Force a physical drive offline/online – Promise Technology VTrack M-Class M200i User Manual
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PFA – The physical drive has errors resulting in a prediction of failure.
To clear a Stale or PFA status from a physical drive:
1.
Click the Subsystem
icon in Tree View.
2.
Click on the Enclosures
icon.
3.
Click on the Enclosure
icon.
4.
Click on the Physical Drives
icon.
5.
Click on a Physical Drive
icon.
6.
In Management View, click on the Clear tab.
7.
In the Confirmation box, click OK to confirm.
Force a Physical Drive Offline/Online
The Physical Drive–Force Offline/Online tab enables you to force an:
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Online physical drive to go Offline
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Offline physical drive to go Online
The Force Offline/Online tab appears only for physical drives that are assigned to
disk arrays.
To force a physical drive offline:
1.
Click the Subsystem
icon in Tree View.
2.
Click on the Enclosures
icon.
3.
Click on the Enclosure
icon.
Note
Be sure you have corrected the condition by a physical drive
replacement, rebuild operation, etc., first. Then clear the condition
in the GUI.
Note
If a physical drive has both a Stale and a PFA condition, click the
Clear tab once to clear the Stale condition, then click again to clear
the PFA condition.
Caution
Forcing a physical drive offline or online is likely to cause data
loss. Back up your data before you proceed. Use these functions
only when required.