VessRAID Setup - Promise Technology, Inc.

VessRAID 1000i Series Product Manual
Running PDM
Predictive Data Migration (PDM) migrates data from the suspect physical drive to
a spare disk drive, similar to Rebuilding. But unlike Rebuilding, PDM acts before
the disk drive fails and your Logical Drive goes Critical.
You an also run PDM on a specific disk array, see “Running PDM on a Disk
Array” on page 125.
Also see “Predictive Data Migration (PDM)” on page 272.
To run PDM:
1. In Tree View, click the Subsystem icon.
2. In Management View, click the Background Activities tab and choose Start
Media Patrol from the dropdown menu.
3. In the next screen, choose the Source and Target physical drives.
The suspect physical drive is the source. The replacement physical drive is
the target.
4. Click the Start button.
Viewing Scheduled Activities
To view scheduled activities for this subsystem:
1. Click the Subsystem icon Tree View.
2. Click the Scheduler tab in Management View.
Scheduling an Activity
To set a scheduled activity for this subsystem:
1. Click the Subsystem icon Tree View.
2. From the dropdown menu on the Scheduler tab, choose an item:
• Media Patrol. See “Running Media Patrol” on page 57
• Redundancy Check. See “Running Redundancy Check” on page 130
• Battery Reconditioning. See “Reconditioning a Battery” on page 103
• Spare Drive Check. See “Running Spare Check” on page 136
3. In the Scheduler dialog box, check the Enable This Schedule box.
4. Select a start time (24-hour clock).
5. Select a Recurrence Pattern.
• Daily – Enter the number of days between events.
• Weekly – Enter the number of weeks between events and choose
which days of the week.
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