Manually Rebuilding Degraded Virtual Disk

This section describes the procedure for manually rebuilding a degraded virtual disk when Auto-Rebuild is disabled.

To manually rebuild a degraded virtual disk

1.    Select the degraded Virtual Disk in the list of system devices, as shown in Figure 1.

2.    Roll-over the Operation tab, and select Rebuild, as shown in Figure 1.

MSU displays available global spare drives, as shown in Figure 2.

Note: To assign a physical disk as a global spare drive, see Assigning Physical Disk as Global Spare Drive.

Figure 1  Degraded Virtual Disk

 

Figure 2  Available Global Spare Drives

 

3.    Select Spare Drive(s) from the list, as shown in Figure 2.

When a spare drive is selected, a check mark is placed next to it, as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3  Select Spare Drive

4.    Select Submit to begin the rebuild process, as shown in Figure 3.

MSU displays the Background Activity Progress in the Property tab for the Virtual Disk, as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4  Rebuild Status

5.    Options to Pause, Resume, and Stop Rebuild are available in the Operation tab for the Virtual Disk.