Assigning a dedicated hot spare – Adaptec Storage Manager User Manual

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Chapter 9: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares

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Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare

A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more specific logical drives.

To assign a dedicated hot spare:

In the Enterprise View, click the controller on which you want a
dedicated hot spare.

In the Physical Devices View, click the disk drive you want to
designate as a hot spare. (See

Hot Spare Limitations on page 90

for

help selecting a disk drive.)

In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Create dedicated hot-
spare drive for, then click the name of the logical drive. (In the
example below, the logical drive name is “Clients”.)

A plus sign appears beside the selected disk drive, indicating that it’s
designated as a dedicated hot spare. (A yellow plus sign indicates an
error. See

What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean? on page 93

for help

solving the problem.)

To use the same dedicated hot spare to protect another logical drive,
repeat

Step 2

and

Step 3

Hot spare