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Adding a disk drive to the spareset, Adding a disk drive to the spareset –63 – HP Array Controller HSG V8.7 Software User Manual

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Creating Storagesets

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ADD UNIT D1 RAID1 PARTITION=1

ADD UNIT D2 RAID1 PARTITION=2

ADD UNIT D3 RAID1 PARTITION=3

ADD UNIT D4 RAID1 PARTITION=4

SHOW RAID1

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Appendix B, “CLI Commands,” contains more information on
partitioning a storageset or disk drive.

Adding a Disk Drive to the Spareset

The spareset is a collection of hot spares that are available to the
controller should it need to replace a failed member of a RAIDset or
mirrorset.

Use the following steps to add a disk drive to the spareset:

Note This procedure assumes that the disks that you are adding to the
spareset have already been added to the controller’s list of eligible
devices.

1. Add the disk drive to the controller’s spareset list. Use the following

command:

ADD SPARESET DISK

nnnnn

Repeat this step for each disk drive you want to add to the spareset:

2. Verify the contents of the spareset using the following command:

SHOW SPARESET

Partition number

Size

Starting Block

Used by

1

1915 (0.98 MB)

0

D1

2

1915 (0.98 MB)

1920

D2

3

1915 (0.98 MB)

3840

D3

4

2371 (1.21 MB)

5760

D4

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