Manually Assign A Hot Spare

Use the Hot Spare Physical Disk Coverage dialog to assign . The table in this dialog lists all the  that might be used as hot spare physical disks in the . You can get to this dialog only by selecting Assign from the Hot Spare Physical Disk Coverage dialog.

 Frequently Asked

Tips on assigning hot spare physical disks

Important:

Note: If there are no hot spares available that are the same physical capacity, then a physical disk with lower capacity may spare if the "used capacity" of the used physical disk is the same or smaller than the lower capacity hot spare.

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Select one or more physical disks in the table.

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Click OK.

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Review the information on the Hot Spare Physical Disk Coverage dialog to ensure the correct  and  have been protected. If not, unassign or re-assign hot spare physical disks as necessary.

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