Administrator Guide

6. In the Unassigned Disks pane, select the disks to be assigned.
7. To schedule a RAID rebalance select one of the following options.
• To start a RAID rebalance after creating the disk folder, select Perform RAID rebalance immediately.
• To schedule a RAID rebalance for a later time, select Schedule RAID rebalance then select a date and time.
8. To skip the RAID rebalance, select I will start RAID rebalance later.
NOTE: To use all available space, perform a RAID rebalance.
9. Click OK.
Enable or Disable the Disk Indicator Light
The drive bay indicator light identifies a drive bay so it can be easily located in an enclosure.
Steps
1. If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2. Click the Hardware tab.
3. In the Hardware tab navigation pane, expand Enclosures, then select and expand an enclosure.
The Enclosure view is displayed.
4. Under the selected enclosure, click Disks.
The Disks view is displayed.
5. In the right pane, click the Disks subtab and select a disk.
6. Enable or disable the disk indicator light for the selected disk.
• If the indicator light is off, click Indicator On to enable the indicator light.
• If the indicator light is on, click Indicator Off to disable the indicator light.
Release a Disk
Release a disk before removing it from an enclosure. The disk is fully released after performing a RAID rebalance.
About this task
NOTE: Do not release disks from a disk folder unless the remaining disks have enough free space for the re-striped data.
Steps
1. If the Storage Manager Client is connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the Storage view.
2. Click the Hardware tab.
3. In the Hardware tab navigation pane, expand the enclosure and select Disks.
The Disks view is displayed.
4. In the right pane, click the Disks subtab, then select a disk and click Release Disk.
The Release Disks dialog box opens.
5. Schedule a RAID rebalance.
• To start a RAID rebalance after releasing the disk, select Perform RAID rebalance immediately.
• To schedule a RAID rebalance, select Schedule RAID rebalance then select a date and time.
6. To skip the RAID rebalance, select I will start RAID rebalance later.
7. Click OK.
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