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

Deleting Spare Drive
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Chapter 4: Management with WebPAM PROe
To delete a spare drive:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Spare Drives icon.
3. Click the Delete tab in Management View.
4. Check the box to the left of the spare drive you want to delete.
5. Click the Submit button.
In the confirmation box, type the word confirm in the field provided.
6. Click the OK button.
Making Spare Drive Settings
Note
If an existing spare drive has the wrong parameters for your
needs, click the Settings tab to change the parameters rather than
delete the spare drive and create a new one.
The Spare Drive–Settings tab enables you to change the settings of an existing
spare drive. To change spare drive settings:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Spare Drives icon.
3. Click the Spare Drive icon.
4. Click the Settings tab in Management View.
5. Select a spare type, Global or Dedicated.
Global can be used by any disk array. Dedicated can only be used by the
assigned disk arrays
6. To make a revertible spare drive, check the Revertible box.
A revertible spare drive automatically returns to its spare drive assignment
after the failed physical drive in the disk array is replaced.
7. If you selected a Dedicated spare drive, in the Dedicated to Disk Arrays field,
highlight the disk arrays to which you want assign the spare drive from the
Available list and press the >> button to move them to the Selected list.
You can also double-click array to move it.
8. Click the Submit button.