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Chapter 4: Management with WebPAM PROe
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• Predictive Data Migration (PDM)
• Spare drive Transition
Start Background Function
To start a background function:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click on the Disk Arrays icon.
3. Click on the Disk Array icon.
4. Click the Background Activities tab in Management view.
5. From the dropdown menu on the Background Activities tab, choose the
function you want to start.
View Progress of Background Function
To view the progress of the current background activity and a list of activities in
the queue:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Background Activities tab in Management view.
To view more information, click on the activity link.
To pause a background activity, click on the activity link, then click the Pause
button. To resume again, click the Resume button.
To cancel a background activity, click on the activity link, then click the Stop
button.
Transition
Transition is the process of replacing a revertible spare drive that is currently part
of a disk array with an unconfigured physical drive or a non-revertible spare. The
revertible spare drive returns to its original status. For more information, see
“Transition” on page 252.
In order to run the Transition function, the spare drive must be Revertible. In
addition, you must specify an unconfigured physical drive of the same or larger
capacity to replace the revertible spare drive.
To run Transition, do the following:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click on the Background Activities tab in Management View.
3. From the Background Activities dropdown menu, select Start Transition.
4. Select an unconfigured physical drive from the list of available drives.