Users Guide

144 Storage Management Service
• 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.
• 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.
• 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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