HP SureStore HD Server 4000 User's Guide - 5967-9979

Configuration Using a Browser: HD Server Admin 4
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Add the Spare to the
Volume
Once you have added the spare as described in the previous section,
“Add a Disk Drive as the Hot Spare”, you can change its role to be
part of the volume. However, this drive will no longer provide the
extra redundancy of a spare in case of a drive failure.
On the
Configuration
Æ
Disk Setup
page, click the spare disk drive.
Click the
[Expand Volume]
button to add it to the volume.
Click
[Next>]
. Confirm the selection is correct and click
[Finish]
.
The data in the volume will be redistributed over the increased
number of drives. This may take one or two hours to complete.
The volume will be on line—accessible to the administrator and
clients—during this time. However, file access may be slower.
You may want to delay client usage of the server until finished.
The added drives will be connected to the volume with solid lines.
Delete and Recreate
the Entire Volume
You may need this procedure if you redeploy the server or need to
rebuild the volume entirely.
CAUTION!
❏
To delete the volume means to destroy all the file data, along
with the event log and the configured information on shares,
users, groups, and passwords. Click the
[Help]
button on this
Configuration
Æ
Disk Setup
page for more information on the
effects. Make sure you have backed up important data.
To delete the volume, click
Volume C
and click the
[Delete]
button.
Perform the requested confirmations carefully. The server will
automatically restart. HD Server Admin will be temporarily
disconnected until the restart completes.
Once you are viewing this
Configuration
Æ
Disk Setup
page after
the volume has been deleted, the disk drives will appear unused
and no volume icon will be displayed.
You can create the volume when it has been deleted. There can be
only one volume and it must have at least three disk drives. Click
on the
[Create Volume]
button. By default, all disk drives are
selected. If you want to exclude any of the disk drives from the
volume, deselect each one. If you have more than three selected, you
are given the option of using one as the hot spare. Perform the
requested confirmations.
The diagram will show all selected drives in the array connected
with solid lines into the volume, and any spare connected with a
dotted line.