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Dell™ Lifecycle Controller 2 Web Services Interface Guide for Windows  Version: 2.1.0 
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VirtualDiskArray: Array of ElementName(s) where each identifies a different VD, currently 
only one VD can be passed 
EXAMPLE: 
winrm i AssignSpare http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_RAIDService 
?SystemCreationClassName=DCIM_ComputerSystem 
+CreationClassName=DCIM_RAIDService 
+SystemName=DCIM:ComputerSystem 
+Name=DCIM:RAIDService  
-u:[USER] -p:[PASSWORD]  
-r:https://[IPADDRESS]/wsman -SkipCNcheck -SkipCAcheck  
-encoding:utf-8 -a:basic -file:AssignSpare.xml 
The input file AssignSpare.xml is shown below: 
<p:AssignSpare_INPUT xmlns:p="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-
schema/2/root/dcim/DCIM_RAIDService"> 
 <p:Target>Disk.Bay.3:Enclosure.Internal.0-0 
 :RAID.Integrated.1-1</p:Target> 
 <p:VirtualDiskArray>Disk.Virtual.0 
 :RAID.Integrated.1-1</p:VirtualDiskArray> 
</p:AssignSpare_INPUT> 
OUTPUT: 
AssignSpare_OUTPUT 
 RebootRequired = YES 
 ReturnValue = 0 
Nonconformance to the following restrictions may result in the error message below. 
  Virtual disk (VD) referenced (dedicated hot spare) is RAID-0, which cannot have hot spares 
  Physical disk (PD) is too small for the virtual disk referenced (dedicated hot spare) 
  Physical disk is wrong type for the virtual disk (i.e. SATA PD to be used as hot spare for SAS VD) 
  Similar conditions when no VD referenced, which is the global hot spare attempted assignment 
ERROR MESSAGE: 
AssignSpare_OUTPUT 
 Message = Physical disk FQDD did not identify a valid physical disk for the operation 
 MessageID = STOR009 
 ReturnValue = 2 










