Missing Hot Spare Physical Disk

What Caused the Problem?

A hot spare physical disk has been removed from the storage array. The Recovery Guru Details area provides specific information you will need as you follow the recovery steps.

Important Notes

If you replace a hot spare physical disk with a new physical disk that has not previously been in the storage array, the new physical disk will be an unassigned physical disk rather than a hot spare physical disk.
You can still unassign a hot spare physical disk while it is missing.
When replacing a physical disk, make sure the new physical disk is a certified physical disk and is equal or larger in capacity.

Recovery Steps

If...	Then...
You removed the hot spare physical disk because you intend to replace the physical disk	Insert the replacement physical disk. When the replacement physical disk is spun up, go to step 2.
You removed the hot spare physical disk but intend to reinsert the same physical disk back into the original slot	Reinsert the physical disk. It will remain a hot spare physical disk unless you unassign it using the storage management software. Note: If at any time you want to unassign the hot spare physical disk, you can refer to the online help or complete the steps in Unassigning a Hot Spare Physical Disk. Go to step 3.
You intend to leave this physical disk slot empty	You must unassign this physical disk in the Hot Spare Coverage dialog. Go to Unassigning a Hot Spare Physical Disk.

If...

Then...

You want the new physical disk to be a hot spare

You need to assign the new physical disk as a hot spare AND you need to unassign the previous physical disk in the Hot Spare Coverage dialog (even though it is no longer in the system).

a	Complete the steps in Unassigning a Hot Spare Physical Disk to unassign the previous physical disk. When you have completed those steps, go to step b.
b	Complete the steps in Assigning a Hot Spare Physical Disk to assign the new physical disk as a hot spare.

You do NOT want the new physical disk to be a hot spare

You do not need to do anything to the new physical disk. After the physical disk is spun up, it will be an unassigned physical disk.

However, you must unassign the previous physical disk in the Hot Spare Coverage dialog (even though it is no longer in the system).

Go to Unassigning a Hot Spare Physical Disk.

Click Recheck to rerun the Recovery Guru. The failure should no longer appear in the Summary area. If the failure appears again, contact your technical support representative.

Assigning a Hot Spare Physical Disk

1	Highlight the physical disk in the Physical View of the Array Management Window (AMW).
2	Select the Physical Disk >> Hot Spare Coverage menu option.
3	Select Manually assign individual physical disks. Note: This option assigns the physical disk you highlighted in step 1. If you want to assign multiple physical disks, you can use the View/Change current hot spare coverage option.
4	Click OK. The physical disk will change to a Hot Spare physical disk in the Physical View.
5	Click Recheck to rerun the Recovery Guru. The failure should no longer appear in the Summary area. If the failure appears again, contact your technical support representative.

Unassigning a Hot Spare Physical Disk

1	Highlight the physical disk in the Physical View of the Array Management Window (AMW).
2	Select the Physical Disk >> Hot Spare Coverage menu option.
3	Select View/Change current hot spare coverage, and then click OK.
4	Highlight the affected hot spare physical disk slot under the Hot Spare Physical Disks area, and then click Unassign. Note: If you unassigned a physical disk that is physically present in the system, it will change to an Unassigned physical disk in the Physical view. Otherwise, if the physical disk had been reported as Missing from the storage array, then the removed hot spare physical disk will no longer appear in the Physical View.
5	Click Recheck to rerun the Recovery Guru. The failure should no longer appear in the Summary area. If the failure appears again, contact your technical support representative.