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Assigning A Dedicated Hot Spare.......................................................................................................................... 143
Unassigning A Dedicated Hot Spare..................................................................................................................... 143
To Locate Assign Or Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare In Storage Management..........................................144
Virtual Disk Task - Replace Member Disk Step 1 of 2.............................................................................................144
Replacing A Member Disk Step 1 of 2...................................................................................................................144
To Locate Replace Member Disk In Storage Management............................................................................. 144
Virtual Disk Task - Replace Member Disk Step 2 of 2............................................................................................145
Chapter 16: Moving Physical And Virtual Disks From One System To Another............................ 146
Required Conditions........................................................................................................................................................ 146
SAS Controllers.......................................................................................................................................................... 146
SAS Controller ...........................................................................................................................................................146
Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System..................................................................................................... 146
Chapter 17: Protecting Your Virtual Disk With A Hot Spare.........................................................147
Understanding Hot Spares............................................................................................................................................ 147
Setting Hot Spare Protection Policy...........................................................................................................................147
Dedicated Hot Spare Protection Policy................................................................................................................147
Global Hot Spare Protection Policy.......................................................................................................................148
Considerations For Hot Spare Protection Policy............................................................................................... 148
Considerations For Enclosure Affinity.................................................................................................................. 148
Dedicated Hot Spare Considerations..........................................................................................................................148
Considerations For Hot Spares On PERC S100, PERC S300, PERC S130 and later controllers................. 149
Size Requirements For Global Hot Spares On S100 And S300 Controllers................................................ 149
Chapter 18: Troubleshooting...................................................................................................... 150
Common Troubleshooting Procedures....................................................................................................................... 150
Cables Attached Correctly...................................................................................................................................... 150
System Requirements...............................................................................................................................................150
Drivers And Firmware............................................................................................................................................... 150
Isolate Hardware Problems...................................................................................................................................... 151
Replacing A Failed Disk............................................................................................................................................. 151
Using The Physical Disk Online Command On Select Controllers................................................................. 152
Recovering From Removing The Wrong Physical Disk.....................................................................................152
Resolving Microsoft Windows Upgrade Problems.............................................................................................152
Virtual Disk Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................................... 152
A Rebuild Does Not Work........................................................................................................................................ 152
A Rebuild Completes With Errors.......................................................................................................................... 153
Cannot Create A Virtual Disk.................................................................................................................................. 153
A Virtual Disk Of Minimum Size Is Not Visible To Windows Disk Management......................................... 153
Virtual Disk Errors On Systems Running Linux................................................................................................... 153
Problems Associated With Using The Same Physical Disks For Both Redundant And Non-
Redundant Virtual Disks....................................................................................................................................... 154
Specific Problem Situations And Solutions............................................................................................................... 154
Physical Disk Is Offline Or Displays An Error Status......................................................................................... 154
Receive A Bad Block Alert With Replacement, Sense, Or Medium Error............................................. 154
Alerts 2146 Through 2150 Received During A Rebuild Or While A Virtual Disk Is Degraded...................155
Alerts 2146 Through 2150 Received While Performing IO, Consistency Check, Format, Or Other
Operation.................................................................................................................................................................155
Read And Write Operations Experience Problems............................................................................................ 155
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