HP StorageWorks 2000 Modular Smart Array Reference Guide (481599-003, August 2008)

136 HP StorageWorks 2000 Family Modular Smart Array reference guide • August 2008
Viewing Disk Drive Status
To view the status of the drives in a selected virtual disk:
● Select Manage > Virtual Disk Config > Vdisk Configuration > Disk Drive Status.
For a description of the information contained on this page, see “Disk Drive Status”
on page 73.
Note – If a disk drive has failed or malfunctioned, it might not be listed.
Clearing Metadata From Leftover Disk Drives
The storage system uses metadata to identify virtual disk members after restarting or
replacing enclosures. A drive becomes a “leftover” for either of these reasons:
■ Metadata identifies the drive as being part of a nonexistent virtual disk. Either the
drive was removed from the enclosure where the drive was part of a virtual disk,
the virtual disk was deleted, and the drive was reinserted; or, the drive was
removed from the enclosure where the drive was part of a virtual disk and the
drive was inserted in a different storage system.
■ A controller forces the drive offline because it reported too many errors.
SMU reports that the leftover drive is part of virtual disk Leftover and shows the
drive as follows in enclosure view:
Before you can use the drive in a different virtual disk or as a spare, you must clear
the metadata.
To clear metadata from drives:
1. Select Manage > Utilities > Disk Drive Utilities > Clear Metadata.
An enclosure view is displayed in which only Leftover and Available drives are
selectable. Available drives are considered to have had their metadata cleared, but
are selectable in case a drive with partial metadata has been inserted into the system.
2. Select the drives whose metadata you want to clear.
3. Click Clear Metadata For Selected Disk Drives.