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VTrak E-Class Product Manual
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Managing Spare Drives
Spare drive management includes:
• Viewing a List of Spare Drives (below)
• Viewing Spare Drive Information (page 172)
• Creating a Spare Drive Manually (page 173)
• Creating a Spare Drive with the Wizard, see “Creating a Disk Array with the
Wizard” on page 151
• Deleting a Spare Drive (page 174)
• Making Spare Drive Settings (page 174)
• Locating a Spare Drive (page 174)
• Running Spare Check (page 175)
• Running a Transition on a Spare Drive (page 175)
Viewing a List of Spare Drives
To view a list of spare drives:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Spare Drive icon.
Spare Drive information displays, including:
• ID – Spare0, Spare1, etc.
• Operational Status – OK means normal
• Configurable Capacity – Usable capacity of the spare drive
• Physical Drive ID – ID number of the physical drive chosen for this
spare
• Revertible – Yes or No
• Spare Type – Global or Dedicated
• Dedicated to Array – ID number of the disk array to which the spare is
dedicated
Viewing Spare Drive Information
To view spare drive information:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Spare Drive icon.
The list of spare drives appears.
3. Click the spare drive you want, then click the View button.
Spare Drive information displays, including:
• Spare Drive ID – Spare0, Spare1, etc.