Configuring and Managing RAID 97Managing Dedicated Hot SparesA dedicated hot spare automatically replaces a failed physical disk only in theselected disk group which the hot spare is part of. A dedicated hot spare isused before a global hot spare is used. You can create dedicated hot spares ordelete them on the VD Mgmt screen. Perform the following steps to create ordelete dedicated hot spares:1 On the VD Mgmt screen, select Disk Group # and press to displaythe menu of available actions.The available menu options appear.2 Select Manage Ded. HS and press .A screen displays a list of the current dedicated hot spares with an X besidethem and the physical disks that are available to create dedicated hot spares.NOTE: The utility allows only disks of the same disk technology and of equalor greater size to be selected as dedicated hot spare.3 Use the following instructions to create or delete a dedicated hot spare:• Creating a dedicated hot sparea Press the down-arrow key to highlight an available physical disk.b Press the spacebar to select the disk.c Repeat step a to step b for each dedicated hot spare that you wantto create.An X is displayed beside the selected physical disk(s).• Deleting a dedicated hot sparea Use the down-arrow key to highlight a current hot spare.b Press the spacebar to de-select the disk.c Repeat step a to step b for each dedicated hot spare that you wantto delete.4 Press to confirm the changes.The VD Mgmt screen displays the updated list of hot spares under theHot spares heading.NOTE: If a global hot spare or dedicated hot spare is removed, reinserted andimported, it regains its status as a hot spare. A dedicated hot spare becomesa global hot spare when the disk group it was assigned to protect is no longerpresent during import.
