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Managing Storage Managers
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The Status column displays no status message when the redistribution is complete. Alternatively, because
redistribution can take a long time, you can track the progress of the redistribution in the Storage Managers
Monitor tool (see “Monitoring Redistributions” on page 87
).
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Do not remove the Storage Manager before the redistribution has completed.
5. Unbind the Storage Manager from the ISIS file system; see “Unbinding Storage Managers from the ISIS File
System” on page 38
.
6. In the Storage Manager list, select the Storage Manager you want to remove and then click Issue Command.
The Issue Storage Manager(s) Command dialog box opens.
7. Select Take Offline, and then click Send.
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If you remove an active Storage Manager by mistake, the System Director restores the Storage Manager to the
Storage Manager list the next time it polls the shared storage network (usually within 20 seconds).
The system spins down the drives in the selected Storage Manager and changes the status in the
Storage Managers list to Offline.
8. Disconnect the Storage Manager from the network, as described in the Avid ISIS Setup Guide.
Removing Orphaned Storage Managers
Orphaned Managers are Storage Managers connected to a file system which is not currently in use. This can happen
when a Storage Manager is moved from one ISIS environment to another, or when you use the System Director
Control Panel to create a new active partition on a system that already includes bound Storage Managers. The
“Force Remove” command will remove the file system binding from the Storage Manager and make it available for
use in the current file system.
To remove orphaned Storage Managers, you must force-remove them from the system.
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Removing Storage Managers causes all data stored on them to be erased. Do not remove disconnected
Storage Managers unless you are certain they contain no data you want to save.
To remove orphaned Storage Managers:
1. From the Management Console home page, click the Storage Managers icon, located in the System section.
The Storage Managers tool opens.
2. Select the orphaned Manager you want to force-remove.
3. Click Force Remove.
A message warns you that removing Storage Managers erases all data on the component.
4. Click Yes.
The Force Removal Text Confirmation dialog box opens.
5. Type
Remove in the text box, and then click Remove.
The orphaned Storage Manager is unbound from the ISIS file system and removed from the Orphaned
Managers list.