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If you down a drive, you can use the Schedule tab in the System Administration View to view or suspend this action (see section 6.2.4). A down drive operation cannot be cancelled or deleted. To view the progress of the down drive operation, refer to the Schedule tab in the System Administration View. 5.2.3 Reserving Spare Drives A spare is a drive that is present in the system but normally unused until another active drive fails. At that time, the volumes from the failed drive are automatically rebuilt using the spare drive. Prior to initially using your system, you should reserve one ore more 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 Physical Storage menu, click Reserve Drive as Spare. - Click Reserve Drive as Spare in the Physical Storage 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. xStack Storage Management Center Software User's Guide 75

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If you down a drive, you can use the
Schedule
tab in the System
Administration View to view or suspend this action (see section 6.2.4).
A
down drive operation cannot be cancelled or deleted.
To view the progress
of the down drive operation, refer to the Schedule tab in the System
Administration View.
5.2.3
Reserving Spare Drives
A spare is a drive that is present in the system but normally unused until another active
drive fails. At that time, the volumes from the failed drive are automatically rebuilt using
the spare drive.
Prior to initially using your system, you should reserve one ore more 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
Physical Storage
menu, click Reserve Drive as Spare.
–
Click Reserve Drive as Spare in the
Physical Storage 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.