VTrak E-Class Product Manual - Promise Technology, Inc.

VTrak E-Class Product Manual
3. Click the Disk Array icon.
4. Click the Background Activities tab in Management View.
5. From the dropdown menu the Background Activities tab, choose Start PDM.
6. In the next screen, select the Source and Target physical drives.
The suspect physical drive is the source. The replacement physical drive is
the target.
7. Click the Start button.
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 257.
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, select Start
Transition.
3. Select an unconfigured physical drive from the list of available drives.
4. From the Target Physical Drive dropdown menu, choose an unconfigured
physical drive.
5. Click the Submit button.
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 66.
Preparing a Disk Array for Transport
Transport is the action of moving the physical drives of a disk array:
• To different slots in the same VTrak enclosure
• From one VTrak enclosure to another
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