remove the selected drive as a spare, perform any of the steps in step 2 to
remove the check mark.