User's Manual

180 Using the Storage Management Service
omconfig Unassign Global Hot Spare
Use the following omconfig command syntax to unassign a physical disk as a
global hot spare.
Complete Syntax
omconfig storage pdisk action=assignglobalhotspare
controller=id pdisk=<PDISKID> assign=no
where id is the controller ID. The <PDISK> variable specifies the physical disk.
To obtain these values, enter omreport storage controller to display the
controller IDs and then enter omreport storage pdisk controller=ID to
display the IDs for the physical disks attached to the controller.
Example Syntax
In this example, you want to unassign physical disk 3 on connector 0 of
controller 1 as a global hot spare. On a SAS controller, the physical disk
resides in enclosure 2.
Example for SCSI, SATA, and ATA Controllers
To unassign the physical disk described in this example as a global hot spare,
enter:
omconfig storage pdisk action=assignglobalhotspare
controller=1 pdisk=0:3 assign=no
Example for SAS Controllers
To unassign the physical disk described in this example as a global hot spare,
enter:
omconfig storage pdisk action=assignglobalhotspare
controller=1 pdisk=0:2:3 assign=no
omconfig Rebuild Physical Disk
Use the following omconfig command syntax to rebuild a failed physical disk.
Rebuilding a disk may take several hours. If you need to cancel the rebuild,
use the Cancel Rebuild task. See Dell OpenManage Online Help for more
information about Rebuild Physical Disk.