Users Guide
Storage Management Service 109
Physical Disk Tasks
The following physical disk tasks are available when the Physical Disks object is selected. See the Storage
Management online help for more information.
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Blink and Unblink:
The Blink task allows you to find a disk within an enclosure by blinking one of the
light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the disk. The Unblink task cancels the Blink task.
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Remove Dead Segments:
In certain circumstances, this task enables you to recover disk space that is
currently unusable.
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Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare:
See "Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare."
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Prepare to Remove:
Use this task before removing a disk from an enclosure.
NOTICE: To prevent data loss, make sure to perform this task.
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Online and Offline:
Use the Offline task to deactivate a disk before removing it. Use the Online task
to reactivate an offline disk.
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Initialize:
On some controllers, the Initialize task prepares a physical disk for use as a member of a
virtual disk.
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Rebuild:
See "Rebuild a Failed Physical Disk."
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Cancel Rebuild:
Use the Cancel Rebuild task to cancel a rebuild that is in progress.
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Clear Physical Disk and Cancel Clear:
Use the clear physical disk task to erase data residing on a
physical disk.
Virtual Disk Tasks
The following virtual disk tasks are available when the Virtual Disks object is selected. See the Storage
Management online help for more information.
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Reconfigure:
See "Reconfigure Virtual Disk Wizard."
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Cancel Rebuild:
Use the Cancel Rebuild task to cancel a rebuild while it is in progress.
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Cancel Reconfigure:
Use the Cancel Reconfigure task to cancel a virtual disk reconfiguration while it
is in progress.
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Format and Initialize; Slow and Fast Initialize:
Use the Format or Initialize; Slow and Fast Initialize
task to erase files and remove the file systems on a virtual disk.
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Cancel Background Initialization:
On some controllers, background initialization of redundant
virtual disks begins automatically after the virtual disk is created. Use this task if you need to cancel the
background initialization.
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Restore Dead Segments:
Use the Restore Dead Segments task to recover data from a RAID-5 virtual
disk that has been corrupted.
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Delete.
Use this task to destroy all data on the virtual disk.
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Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare:
See "Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare."